This volume reveals how the news agencies have contributed both to the process of globalization and to the process of national construction. By both describing and theorizing these media, this book provides a critical survey of the contemporary international news business. political, economic and cultural studies perspectives, reviewing agency provision of general news, video news and financial news, analyzing agency-state relations through periods of dramatic social upheaval, and examining the impact of deregulation in both advanced industrial and developing markets. In addition to looking...
This volume reveals how the news agencies have contributed both to the process of globalization and to the process of national construction. By both d...
This is a necessary and very original book that really does address the lack of attention to media in previous discussions about globalization'
- James Lull, San Jose State University
There is practically no globalization without media and communications. Yet this relationship is so obvious it is often overlooked. Rantanen challenges conventional ways of thinking about globalization and shows it cannot be understood without studying the role of the media.
This book offers:
- a clear and accessible overview of globalization and the...
This is a necessary and very original book that really does address the lack of attention to media in previous discussions about globalization'
This is a necessary and very original book that really does address the lack of attention to media in previous discussions about globalization'
- James Lull, San Jose State University
There is practically no globalization without media and communications. Yet this relationship is so obvious it is often overlooked. Rantanen challenges conventional ways of thinking about globalization and shows it cannot be understood without studying the role of the media.
This book offers:
- a clear and accessible overview of globalization and the...
This is a necessary and very original book that really does address the lack of attention to media in previous discussions about globalization'
When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers.
Tracks the evolution of news through history
Explores the regular reconstruction of news, the salability of news, and whether objectivity matters
Provides an innovative approach to the history of news; clear, succinct writing; and effective use of photographs, maps, and tables which have strong appeal to the student reader
Offers a new way of understanding news in...
When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century tele...
When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers.
Tracks the evolution of news through history
Explores the regular reconstruction of news, the salability of news, and whether objectivity matters
Provides an innovative approach to the history of news; clear, succinct writing; and effective use of photographs, maps, and tables which have strong appeal to the student reader
Offers a new way of understanding news in...
When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century tele...
