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Understanding global news: a critical introduction/ Jaap van Ginneken

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1998.Description: viii, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0761957081
  • 076195709X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070 GIN/U
Contents:
1 INTRODUCTION 2 WHAT IS NEWS, AND WHAT IS 'NOTHING NEW'? The philosophy of the notable and the inconspicuous 3 WHICH ARE THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL MEDIA? The economics of rich and poor media markets 4 WHO ARE JOURNALISTS AND HOW DO THEY WORK? The scxiology of professionals and laymen 5 WHO GETS TO SPEAK IN THE WORLD NEWS? The politics of loud and whispering voices 6 WHEN DOES SOMETHING BECOME WORLD NEWS? The history of ruptures and continuities 7 WHERE DOES WORLD NEWS COME FROM? The geography of centres and peripheries 8 HOW ARE MESSAGES FORMULATED? The linguistics of lines and between the lines 9 HOW DO IMAGES COME ABOUT? The semiology of what is seen and overseen 10 WHAT EFFECTS DO THE MEDIA HAVE? The psychology of compassion and misunderstanding 11 CONCLUSION: US, WE AND THEM
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-234) and index.

1 INTRODUCTION
2 WHAT IS NEWS, AND WHAT IS 'NOTHING NEW'?
The philosophy of the notable and the inconspicuous
3 WHICH ARE THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL
MEDIA?
The economics of rich and poor media markets
4 WHO ARE JOURNALISTS AND HOW DO THEY
WORK?
The scxiology of professionals and laymen
5 WHO GETS TO SPEAK IN THE WORLD NEWS?
The politics of loud and whispering voices
6 WHEN DOES SOMETHING BECOME WORLD NEWS?
The history of ruptures and continuities
7 WHERE DOES WORLD NEWS COME FROM?
The geography of centres and peripheries
8 HOW ARE MESSAGES FORMULATED?
The linguistics of lines and between the lines
9 HOW DO IMAGES COME ABOUT?
The semiology of what is seen and overseen
10 WHAT EFFECTS DO THE MEDIA HAVE?
The psychology of compassion and misunderstanding
11 CONCLUSION: US, WE AND THEM

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