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Christliche Rundfunksender weltweit: Rundfunkarbeit im Klima der Konkurrenz

Hansjörg Biener

Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag (1994), 336 pp.

"Rund 20 Jahre nach der letzten Dissertation zum Themenkreis »christliche Medienarbeit« [Joachim Schmidt. Rundfunkmission: Ein Massenmedium wird Instrument. Erlangen 1980] legt Hansjörg Biener nun eine umfassende Monographie über die Hörfunksender vor, die weltweit die christliche Botschaft tra ... more

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The Media After Communism

Colin Sparks (ed.)

Media, Culture & Society, volume 16, issue 2 (1994), pp. 179-312

"[...] We consider here a wide range of post-communisms. At one extremestands the former German Democratic Republic: There, the politicalcollapse of communism immediately preceded the economic and socialdestruction of the old way of life. As Maryellen Boyle shows, theaspirations of the people who ov ... erthrew communism were swept aside bythe juggernaut of reunification. This anschluss - to borrow Habermas’shistorically loaded term -was immediately followed by the imposition ofWest German ideas and structures. Within broadcasting, this foundexpression in the setting up of a new system integrated into the existing West German framework. These structural changes were accompanied bythe appointment of Western managers, often from the ruling ChristianDemocratic Party, and an extensive purge of the existing staff. EasternGermany has been rather brutally and very finally integrated into the worldmarket at the expense of the people who ran the Stalinist state.A t the other extreme stands the Chinese experience. There the processof integration, and the destruction of central planning, are proceeding asrapidly in television as in any other part of society. The political system,however, remains controlled by the very same people who have been inpower for years. As Yu Huang shows, the massive development oftelevision in China has been largely the result of the introduction of localautonomy and a shift towards commercial financing. This has led to strainsand tensions between the central party apparatus and the broadcasters.The aftermath of Tiananmen Square was to increase political control butnot to interrupt the growth of the market. One might say that, so far atleast, the process of integration into the world market has been to thebenefit of the people who ran the old system.Between these two extremes lie the majority of countries of the formerSoviet empire in Europe and its local offshoots elsewhere. In differentcountries there have been varying degrees of political change and the scaleand extent of the introduction of market mechanisms and privatization hasbeen extremely uneven. We publish two articles which reflect on East andCentral Europe and which attempt to theorize those experiences. ColinSparks and Anna Reading look at the main currents of social theory whichhave tried t o explain the nature of the end of communism and itsaftermath. They apply propositions derived from these to the study oftelevision in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. KarolJakubowicz makes wider geographical generalizations, but concentrateshis attention mostly on Poland. Despite recognizing the continuingpolitical pressure on the media, he is finally optimistic as to the chances of‘depoliticizing’ television [...] (Editorial) more

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 1994/1995

Hans-Bredow-Institut

Baden-Baden: Nomos, 22nd ed. (1994), 500, 311, 128, 52, 126, 200 pp.

China's Media, Media's China

Chin-Chuan Lee (ed.)

Boulder, Col.: Westview Press (1994), ix, 340 pp.

"This book explores the rapidly evolving conditions of political communication in China. It examines how ideology and professional roles affect both scholarly and journalistic understanding of China. The book offers insights into Chinese journalism and Sino-American relations." (Publisher descriptio ... more

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The Unfolding Lotus: East Asia's Changing Media. A Report of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center at Columbia University in the City of New York

Jon Vanden Heuvel, Everette E. Dennis

New York: Freedom Forum Media Studies Center (1993), 212 pp.

"Covers media environment, media law, press, broadcasting, ownership, journalism quality and education in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Each chapter includes an essay written by local journalists besides an overview written b ... more

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Asian Communication Handbook

Anura Goonasekera, Duncan Holaday (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1993), xvii, 524 pp.

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 1992/1993

Baden-Baden; Hamburg: Nomos (1992), 162, 240, 100, 297, 150, 77, 128, 154 pp.

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Géographie économique des médias: Diversité des Tiers-Mondes

Jacques Barrat

Paris: Litec (1992), 468 pp.

Hablan los televidentes: Estudios de recepción en varios países

Guillermo Orozco (ed.)

Lomas de Santa Fe: Universidad Iberoamericana (1992), 162 pp.

Communication in Development

Fred L. Casmir (ed.)

Norwood, New Jers.: Ablex (1991), 352 pp.

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Gesellschaftskritik in der Volksrepublik China: Der Journalist und Schriftsteller Liu Binyan

Carolin Blank, Christa Gescher

Bochum: Brockmeyer (1991), 487 pp.

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L'information dans le monde: 206 pays au microscope

Paris: Éditions du Seuil (1989), 628 pp.

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Der geraubte Schatten: Eine Weltreise im Spiegel der ethnographischen Photographie

Thomas Theye (ed.)

München; Luzern: Bucher (1989), 530 pp.

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Textbooks in the Third World: Policy, Content and Context

Philip G. Altbach, Gail P. Kelly (eds.)

New York: Garland Publishing (1988), xii, 277 pp.

"A volume of essays on government and international agency policies regarding the provision of textbooks in developing countries, analysing problems and constraints, and examining the economic, social, and pedagogic questions involved in textbook writing for both primary and secondary schools and fo ... more

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Improving the Quality of Textbooks in China

Barbara W. Searle, Michael Mertaugh, Anthony Read et al.

Washington, DC: World Bank (1988), xiv, 81 pp.

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International Handbook of Broadcasting Systems

Philip T. Rosen

New York: Greenwood Press (1988), xvii, 309 pp.

"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 Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Other included countries are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, the Fede ... more

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World Families Watch Television

James Lull (ed.)

London: Sage (1988), 264 pp.

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The Third Channel: IBS Journal of International Communication

Seoul: International Broadcasting Society (1988), 863 pp.

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Communication Theory: The Asian Perspective

Wimal Dissanayake (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1988), xiv, 214 pp.

"Many of the essays in this volume seek to interpret traditional Asian approaches to communication in the light of modern Western concepts. At one level, this might appear to compromise the integrity of the Asian approaches. However, it needs to be stressed that this is a calculated strategy on the ... more