THE GLOBAL JOURNALIST IN THE 21ST CENTURY

The Global Journalist in the 21 st Century systematically assesses the demographics education socialization professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data adding more than a dozen new countries and provides material on comparative research about journalists that will be useful to those interested in doing their own studies. The editors put together this collection working under the assumption that journalists’ backgrounds working conditions and ideas are related to what is reported (and how it is covered) in the various news media round the world in spite of societal and organizational constraints and that this news coverage matters in terms of world public opinion and policies. Outstanding features include: Coverage of 33 nations located around the globe based on recent surveys conducted among representative samples of local journalists Comprehensive analyses by well-known media scholars from each country A section on comparative studies of journalists An appendix with a collection of survey questions used in various nations to question journalists As the most comprehensive and reliable source on journalists around the world The Global Journalist will serve as the primary source for evaluating the state of journalism. As such it promises to become a standard textbook among journalism media and communication students and researchers around the world Table Of Contents: Introduction David Weaver & Lars Willnat Part I: Comparative Studies of Journalists Surveying Journalists: David Weaver World of Journalism: Thomas Hanitzsch Foreign Correspondents: Lars Willnat Political Journalists: Peter van Aelst Part II: Journalists in Asia China: Joseph Man Chan & Zhongdang Pan Hong Kong: Joseph Man Chan Taiwan: Ven-hwei Lo Korea: Young Jun Son Japan: Mitsuru Fukuda Shinji Oi & S