[eBook Code] The World News Prism (eBook Code, 8th)

Preface to the Eighth Edition vii

Introduction 1

1 News Communication for a Global System 11

2 Changing Ideologies of Press Control 24

3 Global News Under Stress 45

4 Digital Media: Global, Interactive, and Free 58

5 The Whole World is Watching: Impact of Great News Events 77

6 Globalization of Media and Language 93

7 China: New Media In An Old Political World 111

8 The Middle East: Media Storms in the Desert 135

9 India and Africa: Contrasts in Development 158

10 Foreign News in Flux 170

11 War Reporting: Fire and Misfire 185

12 Public Diplomacy and Propaganda 206

13 Forecast: Changeable with Cloudy Periods 224

Selected Bibliography 241

Index 245