"This handbook critically analyzes cross-border news production and "transnational journalism cultures" in the evolving field of cross-border journalism. As the era of the internet hasfurther expanded the border-transcending production, dissemination and reception of news, and with transnational co-
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operations like the European Broadcasting Union and BBC World News demonstrating different kinds of cross-border journalism, the handbook considers the field with a range of international contributions. It explores cross-border journalism from conceptual and empirical angles and includes perspectives on the the systemic contexts of cross-border journalism, its structures and routines, changes in production processes, and the shifting roles of actors in digital environments. It examines cross-border journalism across regions and concludes with discussions on the future of cross-border journalism, including the influence of automation, algorithmisation, virtual reality and AI." (Publisher description)
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"The collection covers a wide range of topics: the emergence and evolution of the field; issues and challenges in cross-cultural and intercultural inquiry; cultural wisdom and communication practices in context; identity and intercultural competence in a multicultural society; the effects of globali
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zation; and ethical considerations. Many readings first appeared outside the mainstream Western academy, and offer diverse theoretical lenses on culture and communication practices in the world community." (Publisher description)
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"The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more
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than a dozen countries, and provides material on comparative research about journalists that will be useful to those interested in doing their own studies. The editors put together this collection working under the assumption that journalists' backgrounds, working conditions and ideas are related to what is reported (and how it is covered) in the various news media round the world, in spite of societal and organizational constraints, and that this news coverage matters in terms of world public opinion and policies. Outstanding features include:"Coverage of 33 nations located around the globe, based on recent surveys conducted among representative samples of local journalist, comprehensive analyses by well-known media scholars from each country, a section on comparative studies of journalists and an appendix with a collection of survey questions used in various nations to question journalists" (Publisher description)
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"The Handbook of Political Communication Research is a benchmark volume, defining the most important and significant thrusts of contemporary research and theory in political communication. Editor Lynda Lee Kaid brings together exemplary scholars to explore the current state of political communicatio
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n research in each of its various facets. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of political communication scholarship, contributions represent research coming from communication, political science, journalism, and marketing disciplines, among others." (Publisher description)
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"A comparative study on how the media present other countries, peoples and issues to readers, listeners and viewers. Using quantitative content analysis, teams followed the news in selected countries representing various communication systems in North America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Eastern
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and Western Europe and Latin America during one week in 1979. Two methods were employed: one measured the amount of foreign news while the second balanced measurement with a qualitative analysis of the material, fleshing out the content, drawing attention to omissions, and showing the flavor of the kinds of news coverage available within each media system. Appendixes give the participating teams; the coding of the study; a section on "Other Research and the World of News" by Robert L. Stevenson which not only lists the research from other studies but breaks the material down into tables and draws overall conclusions; and a final appendix: "The News of the World in Four Major Wire Services: A Study of Selected Services of the Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, and Agence France-Press" by David Weaver, Cleveland Wilhoit, Robert Stevenson, Donald Lewis Shaw, and Richard Cole." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 413)
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"In the debate between the developing and developed world over the function and structure of the mass media, this collection consolidates and interprets primary findings of an international study funded by the U.S.I.A. that analyzes content and dissemination of foreign news by the mass media of 17 T
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hird World countries and the four major Western news agencies. Among contributors are the editors, Richard Cole, Kirsten Thompson, Gary Gaddy, J. Walker Smith, Anne Cooper, Emmanuel Paraschos, David Weaver, Cleve Wilhoit, Jere Link, Robert Haynes, Jr. and Thomas Ahern, Jr." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 418)
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