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Now available in a fully revised and updated ninth edition, World News Prism provides in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century. Includes three new chapters on Russia, Brazil, and India and a revised chapter on the Middle East written by regional media experts Features comprehensive coverage of the growing impact of social media on how news is being reported and received Charts the media revolutions occurring throughout the world and examines their effects both locally and globally Surveys the latest developments in new media and forecasts future developments
Notes on Contributors ix Preface to the Ninth Edition xi Introduction: Fall and Rise of the Media 1 1 Information for a Global System 9 2 Game Changers: Twitters, Videos, Blogs 19 3 GlobalMediaUnderStress 35 4 ImpactofGreatEvents 46 5 English: The Language of theWorld 61 6 Brazil: Latin America's Communication Leader 77 Heloiza Golbspan Herscovitz 7 Russian Media: Struggling Against New Controls 99 Natalia Bubnova 8 India: Liberalization Spurs Phenomenal Media Growth 119 Sandhya Rao 9 China: A New Media Face But Tighter Control 138 10 Africa: The Mobile Continent 159 11 The Middle East: Media in the Midst of Turmoil 177 Rasha Abdulla 12 Reporters Abroad: Paid, Free, and Harassed 196 13 ReportingWar 210 14 Public Diplomacy and Propaganda 229 15 Conclusions and Outlook 246 Selected Bibliography 259 Index 263
