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"[...] We consider here a wide range of post-communisms. At one extremestands the former German Democratic Republic: There, the politicalcollapse of communism immediately preceded the economic and socialdestruction of the old way of life. As Maryellen Boyle shows, theaspirations of the people who ov ... erthrew communism were swept aside bythe juggernaut of reunification. This anschluss - to borrow Habermas’shistorically loaded term -was immediately followed by the imposition ofWest German ideas and structures. Within broadcasting, this foundexpression in the setting up of a new system integrated into the existing West German framework. These structural changes were accompanied bythe appointment of Western managers, often from the ruling ChristianDemocratic Party, and an extensive purge of the existing staff. EasternGermany has been rather brutally and very finally integrated into the worldmarket at the expense of the people who ran the Stalinist state.A t the other extreme stands the Chinese experience. There the processof integration, and the destruction of central planning, are proceeding asrapidly in television as in any other part of society. The political system,however, remains controlled by the very same people who have been inpower for years. As Yu Huang shows, the massive development oftelevision in China has been largely the result of the introduction of localautonomy and a shift towards commercial financing. This has led to strainsand tensions between the central party apparatus and the broadcasters.The aftermath of Tiananmen Square was to increase political control butnot to interrupt the growth of the market. One might say that, so far atleast, the process of integration into the world market has been to thebenefit of the people who ran the old system.Between these two extremes lie the majority of countries of the formerSoviet empire in Europe and its local offshoots elsewhere. In differentcountries there have been varying degrees of political change and the scaleand extent of the introduction of market mechanisms and privatization hasbeen extremely uneven. We publish two articles which reflect on East andCentral Europe and which attempt to theorize those experiences. ColinSparks and Anna Reading look at the main currents of social theory whichhave tried t o explain the nature of the end of communism and itsaftermath. They apply propositions derived from these to the study oftelevision in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. KarolJakubowicz makes wider geographical generalizations, but concentrateshis attention mostly on Poland. Despite recognizing the continuingpolitical pressure on the media, he is finally optimistic as to the chances of‘depoliticizing’ television [...] (Editorial) more

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Women Empowering Communication: A Resource Book on Women and the Globalisation of Media

Margaret Gallagher, Lilia Quindoza-Santigo (eds.)

London; New York; Manila: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC);International Women's Tribune Centre;Isis International (1994), 211 pp.

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Zeitgeistlich: Religion und Fernsehen in den neunziger Jahren

Eckhard Bieger, Wolfgang Fischer, Reinhold Jacobi, Peter Kottlorz (eds.)

Köln: Katholisches Institut für Medieninformation (KIM) (1994), 226 pp.

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Sinnes Täuschung: Wie Medien unsere Wahrnehmung verändern

Edmund Carpenter

Wuppertal: Edition Trickster im Peter Hammer Verlag (1994), 223 pp.

"Carpenter begreift Medien als erweiterten Spiegel, als veräußerte Träume unseres Selbst, die uns, sobald wir mit ihnen in Berührung kommen, gefangen nehmen. Seine Zuneigung zu den Naturvölkern ermöglicht ihm Beobachtungen, die zeigen, wie sehr diese Medien in einen Bann schlagen." (Süddeutsc ... more

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Forging War: The Media in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina

Mark Thompson

London: Article 19 (1994), xii, 271 pp.

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TV Transnationalization: Europe and Asia

Preben Sepstrup, Anura Goonasekera (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO (1994), 88 pp.

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Rußland auf dem Weg zur Meinungsfreiheit: Die Pluralisierung der russischen Presse zwischen 1985 und 1990

Silvia von Steinsdorff

Münster: Lit (1994), 352 pp.

"Die Meinungsfreiheit gehört heute zu den wenigen tragfähigen Säulen, auf die sich die noch immer gefährdete Demokratisierung in Rußland stützen kann. Das ist das Verdienst der sowjetischen bzw. russischen Presse, die sich bereits im Verlauf von Gorbatschows Perestrojka weitgehend von der Gän ... more

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Hörertypen und ihr Medienalltag: Eine Sekundärauswertung der Media-Analyse '94 zur Radiokultur in Hamburg

Ralph Weiß, Uwe Hasenbrink

Berlin: Vistas (1994), 228 pp.

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Fernsehen mit Kindern: Ein Ratgeber für Eltern

Helmut Brandstätter, Regina Brandstätter

Wien: Ueberreuter (1994), 166 pp.

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Social Communications Directory 1994/95

Vatican City: Pontifical Council for Social Communications (1994), 85 pp.

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Slovenian Media Guide 94

Ljubljana: Mediana Research Institute (1994), 160 pp.

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 1994/1995

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Baden-Baden: Nomos, 22nd ed. (1994), 500, 311, 128, 52, 126, 200 pp.

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Film, Video and TV Productions: A Survey of the Netherlands and Other Major Markets in the European Union

Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries, 2nd ed. (1994), 165 pp.

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Manipulierte Wirklichkeiten: Medienpsychologische Untersuchungen der bundesdeutschen Presseberichterstattung im Golfkrieg

Wilhelm Kempf (ed.)

Münster: Lit (1994), 192 pp.

"Nicht nur Medienkonsumenten, auch Redakteure und Journalisten fanden sich während des Golfkrieges in einem Mediengefängnis wieder, in dem sich mensch vollkommen eingenebelt fühlte und nicht mehr wußte, "wo es lang ging". Während er den Krieg scheinbar live am Bildschirm miterleben konnte, muß ... more