The World News Prism

Challenges of Digital Communication: 8th edition, 2011

By: William A. Hachten, James F. Scotton

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Paperback | 16 September 2011 | Edition Number 8

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262 Pages

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Revised

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22.8 x 15.0 x 1.3

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Fully revised and updated, the eighth edition of <i>The World News Prism</i> analyzes the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century globalized world and its impact on rapidly changing news events.</p> <ul> <li>Includes a new chapter dedicated to evolving traditional and new social in Middle East</li> <li>Expands the discussion of news systems in developing nations, comparing media growth in India and Africa </li> <li>Explores the impact of digital media on traditional societies</li> <li>Features important updates on the decline of print media in the West and the challenges this poses to global reporting <br /></li> <li>Surveys the latest developments in new media and forecasts future developments </li> </ul>

Industry 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

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