AFTER WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A hot day in August 1909, a journalist for a Beirut
newspaper felt inclined to take an evening stroll. Jubran Massuh decided that he would …

Globalization is classically defined as the increased movement of people, goods, and
information around the world. Yet not all aspects of globalization and deglobalization …

This article uses the example of submarine telegraphy to trace the interdependence
between global communications and modern capitalism. It uncovers how cable …

Translation has played a crucial role in news production, in spite of which research from the
perspective of journalism studies is rare. This article starts with a brief overview of the …

This article examines the news business in Africa during decolonization. While UNESCO
stimulated enormous discussion about creating independent 'third world'alternatives for …

Scholars, editors, and reporters have tended to treat news and journalism as synonymous.
This conception has privileged a particular kind of journalism often called the Anglo …

In March 1917, a German satirical magazine, Kladderadatsch, devoted an entire special
issue to a very particular type of business. In over thirty pages of poems, articles, and …

This article compares two media multinationals that supplied different genres of news,
political and economic. Most media companies provided both genres, and these categories …

This article uses the history of news agencies, particularly in Germany, to explore key
theories about media transitions. First, many over-emphasize technology as an autonomous …

This chapter provides an overview of the crucial role played by translation in the emergence
and consolidation of journalism as a profession. The second section discusses the need for …