"Radharc is RTÉs longest-running programme and was founded even before RTÉ itself. Fr Joe Dunn, who is still its director, set Radharc up with a group of his fellow Dublin priests and with the encouragement of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. This is Joe Dunn's personal history of Radharc. His som
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etimes hilarious account of the beginnings and of fascinating recollections of filming all over the world with all its hazards, adventures and delights, all lead to most insightful and provocative collection of personal reflections on the major issues facing the Church and the world today." (Back cover)
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"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
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f power. In six parts: "The Formative Functions of Information Technology," "Information, International Relations, and Warfare," "Modes of Cultural Domination and Resistance," "The New Information Order: Struggles and Reconsiderations," "Reconstructing Information Patterns and Practices," and "Meeting the Future: Research and Action." Among the 27 contributors are Cees Hamelink, Tapio Varis, Dallas Smythe, Vincent Mosco, Stuart Ewen, Enrique González Manet, Yassen Zassoursky, William Melody, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Breda Pavlic, George Gerbner and James Halloran. Countries represented by the contributors are Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, India, the United States, the U.S.S.R., Cuba, England, Holland, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Peru, Sri Lanka and Kenya." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 30)
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"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
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ge is alphabetical by country within the sections. Discussions and data for the various countries in the first three sections are under the following headings: "Basic Data: Background and General Characteristics"; "Economic Framework"; "Press Law"; "Censorship"; "State Press Relations"; "Attitude Toward Foreign Media"; "News Agencies"; "Electronic News Media"; "Education and Training"; and in conclusion "Summary," with a discussion of trends and prospects; followed by "Chronology." Preceding each country is a table of basic data, and following it a bibliography. Section IV, "Minimal and Underdeveloped Press Systems," treats each country briefly in tabular form. Appendixes list 50 of the best known daily newspapers, the news agencies of the world, selected periodicals dealing with the press, media multinationals, press-related associations, unions and organizations, advertising expenditures, radio transmitters and receivers, and television transmitters and sets." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 239)
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"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
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l involved in broadcasting in that particular country or has been contributed by the official broadcast system of the country. Information varies for each, but concise and fairly extensive. An appendix suggests additional reading." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 712)
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"An investigation of the production and content of broadcast news in Nigeria, Sweden and Ireland to shed light on two questions: What picture of the world is provided by broadcast news, and how is this picture related to the routine demands of news production in broadcasting organizations? Answers,
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which involve discussions about the social role of journalism, the ideological nature of news, and the possibility of change, indicate that news is shaped by a variety of organizational, cultural, economic and normative restreints. The authors find that news is more nearly a reflection of the forces that produce it than of the events and processes in social reality." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 628)
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"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
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order; they are Bangladesh, Ghana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The aim is "to develop indicators of the strengths and weaknesses of the constituent markets, to analyze the general state and direction of growth of the book industry, and to interrelate these factors so as to provide a firm basis for decision-making in public." Information for each country is accompanied by numerous tables, and for the seven major countries, by profiles of a few representative publishing houses. An Executive Summary condenses the total findings, and a 13-page introduction summarizes the findings in terms of certain important trends. At the end of the second volume are conclusions. Index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1069)
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"Country-by-country examination of the broadcasting systems of 29 countries and one continent, giving origin, development, regulation, programming patterns, quantitative dimensions. While some of the material has dated, much still holds. Countries include the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom
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, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, the U.S.S.R., Hungary, Yugoslavia, Turkey, India, China, Japan, Australia, and the continent of Africa (lan overview)." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 598)
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"L'emploi et la disponibilité des moyens audio-visuels varient en Europe d'un pays à l'autre — C'est pourquoi M. E. LUFT, auteur de la présente étude, a été invité à effectuer une enquête sur les besoins des pays en voie de développement en films et autres moyens audio-visuels utilisés
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dans l'enseignement — Les six pays dans lesquels il s'est rendu sont les suivants: Islande, Irlande, Italie, Grèce, Espagne et Turquie — Cette enquête avait pour objet de déterminer si le matériel existant — films de 16 mm., diapositives, films fixes, bandes magnétiques et disques — — était suffisant et conforme aux idées modernes — Une attention particulière a été portée aux possibilités d'utiliser plus largement et efficacement les auxiliaires audiovisuels dans ces pays économiquement, techniquement et industriellement moins favorisés." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1338, topic code 50)
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"Situation des moyens d'information dans les pays suivants: Basutoland — Côte française des Somalis — Kenya — Tanganyika — Ouganda — Nyassaland — Rhodésie du Nord, du Sud — Somalie britannique — Union Sud Africaine — Colombie — Guyane britannique — Guyane française — Suri
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nam — Canada — Costa Rica — Etats-Unis — Guadeloupe — Guatemala = Honduras britannique — Jamaïque — Nicaragua — Panama — Salvador — Martinique — Aden — Afghanistan — Arabie Séoudite — Ceylan — Chypre — Irak — Israël — Royaume de Jordanie Hachemite — Perse — Syrie — Thaïlande — Australie et autres pays d'Europe: Irlande — Lichtenstein — Monaco — Royaume-Uni — Irlande du Nord." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1782, topic code 10, 20, 30)
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"Situation of the information media in the following countries: Basutoland [= Lesotho] — French Somaliland [Djibouti] — Kenya — Tanganyika — Uganda — Nyasaland [= Malawi] — Northern Rhodesia [= Zambia] — Southern Rhodesia [= Zimbabwe] — British Somaliland — Union of South Africa â€
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” Colombia — British Guiana — French Guiana — Surinam — Canada — Costa Rica — United States — Guadeloupe — Guatemala — British Honduras [= Belize] — Jamaica — Nicaragua — Panama — Salvador — Martinique — Aden [= Yemen] — Afghanistan — Saudi Arabia — Ceylon — Cyprus — Iraq — Israel — Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan — Persia — Syria — Thailand — Australia and some countries in Europe — Ireland — Lichtenstein — Monaco — United Kingdom — Northern Ireland." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1783, topic code 10, 20, 30)
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