Understanding Global News: A Critical IntroductionSAGE, 1997 M12 8 - 256 pages A lively and critical introduction to the news media, this book has been written specifically for media students and trainee journalists. Understanding Global News invites the reader to explore contemporary journalistic practice, and questions the assumption that the media provide a mere window on the world. Challenging the often unquestioned notions of media objectivity, the author turns the classic questions: Who? What? When? and Why? onto the news media. By employing a range of theoretical perspectives and a large variety of examples, the author demonstrates the way in which our perceptions of the world are constructed by the news media. |
Contents
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Chapter 4 Who are Journalists and How do They Work? | 65 |
Chapter 5 Who Gets to Speak in the World News? | 85 |
Chapter 6 When Does Something Become World News? | 109 |
Chapter 7 Where does World News Come From? | 127 |
Chapter 8 How are News Messages Formulated? | 144 |
Chapter 9 How do Images Come About? | 166 |
Chapter 10 What Effects do the Media Have? | 190 |
us We and Them | 206 |
Studying Global Media | 216 |
Bibliography | 228 |
Index | 235 |
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