All news is local : the failure of the media to reflect world events in a globalized age / Richard C. Stanton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanton, Richard, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

v, 221 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]

Summary:

"This book is an investigation of the 300 year old model of global journalism used by the Western news media. It argues that the framework of localization is fragile and unable to cope with the issues, events, agents and institutions of globalization that exist, and that the current model of news gathering and reporting requires rethinking"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Imagining news

Presentation of global image: editors, reporters and journalists

Democracy and media: obligations of international participation

The power triangle: media, corporations and governments

The continuing transformation of the public sphere: from Jurgen Habermas to Osama bin Laden

Global institutions of persuasion and influence: issues and events imagined as news

Global news institutions: the United Nations

Trade and participation: conflict and effects of global capital and the World Trade Organization

Citizens and participation: the role of NGOs

Rethinking global news media.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.

ISBN:

9780786430697

0786430699

OCLC:

85833359