Government and the News Media
Comparative Dimensions

This anthology represents an effort to allow cross-national comparisons on the topic of government-press linkage, with chapters on France, Italy, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, U.S., Mexico, Israel, and Japan.

Government and the News Media: Cross National Comparisons
--Dan Nimmo and Michael W. Mansfield

Government and the Media in France
--Francis Balle and Jean Marie Cotteret

Freedom of Information in Italy: Restraints and Problems
--Roberto Petrognani

Government and Media in Scandinavia
--Osmo A. Wiio

Government and the News Media: The British Experience
--David G. Boyce

Government, Media, and Politics: Australia
--John S. Western and Allan Brown

Canadian Media and the National Imperative
--Anthony Westell and Carman Cumming

The Mass Media in America
--Delmer Dunn

Government and the News Media: Mexico
--Marvin Alisky

Government-News Media Relations in Israel
--Dina Goren and Rozann Rothman

Government and the News Media in Japan: A Focus Upon Political Reporters and Public Officials
--Young C. Kim

DAN NIMMO is professor of political science in the Department of Political Science and professor of journalism in the College of Communications at the University of Tennessee. He has published numerous books on the subject of political communication.


MICHAEL W. MANSFIELD is associate professor of political science at Baylor University. He is co-editor of another volume on communication and author of articles on communication and methodology.