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Notes on Contributors ix
Preface to the Ninth Edition xi
Introduction: Fall and Rise of the Media 1
1 Information for a Global System 9
2 Game Changers: Twitters, Videos, Blogs 19
3 GlobalMediaUnderStress 35
4 ImpactofGreatEvents 46
5 English: The Language of theWorld 61
6 Brazil: Latin America’s Communication Leader 77Heloiza Golbspan Herscovitz
7 Russian Media: Struggling Against New Controls 99Natalia Bubnova
8 India: Liberalization Spurs Phenomenal Media Growth 119Sandhya Rao
9 China: A New Media Face But Tighter Control 138
10 Africa: The Mobile Continent 159
11 The Middle East: Media in the Midst of Turmoil 177Rasha Abdulla
12 Reporters Abroad: Paid, Free, and Harassed 196
13 ReportingWar 210
14 Public Diplomacy and Propaganda 229
15 Conclusions and Outlook 246
Selected Bibliography 259
Index 263
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