Table of Contents

Introduction - Annabelle Sreberny & Chris PatersonPart I: Structures1. News agencies as news sources: A re-evaluation - Oliver Boyd-Barrett & Terhi Rantanen; 2. Media plenty and the poverty of news - Daya Kishan Thussu; Invisible giants, quiet revolution - Nigel Baker; 4. New media at the BBC World Service - Chris Westcott & Jaideep Mukherjee; 5. The world's window to the world: An overview of 44 nations' international news coverage - H. Denis WuPart II: Alternatives6. News imperialism: Contra view from the South - Prasun Sonwalker; 7. China's new media and the case of CCTV-9 - John Jirik; 8. Al-Jazeera satellite channel: Global newscasting in Arabic - Naomi SakrPart III: Meanings9. Post-political journalism: Ethics and aesthetics among news manufacturers - Andrew Calcutt; 10. September 11, 2001: Sociological reflections - Keith Tester; 11. The mass production of ignorance: News content and audience - Greg Philo; 12. Cosmopolitanism, culture and televised social suffering - Nick StevensonPart IV: Innovations13. Slaying the media beast: The MediaChannel as an act of personal responsibility and political mission - Danny Schechter; 14. Reporting the world: The ethical challenge to international news - Jake Lynch; 15. Emotions, trauma and good journalism - Mark Brayne; 165. Conflicting truths: Online news and the war in Iraq - Stuart Allan

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Chris Paterson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco. Annabelle Sreberny is Visiting Professor in Media and Film Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.