ABSTRACT
Chang, Shoemaker, and Brendlinger published a landmark study in 1987 that summarizes previous major research in international news coverage and theoretically outlines the determinants of international news by the U.S. media. They investigated seven predictive variables that may infl uence how the U.S. news media selected international events to cover. Signifi cant predictors, according to Chang and colleagues, included normative deviance of an event, relevance to the United States, potential for social changes, and geographic distance. Poor determinants were: language affi nity, press freedom, and economic system.
