Examines military occupation force's role in shaping Japan's contemporary broadcasting system. Notes that controls placed on Japanese broadcasters were often rigorous and uncompromising, despite Washington's initial instructions to give guidance to the Japanese without overt control. Suggests that this domination created an environment conducive…

Reports that middle-level Chinese government officials are given almost verbatim translations of selected news stories and commentary from around the world in a publication called "News for Reference," which is widely distributed in China by the Hsinhua news agency. (FL)

Discusses "Min Shun Bao" ("The People's Living Daily"), a daily newspaper in Taiwan that carries only features appealing to a wide audience. Reports on a survey finding that the paper has not been as successful as its publishers had hoped. (FL)

Concludes that United States press coverage of the Quebec separatism referendum concentrated on the results and on constitutional reform rather than on the background aspects of the issue. (FL)

Concludes that Canadian newspapers serving a specific geographic area or region exhibit many similarities. (FL)

An analysis of the coverage given to foreign industrial disputes in "Time" and "Newsweek" from 1966 to 1973 reveals that a nonlinear relationship exists between the number of times an event occurs and the amount of coverage it receives. (FL)

Concludes that Nepal's press shows more concern with domestic issues and uses a greater variety of news sources during a period of relative freedom. (FL)

Concludes that the representation of the elderly in Israeli newspapers is consistent with their proportion in the population, but that the way they are portrayed tends to support stereotypes. (FL)

Describes how Uganda's newspaper industry started slowly in the early twentieth century, expanded rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and then declined; notes that by 1976 only 14 of 84 newspapers established over a period of 79 years still existed. Provides information about each newspaper published between 1900 and 1976. (GT)

An analysis of the coverage by four United States daily newspapers of the collapse of Nationalist China to the Communists in the 1940s reveals that, for all four newspapers, news out of and about China was just important enough to warrant some commentary, but not sustained analysis. (GT)

The issue of whether to "standardize" or "specialize" in international advertising campaigns is important because it may help determine whether each audience should be addressed separately or whether advertising agencies should attempt to address the collective global consumer. Print and television advertisements for American…

Coverage of China in six leading newspapers showed similarities, but American papers viewed Mao's power as waning. (KS)

Refers to critical issues marking the debate about political violence and the mass media in a democracy and in South Africa. Attempts to situate the political violence and mass media inquiry within recent calls for consensus journalism in South Africa. Suggests that the mass media needs to promote rational discourse in South Africa. (SKC)

Looks at the media metamorphosis experienced by the media in Grenada from the early l970s to the United States occupation in l983. (FL)

Reports that coverage of preelection polls by the Israeli press has increased markedly since 1948, as has media sponsorship of them. (FL)