The media and international affairs after the cold war

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.