TY - BOOK TI - Communication and media: studies in ideas, initiatives, and institutions SN - 8173912823 U1 - 302.2 PY - 1999/// CY - New Delhi PB - Kanishka Publishers, Distributors N1 - Contents Preface v 1. New World Information and Communication Order 1 2. Communications as Sociological Force 61 3. Reorienting Communication: Form and Content 80 4. Communications and Society; Affirmations and 127 Contradictions 5. Transnational Corporations and Transborder 164 Data Flows: Their Role and Impact 6. Television as a Social Factor 203 7. Future Perspectives: Beyond Satellites and Space 220 Stations 8. Research Perspectives for Communication 259 Development 9. Communication Revolution: Logical Ends 281 10. Information System for Administration: Public 300 Service Applications Index 321 ER -