Understanding global news: a critical introduction/ Jaap van Ginneken
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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1998Description: viii, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0761957081; 076195709X (pbk.)Subject(s): Foreign news | Mass mediaDDC classification: 070 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 070 GIN/U (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P08226 |
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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