World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey Of Press Systems Worldwide ( Two Vol. Set )
by Amanda Quick /
2002 / English / PDF
20.2 MB Download
Twenty-one years after publication of the first edition, this completely revised work contains articles on the press and media in 232 countries and territories. Arranged alphabetically by country, entries generally cover the history of the Fourth Estate, press laws, economic framework, censorship, attitudes toward foreign media, a chronology of significant recent events, and a bibliography.
Several entries are illustrated with black-and-white graphs depicting Internet use, top-circulation newspapers, and the number of personal computers basic country data are also included. Three appendixes provide comparative statistical rankings (newspaper circulation, television stations, radio sets, etc.) annotated listing of news associations and organizations and a collection of regional maps. A unified author-subject index provides easy access to the contents of both volumes.
