"A discussion confined to the legal constraints on the press is a clear invitation to deal with law to the exclusion of the fundamental problems facing the mass media in a region which appears to be in a state of political, social, and ideological transition. This is so because the law exerts a disappearing influence on fundamental social and political issues." (author)
"Some aspects of media-government relationships that are explored are mass media ownership policies, and economic, legislative, and physical constraints upon the press." (author)
"This paper examines the struggles of two developing nations as they attempt to define the role of the media in their national development. After sketching aspects of the debate on the subject, the paper focusses on Jamaica and Guyana, looks at their positions in light of some traditional mass communication models, and proposes 'participatory' and 'development' models of communication to express the Jamaican and Guyanese positions." (author)
"Of the five nineteen-century general-interest newspapers that have survived to present, the largest is the Daily Gleaner. Established as a literary paper in 1833 by Joshua DeCordova, the paper, the following year, became an advertising sheet, DeCordova's Advertising Sheet. The present Gleaner dates its existence to 1834. ...Except for two Roman Catholic newspapers, the only other newspapers in the region that were developed before the twentieth century are the Nassau Gaurdian, Voice of St. Lucia, Barbados Advocate News and Bermuda Royal Gazette. " (author)
"In the early days of television, programme content was almost totally imported. Fourteen years the programming situation still reflects an excessive dependence on imported television programmes." (author)
The article discusses the transnational aspects of Harlem, New York City, New York, with a particular focus on the borough's cultural relations with the British West Indies during the 1920s and 1930s. An overview of the Caribbean immigrants in Harlem, including working class immigrants, is provided. The role that British Caribbean blacks played in the transatlantic media is discussed.
Discusses the status of women in Haiti in terms of accessing basic needs and services and education. States that women's invisibility was overshadowed by global media's coverage of the 2010 earthquake, wherein people were exposed to extreme poverty and gender inequity. It adds that Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV) is one of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that helped women victims from the prosecution of assailants.
Examines debates over the role of absentee fathers in gun violence among Black youth in Toronto, Ontario. Particular focus is given to the historical, cultural, economic, and social conditions that affect Caribbean-Canadian men and women's parenting.
