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

Author: Stanton, Richard, 1951-

Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.

Descriptionv, 221 p. ; 23 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.

Note:"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.

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