abstract: The paper aims to analyze the way in which international news is rather shaped by journalists and mass-media per se and affected by national level factors than by real world events or the activities of political actors.There is a lack of empirical theories and studies regarding external news.This study's purpose is to fill in this void, at least partly, by means of comparative analysis of international conflicts news coverage in Romanian press.International news coverage plays an important role 
journal: Journalism and mass communication