Albert Moran (1998). Copycat TV: Globalisation, Program Formats and Cultural Identity. Luton: University of Luton Press. 204 pages. ISBN: 1-86020-537-2. Reviewed by Amos Owen Thomas, School of Marketing and Management, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia While international program flows from the developed world to the underdeveloped dominated the 1970s and 80s, …

William A. Hachten (1999). The World News Prism: Changing Media for International Communication (5th Edition). Ames: Iowa State University Press. 226 pages. ISBN 0-8138-2319-6. Reviewed by Dr. Philip Robertson, School of Contemporary Communication, Central Queensland University, Australia First published in 1981, the World News Prism is now in its fifth edition, …

Anura Goonasekera and Ang Peng Hwa (1999). Information Highways in ASEAN. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre. 444 pages. ISBN 9971-905-77-9 (paperback). Reviewed by Dr. Ali Parandeh, International Institute for Caspian Studies, Tehran, Iran The basic communication infrastructure of a country is one of the main determining factors of its …

Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (1999). Public Service Broadcasting in Asia: Surviving in the New Information Age. Singapore: Asian Media Information & Communication Centre. 168 pages. ISBN 9971-905-74-4. Reviewed by Pieter Wessels, independent broadcast journalist, Sydney, Australia Every broadcaster in the world wants to know where new technology is taking …

Alan B. Albarran and Sylvia M Chan-Olmsted, eds. (1998) Global media economics: commercialization, concentration and integration of world media markets. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 362 pages. ISBN 0-8138-2690-X. Reviewed by James Piecowye, College of Communication and Media Sciences, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates At the dawn of the new millennium …