"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
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he Zeitung, 1994)
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"The International Broadcasting Audience Research Department (IBAR) of the BBC World Service presently commissions representative sample surveys of the adult populations of more than 20 different countries each year. Surveys reported in this compilation published first time in 1993 provide detailed
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information on the spread of radio and television in countries for which such data are otherwise difficult to obtain. The 1993 edition contains the only nationally representative radio and television surveys in Indonesia, Ghana and Senegal. Other surveys include Mozambique, Angola, Fiji and Nepal. The 1994/5 edition presents a report on the growth of audiences for satellite television in India, audience surveys in Macedonia, Albania, India, Kenya, Nigeria, the Czech Republic and Romania." (Catalogue Libbey 1995)
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"Covers media environment, media law, press, broadcasting, ownership, journalism quality and education in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Each chapter includes an essay written by local journalists besides an overview written b
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y the Freedom Forum staff. The Appendices offer Media profiles of Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, and Vietnam." (Book review in: Asian Journal of Communication, vol.4, nr.1, 1994)
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"The book covers three main themes: 1. the relationship of interdependence between culture, education and communication; 2. the need for participatory processes in sustainable development, and 3. the crucial importance of culturally appropriate communication systems and approaches to education and t
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raining. These themes are discussed from a general, rather theoretical perspective in the first two chapters. The rest of the book has these themes recurring in discussions of specific development strategies, perception studies, and the various media used for development." (https://www.ircwash.org/resources)
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"Traces the history, publishing activities, and experience of the Obor Foundation – a book and publishing assistance organization largely active in Indonesia – and suggests its might serve as a model for other organizations, and that its successful formula might be replicated, or adapted, in oth
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er parts of the developing world." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1393)
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"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.
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The first chapter is a philosophical discussion of press systems. ASEAN is the acronym for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, founded in 1967." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 346)
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