Electronic empires : global media and local resistance

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Electronic empires : global media and local resistance

edited by Daya Kishan Thussu

Arnold, 1998

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Volume

ISBN 9780340718957

Description

New communication technologies and the opening of global markets are transforming the world's media and cultural industries. Colonising the imagination of consumers worldwide, the virtual empires of the electronic age have a profound effect on national media systems and cultural sovereignty. This text centres on debates on globalization, the public sphere, and the potential of the Internet for empowerment. Exploring the question of whether media globalization is helping create a global public sphere, it offers alternative regional and gender-based perspectives on globalization, as well as an argued case for the relevance of a formulated thesis of media imperialism. Case studies offer examples of how the process of media globalization is being negotiated and resisted.

Table of Contents

  • Globalization of electronic empires
  • global media - a global public sphere?
  • debating media globalization
  • global media and local resistance.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780340718964

Description

New communication technologies and the opening up of global markets are transforming the world's media and cultural industries. Colonising the imagination of consumers worldwide, the virtual empires of the electronic age have a profound effect on national media systems and cultural sovereignty. This book centres on current debates on globalization, the public sphere, and the potential of the Internet for empowerment. Written by a group of internationally renowned scholars in the field, it looks at the effects of large transnational media corporations - from the US and Europe to Asia, the Middle East and Australia - on national and regional media. Chapters include a detailed and up-to-date analysis of the world's three largest media corporations and an assessment of the implication for the 'majority world' of the changing contours of global television news. Exploring the question of whether media globalization is helping create a global public sphere, the book also offers alternative regional and gender based perspectives on globalization, as well as a strongly argued case for the relevance of a reformulated thesis of media imperialism. Case studies by media professionals and activists on the ground offer examples of how the process of media globalization is being negotiated and resisted.

Table of Contents

  • Globalization of electronic empires
  • global media - a global public sphere?
  • debating media globalization
  • global media and local resistance.

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  • NCID
    BA38933073
  • ISBN
    • 0340718951
    • 034071896X
  • LCCN
    98007877
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 310 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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