Ralph E. Hanson, Second Edition
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Chapter 15: Global Media

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The University of Texas has created a useful Central and South American newspaper listing page. Take a look as a few of the papers to get a feel for the regional newspaper styles.

 

Dar Al-Hayat provides English readers a look into the news of the Middle East and Arabic World from an Arabic perspective.

 

Take a look at two versions of Al-Jazeera's Web site: the regular Arabic-language version and the English version. Look to see what considerations and differences appear on the two versions regarding the two audiences.

 

Read the Washington Post's detailed story on Bob Woodruff's near-death experience in Iraq. Woodruff recounts the days and emotions that followed that terrible day in war-torn Iraq.

 

Read the top stories in South Africa on the South African Broadcast Corporation's news page. Visit their Sport and Entertainment sections to see the difference in coverage in comparison to a typical U.S. newspaper.

 

Familiar with manga? Check out two manga sites to learn more about this popular media: a United Kingdom manga page and Tokyopop's manga page.