The function of newspapers in society :  a global perspective / 
edited by Shannon E. Martin and David A. Copeland ; foreword by John C. Merrill. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Praeger,  2003. 
 - xi, 179 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1.  Newspaper History Traditions / Shannon E. Martin -- 2.  Arab Cultures and Newspapers / William A. Rugh -- 3.  African Cultures and Newspapers / W. Joseph Campbell -- 4.  Asian Cultures and Newspapers / Bradley Hamm -- 5.  Pacific Rim Cultures and Newspapers / Rod Kirkpatrick -- 6.  Newspapers in Europe before 1500 / Ralph Frasca -- 7.  Newspapers in Europe after 1500 / Tamara Kay Baldwin -- 8.  Newspapers in the Americas / David A. Copeland -- 9.  Newspapers in the Twentieth Century  / Agnes Hooper Gottlieb -- 10. American Daily Newspaper Evolution: Past, Present ... and Future? / Donald L. Shaw and Charles McKenzie -- 11. Conclusion / Shannon E. Martin. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0275973980 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002029765 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Newspapers--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4731  / .F74 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.1/72/09