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The myth of media globalization /

By: Hafez, Kai, 1964-.
Contributor(s): Skinner, Alex.
Publisher: Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. : Polity Press, c2007Description: viii, 224 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780745639086 (hbk.); 9780745639086:; 0745639089 (hbk.); 9780745639093 (pbk.); 0745639097 (pbk.).Subject(s): Mass media -- Political aspects | Mass media | Globalization | Culture and globalizationDDC classification: 302.23
Contents:
Theory - structural transformation of the global public sphere? -- International reporting - 'No further than Columbus...'' -- Satellite television - the renaissance of world regions -- Film and programme imports - entertainment culture as the core of media globalization -- The Internet - the Information Revolution which came too late for the 'Third Wave of democratization' -- International broadcasting - from national propaganda to global dialogue and back again -- Media and immigration - ethnicity and transculturalism in the media age -- Media policy - why the state continues to play a role -- Media capital - the limits of transnationalization.
Summary: Considering the globalization phenomenon in the media sphere, this book analyzes the degree to which media globalization is taking place. Based on a theoretical debate of media globalization, it discusses major fields of media development, including, foreign reporting, satellite TV, film, internet, foreign broadcasting, and others.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 302.23 HAF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0074620
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-213) and index.

Theory - structural transformation of the global public sphere? -- International reporting - 'No further than Columbus...'' -- Satellite television - the renaissance of world regions -- Film and programme imports - entertainment culture as the core of media globalization -- The Internet - the Information Revolution which came too late for the 'Third Wave of democratization' -- International broadcasting - from national propaganda to global dialogue and back again -- Media and immigration - ethnicity and transculturalism in the media age -- Media policy - why the state continues to play a role -- Media capital - the limits of transnationalization.

Considering the globalization phenomenon in the media sphere, this book analyzes the degree to which media globalization is taking place. Based on a theoretical debate of media globalization, it discusses major fields of media development, including, foreign reporting, satellite TV, film, internet, foreign broadcasting, and others.

Text translated from German

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