"Provides a history of the Kuruman Press in South Africa, founded by Lutheran Methodist Society missionary Robert Moffat, together with a list of publications produced there between 1831 and 1870." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1715)
"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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"Africa Media Review provides a forum for research and debate on communication theory, practice and policy in Africa. It seeks to raise awareness about the interconnections between media, communication and social processes in Africa, and how these shape and are affected by policies and practices at
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global, regional and local levels. It welcomes contributions on all aspects of communication informed by or relevant to the predicaments of Africa. Africa Media Review is a collaborative publication between the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) based in Dakar, Senegal and the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Nairobi, Kenya. It is published three times a year and covers articles in English and in French." (https://www.codesria.org)
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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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"Diese Studie präsentiert eine empirische Analyse des lokalen Bildungsfernsehsystems in der sudanesischen Provinz Gezira, das in den siebziger Jahren mit deutscher Entwicklungshilfe eingeführt und gefördert wurde [...] Auf der Grundlage seiner Erkenntnisse aus dem Sudan argumentiert der Autor, da
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ss das Potenzial des Fernsehens zur Förderung und Beschleunigung der ländlichen Entwicklung in den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern wahrscheinlich geringer ist als allgemein angenommen. Der Import komplexer und teurer westlicher Fernsehtechnik scheint daher keine erfolgversprechende Strategie zur Lösung der Kommunikationsprobleme der am wenigsten entwickelten Länder zu sein. Das sudanesische Beispiel zeigt außerdem, dass die verfrühte Einführung und Verbreitung des Fernsehens eine Reihe negativer Folgen haben kann, da sie knappe Ressourcen aus anderen Bereichen wie der Presse und dem Bildungssystem abzieht und zu einer wachsenden technischen und finanziellen Abhängigkeit von ausländischen Geberinstitutionen und dem Weltmarkt für Fernsehhard- und -software führen kann.“ (Zusammenfassung, Seite 216)
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"A pioneering volume containing a wealth of practical information and advice for African authors. Describes how to present a manuscript, how to find a publisher, dealing with literary agents, and offering advice about contracts, remuneration, copyright, and writing for the media. Illustrated with so
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me amusing cartoons by Ghanaian artist Ato Delaquis." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2506)
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"An anthology sponsored by the World Association for Christian Communication, whose articles examine the MacBride Report and expound the philosophy that communication is a basic human right to be shared by the developing and developed countries alike. There is a 24-page bibliography of books, pamphl
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ets, documents, periodicals and articles on the NWICO by Colleen Roach." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 245)
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