Foreign News Communication History

Author: Zheng Chaoran
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: Additionally, the title of this book, A History of Foreign Journalism and Communication, is chosen because it breaks through traditional frameworks of journalism studies. It attempts to place the history of journalism and communication, as well as the evolution of various media, within the broader context of human societal development to examine their relationships with political systems, economic structures, cultural backgrounds, and social environments from a macro-societal perspective. We aim to achieve a goal where, after understanding the history of journalism and communication, readers can also grasp the broader history of human society, rather than being confined simply to the scope of industry history.
The book consists of eight chapters and twenty-four sections. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the development of human communication activities. Chapters 2 to 7 discuss the history of journalism and communication in various continents and countries, with a focus on introducing influential nations such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the United States, Japan, India, Brazil, and Egypt. Each country includes the origins, development, current status, and future trends of newspapers, magazines, news agencies, and broadcasting. Chapter 8 introduces debates surrounding the new and old orders of global journalism and communication. The book is rich in content, well-documented, systematic, theoretical, scientific, and informative, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the history of foreign journalism and communication. It can serve as a textbook and is also suitable for readers with an interest in the subject.