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Nordenstreng, Kaarle, Ed.; Kleinwachter, Wolfgang, Ed. – 1992
This report provides the proceedings of an expert seminar, held during the preparatory meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) summit, which was designed to contribute to the new media orientation of the CSCE. The proceedings notes that the main media issue in the 1990s is no longer to legitimize freedom over…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Higher Education
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1992
Section A of the Journalism History section of the proceedings contains the following 10 papers: "Mixed Messages in a Progressive Newspaper: The Milwaukee Journal and Woman Suffrage, 1911-1912" (Elizabeth Burt); "The Search for Unity: The Importance of the Black Press in the Emigration/Colonization Issues of the 1800s" (Bernell…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Editors, Females, Foreign Countries
Friedman, Sharon M.; And Others – 1989
Critics of coverage of nuclear power have charged that the media overemphasize the importance of nuclear accidents, encourage public fear, and omit information vital to public understanding of nuclear power and risk. Some also feel there is an anti-nuclear bias among reporters and editors. A study was conducted to determine if such charges were…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Foreign Countries, Hazardous Materials, Mass Media Role
Jyrkiainen, Jyrki, Comp. – 1988
A compilation of papers from a joint Finnish-Russian seminar on problems of communication research, this collection presents diverse opinions and results from researchers and observers in both countries. The titles of the papers and their authors are as follows: (1) "Role of Research and Training in Mass Communication and Public Opinion"…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Cultural Images, Foreign Countries
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Lipstadt, Deborah E. – Social Education, 1991
Examines press coverage of the Holocaust to analyze the response of the United States and the world to the Jewish extermination. Compares this coverage to earlier press responses to the Armenian genocide and Ukraine famines. Argues the press was unwilling to face the Holocaust's magnitude. Urges teachers to teach about the Holocaust and similar…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), European History, Genocide, Higher Education
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Poltorak, David I. – History Teacher, 1991
Discusses the importance of television in history and citizenship education in Soviet schools. Describes studies dealing with the effects of mass communications media on the educational process. Urges the integration of subject matter conveyed to students via television with that acquired in the classroom to foster development of theoretical…
Descriptors: Audience Participation, Citizenship Education, Creative Thinking, Current Events