2. Historical Views of Globalisation
• Though several scholars situate the origins of
globalization in the modern era, others regard
it as a phenomenon with a long history.
• Some authors have argued that stretching the
beginning of globalization far back in time
renders the concept wholly inoperative and
useless for political analysis.
• Global news started in Victorian times.
3. Robertson 1994
• Globalization is both the compression of the
world and the intensification of consciousness
of the world as a whole.
– This means the world is getting closer together
– But we are also becoming far more aware of it
• What does this mean?
• What evidence from your news stories
supports this theory?
4. So what has changed about the news
stories?
Why have they become more global?
Do they confirm Robertson’s theory?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtRYhN1NCT4 Zepplin Crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8H4lHgnDog – Nazi war crimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P167ZB-Ccs – liberation of Kiev
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5. Comparison of Global News
Providers
Lesson Question: What kinds of media
are increasingly global in terms of
production and distribution?
6. Is Al Jazeera becoming increasingly global in it’s
production and distribution?
• Yes • No
• Launching specific channels in other • Receives much of it’s funding
languages/cultures e.g. Al Jazeera from Qatar – accused of
English manipulating broadcasts for
• Original channel available worldwide political interests.
through various satellite networks • USA accused them of being “anti-
• Release of footage to Western Media American”
broadcasters. • They are distributing news
• Creative commons licence allows predominantly from the Middle
other broadcaster to use their East
footage. • Causing controversy – going
• ‘Citizen journalist’s invited to against ‘Western’ rules of
‘produce’ media – releasing ‘home censorship or rights
made’ footage. • Censorship from other countries
• Launched a website with open access. e.g. China, Egypt
• Variety of media platforms offered
• Six journalists arrested in Egypt –
global influence
7. News Corp
• How is News Corp becoming increasingly
global in it’s production and distribution?
• What makes it different from the other two?
8.
9. How would I begin to include this in a
question?
• In 1994, Robertson said that due to the
‘compression’ of the world from globalization,
our consciousness of the world around is
intensified. By media standards this is a
reasonably outdated prediction, but in many
circumstances, he was correct. Thanks to the
internet we can now quickly surf through the
news of the globe on one website, allowing us to
be more informed about the world as a whole.
Even though there is still local news being
broadcasted, many of us feel the need to know
about topics on a much more global scale.
