| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; 1 -- The Globalization of News; 2 -- 'Global' News Agencies; 3 -- The Struggle for Control of Domestic News Markets (1); 4 -- The Struggle for Control of Domestic News Markets (2); 5 -- Global Financial News; 6 -- Global Battlefields; 7 -- From Dictatorship to Democracy; 8 -- From Communism to Capitalism; 9 -- From State Socialism to Deregulation; 10 -- From Apartheid to Pluralism; 11 -- What Makes News; 12 -- Alternative News Agencies; 13 -- TV News Exchange; Index |
| Summary |
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 o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Foreign news.
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News agencies.
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Press.
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Foreign news
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News agencies
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Press
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rantanen, Terhi
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| LC no. |
98061246 |
| ISBN |
9780857026156 |
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0857026151 |
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1282622978 |
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9781282622975 |
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9780761953869 |
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0761953868 |
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1446250261 |
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9781446250266 |
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1446238024 |
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9781446238028 |
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9786612622977 |
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6612622970 |
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