Concludes that thanks to Nigeria's 1979 Constitution and to its independent courts, the press in that country has escaped serious mauling in spite of political and human frailties. (FL)

Discusses the Inter Press Service Third World News Agency, which specializes in news of developing nations and promotes communication links among them. Concludes that the service is providing a new kind of news distribution system in response to Third World criticisms of the "old order" of Western domination of news. (FL)

In 1970, the Legislative Reorganization Act authorized the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to open their committee meetings to both radio and television. Three factors increased interest in implementing media coverage of such meetings: feasibility of televised coverage, public cynicism and hostility generated by misinformation and…

Examines the activities of K. Cooper, an early general manager of the Associated Press, and explores what appears to be a contradiction between his insistance on unhampered international news flow and his desire to receive government aid in order to expand AP's operations abroad. (FL)

Explores Guyana's efforts to articulate and implement a national information order that would redress past information imbalances. (FL)

This study examined one specific problem connected with the ownership and content of the Indian press: Is there any significant difference between independent newspapers and conglomerate-controlled newspapers in the quantities of developmental, governmental, and political news they present? The period of study was 1973, during which four daily…

This three part volume surveys the history and present state of the conflict between the public's right to know and other, often conflicting, goals of government and society. The first part, containing an introduction by Senator Sam Ervin, deals with the evolution of the concept of free expression and the present condition of newspapers and other…

The concept of "objectivity" suggests that facts are selected and constructed according to formal rules by professional journalists. A comparison of American and Soviet concepts of news leads to the observation that both share similar claims to objectivity. The similarity defies whether objectivity assumes the form of facts detached from…

Terrorists seek recognition for their cause by using violence to create public fear which will force the government into repressive counter-measures. The mass media play a vital role in this strategy. News reports of terrorism may magnify the climate of fear, thereby augmenting the public's overreaction. Moreover, broadcast of terrorist acts may…

Concludes that the content of Farsi-language papers reflected the changing power structure in Iran during the revolution more than did the English-language papers. (FL)

Concludes that Western democracies tend to intervene in their press according to their economic philosophies rather than in terms of specific press policy. (FL)

With the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos from his 20-year rule of the Philippines, the news media regained its freedom and its voice, and now faces a new set of problems: low circulation, questionable ethical standards of reporters and their lack of experience, and ominous indications from the Corazon Aquino government that the administration might…

News media representatives foresee a growing use of remote-sensing satellites to gather data, including data that could be used to check government claims about military and other activities occurring anywhere on the planet. The satellite technology is developing rapidly, and several nations and private corporations are involved in separate…

Notes that news coverage of warfare poses a problem for political systems with a free press, such as the United States. Reports that the military's controls over newsgathering during the Persian Gulf War set off a controversy still smoldering during the Haiti occupation of 1994. Examines the legal, historical, and technological aspects of the…

To examine press freedom in the Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korea) and the role the ROK's press plays as the advantages of democracy and authoritarianism are being publicly debated, this paper looks back at where the ROK has been in terms of its social and political freedoms and where it is going in its attempts to break from its authoritarian…