Description
Book SynopsisNow available in a fully revised and updated ninth edition,
World News Prism provides in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century.
- Includes three new chapters on Russia, Brazil, and India and a revised chapter on the Middle East written by regional media experts
- Features comprehensive coverage of the growing impact of social media on how news is being reported and received
- Charts the media revolutions occurring throughout the world and examines their effects both locally and globally
- Surveys the latest developments in new media and forecasts future developments
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix
Preface to the Ninth Edition xi
Introduction: Fall and Rise of the Media 1
1 Information for a Global System 9
2 Game Changers: Twitters, Videos, Blogs 19
3 GlobalMediaUnderStress 35
4 ImpactofGreatEvents 46
5 English: The Language of theWorld 61
6 Brazil: Latin America’s Communication Leader 77
Heloiza Golbspan Herscovitz
7 Russian Media: Struggling Against New Controls 99
Natalia Bubnova
8 India: Liberalization Spurs Phenomenal Media Growth 119
Sandhya Rao
9 China: A New Media Face But Tighter Control 138
10 Africa: The Mobile Continent 159
11 The Middle East: Media in the Midst of Turmoil 177
Rasha Abdulla
12 Reporters Abroad: Paid, Free, and Harassed 196
13 ReportingWar 210
14 Public Diplomacy and Propaganda 229
15 Conclusions and Outlook 246
Selected Bibliography 259
Index 263
