News and Current Affairs Presentation

1. Global News

2. Global News: An Introduction
Defining the concept of ‘global news’
The establishment of a global news agenda
Distribution & dissemination of global news
Creation of a global ‘imagined community’

3. Example: 24-Hour TV News Providers
With International Reach
CNN 9/11 Example – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfYQAPhjwzA

4. Cultural Imperialism: Examples

5. Cultural Imperialism: Defined
The practice of promoting and imposing a culture, usually that of
politically powerful nations over less potent societies
Cultural Imperialism – understood within the context of news media:
Western news media interpret the problems and conflicts of the world
from the self-interested perspective of the US and its allies
Western control of transnational flows of news to the world

6. Cultural Imperialism: Discussion
To what extent does Western control of transnational flows of news to
the world dictate the nature of the global news agenda?
Can a truly ‘global’ news-scape ever exist? Or are we merely recipients
of a highly distorted presentation of global news?
Are concerns about the role of global news effecting cultural
imperialism too simplistic?
Are we affected by cultural imperialism? And, in turn, do we affect
others in our region?

7. Example: Boston Bombings

8. Boston Bombings: Global News?
Impact of Boston Bombings on a global scale – global currency?
Demonstration of US control and influence over global news agenda?
US incitement of fear and contempt for terrorism?

9. 21 April 2013
A garment factory
collapses in Savar,
Bangladesh
Estimated death
toll = 620+

10. 14 April 2013
A passenger bus
tumbles into a
river in Trujillo,
Peru
Estimated death
toll = 33

11. Example: North Korea & CNN
Example of North Korea Coverage –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moKBlbsvwPg

12. The Rise of Global News Networks:
CNN, BBC World & Al Jazeera
Rise of non-Western global news agencies – resistance to the Western
hegemony over information flows?
Al Jazeera (and other Arab news networks) – a challenge to
predominantly Western flows of global news or an alternative
perspective of global events?
Is it possible to present a truly global news or is this merely a mirage?
Do you think news networks have the capacity to transcend their
geographical and ideological positions?

13. Al Jazeera: News Coverage of
2003 Iraq War
Clip from Documentary Control Room (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHMDp7GGbPI @ 6:25-7:28