International News in the 21st Century

In the aftermath of September 11, the nature of international news hasresumed a central place in media debates and political analysis. In the firstcollection of its kind, influential journalists and scholars probe the future ofinternational news. Topics include the conglomerates, ethnocentric imbalances innews reporting, the rise of non-Anglo news channels, approaches for reconstructingthe international news agenda, the impacts of new technologies of production anddiffusion, international news rhetoric, and audiences' imagination of the"global" and their perceptions of international newscoverage.
In a dialogue that is both descriptive and prescriptive, this book begins an encounter between media practitioners, activists, and academics, constituencies that have tended to talk past each other but are now beginning tofind some shared concerns.