Global News ― Reporting Conflicts and Cosmopolitanism

Robertson looks at the different worlds of global television news--theoretical, empirical and imaginative. With a comparative perspective she views the competition: four news organizations are explored .BBC World, CNN International, Al Jazeera English, and Russia Today. What they all have in common is that they are in English and their respective journalists proclaim universal values of professionalism and objectivity. Robertson examines the differences between channels that speak to a global audience in English, are based all over the planet and are in different cultural settings. Six chapters are: the global village and the ivory tower; colliding worlds; a world in crisis; brave new world; another world; a world of difference. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Alexa Robertson is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Stockholm University and has a PhD in political science. Her other books include Media and Politics in a Globalizing World (2015) and Mediated Cosmopolitanism: The World of Television News (2010).