"La présente publication concerne les documents de travail qui ont été l'objet, en juin 1986, d'un séminaire pour correspondants régionaux et locaux, rélaisé à Bamako, capitale de la République du Mali. Nous espérons pouvoir, par cette publication, contribuer à l'explitation du thème "Ra
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dio Rurale et Développement Rural" et recommandons la lecture de ces textes aux participants des promotions antérieures du DWAZ ainsi qu'à un cerlce plus large d'intéressés." (Préface, page 5)
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"The paucity of textbooks on mass communications in Nigeria, the economic restrictions on the importation of books, the continued increase of mass communications training institutions together with the concomitant increase in the number of trainees and practitioners of this profession, inform the th
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eme of this publication. The sixteen contributions, by experts drawn from both the communications and publishing industry in Nigeria, are divided into four parts: general overview of the publishing industry in Nigeria (4 papers), research needed for communications book production (4), the contents of mass communications books (6) and distribution and production costs (2)." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 749)
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"Il décrit l'état de la littérature au Bénin, la promotion de l'écriture en langues nationales, le développement du livre scolaire, la renaissance de l'industrie de la presse, et note l'augmentation du nombre de librairies. La deuxième partie de l'ouvrage contient une bibliographie des livres
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béninois exposés à la 40e Foire du livre de Francfort, qui comprend des ouvrages littéraires, des textes scolaires et des textes en langues nationales. La dernière partie est un annuaire des librairies du Bénin." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 427)
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"A volume of essays on government and international agency policies regarding the provision of textbooks in developing countries, analysing problems and constraints, and examining the economic, social, and pedagogic questions involved in textbook writing for both primary and secondary schools and fo
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r tertiary education. The second part of the book considers the content of textbooks and the influence of textbooks in classroom practice, with examples from texts to show how they relate to the life of the audiences for whom they are written, and the relationship between textbook content and state policies or ideology." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 209)
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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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"[...] Unter welchen gesellschaftlichen, organisatorischen, berufsstrukturellen und personellen Bedingungen transportieren Journalisten in Entwicklungsländern den Informationsinput in publizistische Aussagen und inwiefern korrespondieren diese Bedingungen mit der "Leitidee" von Entwicklungsjournali
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smus? Gefragt wird mit anderen Worten nach der Funktionalität journalistischer Handlungen und Orientierungsmuster. Nach einer mühevollen Datenerhebung, in der die Schwierigkeiten zum Ausdruck kommen, die hier zu überwinden sind, konzentriert sich Großenbacher auf die unterschiedlichen politischen und institutionellen Bedingungen des Entwicklungsjournalismus in den beiden Ländern. Die politische Entwicklung Senegals, das bereits vor der Unabhängigkeit gewisse demokratische Privilegien genoß, hat die Entstehung einer Tradition der Medienfreiheit begünstigt. Sie hat zu einer für franko-afrikanische Verhältnisse einzigartigen Pressevielfalt geführt. Umgekehrt sind die Medien in Benin seit den Regierungswechseln von 1937 nichts als politische Instrumente der jeweils herrschenden Elite in einem sozialistischen Einparteienstaat. Die Presse unterliegt strenger staatlicher Reglementierung. Infolge der restriktiven Bedingungen konnte sich das Pressesystem im Vergleich zu Senegal nur bescheiden entwickeln. In einem ausführlichen Schlußkapitel stellt Großenbacher die beiden Mediensysteme vergleichend einander gegenüber. Er stellt fest: Obwohl ein allgemein verbindliches Konzept von Entwicklungsjournalismus fehlt, lassen sich die verschiedenen Ansätze doch auf einen, allerdings schmalen gemeinsamen Nenner bringen. Dem erklärten Anspruch an die Medien, die nationale Entwicklung zu unterstützen, steht der Umstand im Wege, daß in beiden Ländern eine ausformulierte nationale Kommunikationspolitik fehlt. Eingehend befaßt sich Großenbacher mit der ruralen Presse. Sie erweist sich als kaum überlebensfähig, und auch die neue Regionalradiostation im Norden des Landes kann die ihr ursprünglich zugedachte Aufgabe als Radio für die ländliche Bevölkerung nicht wahrnehmen, außerdem werden im Bereich der audiovisuellen Medien zunehmend internationale Einflüsse wirksam. An diesem Beispiel zeigt sich auch die Problematik des Transfers institutioneller Strukturen aus industrie- bzw. informationsgesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen in Entwicklungsländer." (Rezension von Franz Ronneberger, in: Publizistik vol. 37, 1992, Seiten 269–270)
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"This book presents the outcome of five case-studies carried out within Unesco's programme on the Contribution of the Media to Promoting Equality between Women and Men and Strengthening Women's Access to and Participation in Communication. More specifically, it forms part of an action centred on the
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Training, Recruitment and Advancement of Women in the Communication Professions. The case-studies on professional women in broadcasting deal with five countries located in both the developing and developed world: Canada, Egypt, Ecuador, India and Nigeria. One of the major preoccupations of Unesco's programme is to increase the access of women to decision-making positions. The obstacles to the movement of women into management and decision-making positions are particularly felt in the field of communication. A comparative analysis of the key issues, personnel policies and practices of five broadcasting organizations in different regions of the world not only furnishes a critique of current policies concerning women but offers proposals for action which could help to overcome barriers to women's access to high-level posts in the media." (Preface)
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"Although a number of books have been written on African journalism, this, according to Ochs, a professor of mass communication at the American University in Cairo, is the first to take an overall look at the continent as a whole, notwithstanding the lack of data and frequent change of ownership whi
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ch made his task difficult. The first 50 pages survey the continent, following which are case studies of seven countries offering representative yet contrasting languages and press situations: Tanzania and Nigeria (English-speaking), the Ivory Coast and Senegal (French-speaking), Morocco and Algeria (Arabic and French-speaking), and Egypt (Arabic-speaking). Throughout he has attempted to show the effect on the press of the extreme diversity of peoples, countries, cultures and politics. The term "press" includes broadcast as well as print media, but in the case of the former the "almost monolithic government control makes research here less productive." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 327)
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"Frederick Forsyth reveals how he resigned from the BBC to report from Biafra - and attack the British government. Jonathan Dimbleby describes the risks he took in filming 'The Unknown Famine' - which toppled an emperor. Mohamed Amin and Michael Buerk tell how their last-minute partnership in Ethiop
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ia created the harrowing film which so moved Bob Geldorf. 'News out of Africa draws on these and other first-hand accounts of reporting famine to explore the random and often accidental way in which news is selected; the exploitation of the media by both individuals and governments, missionaries and revolutionaries; the distrubing implications of television's increasing dependence on satellites and electronic news gathering." (Back cover)
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"The second part grew out of the Symposium of Broadcasting Organization and Management held in 1984 at the request of UNESCO, The U.K. Overseas Development Administration, and the British Council, in which a group of directors of broadcasting organizations and permanent secretaries of ministries of
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information dealt with such masters of policy as shifting cultural boundaries, economic constraints, and technological change. Countries are limited to anglophone Africa; Wedell says that financial constraints prevented a bilingual meeting with colleagues in francophone Africa." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 828)
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"A short overview of religious publishing houses in Nigeria." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1726)