"A compilation of the papers of Symposium VII of the 9th World Congress of Sociology whose central theme asks whether the mass media should be agents of change or agents of the status quo. Central to the articles are discussions from varying viewpoints as to the nature of news and the factors that s
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hape it. Among the contributors are Peter Golding, Gaye Tuchman, Paul Hirsch, Elihu Katz, Tamás Szecskö and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. A list of reference follows each article." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 227)
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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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"Offers critical reflections intended to contribute to an understanding of important points that the MacBride Report "rightfully stressed or unfortunately omitted." Contributors include Alfred Opubor, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Tamàs Szecsko, Rafael Roncagliolo, Oswalda Capriles, Nabil H. Dajani, Eapen K
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. Eapen, Jörg Becker, Herbert Schiller, Charles Foubert, and Hamelink." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 176)
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"Zusammenfassung zweier im Auftrag des BMZ (1977) und des Bundesministeriums des Innern (1979) durchgeführter Studien. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der deutschen Medienförderung bis 1978, kursorisch wird außerdem die Medienförderung Frankreichs, Großbritanniens, Japans, Kanadas, der USA und intern
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ationaler Organisationen angerissen." (commbox)
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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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