Description
- Includes three new chapters on Russia, Brazil, and India and a revised chapter on the Middle East written by regional media experts
- Features comprehensive coverage of the growing impact of social media on how news is being reported and received
- Charts the media revolutions occurring throughout the world and examines their effects both locally and globally
- Surveys the latest developments in new media and forecasts future developments
About the Author
William A. Hachten is Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught for 30 years. His publications include: New Media for a New China (Wiley, 2010 with J. Scotton), The Troubles of Journalism (2005, 3rd edition), The Growth of Media in the Third World (1993), and The Press and Apartheid (1984, with C.A. Giffard).
James F. Scotton is Associate Professor of Journalism at Marquette University. He has taught in Lebanon, China, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, and has worked as a reporter, editorial writer, and editor with the Associated Press and with newspapers in several states and in China. He is co-author, with William Hachten, of New Media for a New China (Wiley, 2010).
Book Information
ISBN 9781118809044
Author William A. Hachten
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 372g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm