For decades, there has been considerable interest in understanding how attitudes toward other nations and cultures are formed and how people differ in their knowledge and attitudes toward global issues. However, the available research on the topic is sparse and disconnected. This paper suggests a model for looking at the research and presents…

A study was conducted to explore the way network television news observes three countries friendly to the United States: Australia, Canada, and Japan. Every news story from 1968 to 1983 on the ABC, CBS, and NBC networks that mentioned any of the three countries or their people was examined. Coders classified the 4,038 stories based on origin,…

This volume is a cross-disciplinary analysis of the modern Olympic Games based on research in the social sciences and humanities. The focus is academic and scholarly, and the volume includes original theoretical and empirical research on various aspects of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement. This volume attempts to: (1) investigate the…

Theme II of the Ad Hoc Conference on the Education of Migrants was "measures to secure satisfactory educational provision before and during the host country's compulsory schooling period (including specialized and additional training for teachers dealing with migrant workers' children)". This paper briefly discusses this theme. Major…

Reports news analysis material presented on a radio foreign affairs program between 1975 and 1979. Compares this report's findings with propositions generated by gatekeeper studies of international newsflow. Discusses how results do not sustain the argument that news offers an unchanging and unchangeable "world at one with itself." (JD)

Presents an inductive, holistic method of analysis of face-to-face communication based on simulated business negotiations between Japanese and American businesspeople. (JC)

Examines the "New York Times" coverage of 18 Southern African nations for the first six months of 1960, 1965, 1970, and 1975. Indicates that violence and economic issues receive the most coverage. (JMF)

To counter criticisms that its foreign aid is self-serving, Japan has developed new technical and educational assistance programs for students and trainees from developing nations. However, elements of these programs appear to further domestic economic development and to maintain political relationships with local elites in recipient countries.…

Findings from a new blockmodel (multiple-network) analysis of transnational economic and non-economic linkages are presented. World-system studies have frequently relied upon transnational economic relations as the sole or primary delimiter of world-system structure, but the basic assumption of this study is that economic and non-economic links…

A study was conducted to discover (1) how the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) wire services and the Nonaligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP) covered international affairs in terms of frequency of stories, countries covered, and kinds of subject matter; (2) differences and similarities in the three agencies' coverage of…

Communication systems in a divided world can perpetuate tension and violence or can be instrumental in developing unity. In response to this power, communicators must focus on generating worldwide recognition of interdependence in the shaping and sharing of values. Likewise, a responsible communication policy must stimulate the invention and…

Theme III of the Ad Hoc Conference on the Education of Migrants was "measures to secure the satisfactory provision of opportunities for vocational and technical training and general education for adults and adolescents". This report briefly summarizes the situation in member countries regarding the vocational and technical training and…

American businesses, government agencies, and cultural organizations are engaging increasingly in multinational activities. Such activities place Americans and the constituents they represent in different cultural contexts that involve and require adjustment and adaptation to situations and people with different value systems and behavior…

This proceedings contains papers and recommendations focusing on the international migration of women. Growing numbers of women are opting for international migration as a means of improving life chances. This proceedings addresses some of the issues resulting from such migration. The book, divided into four parts, includes an introduction by the…

Describes and analyzes communication technologies of a peripheral state, the Philippines, in the context of its historical integration within the world economy and dependent association with the United States. Analyzes functions of new communication technologies in the production of state power, including using communications for accumulation,…