World News Prism Challenges of Digital Communication

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ISBN: 9781444338584

ISBN-10: 1444338587

ISBN-13: 9781444338584

Edition: 8th 2011

Authors: William A. Hachten, James F. Scotton

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The World News Prism enjoys a well-earned reputation for excellence in its in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century globalized world and its impact on rapidly changing news events. The eighth edition of this classic text is fully revised to reflect recent and ongoing global media events. The authors expand their discussion of news systems in developing nations, comparing media growth in India and Africa, and look at the situation in China to discuss the impact of digital media on traditional societies. New topics and concepts explored include the inability of government to control groups formed by social media, the frustrating attempts of…

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List price: $54.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 5.70" wide x 8.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface to the Eighth Edition


Introduction



News Communication for a Global System



Changing Ideologies of Press Control



Global News Under Stress



Digital Media: Global, Interactive, and Free



The Whole World is Watching: Impact of Great News Events



Globalization of Media and Language



China: New Media In An Old Political World



The Middle East: Media Storms in the Desert



India and Africa: Contrasts in Development



Foreign News in Flux



War Reporting: Fire and Misfire



Public Diplomacy and Propaganda



Forecast: Changeable with Cloudy Periods


Selected Bibliography


Index