... real issues for most developing countries espousing a policy of media use for national development. One of Africa's leading critics and theorists of the mass media, Cehn Chimutengwende (1992) notes: 'The mass media have long been recognized in developing countries as essential auxiliary means of modern economic construction, social and cultural development. They are important means of social control ... , academic programs are also produced for schools and the Educational Broadcasting Services (EBS) was introduced in 1965 solely for this purpose. On gaining independence, Zambia chos...

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... him immunity from the antimonopoly law that had in previous years sent other corporate executives to jail. The Hearst Corporation "owned nine newspapers, ten broadcasting stations, twenty-six magazines, and a book publishing house" (Bagdikian 90). Nixon knew that if he did not exempt Berlin from the law, his actions would be remembered, come the next election. This illustrates that the government ... ads from businesses were successful because their production costs were significantly lower than newspapers that were not ad-based. As a result, ad-free newspapers took a plunge in the medi...

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