Global News: Perspectives on the Info Age / Edition 1

by Tony Silvia, Wolf Blitzer

Overview

Tom Johnson, Corey Flintoff, Tony Kahn, and Ted Koppel are some of the better known contributors of the 16 essays, some of which were presented at a spring 1998 lecture series at the University of Rhode Island. The anthology is designed as a bridge between working journalists and academics in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813802565
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/28/2001
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 8.35(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Tony Silvia is Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of South Florida St Petersburg. He has worked as a consumer reporter, news anchor and producer, having been nominated for three Emmy Awards. He is the winner of an Associated Press Award. His publications include Global News: Perspectives on the Information Age. Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990. He is the host of Wolf and The Situation Room. Blitzer also serves as the network's lead political anchor.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Wolf Blitzer, CNN

Preface xv

Acknowledgements xix

Introduction: Toward a definition of global news / Tony Silvia 3

Part I. Global News in the International Marketplace.

1. Coverage, Competition, and Credibility: The CNN International Standard / Don Flournoy 15

2. CNN : The Origins of the 24-hour, International News Cycle: An Interview with Tom Johnson / Tony Silvia 45

3. Producing and Marketing News for the International Audience / Kevin Noblet 53

4. American News, Global Audience / János Horvát 65

Part II. Global News and Cultural Values.

5. The Role of Cultural Values in Determining What is News / Corey Flintoff 75

6. News Through Alien Filters: The Impact of Imported News on a Small Nation / Paul Norris 85

7. Visual Information in Egyptian Television News: A Cross-cultural Influence / Hussein Amin 101

8. News on a Global Frequency: Fusing Contrasting Cultures in Radio News / Tony Kahn 113

Part III. Global News and The Reporting Process.

9. Journalism: It's as Easy as ABC / Ted Koppel 127

10. New Wars, New Correspondents / Stacy Sullivan 135

11. Global News, Changing Views: Economy, Fall of Communism Shift Media Priorities / Alvin Shuster 141

12. Business News and International Reporting / Richard Lambert 147

Part IV. Global News and the Future.

13. Instant News Across Borders: The Computerization of Global Media / Michael D. McKinely 155

14. Rapid Access and The News Consumer: Ethical Aspects of Today's Technology / Tony Silvia 165

15. The Future of News in Eastern Europe: A Study of Promise and Potential / Bailey Barash and Ioana Avadani 177

16. Bridging the Digital Divide: Leading the Disenfranchised into The Information Age / Allison Davis 185

Index 193

Editorial Reviews

Tom Johnson, Corey Flintoff, Tony Kahn, and Ted Koppel are some of the better known contributors of the 16 essays, some of which were presented at a spring 1998 lecture series at the University of Rhode Island. The anthology is designed as a bridge between working journalists and academics in the field, inspired, says Silvia (journalism, U. of Rhode Island), by a six-month fellowship he served with Cable Network News in 1996. That does not explain, however, nor does he, the 1971 first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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