"Im wesentlichen sah bzw. sieht sich die Kirche seit der Jahrhundertwende fünf massenkommunikativ wichtigen Erscheinungen und Entwicklungen gegenüber, mit denen sie sich auseinandersetzen muß; denn Veränderungen in den Massenkommunikationssystemen einzelner Völker, ganzer Kulturkreise und in ei
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nzelnen Fällen sogar der „ Weltgesellschaft", betreffen das Wirken der Kirche, insbesondere in ihrem Verkündigungs- und in ihrem pastoralen Auftrag. Diese fünf Punkte sind: (1) der Rückgang, in manchen Ländern das Verschwinden der „Gesinnungspresse", (2) die neuen, sogenannten audiovisuellen Medien Film, Hörfunk und Fernsehen, (3) der Griff totalitärer politischer Systeme nach den publizistischen Einrichtungen in verschiedenen Staaten, (4) die völlig neuen Aufgaben und Chancen, die sich für den Einsatz von Kommunikationsmitteln in Entwicklungsländern ergeben, und (5) die Desintegration des „katholischen Publikums" in Ländern bzw. Kulturkreisen, wo dieser Begriff von der praktischen Publizistik, aber auch der Pastoral, Jahrzehnte lang mit einiger Berechtigung hatte gebraucht werden können. Als sechster Punkt, der aber nicht als Gegenüber der Kirche, sondern aus ihr heraus, als Reaktion auf dieses publizistische Gegenüber, entstanden ist, verdient die organisatorische wie (neuerdings) theoretische Auseinandersetzung der Kirche mit der Massenkommunikation besondere Beachtung." (Seite 94)
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"The most striking impression is the fact that little research exists. Our review touched studies and discussions of many kinds, all with some relation to the central question, "What are the effects of cross-cultural broadcasting?" Much of what we found is based on fear or undue optimism. The lack o
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f studies firmly rooted in data: this is the overriding fact about this inquiry. While the image of cross-cultural broadcasting may be one of the ''cultural'' interchange, the reality is that of the marketplace. Commercial values are the rule; non-commercial broadcasting is not a major competitor to commercial programming. Programmes intended for any type of social improvement are rare. If they exist at all, they can be found on radio much more than on television or in films. General entertainment programming has a definite social value, but most observers would hope for programming more explicitly geared to the social needs of their diverse audiences. Furthermore, imported entertainment programmes produced for foreign audiences penetrate the host culture in ways that are not understood. Lack of understanding generates uneasiness and fear." (Implications of this report, 40)
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"Joseph Pulitzer recognized the importance of comic art when he first printed Richard Outcault's "Yellow Kidˆ in a 1896 issue of The World. That is the sort of information available in this valuable guide and "browser" for both comics scholars and buffs. More than 1,200 cross-referenced entries cov
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er 80 years and offer a world picture of the comics through 1975. Entries written by 15 contributors include themes, plots, character lists, adaptations into other media, artists, and writers. There also are separate biographical entries for artists, writers, and editors. A glossary is included, as weil as articles on the world history of comics and a history of newspaper syndication." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 133)
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"This bibliography [...] contains 395 annotated entries that cover a variety of problems and issues relating to communication policy and planning in fifty-three countries. The main purpose of the bibliography is to serve as a reference tool for social science researchers interested in the emerging a
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rea of communication planning research, and policy makers and planners engaged in the practical tasks of communication planning. This is probably the first comprehensive annotated bibliography on communication policy and planning. The literature on this area is not very large. Books, journal articles, and reports dealing exclusively with communication policy and planning issues are very limited in number. In most cases the policy and planning problems are discussed in the context of other communication problems. Therefore, the selection of items for this bibliography has been somewhat eclectic reflecting our preference, experience, and access to the general literature on communication and development. We limited our search to English language literature on communication that focuses on communication and development." (Preface)
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"An introduction to the practice of overseas broadcasting as propaganda and the various ideological philosophies back of it, in terms both of sender and receiver. Analysis centers around Nazi Germany, the Communist countries, the U.S.'s Voice of America, Britain's BBC, and the undeveloped parts of t
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he world. A large section is devoted to factors affecting success or failure. Appendixes give a table of radio sets and ownership around the world in 1973; external broadcasting statistics in 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1973; extracts from internal Policy Guidelines of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty; and extracts from a BBC unpublished monitoring report." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 641)
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"Lists all reported radio broadcasting and TV frequency assignments with the exception of those in the U.S. which broadcast on domestic channels. Part I, "Amplitude Modulation Broadcasting Stations According to Country and City"; Part II, "Amplitude Modulation Broadcasting Stations According to Freq
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uency"; Part III, "Frequency Modulation Broadcasting Stations," in two sections - one alphabetical by country and city and the other by frequency; Part IV, "Television Stations," also in two sections and with the same information as in the preceding parts plus additional data to distinguish audio, video, polarization, and other technical factors that apply. Appendixes in Parts I and II give call-sign allocations and world time chart; an appendix in Part IV gives characteristics of VHF and UHF TV systems. This document has not been updated." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 823)
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"The first part of this study made at the University of Tampere is an international inventory of the composition of TV programs, particularly from the point of view of material imported to a country from outside, and a survey of the international networks for sale and exchange of program material fo
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r TV. Included are numerous tables, charts, and graphs. The second part is the essence of a symposium held at the University of Tampere which comments upon the hard facts contained in the study." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 734)
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"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
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as examples detailed descriptions and charts of organizations in Britain, India, Sweden, and Poland, with an annex giving names and addresses of national branches of the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) and the International Scientific Film Association (ISFA) throughout the world. There is also a list of the membership of the International Newsreel Association (INA)." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1201)
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"A comprehensive work which surveys in detail the state of TV in every nation that has TV available to any extent. Covering Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, and Australia, it examines programming, financing, the availability of talent, the role of government, and the possible future co
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urse of TV. Written by the former head of Time's London Bureau, it is also extremely readable." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 632)
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"A country-by-country systematic description of some of the basic facts about book publishing which are necessary to know in order to conduct business on an international level and useful other purposes as well. Each country gives information about itself under the following categories: general, his
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tory, retail prices, organization, the trade press, book trade literature and address services, sources of information, international membership, market research, books and young people, taxes, clearing houses, training, copyright, national bibliographies and national libraries, book production, translation, book clubs, paperbacks, design, publishing houses (not a listing), literary agents, wholesale trade, retail trade, mail order, antiquarian book trade and auctions, imports, exports, book fairs, public relations, bibliophilism, literary prizes, book reviews, and miscellaneous. Obviously, not all of these facts were filled out by every country, and in a few cases, countries failed to reply at all, but nevertheless the total adds up to a great deal of data. In addition, the first volume has an international section in which much of the information in that volume is summarized under these same categories." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1005)
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