ABSTRACT
There has been much interest in whether there has been a fundamental transformation in governments’ attempts to manage news coverage of international conflict in the post-Cold war era (Thussu and Freedman 2003). The effects of globalization and technological development on the production, distribution, and consumption of the media have been seen as crucial: the proliferation of new sources of information (Allan 2002); the emergence of transnational, 24-hour rolling news channels (Thussu 2003); the uncertain future of state-owned and public broadcasters in the context of deregulation, privatization, and the growth of transnational entertainment-based, mainly US-owned media conglomerates; and the development of transnational media services such as Al-Jazeera serving diasporic communities that transcend national boundaries (Miladi 2003). The events of September 11, 2001 and the adoption by the US government of policies based on pre-emptive military intervention have given urgency to this discussion (Zelizer and Allan 2002; Thussu and Freedman 2003).
