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9780813802565

Global News Perspectives on the Info Age

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813802565

  • ISBN10:

    0813802563

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-05-28
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Instructors, undergraduate, and graduate students in journalism and mass communications, media professionals, and international audiences will benefit from Silvia's examination of the powerful influences of the news media on our social, political, and cultural climates. The book is a collection of 16 essays by prestigious practitioners in the field. The essays are conveniently grouped into four sections of Global News in the International Marketplace, Cultural Values, the Reporting Process and the Future. All forms of media are represented: newspapers, wire services, radio/television, and the Internet.

Author Biography

Tony Silvia, PhD, is chair of the Journalism Department and a professor of journalism and communication studies at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Wolf Blitzer
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction: Toward a Definition of Global News 3(12)
Tony Silvia
Part I. Global News in the International Marketplace
Coverage, Competition, and Credibility: The CNN International Standard
15(38)
Don Flournoy
CNN: The Origins of the 24-hour, International News Cycle
An Interview with Tom Johnson
45(8)
Tony Silvia
Producing and Marketing News for the International Audience
53(12)
Kevin Noblet
American News, Global Audience
65(10)
Janos Horvat
Part II. Global News and Cultural Values
The Role of Cultural Values in Determining What Is News
75(10)
Corey Flintoff
News Through Alien Filters: The Impact of Imported News on a Small Nation
85(16)
Paul Norris
Visual Information in Egyptian Television News: A Cross-cultural Influence
101(12)
Hussein Amin
News on a Global Frequency: Fusing Contrasting Cultures in Radio News
113(14)
Tony Kahn
Part III. Global News and the Reporting Process
Journalism: It's as Easy as ABC
127(8)
Ted Koppel
New Wars, New Correspondents
135(6)
Stacy Sullivan
Global News, Changing Views: Economy, Fall of Communism Shift Media Priorities
141(6)
Alvin Shuster
Business News and International Reporting
147(8)
Richard Lambert
Part IV. Global News and the Future
Instant News Across Borders: The Computerization of Global Media
155(10)
Michael D. McKinley
Rapid Access and the News Consumer: Ethical Aspects of Today's Technology
165(12)
Tony Silvia
The Future of News in Eastern Europe: A Study of Promise and Potential
177(8)
Bailey Barash
Ioana Avadani
Bridging the Digital Divide: Leading the Disenfranchised into the Information Age
185(8)
Allison Davis
Index 193

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