Crises come in many kinds. There are some which are private to an individual or family, or so locally specific that they do not make much of a stir beyond where they occur. At the other end of the scale are global crises, those which affect the environment (melting polar ice-caps, massive droughts) or threaten humanity and other animal species (world poverty, new diseases). It is these which generate the greatest journalistic coverage. Their reporting is Simon Cottle's topic in this new textbook. Crises which are global involve widespread interconnection and interdependence as well as cross-national flows of information and communication. Cottle examines how they are covered, and with what impact, in today's news media.
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