Understanding Global News: A Critical Introduction

Understanding Global News: A Critical Introduction

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A lively and critical introduction to the news media, this book has been written specifically for media students and trainee journalists. <b>Understanding Global News</b> invites the reader to explore contemporary journalistic practice, and questions the assumption that the media provide a mere window on the world. </p> <p></p> <p>Challenging the often unquestioned notions of media objectivity, the author turns the classic questions: Who? What? When? and Why? onto the news media. By employing a range of theoretical perspectives and a large variety of examples, the author demonstrates the way in which our perceptions of the world are constructed by the news media.