In contrast with assumptions underlying the Worlds of Journalism studies, this book argues that a multinational informal adoption of analogous journalistic standards regarding impartiality and objectivity may not result from a natural convergence of peer professional attitudes. Instead, Lugo-Ocando suggests that similarities of opinion about journalistic roles may have stemmed from educational/training efforts such as those supported by the Foreign Aid for Media Development initiative sponsored by the US Information Agency.... This work offers an instructive counterpoint to the recent work by Thomas Hanitzsch et al., Worlds of Journalism: Journalistic Cultures around the Globe (2019). The book will be a most useful addition to collections supporting graduate international mass communication programs. Recommended.
In contrast with assumptions underlying the Worlds of Journalism studies, this book argues that a multinational informal adoption of analogous journalistic standards regarding impartiality and objectivity may not result from a natural convergence of peer professional attitudes. Instead, Lugo-Ocando suggests that similarities of opinion about journalistic roles may have stemmed from educational/training efforts such as those supported by the Foreign Aid for Media Development initiative sponsored by the US Information Agency.... This work offers an instructive counterpoint to the recent work by Thomas Hanitzsch et al., Worlds of Journalism: Journalistic Cultures around the Globe (2019). The book will be a most useful addition to collections supporting graduate international mass communication programs. Recommended.
Jairo Lugo-Ocando is director of executive and graduate education and professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar.