This opening chapter starts with a background to this rough and tough journey in exploring and examining press differences in Asia. The backgrounder aims at justifying the journey. And a map guiding this journey is a framework of prioritization. The framework guides identification and investigation of factors that have been shaping press differences in different countries in Asia. The framework is based on the concept of symbiotic, pluralistic and co-existent different press systems. Approaches to various explorations and examinations along the journey are elaborated to conclude this introductory chapter.
Background: Why Modeling Press Differences?
Framework: Prioritization Matters
Approaches: Mapping, Measuring and Modeling
Arrangement of the Remaining Chapters
After this introductory chapter on background, framework and approaches, the rest of the book is divided into three parts: (a) Part I Mapping Press Differences, (b) Part II Measuring Press Differences and (c) Part III Modeling Press Differences. Part I consists of three chapters: (a) Normative Mapping (Chapter 1), (b) Empirical Mapping (Chapter 2), and (c) Normative-Empirical Mapping (Chapter 3). Part II includes (a) Normative Measuring (Chapter 4), (b) Empirical Measuring (Chapter 5), and (c) Normative-Empirical Measuring (Chapter 6). Part III covers (a) Social Environments and Press Differences (Chapter 7), (b) Economic Environments and Press Differences (Chapter 8), (c) Political Environments and Press Differences (Chapter 9), and (d) Cultural Environments and Press Differences (Chapter 10). The book ends with a chapter on what has been concluded based on the results of various investigations of press differences.
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