Guy J. Golan is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication of Seton Hall University. He completed his Masters degree in New York University and his doctorate from the University of Florida. Golan’s research focuses on international communication, political communication, media effects and social media. Prior to entering academia, Golan worked as a political campaign professional in Israel.Wayne Wanta holds the Welch-Bridgewater chair at the Oklahoma State University. He is a former president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which awarded him the Krieghbaum Under-40 for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and service. He has more than 150 refereed journal articles and convention papers and has lectured and delivered research presentations in 32 different countries. His research has been published in Egypt, Poland, Slovakia, Germany and Argentina. Prior to teaching at Missouri, Florida, Oregon and Southern Illinois, he received Ph.D. and master’s degrees from the University of Texas and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin.Thomas J. Johnson is the Marshall and Sharleen Formby Regents Professor in convergent media and a professor of journalism in the College of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University. His research interests are public opinion and political communication research, particularly the role of new media in presidential elections. More recently, he have concentrated on how people use the Internet and its components such as blog and social network sites He has also studied what effect online media have on individuals and examined credibility of both U.S. and foreign media.

• Chapter 1Introduction: International news coverage and Americans’ image of the world Guy J. Golan, Wayne Wanta and Thomas JohnsonChapter 2The Determinants of International news coverage: A contextual approach.Guy J. GolanChapter 3International News Determinants in U.S. News Media in the Post-Cold War EraK.K. Chang and Tien-Tsung LeeChapter 4The Impact of Global News Coverage on International Aid Yon Soo Lim and George A. BarnettChapter 5Coverage of International Elections in the U.S.: A Path Analysis Model of International News FlowWayne Wanta and Guy J. GolanChapter 6International Communication and Living System Theory: Using LST model to determine IC focus and research frame Shelton A. GunaratneSection B. International News Coverage Chapter 7Patterns and News Quality International Stories Reported in American MediaEsther Thorson and Renee KratzerChapter 8The Influence of Contextual Factors on the Selection of News Frames: A Cross-National Approach to the News Coverage of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)Kuang-Kuo Chang,,Charles T. Salmon., Byoungkwan Lee, Jounghwa Choi, Geraldine Alumit Zeldes.Chapter 9More than a Difference of Language: A Comparative Study of Newspaper Coverage of the War in Iraq Salma I. GhanemChapter 10See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Judge as Evil?: Examining Whether Al-Jazeera English-language Web Site Users Transfer Credibility to its Satellite Network Thomas J. Johnson and Shahira FahmyChapter 11Exploring the determinants of international news coverage in Australia’s online media Wang XiaopengChapter 12Blogs as stealth dissent: Eighteen Touch Dog Newspaper and the tactics, ambiguity and limits of Internet resistance in ChinaWei Zha & David D. PerlmutterChapter 13How Could So Much Produce so Little? Foreign Affairs Reporting in the Wake of 9/11Shahira FahmyChapter 14Africa’s Political Economy of Growth and Good GovernanceYusuf KalyangoSection C. Strategic Global CommunicationChapter 15Optimizing Integration-Responsiveness (I-R) in Multinational Corporations’ (MNC) Public RelationsJoon-Soo LimChapter 16Coordination and Control of Global Public Relations to Manage Cross-National Conflict Shifts: A Multidisciplinary Theoretical Perspective for Research and PracticeJuan-Carlos Molleda & Alexander Laskin.Chapter 17Communicating With Global Publics: Building a theoretical framework for international public relationsPaul S. Lieber & Colin HigginsChapter 18The Influence of Mobile Phone Advertising on Dependency:A Cross-cultural Study of Mobile Phone Use between American and Chinese Youth:Ran WeiChapter 19Public Nudity on Cell Phones: Managing Conflict in Crisis SituationsSooyoun

Guy J. Golan is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication of Seton Hall University. He completed his Masters degree in New York University and his doctorate from the University of Florida. Golan’s research focuses on international communication, political communication, media effects and social media. Prior to entering academia, Golan worked as a political campaign professional in Israel.Wayne Wanta holds the Welch-Bridgewater chair at the Oklahoma State University. He is a former president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which awarded him the Krieghbaum Under-40 for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and service. He has more than 150 refereed journal articles and convention papers and has lectured and delivered research presentations in 32 different countries. His research has been published in Egypt, Poland, Slovakia, Germany and Argentina. Prior to teaching at Missouri, Florida, Oregon and Southern Illinois, he received Ph.D. and master’s degrees from the University of Texas and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin.Thomas J. Johnson is the Marshall and Sharleen Formby Regents Professor in convergent media and a professor of journalism in the College of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University. His research interests are public opinion and political communication research, particularly the role of new media in presidential elections. More recently, he have concentrated on how people use the Internet and its components such as blog and social network sites He has also studied what effect online media have on individuals and examined credibility of both U.S. and foreign media.

• Chapter 1Introduction: International news coverage and Americans’ image of the world Guy J. Golan, Wayne Wanta and Thomas JohnsonChapter 2The Determinants of International news coverage: A contextual approach.Guy J. GolanChapter 3International News Determinants in U.S. News Media in the Post-Cold War EraK.K. Chang and Tien-Tsung LeeChapter 4The Impact of Global News Coverage on International Aid Yon Soo Lim and George A. BarnettChapter 5Coverage of International Elections in the U.S.: A Path Analysis Model of International News FlowWayne Wanta and Guy J. GolanChapter 6International Communication and Living System Theory: Using LST model to determine IC focus and research frame Shelton A. GunaratneSection B. International News Coverage Chapter 7Patterns and News Quality International Stories Reported in American MediaEsther Thorson and Renee KratzerChapter 8The Influence of Contextual Factors on the Selection of News Frames: A Cross-National Approach to the News Coverage of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)Kuang-Kuo Chang,,Charles T. Salmon., Byoungkwan Lee, Jounghwa Choi, Geraldine Alumit Zeldes.Chapter 9More than a Difference of Language: A Comparative Study of Newspaper Coverage of the War in Iraq Salma I. GhanemChapter 10See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Judge as Evil?: Examining Whether Al-Jazeera English-language Web Site Users Transfer Credibility to its Satellite Network Thomas J. Johnson and Shahira FahmyChapter 11Exploring the determinants of international news coverage in Australia’s online media Wang XiaopengChapter 12Blogs as stealth dissent: Eighteen Touch Dog Newspaper and the tactics, ambiguity and limits of Internet resistance in ChinaWei Zha & David D. PerlmutterChapter 13How Could So Much Produce so Little? Foreign Affairs Reporting in the Wake of 9/11Shahira FahmyChapter 14Africa’s Political Economy of Growth and Good GovernanceYusuf KalyangoSection C. Strategic Global CommunicationChapter 15Optimizing Integration-Responsiveness (I-R) in Multinational Corporations’ (MNC) Public RelationsJoon-Soo LimChapter 16Coordination and Control of Global Public Relations to Manage Cross-National Conflict Shifts: A Multidisciplinary Theoretical Perspective for Research and PracticeJuan-Carlos Molleda & Alexander Laskin.Chapter 17Communicating With Global Publics: Building a theoretical framework for international public relationsPaul S. Lieber & Colin HigginsChapter 18The Influence of Mobile Phone Advertising on Dependency:A Cross-cultural Study of Mobile Phone Use between American and Chinese Youth:Ran WeiChapter 19Public Nudity on Cell Phones: Managing Conflict in Crisis SituationsSooyoun

Guy J. Golan is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication of Seton Hall University. He completed his Masters degree in New York University and his doctorate from the University of Florida. Golan’s research focuses on international communication, political communication, media effects and social media. Prior to entering academia, Golan worked as a political campaign professional in Israel.Wayne Wanta holds the Welch-Bridgewater chair at the Oklahoma State University. He is a former president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which awarded him the Krieghbaum Under-40 for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and service. He has more than 150 refereed journal articles and convention papers and has lectured and delivered research presentations in 32 different countries. His research has been published in Egypt, Poland, Slovakia, Germany and Argentina. Prior to teaching at Missouri, Florida, Oregon and Southern Illinois, he received Ph.D. and master’s degrees from the University of Texas and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin.Thomas J. Johnson is the Marshall and Sharleen Formby Regents Professor in convergent media and a professor of journalism in the College of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University. His research interests are public opinion and political communication research, particularly the role of new media in presidential elections. More recently, he have concentrated on how people use the Internet and its components such as blog and social network sites He has also studied what effect online media have on individuals and examined credibility of both U.S. and foreign media.

• Chapter 1Introduction: International news coverage and Americans’ image of the world Guy J. Golan, Wayne Wanta and Thomas JohnsonChapter 2The Determinants of International news coverage: A contextual approach.Guy J. GolanChapter 3International News Determinants in U.S. News Media in the Post-Cold War EraK.K. Chang and Tien-Tsung LeeChapter 4The Impact of Global News Coverage on International Aid Yon Soo Lim and George A. BarnettChapter 5Coverage of International Elections in the U.S.: A Path Analysis Model of International News FlowWayne Wanta and Guy J. GolanChapter 6International Communication and Living System Theory: Using LST model to determine IC focus and research frame Shelton A. GunaratneSection B. International News Coverage Chapter 7Patterns and News Quality International Stories Reported in American MediaEsther Thorson and Renee KratzerChapter 8The Influence of Contextual Factors on the Selection of News Frames: A Cross-National Approach to the News Coverage of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)Kuang-Kuo Chang,,Charles T. Salmon., Byoungkwan Lee, Jounghwa Choi, Geraldine Alumit Zeldes.Chapter 9More than a Difference of Language: A Comparative Study of Newspaper Coverage of the War in Iraq Salma I. GhanemChapter 10See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Judge as Evil?: Examining Whether Al-Jazeera English-language Web Site Users Transfer Credibility to its Satellite Network Thomas J. Johnson and Shahira FahmyChapter 11Exploring the determinants of international news coverage in Australia’s online media Wang XiaopengChapter 12Blogs as stealth dissent: Eighteen Touch Dog Newspaper and the tactics, ambiguity and limits of Internet resistance in ChinaWei Zha & David D. PerlmutterChapter 13How Could So Much Produce so Little? Foreign Affairs Reporting in the Wake of 9/11Shahira FahmyChapter 14Africa’s Political Economy of Growth and Good GovernanceYusuf KalyangoSection C. Strategic Global CommunicationChapter 15Optimizing Integration-Responsiveness (I-R) in Multinational Corporations’ (MNC) Public RelationsJoon-Soo LimChapter 16Coordination and Control of Global Public Relations to Manage Cross-National Conflict Shifts: A Multidisciplinary Theoretical Perspective for Research and PracticeJuan-Carlos Molleda & Alexander Laskin.Chapter 17Communicating With Global Publics: Building a theoretical framework for international public relationsPaul S. Lieber & Colin HigginsChapter 18The Influence of Mobile Phone Advertising on Dependency:A Cross-cultural Study of Mobile Phone Use between American and Chinese Youth:Ran WeiChapter 19Public Nudity on Cell Phones: Managing Conflict in Crisis SituationsSooyoun