International Radio Broadcasting in a Globalizing World: a New Paradigm. a New Information and Communication Order

The current format of international radio programming, the extended range of its coverage and the expertise of the professionals involved on its unique news making processes and purposes, pinpoints the importance of the medium. The focus on this work is to analyze how this particular medium has developed: in terms of technological facilities and penetration; in terms of its new interactive paradigm of gathering issues of a global society?s concern and its commitment on raising global awareness, instead of propaganda. The main intention of this book is to help on understanding better the reasons why the improvement of international radio broadcasting, in a global sphere, represents an important step in the seek for a New World Information and Communication Order - by conciliating ethic journalism, providing room for multicultural/multilingual debate and a new way of reporting and analyzing news.