02801oam 2200565 450 991081252890332120190911103511.01-4833-5986-71-78402-546-11-4522-3422-11-4522-3421-3(OCoLC)883850642(MiFhGG)GVRL5UTI(EXLCZ)99371000000013003420140505d2014 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrHistorical guide to world media freedom a country-by-country analysis /Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Douglas A. Van Belle, Victoria University of WellingtonLos Angeles :CQ Press,2014.1 online resource (xi, 575 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-30550-1 1-60871-765-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.HISTORICAL GUIDE TO WORLD MEDIA FREEDOM-FRONT COVER; HISTORICAL GUIDE TO WORLD MEDIA FREEDOM; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: DEFINING AND MEASURING MEDIA FREEDOM; CHAPTER 3: THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CORRELATES OF MEDIA FREEDOM; CHAPTER 4. THE EVOLUTION (AND DEVOLUTION) OF MEDIA FREEDOM SINCE WORLD WAR II: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION: CHALLENGES TO MEDIA FREEDOM AND PATTERNS IN ITS EVOLUTION AND DEVOLUTION; APPENDIX A: MEDIA FREEDOM REGION BY REGIONAPPENDIX B: THE GLOBAL MEDIA FREEDOM DATASET: DATA GATHERING METHODS, GUIDELINES FOR USING THE DATA, AND MERGING THE DATA WITH FREEDOM HOUSE DATAINDEXScholars of international relations and international communications view the extent of media freedom from country to country as a key comparative indicator either by itself or in correlation with other indices of national political and economic development. This book provides consistent and comparable measures of media freedom in all independent countries for the years 1948 to the present.Freedom of the pressGovernment and the pressMass mediaCensorshipCensorshipFreedom of expressionFreedom of the press.Government and the press.Mass mediaCensorship.Censorship.Freedom of expression.323.445Whitten-Woodring Jenifer1721392Van Belle Douglas A.1965-MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910812528903321Historical guide to world media freedom4120972UNINA