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Communication and Domination: Essays to Honor Herbert I. Schiller

Jörg Becker, Göran Hedebro, Leena Paldén (eds.)

Herbert I. Schiller (honoured person)

Norwood, NJ: Ablex (1986), x, 278 pp.

"Scholars from various countries of the socialist and capitalist - the developing and developed - world, and representing many of the disparate areas that make up the interdisciplinary field of communication, have contributed articles centering around Schiller's dominant theme - the use and misuse o ... more

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La circulation internationale des émissions de télévision

Paris: UNESCO (1986), 61 pp.

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Kommunikation per Satellit: Ein internationales Handbuch

Rainer Kabel, Thomas Strätling

Berlin: Vistas (1985), 243 pp.

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International Flow of Television Programmes

Paris: UNESCO (1985), 62 pp.

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Die Fremden sehen: Ethnologie und Film. Anläßlich der Filmreihe 'Die Fremden sehen, Ethnologie und Film' des Filmmuseums im Münchner Stadtmuseum vom Januar bis April 1984

Margarete Friedrich, A. Hagemann-Doumbia, Reinhard Kapfer, Werner Petermann, Ralph Thoms, M.-J. van de Loo (eds.)

München: Trickster Verlag;Filmmseum München (1984), 224 pp.

World Press Encyclopedia. Vol. 1

George Thomas Kurian (ed.)

New York: Facts on File (1982), 641 pp.

"This is a survey of the state of the press in 180 countries, organized in four sections: Section I, "The International Press"; Section II, "The World's Developed Press Systems"; Section III, "Smaller and Developing Press Systems, " and Section IV, " Minimal and Underdeveloped Press Systems." Covera ... more

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Mass Media and Social Change

Elihu Katz, Tamás Szecskö (eds.)

Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage (1981), 271 pp.

"A compilation of the papers of Symposium VII of the 9th World Congress of Sociology whose central theme asks whether the mass media should be agents of change or agents of the status quo. Central to the articles are discussions from varying viewpoints as to the nature of news and the factors that s ... more

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Broadcasting Around the World

William E. McCavitt

Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books (1981), 336 pp.

"Description of broadcasting systems in 18 countries: South Africa, Poland, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Israel, Canada, the United States, Brazil, Guyana, India, Federal Republic of Germany, Britain, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Australia. Each chapter has been written by an individua ... more

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Rural Radio: Programme Formats

Kiranmani A. Dikshit et al.

Paris: UNESCO (1979), 94 pp.

Media Imperialism Reconsidered: The Homogenizing of Television Culture

Chin-Chuan Lee

Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage (1979), 276 pp.

"An analysis of media imperialism with a middle-range focus. Capitalist exploitation, Lee contends, is not limited to the Third World but extends to advanced capitalist countries as well. The real questions should resolve around " (1) the extent to which Marxist-Leninist theory of 'media imperialism ... more

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Worldwide Markets for English-Language Books

George Kurian (ed.)

White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications (1978), 327 pp.

"A description of the book trade in the seven major English-speaking countries of the world, which, grouped by size of market, are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Republic of South Africa, Australia, India, and New Zealand. A special section gives eleven minor markets in alphabetical ... more

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The Role of Broadcasting in Rural Communication

Josef Eschenbach

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (1977), 148 pp.

"The title of this book raises expectations that are hardly fulfilled. One wonders again and again which target group the author had in mind when writing his work: it seems too impractical for practitioners and too unsound for theorists. For example, many of the names and authors cited lack bibliogr ... aphical information, which is also missing from the summarised bibliography (e.g. Levin, Hruschka). Important works that would appeal to practitioners in particular, such as Ralph Milton's Broadcasting Handbook (cf. CS 2:1969,182), are completely absent, not to mention books on fundamental considerations such as the works of Paulo Freire. The use of the so-called mass media in the development process is not as simple and unproblematic as the author suggests in his introduction. Broadcasting is hardly the miracle cure that people would like to make it out to be, and especially in the case of the frequently cited German projects of this kind, some questions must be asked about the consideration of existing indigenous, cultural, social and communicative values, which must also be taken into account when introducing modern means of communication. For example, is the role of the "change agent" really so important or is two-way communication not much more decisive for the development process (page 39 ff)? Some questions need to be asked. One has the impression that the whole book is too "German", which is probably also due to the fact that some passages have obviously been translated from German into English. Perhaps some of the unevenness is also due to the fact that various radio stations were asked to contribute to the book (e.g. Deutsche Welle, Südfunk, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). Some aid organisations would be happy if the ACPO (- Sutatenza) radio school in Colombia could finance itself "mostly from advertising" (Page 56). But why are there no bibliographical references here either, such as to Musto's work (Berlin 1968) or to publications on such experiments in other continents (e.g. Neurath for India)? Bibliographical references to the Indonesian model by Salmon Padmanagara (page 87) would be welcome, as they are to many others. Maletzke's clear contribution (from page 105) on the evaluation of projects is a pleasant surprise. Some would have liked this section to be more detailed and the entire book to have some of its clarity." (translation from a review by Franz Josef Eilers in: Communicatio Socialis, vol. 12, 1979, nr. 1, pages 83-84) more

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Access: Some Western Models of Community Media

Frances J. Berrigan (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (1977), 229 pp.

"The three studies contained in this volume trace the emergence of 'community media' in Western society—specifically new approaches to broadcasting and electronic media in North America and Western Europe [...] The orientation of the studies is not purely towards research, though where research ha ... more

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Radio for Education and Development: Case Studies. Volume II

Peter L. Spain (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (1977), 460 pp.

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The Book Trade of the World. Vol. II: The Americas, Australia, New Zealand

Sigfred Taubert (ed.)

München et al.: Saur (1976), 377 pp.

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Les systèms de vidéocassettes en education. Cahier III: Un problèm de droit d'auteur. Le repiquage des émissions a des fins éducatives

Robert Moore

Montréal: Minstère de l'Education du Québec (1976), 39 pp.

Cinematographic Institutions

International Film and Television Council (IFTC)

Paris: UNESCO (1973), 98 pp.

"Primarily "a study of institutions of the public or public utility character whose purpose is to promote the art and technique of the cinema and their applications in education, science and culture." Thus, film and trade associations and trade union types of associations are not dealt with. It uses ... more

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Las escuelas radiofónicas en América Latina. II Seminario de directores de escuelas radiofónicas de América Latina. Primera parte: Intercambio de experiencias

Bogotá: Oficina de Servicios para América Latina (OSAL) (1972), 239 pp.