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Why are some countries more newsworthy than others? What are the similarities and differences in the scope of international news presented in different languages and cultures? How does international news affect our perception of the world? In this book, Elad Segev explores international news flow on the internet by addressing these key questions.
Segev provides a comparative analysis of the international scope of online newspapers, news portals, and news aggregators in different languages and cultures, using innovative web mining techniques and network analysis. This book explores the theory of news flow around the world, and analyses many of its dimensions such as the global standing of the United States, the Middle Eastern conflicts as seen around the world, and, the effect of financial news. In doing so, the book unveils new patterns, meanings and implications of international news on our perception of the world.
Following these insights, the author discusses the opportunities and challenges of studying international news flow online in the future, and how this field of research can be further developed theoretically and empirically.
List of contents
Contents: - International News Flow: From Theory to Practice - International News Flow Online - The Economic Newsworthiness of Countries - International News Is American - Global and Regional Trends in News Prominence - Many Local Views - A Local Outlook on a Global Conflict - Short-Term Effect: Agenda Setting and the News-Memory Nexus - Long-Term Effect: News, Global Views, and Soft Power.
About the author
Elad Segev (PhD, Keele University) is senior lecturer in media and communications at the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Google and the Digital Divide (2010), and has published his research in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journalism, Political Communication, International Communication Gazette, and the International Journal of Communication, among others.
Summary
Why are some countries more newsworthy than others? What are the similarities and differences in the scope of international news presented in different languages and cultures? How does international news affect our perception of the world? This title explores international news flow on the internet by addressing these key questions.
Report
«Segev's volume advances news flow theory and is recommended for anyone interested in or conducting research into international news flow.» (Jay Miller, Electronic News 12(1) 2018)
