If globalization can be described as having the following features: the worldwide interconnection between societies, cultures, institutions, and individuals; the compression of time and space; and the loss of national sovereignty, then it is not difficult to appreciate the centrality of the media to these processes, especially when you look at …
Read More »Reflections on the Politics of the Global ‘Rolling-News’ Television Genre
The latter part of the twentieth century was marked by the proliferation of culture and communication, the explosion of information technologies and channels, and the expansion of the cultural industries. These developments in communication have had significant socio-political impacts internationally. The recent advancements in satellite technologies with the accompanying expansion of …
Read More »Ibrahim Nawar, VCS’s Managing Director
Video Cairo Sat has for almost thirty years been providing news production services to TV broadcasters around the world. Now, with the legalization of private satellite channels in Egypt, VCS is launching Cairo Sat News, its own satellite news channel. TBS Managing Editor Sarah Sullivan talked to VCS's Managing Director Ibrahim Nawar in …
Read More »Khalid Kazziha, APTN senior producer for East/Central and West Africa and Nadia Bilbasey, Africa correspondent for MBC
Growth of new technology is changing the way news is covered around the world, especially in remote locations where satellite uplink doesn't exist and where bringing in equipment is difficult if not impossible. TBS spoke with two Nairobi-based journalists—Khalid Kazziha, APTN senior producer for East/Central and West Africa and Nadia Bilbasey, …
Read More »Interview with Rashid Murooshid, Managing Director, and Stephen Marney, Director of News and Program Development, EDTV Business Channel
With the recent opening of Dubai Media City, Dubai firmly established itself as the regional media hotspot. It's also a major commercial center in the Middle East—and these two factors make the EDTV Business Channel, one of Emirates-Dubai Television's latest offerings, a natural. TBS Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer spoke …
Read More »Deciding what we watch: Taste, decency and media ethics in the UK and the USA
Colin Shaw (1999). Deciding what we watch: Taste, decency and media ethics in the UK and the USA. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 200pp. 0-19-815936-6. Reviewed by Dr. Latiffah Pawanteh, Department of Communication, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia This book offers readers a comprehensive inside look at the differences in the structure, role, and …
Read More »Copycat TV: Globalisation, Program Formats and Cultural Identity
Albert Moran (1998). Copycat TV: Globalisation, Program Formats and Cultural Identity. Luton: University of Luton Press. 204 pages. ISBN: 1-86020-537-2. Reviewed by Amos Owen Thomas, School of Marketing and Management, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia While international program flows from the developed world to the underdeveloped dominated the 1970s and 80s, …
Read More »The World News Prism: Changing Media for International Communication
William A. Hachten (1999). The World News Prism: Changing Media for International Communication (5th Edition). Ames: Iowa State University Press. 226 pages. ISBN 0-8138-2319-6. Reviewed by Dr. Philip Robertson, School of Contemporary Communication, Central Queensland University, Australia First published in 1981, the World News Prism is now in its fifth edition, …
Read More »Information Highways in ASEAN
Anura Goonasekera and Ang Peng Hwa (1999). Information Highways in ASEAN. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre. 444 pages. ISBN 9971-905-77-9 (paperback). Reviewed by Dr. Ali Parandeh, International Institute for Caspian Studies, Tehran, Iran The basic communication infrastructure of a country is one of the main determining factors of its …
Read More »Public Service Broadcasting in Asia: Surviving in the New Information Age
Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (1999). Public Service Broadcasting in Asia: Surviving in the New Information Age. Singapore: Asian Media Information & Communication Centre. 168 pages. ISBN 9971-905-74-4. Reviewed by Pieter Wessels, independent broadcast journalist, Sydney, Australia Every broadcaster in the world wants to know where new technology is taking …
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