Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications (Four Volume Set) ANNOTATION
Audience: The primary audiences include university, research, public, and special libraries worldwide. The comprehensive coverage of media in countries and regions worldwide should increase the appeal of the project because everybody can find themselves in it. Secondary audiences include schools of journalism and communication, as well as professional journalism and communication organizations. Communications organizations include news and information creators and distributors as well as advertising agencies, television and movie studios, broadcasters, publishers, the telecommunications industry, technology creators, military and security groups, and law firms concerned with copyright and freedom of speech issues. Because of its focus on technologies, there could be interest as well among organizations interested in high technologies' applications.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Everyone agrees that we're living in the Information Age. How have we shaped the Information Age, and how has it shaped us? The Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications exhaustively explores the ways that editorial content—from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials—is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world. For readers and researchers of all levels, the Encyclopedia provides perspective and context about content, delivery systems, and their myriad relationships, as well as clearly drawn avenues for further research.
*Articles begin with easily understandable concepts and become increasingly sophisticated, satisfying the needs of all readers.
*Articles by leading authors from major institutions, organizations, and corporations around the world
*Contains approximately 220 separate articles, all original contributions commissioned for this work
*Extensive cross-referencing system links related articles; "further reading" lists appear at the end of each entry
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Written by a diverse group of academic and media specialists, mostly from the United States but also from Australia and Zimbabwe, this encyclopedia covers a vast range of subjects, among them communications, communications technology, print journalism, television and radio, freedom of the press, media ethics, the telephone, sex and the media, and the ethnic and foreign-language press. Each of the 219 entries includes a narrative essay, a bibliography, a glossary of terms, and a list of cross references. The result is truly outstanding: this finely researched, well-written reference source serves both the general reader seeking introductory information and the student or scholar pursuing further research. The only quibble: the title itself is inadequate. What library user-or, for that matter, librarian-would think that an encyclopedia of media and communications would range from the media of separatist movements to a history of health and medical reporting, among other unique and eclectic topics? While the 2003 edition of World Press Encyclopedia does provide more comprehensive coverage of individual countries, and the now-dated International Encyclopedia of Communications offers fine essays (but covers many peripheral topics), this encyclopedia is now the preeminent reference source on this topic. Unfortunately, the high price may restrict purchase to major public and academic libraries. Highly recommended.-Donald Altschiller, Boston Univ. Libs. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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