ABSTRACT
Domestication is an important phenomenon in the study of foreign news because whether and how foreign news is domesticated may affect the capability of the domestic audience to develop a global imaginary and a cosmopolitan perspective on world events. This chapter discusses the literature on foreign news and the concept of domestication. Specific research questions are then set up and answered by analyzing the data derived from a 17-country comparative study on television foreign news. The chapter also discusses the implications of the findings and provides further reflections on comparative analysis of the domestication of international news. It aims at exploring the relationship between audience interests in foreign news and degree of domestication at the national level. Cultural proximity, regionalism, economic relationships, and national interests and concerns have long been documented as some of the major determinants of international news content—both the extent to which and the ways in which foreign events are covered.
