Communication and transition in the Middle East: A critical analysis of US intervention and academic literature
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US intervention in the Middle East builds on a problematic assumption that western technology and knowledge will transform the region into modern, democratic nation-states. Recent development intervention using communication technologies in terms of academic literature on communicating and transition in the Middle East is considered and critiqued.
Publication Name: Gazette
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0016-5492
Year: 2004
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Mass media reform in China: Toward a new analytical framework
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China, since 25 years, is engaged in a process of rapid transition from a centrally planned to a market-based capitalist economic system. An attempt is made to outline a new conceptual framework incorporating the unique dynamics that played a significant role in the mass media transformation process.
Publication Name: Gazette
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0016-5492
Year: 2004
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US foreign correspondents: Changes and continuity at the turn of the century
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The findings from a comprehensive survey of US foreign correspondents conducted in 2001 are reported. Findings show that some trends such as Eurocentrism, relatively high degrees of education and the like, continue.
Publication Name: Gazette
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0016-5492
Year: 2004
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