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  • Communications across international boundaries have increased in the past two decades.

  • Newspapers designed for international consumption include the International Herald Tribune, USA Today International, and financial papers. Many magazines also have international editions.

  • Global radio broadcasters include the Voice of America, the BBC, China Radio International, Deutsche Welle, and RFI.

  • The leaders in global television are CNN, MTV, ESPN, BBC World, and CNBC.

  • Comparative analysis of media systems allows us to view alternative ways of structuring the mass media.

  • The four main theories of government-media relationships are authoritarian, libertarian, social responsibility, and developmental.

  • Media systems can be categorized by examining ownership patterns and degree of government control.

  • The development of media systems in various countries is influenced by politics, culture, geography, history, and economics.

  • The media systems in Japan, Mexico, and China illustrate how the theories of government-media relationships have operated in other countries and how numerous factors have affected those systems.








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