What's news? A front-page news story in the United States might not appear in a newspaper in China. Or a minor story on German television may be all over the airwaves in India. But "News Around the World" shows that the underlying nature of news is much the same the world over and that people--no matter what their jobs or their status in society--tend to hold similar notions of newsworthiness. In this richly detailed study of international news, news makers and the audience, the authors have undertaken exhaustive original research within two cities--one major and one peripheral--in each of...
What's news? A front-page news story in the United States might not appear in a newspaper in China. Or a minor story on German television may be all o...
Media Scholarship in a Transitional Age honors the significant and lasting contribution that Pamela J. Shoemaker has made to mass communications research. A collection with wide appeal to all media scholars, this book is particularly well suited to graduate student seminars on mass communications theory, media sociology and news scholarship.
Media Scholarship in a Transitional Age honors the significant and lasting contribution that Pamela J. Shoemaker has made to mass communications resea...
