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President Putin is using Russia's immense economic power as a supplier of gas and petroleum to intimidate small neighbors and win political concessions from Western Europe and U.S. Simultaneously, Russia faces an internal disaster, losing 700,000 population each year to disease, accidents and low replacement rates. Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Books are the oldest form of mass communication dating from Sumerian tablets in libraries. Gutenberg's invention of moveable type stimulated the publication of books for general use after centuries when all printing was controlled by religious or political powers. In the last decade, books have been transformed by the advent of digitable techology and the transmission of information. Books are now available on-line in forms that will preserve works indefinitely and make them more widely available. The Coverage of Soviet Dissidents by Western Journalists
When the brilliant Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov went public with his attacks on the Soviet regime, western journalists took different courses. Some gave broad coverage, some hesitated, and some refused to give credence to the dissident's statements. The coverage Sakharov received made him an international hero and saved him from the brutal oppression that the KGB was prepared to mete out. Discovering Russia: 200 Years of American Journalism
American attitudes toward Russia went through many changes over two centuries, from curiousity to admiration; disdain to exaggerated optimism; from admiration to fear. The author includes his own observations from living in the Soviet Union and studying and traveling there over 40 years. Time Magazine noted: "In his regular features from Moscow, Murray Seeger offers cross-cultural information in the style of Alistair Cooke." Economics Made Simple
Collection of newspaper articles written for use in high schools and first college years. Even a Free Press Can Use a Bit of Oversight
The Washington Post, Dec. 4, 2005: Suggested reform to improve status of traditional American journalism. |
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