"Un útil directorio con informaciones detalladas de cerca de 250 revistas de comunicación y cultura de 22 países. La recopilación a cargo de la oficina de Lima de la Unión Latina contó con la colaboración de la 'Red Iberoamericana de Revistas de Comunicación y Cultura." (commbox)
"Médias et développement" est destiné à tous ceux qui désirent appréhender les réalités de la géographie de l'information, à échelle tant planétaire, que nationale ou régionale. Jacques Barrat insiste sur le fait que cette géographie est une géographie des inégalités Nord-Sud, Nord-
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Nord et Sud-Sud… Après avoir montré que, dans les zones de sur-développement économique, le processus de développement était allé de pair avec celui des médias, l'auteur s'interroge sur les raisons des retards qu'on peut constater dans les aires marquées par le sous-développement. Enfin, il constate que les médias ont échoué dans le rôle de catalyseur du développement, qui leur avait été imparti dans les années soixante-dix par les tenants d'un tiers-mondisme aujourd'hui de plus en plus dépassé et décrié." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"Our aim in this book is to uncover the myths and try to give equal status to alternative interpretations - of history, of current policies and of an alternative practice of radio which we refer to as 'community radio' in a shorthand that has become widely used and abused, but which we elaborate and
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analyse later. We look at both sides of the Atlantic and at the position of radio in Third World countries in many of which the original, Western systems of broadcasting have been found wanting and in some of which alternatives have been developed. The book begins with a discussion of myth and history, and a brief sketch of the three models or types that both define themselves by difference from each other and are engaged in actual struggle: the free market model, the public service model and community radio." (Introduction, page xiii)
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"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
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ral 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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