The book explores the theory of news flow around the world, and analyses many of its dimensions such as the global standing of the United States, the Middle Eastern conflicts as seen around the world, and, the effect of financial news. In doing so, the book unveils new patterns, meanings and implications of international news on our perception of the world.

Elad Segev (PhD, Keele University) is senior lecturer in media and communications at the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Google and the Digital Divide (2010), and has published his research in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journalism, Political Communication, International Communication Gazette, and the International Journal of Communication, among others.

«Segev’s volume advances news flow theory and is recommended for anyone interested in or conducting research into international news flow.» (Jay Miller, Electronic News 12(1) 2018)

Contents: – International News Flow: From Theory to Practice – International News Flow Online – The Economic Newsworthiness of Countries – International News Is American – Global and Regional Trends in News Prominence – Many Local Views – A Local Outlook on a Global Conflict – Short-Term Effect: Agenda Setting and the News-Memory Nexus – Long-Term Effect: News, Global Views, and Soft Power.