The Globalization of News
London: Sage (1998), 256 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 0-7619-5387-6 (pbk); 0-7619-5386-8 (hbk)
"This book overviews and reconsiders media organizations - the news agencies - which report and film the news for the press and broadcast media. Incorporating institutional, historical, political economic and cultural studies perspectives, the book: reviews agency provision of general news, video news and financial news; analyzes agency-state relations through periods of dramatic social upheaval; and critically examines the impact of deregulation and globalization on the news agency business. Contributors consider how leading players like Reuters and Associated Press help to define the nature of both the Global and the Local as well as focusing on the network of relations between international and national agencies." (Publisher description)
1 The globalization of news / Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Terhi Rantanen, 1
PART I: NEWS AGENCIES AS AGENTS OF GLOBALIZATION, 15
2 'Global' news agencies / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 19
3 The struggle for control of domestic news markets (1) / Terhi Rantanen, 35
4 The struggle for control of domestic news markets (2) / Jürgen Wilke, 49
5 Global financial news / Michael Palmer, Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Terhi Rantanen, 61
6 Global battlefields / Chris Paterson, 75
PART II: NEWS AGENCIES IN THE FURNACE OF POLITICAL TRANSITION, 104
7 From dictatorship to democracy / Ingrid Schulze-Schneider, 108
8 From communism to capitalism / Terhi Rantanen, 125
9 From state socialism to deregulation / Ullamaija Kivikuru, 137
10 From apartheid to pluralism / Derek Forbes, 154
PART III: DEFINING NEWS CONTESTATION AND CONSTRUCTION, 173
11 What makes news / Michael Palmer, 177
12 Alternative news agencies / C. Anthony Giffard, 191
13 TV news exchange / Stig Hjarvard, 202
PART I: NEWS AGENCIES AS AGENTS OF GLOBALIZATION, 15
2 'Global' news agencies / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 19
3 The struggle for control of domestic news markets (1) / Terhi Rantanen, 35
4 The struggle for control of domestic news markets (2) / Jürgen Wilke, 49
5 Global financial news / Michael Palmer, Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Terhi Rantanen, 61
6 Global battlefields / Chris Paterson, 75
PART II: NEWS AGENCIES IN THE FURNACE OF POLITICAL TRANSITION, 104
7 From dictatorship to democracy / Ingrid Schulze-Schneider, 108
8 From communism to capitalism / Terhi Rantanen, 125
9 From state socialism to deregulation / Ullamaija Kivikuru, 137
10 From apartheid to pluralism / Derek Forbes, 154
PART III: DEFINING NEWS CONTESTATION AND CONSTRUCTION, 173
11 What makes news / Michael Palmer, 177
12 Alternative news agencies / C. Anthony Giffard, 191
13 TV news exchange / Stig Hjarvard, 202
