"Instead of describing typical systems in their entirety ...," says Head in his foreword, "I decided to organize the text on the basis of the common problems faced by all systems" to show the basic, universal demands and dilemmas they all must face
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as each interacts with its particular national setting. His purpose is to enable students, after allowances for limitations imposed by national settings, to appraise the system critically by comparing reality with the ideal possibilities. Thus, he discusses, in terms of the various systems, their origins, their politics of both ownership and access, their laws, regulation, economics, facilities, programming and programs, audience research, transborder broadcasting, and broadcasting and freedom. Although intended as a text, this has much wider uses." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 652)
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"Head's knowledge of the structure of television worldwide is monumental, as is his ability to organize it into books. In Broadcasting in Africa 35 authors, including Head himself, have contributed essays which give a comprehensive picture of Afric
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an broadcasting country by country, and the role which non-Africans play in shaping it. Information given for each African nation includes population, receivers per thousand, radio transmitter sites, area per site. Otherwise information varies a bit, with longer discussions for larger countries. The authors discuss the system against the background of such factors as geography, politics, and language, and include broadcasting history and, when available, audience data. The second half of the book is concemed with the ways in which other nations are influencing African broadcasting. Here are discussions of international broadcasting agencies and programs, religious broadcasting, foreign aid, training, research, educational uses to which broadcasting is put, and the commerce of broadcasting. Head concludes with an agenda for further study. Appendixes give technical problems of spectrum utilization, the uses of broadcasting in African political crises, historical and demographic data, a summary of system facilities, and languages used in broadcasting. There is a lengthy bibliography and a comprehensive index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 650)
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"Lists major books and articles from newspapers and magazines - 458 items in all, with a list of periodicals in the field and a topical index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1653)
"The most ambitious on-site training program sponsored in Africa by the Federal Republic of Germany ran from 1964 to 1970 on the premises of the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service in Addis Ababa. It offered a series of full-time radio courses, each lasting a whole year." (Page 290)
"A talk on the purpose and difficulties of the work of the journalist, given a seminar of journalists in Addis Ababa: each journalist is a professional to the extent that he sees himself as employed in the service of the national interests." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass
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media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1002, topic code 160)
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"Comments on the conference held in Moshi (Tanganyika) on radio in tropical Africa — Problems of organisation — Linguistic problems — Economic and technical problems — Radio in Africa should be above all "African." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the devel
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oping countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1004, topic code 422)
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"The arrival of the NAEB (National Association of Educational Broadcasters) in the Sudan — Projects — Commercial radio reaches Khartoum." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1003, topic code 422)