Communication and transition in the Middle East: A critical analysis of US intervention and academic literature

Article Abstract:

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.

Analysis, Communication, Communications, Instructional materials centers, Media centers (Education), Media centres (Education)

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Mass media reform in China: Toward a new analytical framework

Article Abstract:

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.

China, Communications industry, Mass media, Market capitalization

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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.

Surveys, Foreign correspondents, Eurocentrism

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