Introduction.
I. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON MEDIA ISSUES.
1. Global Press Philosophies. John C. Merrill.
2. International Media Systems: An Overview. John C. Merrill.
3. Global and National News Agencies: The Unstable Nexus. Terhi Rantanen and Oliver Boyd-Barrett.
4. Barriers to Media Development. Paul Parsons.
5. Freedom of the Press Around The World. Robert L. Stevenson.
6. International Journalism Ethics. Dean Kruckeberg and Katerina Tsetsura.
7. Global Advertising and Public Relations. Doug Newsom.
8. Continuing Media Controversies. Paul Grosswiler.
9. Global Journalism Education. Mark Deuze.
10. Journalists: International Profiles. David H. Weaver.
11. Journalists Reporting From Foreign Places. P. Eric Louw.
12. News, the Fleeting, Elusive and Essential Feature of Global Journalism. Arnold S. de Beer.
II. THE WORLD'S REGIONS.
13. Western Europe. Lianne Fridriksson.
14. Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States of Eurasia, and Russia.
Eastern Europe. Allen Palmer and Peter Gross.
Newly Independent States of Eurasia. Catherine Cassara.
Russia. Katerina Tsetsura and Dean Kruckeberg.
15. The Middle East And North Africa. Orayb A. Najjar.
16. Sub-Saharan Africa (East, West and South). Minabere Ibelema, Mitchell Land, Lyombe Eko, and Elanie Steyn.
17. Asia and the Pacific. Jiafei Yin and Gregg Payne.
18. Australasia. Stephen Quinn.
19. Latin America. Donn Tilson and Rick Rockwell.
20. North America. William Briggs.
