"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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"The fourth and final volume of the Book Trade of the World, a series of books that aimed to provide a convenient reference tool to the world's publishing and bookselling industries, and to the institutions, organizations, and journals which are associated with them. The information on each country
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is contributed by a leading authority in the field and is presented under 35 thematic headings. The African volume contains an extensive introductory essay by Hans Zell, and an index to all four volumes in the series, compiled by Caroline Bundy. While now inevitably very dated, the books is still useful as source showing the historical development of the book trade in African countries, from the earliest times up to the period of the early 1980s." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 318)
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"The editors attempt to provide "comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information, in both English and French, on libraries, publishers and the retail book trade, research institutions with publishing programs, book industry and literary associations, major periodicals and newspapers, government a
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s well as commercial printers, throughout Africa, South Africa excepted for the last name group." In all, 4,621 institutions and organizations are represented. Data varies according to the type of organization or institution and completeness and accuracy also vary because, the editors tell us, 45 percent of addresses failed to update their entries or retum the questionnaire. These cases are indicated with a dagger or asterisk. Even so, it provides a formidable amount of information. Librarians proved the best respondents; consequently data about libraries is more likely to be the most complete. Arrangement is alphabetical by country. Appendixes include a subject index to special libraries and to periodicals and magazines, and listings of book clubs, awards and principal dealers in African books in Europe and the U.S. Text is in English and French." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1127)
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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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"Declaring that this is not intended as a comprehensive study of Algerian cinema, the editors state their aims: to provide basic information on a national cinema little known outside of French-speaking countries and to assess it in the context of Algerian history. In a still broader context this sma
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ll book throws light on the effects of colonialism on national film." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1459)
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"The title indicates the scope of this excellent history of the war correspondent, including photographers, as Knightley traces him (and a few hers) from the beginning of this type of journalism in the Crimes in the 1850s to the war in Vietnam over a century later. In between he covers various wars,
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little and big, in various parts of the world. He describes not only the correspondents but also the political and ideological climate that produced and set the course of the particular war, and analyzes the media coverage. This is useful not only for research and reference, but also as history. In addition it makes fascinating reading, although some parts are true horror stories which can be hard to take. There are 12 pages giving numerous sources, a bibliography and an index. The 1982 edition omits two chapters in the 1975 edition on the Boer War and on Algeria." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 235)
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"Historique de la presse maghrébine depuis la période coloniale — Inventaire des quatre presses nationales — Analyse de contenu — Evolution de la presse maghrébine — Situation actuelle." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels
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: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2185, topic code 110.1)
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"L’auteur lance un appel aux responsables de la programmation pour qu'ils fassent projeter à l'avenir des films réalisés par des africains en Afrique même et pour qu'ils organisent la projection de tous les films déjà réalisés par les Africains, en Algérie notamment." (Jean-Marie Van Bol,
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Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 240, topic code 310.0)
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"Umfassende Angaben über die Bedeutung und die Entwicklung von Zeitungen und Zeitschriften in Algerien, Marokko und Tunesien." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1215, topic code 110.1)
"The research underlying these case studies was done by the International Institute for Educational Planning in 1965-66 under a contract with the United States Agenciy for International Development, which gave the Institute full freedom of research and the right to publish its findings for general i
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nternational use. The project was directed for the Institute by Wilbur Schramm. His principal collaborators at the Institute were Philip H. Coombs, director of IIEP, Friedrich Kahnert, and Jack Lyle." (Page 4)
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"La documentation sur les grands moyens d'information en Afrique est encore maigre, aussi, cette enquête contribue-t-elle à combler une lacune — Les pays dont il est question dans l'ouvrage sont Algérie, le Maroc et la Tunisie — L'implantation de la radiodiffusion dans ces différents pays es
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t étudiée des points de vue juridique, financier, historique et technique, avec dans chaque cas, un chapitre de conclusion sur les programmes et le public des auditeurs — Du seul point de vue historique, le Maghreb récompense l'intérêt qu'on lui porte — La première station de TV africaine fut implantée au Maroc et l'approche nationale de ce moyen de communication a toujours été audacieuse depuis lors — La télévision reste toutefois entravée par des questions de coût, aussi est-il normal que la radio attire un public beaucoup plus vaste — En Algérie, où le système de radiodiffusion bien développé a été hérité de la France, le transistor est omniprésent — L'auteur consacre une partie de son enquête aux activités de la radiotélévision du Maghreb, dans leur contexte international." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1749, topic code 210.1, 410.1)
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"Réponse à un questionnaire portant sur l'information économique et financière — Les réponses sont groupées en trois chapitres: l'état de l'information économique et financière — L'attitude du public vis-à-vis de l'information économique et financière — Perspectives d'avenir de l'i
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nformation économique et financière — Parmi les nations ayant répondu au questionnaire: Algérie, la Jamaïque, la Turquie, le Mexique, la Tunisie, la Côte d'Ivoire et le Vénézuéla." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1949, topic code 110.40)
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"Der Autor untersucht hier systematisch und sehr umfassend die marokkanische, algerische, tunesische und lybische Presse - Die Probleme der Freiheit, der Struktur wie auch die der Beziehungen zum Rundfunk und die Zukunftsaussichten." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media i
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n the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1547, topic code 110.1)
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