"This book overviews and reconsiders media organizations - the news agencies - which report and film the news for the press and broadcast media. Incorporating institutional, historical, political economic and cultural studies perspectives, the book: reviews agency provision of general news, video ne
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ws and financial news; analyzes agency-state relations through periods of dramatic social upheaval; and critically examines the impact of deregulation and globalization on the news agency business. Contributors consider how leading players like Reuters and Associated Press help to define the nature of both the Global and the Local as well as focusing on the network of relations between international and national agencies." (Publisher description)
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"This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1
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of the yearbook, "Children and Media on the UN and UNESCO Agendas," includes articles on the significance of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Section 2, "Children and Violence on the Screen: Research Articles," includes articles on U.S. television violence and children, the nature and context of violence on American television, and media violence in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Europe, and Argentina. Section 3, "Children's Media Situation: Research Articles," contains articles describing children's media access and use in various parts of the world, including Asia, China, Australia, South Africa, and Belgium. Section 4, "Media in the World," provides statistics on children and the media worldwide. Section 5, "Children in the World," details demographic indicators for children worldwide. Section 6, "Children's Participation in the Media: Some Examples," describes examples of positive child participation in the media production process. Section 7 contains international declarations and resolutions regarding children and the media. Section 8 discusses regulations and measures as a basis for building television policy. A bibliography containing approximately 300 references on children and media violence published after 1970 completes the yearbook." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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"Prepared by a group of experts within the CROP network, this book was a state-of-the-art report on poverty and poverty research in different regions in 1996. As such, it was unique and the first volume ever to cover poverty studies worldwide, and to present the rich variety of concepts, hypotheses
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and data used in different disciplines in different cultural settings. The book contains a great number of ideas and reflections on poverty manifestations, poverty research and poverty strategies, of great value for researchers and policy-makers alike. As such, it is a baseline for ongoing and future research, and a major contribution to setting up the agenda for poverty research in the new millennium." (https://www.crop.org/Publications)
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"The drive towards homogeneity is not irresistible. These challenging essays by journalists, independent producers and researchers describe indigenous television in Brazil, in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Aboriginal networks in Australia and the Deep Dish Satellite Network's alternative cover
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age in America of the Gulf War. Against the odds, local initiatives around the world are creating new opportunities for national, regional and ethnic identities to find expression through the medium of television." (Publisher description)
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Organisation de la réception: l'expérience néo-zélandaise montre que l'efficacité des émissions dépend d'un certain nombre de considérations en plus d'un niveau de « radio-télédiffusion » très élevé dans l'établissement et la production des programmes éducatifs — Ces autres consi
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dérations sont les suivantes: une attention spéciale aux programmes scolaires — Connaissance du but des émissions — Degré des relations avec d'autres assistances et services d'enseignement dont peuvent disposer les écoles — Formation professionnelle des professeurs à l'utilisation intelligente des émissions — Contrôle des résultats: présentation de cinq méthodes adoptées en Nouvelle Zélande se combinant et visant à indiquer ceux des programmes qui sont les moins efficaces." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1651, topic code 210.321.11, 410.321.11, 210.321.3, 410.321.30)
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"Une grande partie des écoles se trouve dans des régions rurales, 60 p.c. des écoles primaires sont dans ce cas, elles ne disposent que de 5 professeurs, parfois moins — Efforts pionniers dans le domaine de la radiodiffusion scolaire en Nouvelle Zélande — Buts et rôles que s'est fixés la r
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adio — Trois domaines furent ouverts: l'enseignement de la musique et du chant, l'histoire et la géographie et « études sociales n, la littérature — Une plus importante collaboration et un plus large échange de points de vue entre éducateurs et animateurs de télévision sont souhaitables — Aide financière provenant des services du Ministère de l'Education avec qui une collaboration existe mais reste à resserrer davantage. L'auteur est Contrôleur des Programmes Scolaires à la « New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation »." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 73, topic code 210.321.13)
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"Coordonner les efforts afin de trouver des moyens permettant de réduire letemps d'apprentissage — L'expérience de la Nouvelle Zélande a permisentre autres de suggérer qu'une plus grande attention pourrait être accordéeà la sélection des personnes qui reçoivent une formation, de même qu'
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à laformation qui est demandée par les stagiaires." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 130, topic code 222, 252.20)
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Mimeographie. "2ème congrès international des organismes de Radiodiffusion sur la Radio et la Télévision scolaires - Comptes rendus canadien, australien, français, allemand, italien, japonais, néo-zélandais, britannique, d'outre-mer et de la télévision indépendante." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, A
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bdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 756, topic code 210.321.13, 410.321.13)
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