LEADER 03033nam 2200661 450 001 9910480137603321 005 20170821194517.0 010 $a1-4833-5986-7 010 $a1-78402-546-1 010 $a1-4522-3422-1 010 $a1-4522-3421-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000130034 035 $a(EBL)1715006 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000969029 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11523189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000969029 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10994288 035 $a(PQKB)11315876 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1715006 035 $a(OCoLC)881571787 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000105094 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000130034 100 $a20121017d2014 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHistorical guide to world media freedom $ea country-by-country analysis /$fJenifer Whitten-Woodring, Douglas A. Van Belle 210 1$aLos Angeles :$cSAGE Reference/CQ Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (593 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-30550-1 311 $a1-60871-765-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aHISTORICAL 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 REGION 327 $aAPPENDIX B: THE GLOBAL MEDIA FREEDOM DATASET: DATA GATHERING METHODS, GUIDELINES FOR USING THE DATA, AND MERGING THE DATA WITH FREEDOM HOUSE DATAINDEX 330 8 $aScholars 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. 606 $aFreedom of the press 606 $aGovernment and the press 606 $aMass media$xCensorship 606 $aCensorship 606 $aFreedom of expression 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFreedom of the press. 615 0$aGovernment and the press. 615 0$aMass media$xCensorship. 615 0$aCensorship. 615 0$aFreedom of expression. 676 $a323.44/5 700 $aWhitten-Woodring$b Jenifer$01054370 702 $aVan Belle$b Douglas A.$f1965- 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480137603321 996 $aHistorical guide to world media freedom$92486899 997 $aUNINA