"Mankekar is concerned with the charges made against the Western media by the Third World and, likewise, the reaction of Western journalists to their concept of a new information order for developing countries. Combing data and evidence from diverse sources he has analyzed the anatomy and function o ... f international news media to test the validity of the Third World's accusations and has traced the Third World's struggle in the United Nations, UNESCO and their own councils to rid themselves of what they consider the hold of world news monopoly by the four international news agencies. The potentialities of modern electronic media in bringing this about are also examined, and there is a chapter on the Third World news pool. Appendixes include a discussion of "News Agencies in the World" and a short bibliography." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 264) more

"Le rôle difficile et divers des journalistes dans les pays en voie de développement — Pour la presse la question de survie prime son action sur le public — Bien qu'une emprise justifiée des pouvoirs publics doit être acceptée et soutenue, elle doit se faire de façon responsable malgré so ... n manque de puissance financière — Toute irresponsabilité de la presse justifie des mesures dictatoriales de la part des gouvernements." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1392, topic code 160) more