Chapter 17 - The global village: International and comparative media systems. The learning objectives for this chapter include: recognize the global leaders in newspapers, radio, and television; distinguish among the four main theories of government-press relationships; categorize media systems by ownership patterns and degree of government control; understand how politics, culture, geography, history, and economics affect a country's media system. | THE DYNAMICS OF MASS COMMUNCATION Joseph R. Dominick University of Georgia--Athens Impact of the Media Chapter 17 The Global Village: International and Comparative Media Systems International Media Systems World Media Online Comparative Media Systems Examples of Other Systems Chapter Outline Global Print Media – Newspapers General or financial The International Herald Tribune USA Today International WorldPaper The Financial Times of London The Economist The Wall Street Journal International Media Systems Global Print Media – Wire Services International flow of news dominated by global wire services Reuters Associated Press Agence France Presse ITAR-TASS New York Times Syndicate Los Angeles Times Syndicate International Media Systems Global Print Media – Magazines Reader’s Digest – 49 editions in 200 countries Time (International) – 190 countries Newsweek (International) – ½ M readers Cosmopolitan – 41 countries Popular Mechanics (Spanish version) – Latin America Business Week International Media Systems Global Broadcasting Shortwave or partnerships with local FM 150 countries broadcast internationally BBC World Service Voice of America Radio China International Deutsche Welle (“German Wave”) Radio France International Growing rapidly: global news, sports, and music channels (CNNi, CNBC, BBC World, MTV, ESPNi) International Media Systems Film and TV Internationally, USA dominates Box office (½ revenue of average film) Videocassette and DVD ($20B+ in 2004) TV programs (non-prime-time) TV program format licenses (Jeopardy, Temptation Island) Cross-border spillover International Media Systems Web radio stations Newspapers and magazines New York Times Le Monde Die Welt London Times Asahi Shimbun Sydney Morning Herald Asia Week Beat Tokyo Journal Art Bin Email and newsgroups enable informal exchange of news and culture WWW access not globally accessible World Media Online Authoritarian Theory 16th Century England Parallel with development of printing press The . | THE DYNAMICS OF MASS COMMUNCATION Joseph R. Dominick University of Georgia--Athens Impact of the Media Chapter 17 The Global Village: International and Comparative Media Systems International Media Systems World Media Online Comparative Media Systems Examples of Other Systems Chapter Outline Global Print Media – Newspapers General or financial The International Herald Tribune USA Today International WorldPaper The Financial Times of London The Economist The Wall Street Journal International Media Systems Global Print Media – Wire Services International flow of news dominated by global wire services Reuters Associated Press Agence France Presse ITAR-TASS New York Times Syndicate Los Angeles Times Syndicate International Media Systems Global Print Media – Magazines Reader’s Digest – 49 editions in 200 countries Time (International) – 190 countries Newsweek (International) – ½ M readers Cosmopolitan – 41 countries Popular Mechanics (Spanish version) – Latin America Business Week .
