Overview
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. Includes a new chapter dedicated to evolving traditional and new social media in Middle East Expands the discussion of news systems in developing nations, comparing media growth in India and Africa Explores the impact of digital media on traditional societies Features important updates on the decline of print media in the West and the challenges this poses to global reporting Surveys the latest developments in new media and forecasts future developments
Full Product Details
Author: William A. Hachten (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) ,
James F. Scotton (Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition: 8th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781444338584
ISBN 10: 1444338587
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 26 August 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781118809044
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
? This book is a superb work clearly expressed by the two authors who arranged a journey in words and illustrations to satisfy, as well as to inspire, anyone in the field of Global Communication.? - Hussein Amin, The American University in Cairo ?Comprehensive, timely insights from two leading scholars about the rapid changes in media and their influence on perceptions, politics and cultures around the world. Chapter on developments in the Middle East is exceptional in capturing current realities through on-the-ground research. This book will be useful to all students and scholars interested in understanding media?s role in the world.? - Sandra Whitehead, Hariri Canadian University, Lebanon
Author Information
William A. Hachten is Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison where he taught for 30 years. His publications include: The Troubles of Journalism, Third Edition (2005), The Growth of Media in the Third World (1993), and The Press and Apartheid (with C.A. Giffard, 1984). James F. Scotton is Associate Professor of Journalism at Marquette University, Milwaukee. He has taught in Lebanon, China, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, and has worked as a reporter, editorial writer, and editor with the Associated Press and newspapers in several states and in China. Together James Scotton and William Hachten are the authors of New Media for a New China (2010, Wiley-Blackwell).
