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World Broadcasting Systems: A Comparative Analysis
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Sydney W. Head

Belmont: Wadsworth (1985), xix, 457 pp.

"Instead of describing typical systems in their entirety ...," says Head in his foreword, "I decided to organize the text on the basis of the common problems faced by all systems" to show the basic, universal demands and dilemmas they all must face as each interacts with its particular national sett ... more

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Communication Challenges of Our Time: An Asian Perspective

Teresita Z. Hermano, Alfonso B. Deza, Augustine Loorthusamy (ed.)

Manila: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Asia Region (1985), 133 pp.

The Communication Revolution and New World Information and Communication Order: The Challenge to the Churches

Singapore: Christian Conference of Asia (1985), 131 pp.

Press Laws and Systems in ASEAN States

Abdul Razak (ed.)

Jakarta: Confederation of Asean Journalists, Gedung Dewan Pers (1985), 458 pp.

"A survey of press laws in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, this handbook presents the information in two parts: (1) a descriptive survey of the press system for each country, and (2) transcripts of the national laws. A final chapter compares the five national systems. ... more

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Media Education

Paris: UNESCO (1984), 406 pp.

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The Press in India

R. C. S. Sarkar

New Delhi: S. Chand (1984), 320 pp.

"An encyclopedic study of the Indian newspaper press, dealing with its existing state, its growth and development, the constitutional and legal framework within which it functions, its role as a business and a public utility, its Press Council, its news flow, and a number of other aspects. An append ... more

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AV-Medien zum Thema Dritte Welt

Friedemann Schuchardt

Stuttgart: Evangelisches Zentrum für entwicklungsbezogene Filmarbeit (EZEF) (1984), 84 pp.

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International Publishing Today: Problems and Prospects

O. P. Ghai, Narendra Kumar

Manuel Salvat (honoured person)

Delhi: Bookman's Club (1984), 237 pp.

"An anthology on international publishing including such aspects as freedom to publish, publishing for human development, international book fairs, piracy, children's publishing, global problems of scholarly publishing, educational publishing, and - specifically for developing countries - training a ... more

Katholische Rundfunkarbeit in der Dritten Welt: Eine Auswahl geförderter Projekte. Materialien zur Jahrestagung der katholischen Rundfunkarbeit in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und West-Berlin

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (1984), 72 pp.

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Women and Media: Analysis, Alternatives and Action

Kamla Bhasin, Bina Agerwal (eds.)

New Delhi: Kali for Women;Isis International;Pacific and Asian Women's Forum (1984), 132 pp.

"Articles, drawn mainly from the Asian and Pacific region, grouped in two parts: "Analysis," reflecting the portrayal of women through myth and the arts in the past and the mass media in the present; and "Action/Alternatives," focusing on attempts made by various women's groups both to protest again ... more

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Weder Western - noch Eastern: Das andere Kino in Asien

Ambros Eichenberger

Bremen: edition con (1984), 81 pp.

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Media for People in Cities: A Study of Community Media in the Urban Context

Peter M. Lewis (ed.)

UNESCO (1984), 239 pp.

"Although rural development, especially in the Third World, is a major concern of UNESCO, emphasis here is upon those uses of media which support community initiatives in urban settings or were introduced to help resolve tensions and problems. Media are not limited to newspapers and broadcasting; th ... more

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Christian Publishing: The Indian Experience

Jane R. Caleb (ed.)

Delhi: Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (ISPCK) (1984), 130 pp.

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World Communications: A Handbook

George Gerbner, Marsha Siefert (eds.)

New York: Longman (1984), xv, 527 pp.

"Brings together 54 articles on research and policy on communications in the "three worlds" by scholars and policy makers from the U.S., Western Europe, the socialist countries including the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and the developing world, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America - 25 countri ... more

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Dynamics of Nation-Building with Particular Reference to the Role of Communication: Country Profiles in Historical Perspective

Bangkok: UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific (1984), vii, 202 pp.

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The Manipulated Press: A History of Philippine Journalism since 1945

Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo

Manila: Cacho Hermanos (1984), xv, 256 pp.

"An in-depth analysis from a global perspective of the problems, the trends, and the forces affecting the post-World War II Philippine press, describing its development and showing how the results were the logical offshoots of broad economic, political and cultural trends. A great deal is said about ... more

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Textbooks in the Philippines: Evaluation of the Pedagogical Impact of a Nationwide Investment

Stephen P. Heyneman, Dean T. Jamison, Xenia Montenegro

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, volume 6, issue 2 (1984), pp. 139-150

"The Philippine government, with the assistance of the World Bank, launched the $US37 million Textbook Project to alleviate the lack of textbooks in the nation's public schools. Prior to this investment, there was an average of 10 pupils for every book available in a given subject. During the first ... year of implementation, the Textbook Project produced ap-proximately 20 million first and second grade textbooks in science, mathematics, and Pilipino. These were distributed nationwide in the 1977-78 school year at a ratio of two pupils per book. In the course of its 5-year duration, the Textbook Project would produce 97 million books covering all subject areas from first grade through high school and would distribute enough so that there would be only two students per book at each grade level in each subject. Books cost an average of US$.55 each (for an average length of 180 pages); the overall program increased per student costs by about 1% (Orivel, 1979). Teacher training in the use of the books was part of the project. These and other aspects of implementation are described in detail by Aprieto (1983). Textbook content was geared closely to the national curriculum and tightly screened for clarity of presentation. Photo and colors were used judiciously. Because books were expected to be in use for up to 5 years, binding and stitching were of high quality. Distribution was made first to regional warehouses, then to municipalities, then to schools. Arrival time and textbook condition in the nation's 100,000 schools were monitored by computer in the capital. The success of the project was due not to simply having new textbooks, but rather to having new textbooks of high quality, reasonably on time, well understood, and well used by teachers. The Evaluation Section of the Textbook Project was formed primarily to investigate the effects of this sizable investment on student achievement. One year before the first sets of textbooks were distributed, an evaluation plan was designed, and instruments were developed to measure these effects. The plan was implemented during the first year of textbook distribution and has been a continuing component of the Textbook Project. The results presented here were obtained from the first-year evaluation data, otherwise known as Phase I. The effects of textbooks on achievement in conjunction with pupil, home, school, and environmental variables were examined, the primary concern being the increment in the achievement of pupils, given the use of the project textbooks, while other influencing factors were controlled." (Page 141) more

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