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Media diplomacy: What role for transnational news?

11-22-2007 · EurekAlert!

There has recently been a huge growth in transnational English language television channels, with the launch in the UK of Al Jazeera English, Press TV, CCTV9, France 24 and Russia Today. These join existing channels such as CNN International, Voice of America and BBC World TV. But what are the purposes of these channels? Who are they for and who is watching them? Do they constitute a global group of English-speaking nations, an 'Anglosphere'?

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