Includes bibliographical references and index.

A framework for the study of global media systems / Daniela V. Dimitrova -- International news flow in the digital age / Elad Segev -- Technology's role in global journalism and communication / H. Denis Wu -- Media freedom around the world / Jane Whyatt -- Exploring journalistic cultures / Patric Raemy and Lea Hellmueller -- Global journalism and mass communication education in the digital era / Tudor Vlad -- Navigating the uncharted waters of journalism ethics and responsibilities in a twenty-first-century information age / Katerina Tsetsura and Dean Kruckeberg -- Media in sub-Saharan Africa / Yusuf Kalyango, Jr. -- Media in the Middle East and North Africa / Claudia Kozman -- Media in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia / Ioana A. Coman and Christopher Karadjov -- Media in Western and Northern Europe / Elisabeth Fondren -- Media in Asia and the Pacific / Nakho Kim -- Media in Latin America / Manuel Alejandro Guerrero -- Media in North America / Zac Gershberg and D. Jasun Carr -- The digital transformation of international and national news agencies: challenges facing AFP, AP, and TASS / Terhi Rantanen and Anthony Kelly -- Covering international conflicts and crises / Raluca Cozma -- Public diplomacy and international communication / Suman Lee

Global Journalism: Understanding World Media Systems provides an overview of the key issues in global journalism today and traces how media systems have evolved over time in different world regions. Taking into account local context as well as technological change across media industries, the book offers an up-to-date, thorough overview of media developments in all world regions embedded in their unique political, cultural and economic context. Covering theoretical foundations of global journalism, from the classic Four Theories of the Press to more nuanced media models, this text proposes a framework for studying world media systems. Contributed chapters cover a wide range of topics, including media freedom, global news cultures, professional ethics and responsibilities, and education of global journalists, as well as the role of technology and issues such as fake news, soft power and public diplomacy, foreign news reporting and international news flow.