The World News Prism: Global Media in an Era of Terrorism,9780813827889

The World News Prism: Global Media in an Era of Terrorism

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Edition: 6th
ISBN13: 9780813827889
ISBN10: 0813827884
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-30
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Author Biography

William A. Hachten is professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A specialist in international communications and press/government relations, he is the author of six books and numerous articles James F. Scotton is associate professor of journalism at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He has taught in China, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, and has worked as a reporter, editorial writer, or editor with the Associated Press and newspapers in several states

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction xiii
News Communication for a New Global System
3(12)
War on Terrorism Challenges News Media
15(14)
International News System
29(12)
Internet, Comsats, and New Media
41(16)
The Impact of Great News Events
57(16)
Globalization of Media
73(16)
New Media and the Developing World
89(12)
Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare
101(14)
New Ways to Report the World---or Not
115(14)
Covering the World's Hot Spots
129(18)
Changing Ideologies of press Control
147(20)
Western Media to World Media
167(16)
Selected Bibliography 183(4)
Index 187

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