"Twenty-eight experts examine broadcasting in 24 countries in this essay handbook. John Lent takes on Cuba and India; Benno Signitzer and Kurt Luger look at Austria; and Marvin Alisky reports on C
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hile, Mexico, and Peru. Other included countries are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, Sweden, and the United States. According to the introduction, "At present no reference work exists where one can readily ascertain what the broadcast structure is in a given nation and how it came to be. By filling this void, we hope that our work will make a substantial contribution to the field of international broadcasting." This they have done. Most essays include a bibliography; information on history, regulation, economic structure, programming, new technologies, and broadcast reform; and a conclusion and/or forecast. What type of information can be found under "broadcast reform"? In Israel, for example: The reaction against the "leftist mafia," a nickname coined for broadcasters, has been strongly felt in programming and personnel appointment policies. A popular TV satirical program was taken off the air in the late 1970s in response to harsh political criticism. The television prime-time weekly news magazine, broadcast on Friday nights, was cancelled in the mid-1980s on the grounds that the Israeli people should not be exposed to "demoralizing" news on the Sabbath eve." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 445)
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"Merrill and contributors take a sweeping look at global journalism and mass communications by regions of the world. In Part 1, "The Global Perspective," Merrill himself does an overall survey of problems, news flow, philosophies, relations with government for both print media and telecommunications
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, and ends with his analysis of the demand by developing nations for a new information order. In Part 2, "The World's Regions and Journalism" Paul S. Underwood treats Europe and the Middle East; John Luter and Jim Richstad, Asia and the Pacific; L. John Martin, Africa; Marvin Alisky, Latin America, and Ralph D. Barney and Deanna Nelson, the U.S. and Canada. All regions receive the same broad treatment as the general section, with no emphasis on particular newspapers, magazines or broadcast agencies but rather on philosophy and structure. Education and training for journalism in each area is discussed. Although there is a great deal of pertinent data about journalism throughout the world, the book is geared to "the neophyte, the inquisitive beginner" rather than the specialist. It is also intended as a text. 'Global Journalism' contains an excellent bibliography." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 293)
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"New regime eased its guidance of the media in 1975 but then tightened controls in 1976 as street rioters protested inflation." (Abstract)
"The co-existence of private and state television and radio networks in Uruguay — Despite the economic crisis radio and television have remained autonomous in the field of information." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA,
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1971 Nr. 69, topic code 210.2)
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"Both during and after the Perón régime the political strife in Argentina has been reflected in the press and the radio stations — In general the press continues to be very prudent and shows complete neutralism, with the exception of „La Prensa“ and „La Nación“." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Ab
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delfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 70, topic code 110.45, 110.30)
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"In the American continent the summer of 1960 was an eventful one as regard the training of journalists under a dictatorship — Referring to these events an speaking as a teacher of journalism, the author condemns any extremism which prompts a dictatorship to impose restrictions on the press, from
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the communist example and the Castro and other "anti-Yankee" examples to that of the government of Nicaragua — Any agitation which seeks to discredit the modern teaching of journalism is to be condemned." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 64, topic code 06)
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"One large daily newspaper chain, other daily papers and "crusading" weeklies in small towns constitute the provincial press of Mexico — The author summarizes several kinds of evidence which suggest that these papers published outside the national capital are gaining in readership and influence."
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(Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 63, topic code 110.1)
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"An annotated bibliography of books and articles with primary emphasis on newspapers, radio, television, printing, and freedom of the press." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 65, topic code 08, 110.0)
"Costa Rica and San Salvador are the most developed nations of Central America in the fields of press and radio — The author examines the political, economic and social conditions which have led to this relatively privileged situation — there follows a list of the different organs of the press,
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indicating their leanings." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 66, topic code 110.1, 210.1)
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"Study of the regional radio service in Mexico — Problems raised by the existence of different publics." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 67, topic code 261)
"History of American and Mexican broadcasts from 1921 to 1939, characterised by programmes for people in rural areas who have no access to other media." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 68, topic code 210.1)