News Around the World: Content, Practitioners, and the Public

by Akiba A. Cohen and Pamela J. Shoemaker

Book Overview

What's news? A front-page news story in the United States might not appear in a newspaper in China. Or a minor story on German television may be all over the airwaves in India. But News Around the World shows that the underlying nature of news is much the same the world over and that people--no matter what their jobs or their status in society--tend to hold similar notions of newsworthiness.

In this richly detailed study of international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415975069
• ISBN13: 9780415975063
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"