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Newspapers in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Problems

John A. Lent (ed.)

Hong Kong: Heinemann Asia (1982), xxiii, 597 pp.

"Articles dealing with daily, and in some cases non-daily, newspapers from the late 1960s through the late 1970s in 23 Asian countries, ranging from Afghanistan in the area Lent calls West Asia, to Japan in East Asia. Not included are the Asian portion of the Soviet Union, countries of the Middle Ea ... more

World Press Encyclopedia, Vol. 2

George Thomas Kurian (ed.)

New York: Facts on File (1982), pp. 645-1202

"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 ... more

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Folk Media and Mass Media in Population Communication

Paris: UNESCO (1982), 59 pp.

Mass Communication in China

John Howkins

New York: Longman (1982), xvii, 160 pp.

"An inside look at the media since the fall of Mao Tse Tung, based largely on first-hand evidence the author collected on the spot. After an analysis of the role of communications in today's China, Howkins deals with the various media - broadcasting, film, publishing, telecommunications (''From Beac ... more

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Mass Communication in India: An Annotated Bibliography

Kalpana Dasgupta, Bhagwan K. Prasad

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Mass Communication (1982), 163 pp.

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Promoting National Book Strategies in Asia and the Pacific: Problems and Perspectives

Abul Hasan

Paris: UNESCO (1982), 33 pp. + annexes

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La planification de la communication au service du développement: Recherche d'un cadre opérationnel

Alan Hancock

Paris: UNESCO (1982), 214 pp.

The Military and the Media

Alan Hooper

Aldershot, Hants: Gower (1982), xv, 247 pp.

"Hooper, an officer in the British Royal Marines, bases his study largely on first-hand research consisting of personal observation of the news process in the press, radio and television, interviews with various personalities in the military and the media, and visits to a number of military establis ... more

Communications Research in Asia

Sarath Amunugama, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Said (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1982), 204 pp.

World Press Encyclopedia. Vol. 1

George Thomas Kurian (ed.)

New York: Facts on File (1982), 641 pp.

"This is a survey of the state of the press in 180 countries, organized in four sections: Section I, "The International Press"; Section II, "The World's Developed Press Systems"; Section III, "Smaller and Developing Press Systems, " and Section IV, " Minimal and Underdeveloped Press Systems." Covera ... more

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Abuse of Women in the Media

Penang (MY): Consumers' Association of Penang (1982), 85 pp.

"This booklet contends that the lifestyle of women in the Third World, including Malaysia, has been influenced by the Western media which represent "the interests and values of an alien and dominant culture" and project a Western brand of consumption which is discriminatory, oppressive and male-orie ... more

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Public Witness to the Christian Faith in Thailand: A Survey of Catholic Mass Communication

Michael Traber

Thailand: Office of Communication Affairs (1982), 92 pp.

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Television News in a North-South Perspective: Reports - Documents - Recommendations of the Third International Broadcast News Workshop

Reinhard Keune (ed.)

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) (1981), 180 pp.

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Towards a New World Information and Communication Order

Uppsala: Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (1981), 172 pp.

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Circulation of News in the Third World: A Study of Asia

Wilbur Schramm, Erwin Atwood

Hong Kong: Chinese University Press (1981), 352 pp.

"A quantitative content analysis in which Schramm and Atwood focus on the flow of news into and out of the Third World, with emphasis on the four Western news agencies - Reuter, the Associated Press, United Press International, and Agence France Presse. Part of the project measures quantity of news, ... more

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Communication in the Community: An International Study on the Role of the Mass Media in Seven Communities

Paris: UNESCO (1981), 85 pp.

"This publication consists of short accounts of seven studies carried out in seven different countries on the part played by the media in the development of "social consciousness" in two widely different social groups in each of the countries concerned. The research on which the accounts are based h ... more

Christian Communication in India: Problems and Prospects. Report of the National Seminar for Christian Communication Workers, Bangalore, April 27-30, 1980

Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (ISPCK) (1981), 96 pp.

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Public Communication Campaigns

Ronald E. Rice, William J. Paisley (eds.)

Berverly Hills: Sage (1981), 328 pp.

"Original essays define the scope of and show how to improve campaigns that promote public service programmes - among them, anti-smoking, family planning, heart disease prevention, and fire prevention campaigns. Academics, programme administrators, evaluators and policy makers show how to assess nee ... more