Publishing and the Intellectual System

1975 ◽  
Vol 421 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip G. Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Third World ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Intellectual Community ◽  
The Third ◽  
System A ◽  
Intellectual System ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Relationship Of

Publishing is an integral part of the total intellectual system of any nation and of an international relationship of cultural and educational matters. Publishers are very much influenced by currents in their societies. Such factors as levels of literacy, habits of book purchasing, libraries, copyright regulations and bookstores have an impact on the nature of publishing and the book industry. The educational system, a particularly important consumer of books, is crucial to publishing. In industrialized nations, where levels of literacy are high, it is likely that publishing will be highly developed although it is under increasing attack from such forces as television and other mass media. In the Third World, the mass media are not highly developed, and books often have a particularly important role. This article argues that it is impossible to ignore the broader elements of the modern intellectual community in discussing publishing, and that books continue to play a key role in the development of that community and of the culture in general.

Literary Colonialism: Books in the Third World

1975 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
The World ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Literary Colonialism ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Relationship Of

Most Third World people have limited access to the world body of knowledge, and even information about their own countries is often hard to come by. One reason is that the majority of publishing houses in the world are either located in the West or controlled by Westerners. In this essay, the author describes the difficulty of publishing in the Third World as part of a larger relationship of dependence of developing countries on industrialized nations. The author, who has done research in India and published a number of books in that country, concludes his discussion with suggestions for expanding Third World autonomy in the area of knowledge production.

Micro-Dependency: The Cuban Factor in Southern Africa

1981 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-345
Author(s):  
Ali A. Mazrui
Keyword(s):  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Third World ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
West African ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Third ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
The World ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
The Third World

We accept the proposition that the worst kind of dependency lies in North-South interaction. But emphasizing this dimension should not go to the extent of ignoring other dimensions. It is simply not true that all forms of international dependency concern interactions between the Northern Hemisphere and the South, or between industrialism and sources of raw materials. There are important forms of dependency among industrialized nations themselves. Increasingly, there are also forms of dependency between one country in the Third World and another; or between one region of the Third World and another. Dependency is a form of political castration. For the purposes of this essay, dependency between one country in the Northern Hemisphere and another or between one industrialized state and another, is categorized as macro-dependency. This involves variations in power within the upper stratum of the world system. Macro-dependency is thus upper-horizontal, involving variations in affluence among the affluent, or degree of might among the mighty. Micro-dependency for our purposes here concerns variations of technical development among the under-developed, or relative influence among the weak, or degrees of power among those that are basically exploited. The dependency of some West African countries upon Nigeria, or of some of the Gulf States upon Iran or Saudi Arabia, are cases of micro-dependency. We shall return to this level more fully later, but let us first begin with the phenomenon of macro-dependency.

American Democracy and the Third World: Convergence and Contradictions

1979 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-272
Author(s):  
Kenneth W. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Abraham Lincoln ◽  
The Other ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
The Third ◽  
Great Leader ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

I propose to examine the relationship of American democracy to the Third World along two planes of reality, one briefly sketched in outline and miniature, the other drawn with greater elaboration and substance. The brief sketch sums up all that follows; it draws on America's great leader, Abraham Lincoln, who prophetically defined the issues that faced both the young American republic and today's fledgling nations by asking the question:Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?

scholarly journals IMPACT OF FM RADIO ON THE AUDIENCE IN SMALL CITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawood Shah Tareen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Third World ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People ◽  
Fm Radio ◽  
Current Affairs ◽  
The Third World

Mass media is immensely dominating the life in the 21st century. With the passage of time, the role mass media has diversified; from being a mere tool for disseminating news, mass media has become a watchdog and opinion-makers. It has become a powerful agent of inducing social change. Globalization, the greater connectivity, cultural exchange over continents and the pacing up of social development in the Third World countries are some of the consequences of the application of mass media. Pakistan, among the Third World countries, has greatly employed mass media to facilitate the development and growth in its far-flung remote areas. Mass media has played an evident role in beefing up the social developments in small-town, remote cities that suffer from inaccessibility often due to weather, landscape or political turbulence. The city of Quetta, the capital of the province of Balochistan is one such where FM radio, the cheapest and easiest source of communication enjoys vast popularity. This study is conducted to explore the aspects in which FM radio as a source of communication has facilitated the people of Quetta. It also studies the utilities of FM radio in Quetta and hence what factors have caused the FM radio's popularity in Quetta to surpass the popularity of other mediums of communication. A survey with a close-ended questionnaire was conducted in which the respondents were asked about their reasons for listening radio and how many hours of the day they listen to the radio. The results concluded from the study showed that radio is equally popular in people of every age group but each age group has different utilities attached to the radio. Young people listen for entertainment purpose while people from middle age groups listen to the radio for news and current affairs programs. The housewives too listen to the radio for daily household tips. It was also ascertained that its easy availability on mobile phones, free of cost and less dependence on electricity for operation are the reasons behind its popularity in Quetta city. I hope that my research work on this particular topic will be helpful upcoming media studies students. It will also be a humble contribution from my side.

Revolutionary Change in the Third World: Recent Soviet Assessments

1986 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Third World ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
East West

A reexamination of revolutionary processes in the developing countries indicates mounting doubts among Soviet academic specialists that radical third-world policies will redound to the U.S.S.R.'s advantage. The author investigates the following topics: the relationship of socialist orientation to socialism; shortcomings of the vanguard parties; correct foreign and domestic economic policies; the suitability of the Marxist model for Eastern societies; and the evolution of the non-aligned movement. The congruence between these academic discussions and fresh official formulations could give Western analysts and policy makers valuable insights into new Soviet proposals for reducing East-West tensions over events in the third world.

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