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Book SynopsisThese essays by 11 outstanding scholars are "a valuable and stimulating contribution to an aspect of contemporary political development--the use, neglect, or abuse of communication--which does not receive sufficient attention. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avail
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. vii*Preface and Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*1. Models of Traditional, Transitional, and Modern Communications Systems, pg. 24*2. Communication Development and the Development Process, pg. 30*3. Communications and Political Articulation, pg. 58*4. Demagogues and Cadres in the Political Development of the New States, pg. 64*5. The Emergence of Professional Communicators, pg. 78*6. Writer and Journalist in the Transitional Society, pg. 82*7. Communications and Civic Training in Transitional Societies, pg. 124*8. Mass Media and Political Socialization: The Role of Patterns of Communication, pg. 128*9. Communications and Motivations for Modernization, pg. 149*10. National Character and Economic Growth in Turkey and Iran, pg. 152*11. Nation Building as a Many-Sided Process, pg. 182*12. Communication Patterns and Political Socialization in Transitional Thailand, pg. 184*13. Communications Policies in Development Programs, pg. 229*14. The Mass Media and Politics in the Modernization Process, pg. 234*15. Alternative Patterns of Development, pg. 254*16. Communications and Politics in Communist China, pg. 259*17. Political Development, Power, and Communications in Turkey, pg. 298*18. Toward a Communication Theory of Modernization, pg. 327*A Selected Bibliography, pg. 351*Contributors, pg. 369*Index, pg. 373
