The Known World of Broadcast News - International News and the Electronic Media (Paperback)

Radio and television news are expanding everywhere, often at the expense of print media. Developments in global communications, in theory at least, have made the world smaller. An event anywhere can theoretically be reported anywhere else on radio within minutes; on television within hours. But theory and practice are often far apart. Broadcast news has become a global business, almost like the music industry, with its own Top 10 and an inevitable streamlining of taste. A few major organizations control the newsflow.