"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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"Country chapters identify and describe major and selected specialized newspapers and mass circulating magazines. Tables provide basic information for the dailies. Each chapter also carries a discussion of press laws, censorship, state-press relations, and attitudes toward foreign media. Detailed su
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bject, title, and personal name index." (Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources. Ed. Paula H. Covington. New York et al.: Greenwood Press, 1992, nr. 5522)
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"Against a background of the historical, religious, geographical, climatic, political, economic and linguistic factors that make radio and television unique as they affect its development, Boyd discusses broadcasting in the Arab League countries - Egypt, the Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordon, North Yeme
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n, South Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia (omitting Somalia and Mauritania). Egypt and Saudi Arabia are covered in more detail than the other countries. The bulk of the book is taken up with these individual descriptions; an introduction discusses Arab broadcasting in general - its developments, trends and constraints - and concluding sections are concerned with international radio broadcasting in Arabic and with problems within Arab broadcasting. There is a bibliography of printed sources of various kinds and a listing of the author's personal communications. Index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 522)
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"Le présent rapport expose dans leurs grandes lignes les progrès de la radiodiffusion éducative dans 31 pays, 42 organismes de radiodiffusion d'Asie et de la région du Pacifique — Les pays en voie de développement de cette région (et d'autres d'ailleurs) considèrent que le citoyen instruit
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est à proprement dit la clef du progrès économique, social et politique — La radiodiffusion, instrument qui contribue à la réalisation de cet objectif — Principales réalisations de la radio et de la télévision éducatives depuis 1964 (au Japon, Corée du Sud, Laos, Vietnam du Sud, Thaïlande, Malaisie, Singapour, Inde, Pakistan, Iran, Liban, Syrie, Arabie Séoudite, Indonésie, Chine nationaliste, Jordanie, Israël, Australie, Nouvelle Zélande, Philippines, Samoa occidental, Fidji) — Des représentants de quelques pays ont pris la parole — A la fin de l'article, un tableau où sont donnés des renseignements sur les postes récepteurs de radio et de télévision dans les écoles de 16 pays." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1537, topic code 210.330, 410.330)
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"International events occupy an important place in the Arabic press, as is shown by an analysis of the contents of the issues for the 16th to 28th February 1961 to the seven main newspapers of Iraq, Jordan, the Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan and the United Arab Republic." (Jean-Marie Van Bo
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l, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 8, topic code 110.5)
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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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"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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