The sixth edition of The World News Prism examines how the news media responded to the national crisis of September 11, 2001 and how, after a decade of looking inward and ignoring news about the outside world, frightened and stunned Americans began to take a serious interest in world affairs again and tried to comprehend the threat of terrorism and the complex politics of the Middle East and Central Asia. 
Significant changes in this edition include: <ul>
<li>Discussion of globalization of the world’s economy and its relationship to globalization of the media and communication. 
</li> <li>Examination of the continuing and expanding role of the World Wide Web and the Internet in international communication. 
</li> <li>Analysis of the effects of new media on developing regions of the world. 
</li> <li>Insight into specific changes in CNN, Associated Press, BBC, Voice of America, network TV news, and news magazines. 
</li> <li>Study of the rising importance of overseas business and economic news media. 
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Analyzing the changing role of transnational news media in our evolving globalization and its impact on rapidly changing news events, The World News Prism appeals beyond the classroom to journalism professionals worldwide Significant changes in this timely and provocative edition include: - Discussion of globalization of the world's economy and its relationship to glogalization of the media and communication. - Examination of the continuing and expanding role of the World Wide Web andf the Internet in international communication. - Analysis of the effects of new media on developing regions of the world. - Insight into specific changes in CNN, Associated Press, BBC, Voice of America, network TV news, and newsmagazines. - Study of the ring rising importance of overseas business and economic news media. Analyzing the changing role or transnational news media on our evolving globalization and its impact on rapidly changing news events, The World News Prism appeals beyond the classroom to journalism professionals worldwide. .

The World News Prism

Politics & Social Sciences

Hachten, William A.

Scotton, James F.

Social Sciences

Wiley/Blackwell

Analyzing the changing role of transnational news media in our evolving globalization and its impact on rapidly changing news events, The World News Prism appeals beyond the classroom to journalism professionals worldwide. 
<ul>
<li>A popular and established textbook, this 7th edition has been updated to appeal to an international audience</li> <li>Brings readers up to date on major global stories: the war on terrorism, Iraq, development in China’s media, and the global impact of large scale natural disasters like the quake and tsunami in South Asia</li> <li>Increases focus on how technological developments affect the news: the internet, blogs, and bystanders’ roles in documenting world news</li> <li>Analyzes the changing role of transnational news media in our evolving globalization and its impact on rapidly changing news events, appealing beyond the classroom to journalism professionals worldwide</li> </ul>

The World News Prism: Global Information in a Satellite Age

New Media for a New China

New Media for a New China is a timely introduction to the current state of the mass media in China and it’s growing role in the 21st Century global communication system   Brings together an international cast of scholars to analyse the diverse roles of China’s media, covering all the major industries (advertising, newspapers, broadcasting, magazines, film, TV, PR)   Considers the position of China’s media in the middle of the country’s tremendous social, economic and political changes   Explores the concept of the 21st century as “China’s Century” because of the nation’s unprecedented growth

Fully revised and updated, the eighth edition of The World News Prism analyzes the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century globalized world and its impact on rapidly changing news events. <ul>
<li>Includes a new chapter dedicated to evolving traditional and new social media in Middle East</li> <li>Expands the discussion of news systems in developing nations, comparing media growth in India and Africa</li> <li>Explores the impact of digital media on traditional societies</li> <li>Features important updates on the decline of print media in the West and the challenges this poses to global reporting 
</li> <li>Surveys the latest developments in new media and forecasts future developments</li> </ul>

The World News Prism: Challenges of Digital Communication

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The World News Prism

The World News Prism: Global Information in a Satellite Age

New Media for a New China

New Media for a New China

The World News Prism: Challenges of Digital Communication