اخبار جهانی و تصاویر سر صفحه آن ها
Abstract
News as a special kind of social product requires something to have taken place in the first place, to be captured by news people and published by the media, and ultimately to be consumed by the audience. Every stage is crucial for the news manufacturing process. This study examines the triangular relationship among what editors regard as important news, what the audience prefers and what the US and foreign media actually cover. The convergence and divergence of opinions among the audiences and the editors found in this study and media performance in coverage of some specific types of stories in the global context have important implications for a better understanding of the processes and structure of international communication in society.
It has long been well understood that a free and responsive press is not only essential to the proper functioning of democracy, but also vital to an enlightened public. As various news media have increasingly occupied a more prominent place in the everyday life of people across diverse sections of society, especially in the context of the Internet and the emerging globalization, the interplay among the media, journalists and audiences has inspired vigorous intellectual debates and empirical inquiries in both professional and academic circles over the past decades. The point of epistemological departure is often the relationship between the real and the mediated as well as its implications for the processes and structure of mass communication in society.