Beginning in 1998, editor Volkmer (U. of Otago, New Zealand) and contributors to the Global Media Generations project set out to capture and compare media- and news-related memories of the members of three age cohorts in nine countries: Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, and the US. The study's results both encourage a view of the world as an interconnected whole and also advance an understanding of the different perceptions of global and local news as they emerge from various cultural angles and geographic regions. The contributors are academics of media and communications studies from across the globe. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)