The Media and International Affairs After the Cold War (Wilton Park Papers)

In the "new world disorder" the media is no longer forced to see world events through the prism of East-West relations. While media coverage is still strongly influenced by foreign policy, the media for the first time has a chance to set its own agenda and determine what is really important for viewers and readers: inter alia the environment, refugees, migration and drugs. Whereas during the Cold War foreign policy priorities set the international media agenda, today the situation is often reversed.