The myth of media globalization /

Hafez, Kai,

The myth of media globalization / Kai Hafez ; translated by Alex Skinner. - Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. : Polity Press,2007 c2007. - viii, 224 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Previously published in German as Mythos Globalisierung. Wiesbaden : Verlag fuÌ(r Sozialwissenschaften, 2005.

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.

catalogued by: wessam

9780745639086 (hbk.) 0745639089 (hbk.) 9780745639093 (pbk.) 0745639097 (pbk.)

2007280420


Mass media--Political aspects.
Globalization.
Culture and globalization.
Massamedia.
Internationalisatie.

302.23 / HAF