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Philippine Mass Media: A Book of Readings

Clodualdo Del Mundo

Manila: Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) (1986), 286 pp.

"An introduction to the Philippine media, with emphasis on its popular culture aspects - film, radio and television in particular. The various readings present an overview of development; discusses practical economic aspects; makes critical analyses from sociological, political, economic and aesthet ... more

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Philippine Folk Media in Development Communication

Victor T. Valbuena

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1986), vi, 128 pp.

Publishing in the Third World: Knowledge and Development
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Philip G. Altbach, Amadio A. Aroleda, S. Gopinathan (eds.)

Portsmouth, New Hampsh.; London: Heinemann;Mansell (1985), xii, 226 pp.

"An in-depth look at the "state of the art" of book publishing in the Third World which examines not only the nuts and bolts but also its status as an important part of the knowledge distribution system. The first 50 pages discuss the status of textbook publishing, copyright, and distribution; the r ... more

Five Successful Asian Community Newspapers

Crispin C. Maslog

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC);UNESCO (1985), xvi, 136 pp.

Press Laws and Systems in ASEAN States

Abdul Razak (ed.)

Jakarta: Confederation of Asean Journalists, Gedung Dewan Pers (1985), 458 pp.

"A survey of press laws in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, this handbook presents the information in two parts: (1) a descriptive survey of the press system for each country, and (2) transcripts of the national laws. A final chapter compares the five national systems. ... more

The Manipulated Press: A History of Philippine Journalism since 1945

Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo

Manila: Cacho Hermanos (1984), xv, 256 pp.

"An in-depth analysis from a global perspective of the problems, the trends, and the forces affecting the post-World War II Philippine press, describing its development and showing how the results were the logical offshoots of broad economic, political and cultural trends. A great deal is said about ... more

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Textbooks in the Philippines: Evaluation of the Pedagogical Impact of a Nationwide Investment

Stephen P. Heyneman, Dean T. Jamison, Xenia Montenegro

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, volume 6, issue 2 (1984), pp. 139-150

"The Philippine government, with the assistance of the World Bank, launched the $US37 million Textbook Project to alleviate the lack of textbooks in the nation's public schools. Prior to this investment, there was an average of 10 pupils for every book available in a given subject. During the first ... year of implementation, the Textbook Project produced ap-proximately 20 million first and second grade textbooks in science, mathematics, and Pilipino. These were distributed nationwide in the 1977-78 school year at a ratio of two pupils per book. In the course of its 5-year duration, the Textbook Project would produce 97 million books covering all subject areas from first grade through high school and would distribute enough so that there would be only two students per book at each grade level in each subject. Books cost an average of US$.55 each (for an average length of 180 pages); the overall program increased per student costs by about 1% (Orivel, 1979). Teacher training in the use of the books was part of the project. These and other aspects of implementation are described in detail by Aprieto (1983). Textbook content was geared closely to the national curriculum and tightly screened for clarity of presentation. Photo and colors were used judiciously. Because books were expected to be in use for up to 5 years, binding and stitching were of high quality. Distribution was made first to regional warehouses, then to municipalities, then to schools. Arrival time and textbook condition in the nation's 100,000 schools were monitored by computer in the capital. The success of the project was due not to simply having new textbooks, but rather to having new textbooks of high quality, reasonably on time, well understood, and well used by teachers. The Evaluation Section of the Textbook Project was formed primarily to investigate the effects of this sizable investment on student achievement. One year before the first sets of textbooks were distributed, an evaluation plan was designed, and instruments were developed to measure these effects. The plan was implemented during the first year of textbook distribution and has been a continuing component of the Textbook Project. The results presented here were obtained from the first-year evaluation data, otherwise known as Phase I. The effects of textbooks on achievement in conjunction with pupil, home, school, and environmental variables were examined, the primary concern being the increment in the achievement of pupils, given the use of the project textbooks, while other influencing factors were controlled." (Page 141) more

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Media for People in Cities: A Study of Community Media in the Urban Context

Peter M. Lewis (ed.)

UNESCO (1984), 239 pp.

"Although rural development, especially in the Third World, is a major concern of UNESCO, emphasis here is upon those uses of media which support community initiatives in urban settings or were introduced to help resolve tensions and problems. Media are not limited to newspapers and broadcasting; th ... more

Philippine Newspapers: An International Union List

Shiro Saito, Alice W. Mak

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Philippine Studies Program (1984), 273 pp.

"Part I lists 432 newspaper titles by place of publication; Part 2 lists their repositories in Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines and the United States. Title index to Part I." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. ... more

Textbooks in Developing Countries

Philip G. Altbach, Douglas Pearce, S. Gopinathan et al.

Prospects (Paris), volume 13, issue 3 (1983), pp. 315-369

"Detailed presentation of all aspects of textbook development, production, and distribution under the specific conditions of developing countries; one regional and two country-specific examples are used to go beyond the general information to show the concrete problems and possible solutions." (GIZ ... more

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A Study of Ten Selected Philippine Community Newspapers

Crispin C. Maslog

Media Asia, volume 10, issue 4 (1983), pp. 192-202

"A major imperative for rural newspapers is their long-term survival in the face of limited advertising revenues and low subscriptions. Crispin Maslog’s analysis of ten successful community newspapers shows that not only is it possible for rural newspapers to survive in the long run, but that the ... more

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The Electronic Era

Cultural Survival Quarterly, volume 7, issue 2 (1983), ?? pp.

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Christian Communication Directory Asia

Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO);World Association for Christian Communication (WACC);Lutheran World Federation (LWF) (1982), 1036 pp.

"Represents a systematic effort to collect all relevant information on Christian media institutions for Asia except the Near East, with emphasis on institutions related to the three organizations compiling the data. Classification is in nine categories: Church Communication Centres, News and Informa ... more

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Communications Research in Asia

Sarath Amunugama, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Said (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1982), 204 pp.