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Public Relations: The Malaysian Experience

Benedict Morais, Hamdan Adnan (eds.)

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Perhubungan Raya Malaysia (Institute of Public Relations) (1986), 259 pp.

"A compilation of articles by Malaysian academicians and public relations professionals from the public and private sectors, intended both as a text and as a survey for the interested layman. In two parts: the first deals with public relations in several types of business, in government and in some ... more

Philippine Mass Media: A Book of Readings

Clodualdo Del Mundo

Manila: Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) (1986), 286 pp.

"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 ... more

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Communications Needs of the Catholic Diocese of Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Marcel Vanhengel

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (1986), 62 pp.

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The "Uncensored War": The Media and Vietnam

Daniel C. Hallin

New York: Oxford University Press (1986), 285 pp.

"The 'Uncensored War' gives a richly detailed account of what Americans read and watched about Vietnam. Hallin draws on the complete body of the New York Times coverage from 1961 to 1965, a sample of hundreds of television reports from 1965-73, including television coverage filmed by the Defense Dep ... more

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Development of Sanitation Communication Support and Training Materials: Inception Report

DHV Consulting Engineers (ed.)

Republic of Indonesia, Ministry of Public Works, Directorate General of Human Settlements (1986), 43 pp.

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Philippine Folk Media in Development Communication

Victor T. Valbuena

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) (1986), vi, 128 pp.

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Images: The Third World on West German TV and the Federal Republic in the Media of Third World Countries

Will Teichert (ed.)

Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (1985), 182 pp.

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China Press and Publishing Directory, 1985

Guo-Gan Gao (ed.)

Beijing; London: Modern Press;Longman (1985), 360 pp.

"[...] 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 ... more

Publishing in the Third World: Knowledge and Development
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Philip G. Altbach, Amadio A. Aroleda, S. Gopinathan (eds.)

Portsmouth, New Hampsh.; London: Heinemann;Mansell (1985), xii, 226 pp.

"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 ... more

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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

Five Successful Asian Community Newspapers

Crispin C. Maslog

Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC);UNESCO (1985), xvi, 136 pp.

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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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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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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

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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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Media Education

Paris: UNESCO (1984), 406 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

Philippine Newspapers: An International Union List

Shiro Saito, Alice W. Mak

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Philippine Studies Program (1984), 273 pp.

"Part I lists 432 newspaper titles by place of publication; Part 2 lists their repositories in Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines and the United States. Title index to Part I." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. ... more