00957nam a2200109Ia 4500080001900000100001800019245005600037260006800093300001200161520065500173583001900828  a05.07.03 H8712  aHoyte, Harold  aInfluence of foreign television on Caribbean people  bCaribbean Publishing and Broadcasting Associationa[S.l.]c1986  a[20] p.  aReviews studies done over the past 10 years on various areas of the region's media systems.  Expresses concerns of the Caribbean Publishing and Broadcasting Association relating to the quantity, content and effects of foreign programming on the regional populace.  Concludes that national and regional communications policies must be established in order to clear the way for the creation of alternative means of intra-regional communications. Recommends inter alia, joint CARICOM action to establish a regional broadcasting and telecommunications authority to ensure that the airwaves are used for regional integration and not cultural emasculation.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR