National sovereignty and international communication / edited by Kaarle Nordenstreng and Herbert I. Schiller
Imprint
Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Co. ; [c1979]
Descript
xv, 286 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Communication and national development: changing perspectives: Sociocultural emancipation -- Transnational media and national development -- Latin America and the United States; flaws in the free flow of information -- Cultural continuity and change: role of the media -- Culture in the process of dependent development: theoretical perspectives -- Realism in the arts and sciences: a systemic overview of capitalism and socialism -- Direct satellite broadcasting: exemplar of the challenge to national sovereignty: Direct broadcast satellites and the integrity of national cultures -- Satellite broadcasting, national sovereignty, and free flow of information -- International law: codification of fundamental principles: Principles governing the use of the mass media as defined by the United Nations and UNESCO -- Some international law aspects of the freedom of information and the right to communicate -- Hostile international propaganda and international law -- International communication in transition: the new global balance: Helsinki: the new equation -- Reporting from the third world -- Nonalignment and cultural imperialism