The pivotal role of news agencies in the context of globalization

A Historical Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID5089944
AuthorsEsperança Bielsa (0000-0001-5882-3382, University of Leicester, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume8
Issue3
Pages347-366
Publication date2008-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-0374.2008.00199.x
OpenAlexW2124132174
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited19

The global media play a fundamental role in contemporary globalization, making possible instant communication and promoting an experience of global connectedness. The globalization of media communications has deeply shaped the modern journalistic field in the last 150 years and, at the same time, global news organizations have been instrumental in creating the very conditions that have made globalization possible. In this article I explore the relationship between globalization and the media and trace the historical development of the field of global news, examining in detail the role and trajectories of its most important players, the global news agencies, and highlighting significant parallels between nineteenth-century globalization and the processes that have led to increased global connectedness in the past decades. I also devote some attention to the more recent developments in the field of global news and the appearance of new types of media organizations

Context (archaeology · Field (mathematics · Globalization · Media studies · Parallels · Political science · Public relations · Social connectedness · Sociology · Engineering · History · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology · Translation Studies and Practices

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