Discusses the political meaning of the interviewee's music, his attitudes toward sex, dancing and partying, the status of reggae music in Jamaica, the response of white audiences to reggae music, the mass media image of reggae musicians, and the influence of Marcus Garvey upon the interviewee's music. (JM)

Assesses theoretical problems regarding mass media's role in the modernization of African countries. Draws a correlation between mass communication and economic, social, and political change. (Author/MW)

Argues that black media persons must adopt a plan of action involving commitment to using the cultural aspect of the medium as a swaddling cloth for economic and political considerations; they must embark on a program of consciously and conscientiously incorporating these aspects into every presentation they broadcast. (Author/RJ)

Although presented by the press as a new phenomenon, the presence of undocumented Mexican workers in the United States is deeply rooted in history. While current policies tend to view illegal immigration as a social problem, the phenomenon persists because it benefits, politically and economically, both Mexico and the U.S. (Author/GC)

The Business of Mass Media section of the proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Management in Transition at the Rocky Mountain News" (Jim Redmond); "The Rise and Fall of the Distress Sale: A Strange Case of Comparative Broadcast Policy-Making" (Alan G. Stavitsky); "Journalists' Assessment of Group Ownership and…

Influences in the classroom of English as a second language (ESL) are briefly reviewed as a preface to a discussion of the past, present, and future of ESL instruction in Canada. Ten influences on ESL's past are examined in terms of their effects on ESL teachers: international, national, social, political, economic, commercial, media,…

The focus throughout this second edition is on the 1970's and the impact of mass communication on contemporary society. Analyzing the ways in which communication affects and is, in turn, affected by society, the book examines the social, economic, and intellectual environments in which the media operate. Two intellectual factors which have had the…

Eleven essays explore the educational effects of social forces and agencies outside of the formal school environment. Speakers at the 1977 Chief State School Officers' Institute examined how these social forces can be used to enhance the work of the American school system. Speakers represented schools of education, research institutes, media…