What’s Happened to Global News?

Scholarship on “global journalism” – to the extent that the phenomenon is explored empirically – is often based on the analysis of national media. This article considers, instead, how the global fares in global newsrooms, and what has happened to global news since the early years of the millennium....

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Published in:New global studies 2021-08, Vol.15 (2), p.303-322
Main Author: Robertson, Alexa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Al Jazeera English
BBC World
Broadcasting
CNN International
cosmopolitanism
global journalism
global media
International relations
Journalism
News media
Service introduction
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Summary:Scholarship on “global journalism” – to the extent that the phenomenon is explored empirically – is often based on the analysis of national media. This article considers, instead, how the global fares in global newsrooms, and what has happened to global news since the early years of the millennium. It is argued that, while much has changed in world politics and scholarly agendas, global news is characterized more by continuity than change, and that the interesting differences are not between “then” and “now,” but between news outlets. The results of the analysis of 2189 newscasts, 7591 headlines and 5379 news items broadcast over a period of 13 years by four global news organizations (Al Jazeera English, BBC World, CNN International, and RT) call into question assumptions about the cosmopolitan nature of channels said to speak to the world. They show that only a small percentage of their news can be considered “global” in terms of topic and geographical scope, although there are thought-provoking differences in how the global is narrated. Taken together, they provide occasion to revisit the scholarly debate on global journalism.
ISSN:1940-0004
2194-6566
1940-0004
DOI:10.1515/ngs-2020-0041