Monthly Archives: January 2013

Journalism- Globalized and Localized

1. Despite various theoretical arguments that describe the scope and nature of globalization – do you think journalism has globalized? What are some of the persistant characteristics that make international news less than truly “global?” Following Hafez’s train of thought in “International Reporting- No Further than Columbus”, journalism definitely operates on a global scale, but […]

The US as a liberal media system

2. Hallin and Mancini provide a comparative framework for looking at media systems. Given their brief descriptions of each kind of system, where do you think the US falls now? Do you think the framework needs some updating? Hallin and Mancini classified the U.S. as a Liberal media model when they described the media models. […]