"An introduction to the Philippine media, with emphasis on its popular culture aspects - film, radio and television in particular. The various readings present an overview of development; discusses practical economic aspects; makes critical analyses from sociological, political, economic and aesthet
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ic viewpoints; and assesses the various possible roles of the media in a developing country like the Philippines. There are notes and an index. The editor is Chairman of Communication Arts at De La Salle University and a documentary film maker." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 104)
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"India has to reach to the level, where it can provide food, clothing, and shelter to each individual, within the shortest possible time. Thus, it has become necessary to gear up the developmental process in India, where almost 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas isolated from the urba
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n centres and have low rates of literacy," says Sinha in his introduction. Using the village of Bihar as a case study, he explores the role and relevance of the mass media, especially television, and face-to-face communication. His introduction contains a very brief history of television." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 406)
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"An in-depth look at the "state of the art" of book publishing in the Third World which examines not only the nuts and bolts but also its status as an important part of the knowledge distribution system. The first 50 pages discuss the status of textbook publishing, copyright, and distribution; the r
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est of the book takes a country-and-region approach, covering Africa as a whole and more specifically Ghana, Kenya and Egypt; India; China; the Philippines; an overview of Latin America and of Brazil in particular; the role of U.S. publishers and textbooks; and finally, the modernization of publishing in Japan." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 985)
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"The first part includes studies international in scope, or deal with general theoretical, methodological and policy issues. The second part contains studies treating the regional or national flow of news by country for Africa, the Arab States, Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, an
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d South and Central America. While studies on news flow in Latin America and Asia are numerous, there are fewer for Africa and the Socialist countries, which makes their inclusion especially valuable. Certain of the works are supported with systematic data, while others are historical and analytical. Entries, which are extensively annotated, cover monographs, periodical articles, and theses, and are by contributors from around the globe. Hamid Mowlana compiled an earlier bibliography, International Communication: A Selected Bibliography (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1971), well-organized but not annotated." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 309)
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"[...] this directory is the first of its kind ever published in China, the only reference tool so far available in this respect," says Wang Yi, Advisor to the Bureau of Publishing Administration, Ministry of Culture. It contains 2,353 entries of publishers, booksellers, newspapers and periodicals t
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hroughout the country, with information collected through questionnaires to the end of 1983, and a few from early 1984. Information for each entry includes name in both Chinese and English, address, telephone, date founded, subject/s (where pertinent) or whatever brief background information is useful. Listing of publishers and booksellers is by province; of newspapers and periodicals, by subject. Each of the two main categories has its separate index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 139)
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