ABSTRACT
As one of the major approaches in international media studies, international news fl ow research has received continuing attention from scholars in past decades (Wu, 1998). A wealth of research indicates that gatekeeper factors, organizational constraints, sociocultural structures, and logistical concerns have a signifi cant impact on the ways in which the media of one country cover events in other countries (Hur, 1984). However, Sreberny-Mohammadi (1995) pointed out that previous studies were largely framed within the Cold War context. The rapidly changing political and economic environments of the world since the end of the Cold War might have altered the determinants of international news coverage. In particular, after the tragedy of 9/11, global terrorism is considered to greatly infl uence media’s coverage.
