"The twenty-five contributors to this volume—who include such influential thinkers as Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Talal Asad, and James Siegel—confront the conceptual, analytical, and empirical difficulties involved in addressing the complex relationship between religion and media. The book ... 's introductory section offers a prolegomenon to the multiple problems raised by an interdisciplinary approach to these multifaceted phenomena. The essays in the following part provide exemplary approaches to the historical and systematic background to the study of religion and media, ranging from the biblical prohibition of images and its modern counterparts, through theological discussion of imagery in Ignatius and Luther, to recent investigations into icons and images that "think" in Jean-Luc Marion and Gilles Deleuze. The third part presents case studies by anthropologists and scholars of comparative religion who deal with religion and media in Indonesia, India, Japan, South Africa, Venezuela, Iran, Poland, Turkey, present-day Germany, and Australia. The book concludes with two remarkable documents: a chapter from Theodor W. Adorno's study of the relationship between religion and media in the context of political agitation (The Psychological Technique of Martin Luther Thomas' Radio Addresses) and a section from Niklas Luhmann's monumental Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft (Society as a Social System)." (Publisher description) more

"There are differences as well as similarities in the work of journalists in Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico — Their professional aspirations are very real but they might be tempted to compromise their code of ethics for economic gain." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass medi ... a in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 586, topic code 162) more

"By means of seminars, research and documentation, the Centre for advanced studies in journalism in Quito has accomplished remarkable work over a period of six years — Through its activities CIESPAL has strengthened the institutes of journalism and helps create and train true journalists." (Jean-M ... arie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 585, topic code 163.20) more