Mapping Foreign Correspondence in Europe - 9781138097742

Name: Mapping Foreign Correspondence in Europe - 9781138097742
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The book studies the current trends of foreign correspondence in Europe. The EU\u2019s expansion has had abundant effects on news coverage and some of the European capitals have become home to the biggest international press corps in world. So, who are these \""professional strangers\"" stationed in Europe and how do they try to make their stories, that are clearly important in today\u2019s interconnected world, interesting for viewers and readers?\n\nThis book represents the first Pan-European study of foreign correspondents and their reporting. It includes chapters from 27 countries, and it aims to study them and the direction, flow and pattern of their coverage, as well as answer questions regarding the impact of new technologies on the quantity, frequency and speed of their coverage. Do more sophisticated communications tools yield better international news coverage of Europe? Or does the audience\u2019s increasing apathy and the downsizing of the foreign bureaus offset these advan?