These four essays are concerned with the picture of the world that is or is not being communicated through print media.

In "Can Print Journalism be Truly Global? A Case Study of Five Newspapers from the Middle East," and "Global Cities Print News and Globalization," Deniz Tunaoglu and Chris Eberhardt investigate how much foreign/international news content is available in a cumulative total of eight newspapers. Clear differences in the findings and methodology of the two essays are evident. Chris focuses on three domestic newspapers in the United States, while Deniz analyzes newspapers from Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Jordan and Kuwait.

In "Selling Brand America: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Age of Globalization," Sandy Amos looks at how the United States is trying to market itself to the Arab world. Using official publications produced by the United States Department of State and outside resources, Sandy is able to craft a picture of the unsuccessful efforts of the United States to market itself to the Arab world.

In "How Global Are We?," Keren Rattenbach argues against the assertion that the nation-state is disappearing. Through her analytic discussion and the creation of a “global newspaper,” compiled from five newspapers, she argues that identities are still being based on the framework of the nation-state.