JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cultural Imperialism
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American and british journalists invented the modern conception of news. New journalistic disursive practices, such as reporting and interviewing. Early independence of the press from the literary field. Commercial model derive substantial revenues from sales and advertising. English language more adequate to the rhythm of news. The dominant position of the us/uk in the world. Globalization of the us model of journalism. Expansion of the us model with the consolidation of the global role in the post war era. Domination of global news agencies both in terms of content and characteristics. Most the of the news around the world was created by either british or. What became dominant was the way that news agencies conceived what was important. Concerns about the domination of us/western news agencies. How can national projects be possible when news are reported from a. Concerns were crystallized in the unesco - led debates about the new world.