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Understanding global media / Terry Flew.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: x, 261 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781403920485 (cloth)
  • 1403920486 (cloth)
  • 9781403920492 (pbk.)
  • 1403920494 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Understanding global media.DDC classification:
  • 22 302.2 FLE
LOC classification:
  • P96.I5 F59 2007
Other classification:
  • 05.30
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction to Global Media : key concepts -- Theories of global media -- Globalization and Global Media Corporations -- Global Media, the Knowledge Economy and the New Competition -- Global Media Cultures -- From Sovereignty to Software: National Media Policies in an Age of Global Media -- Conclusion: Theories of global media revisited.
Summary: "Understanding Global Media offers a comprehensive overview of global media production and circulation, drawing insight from a range of perspectives, including politics, political economy, media and cultural studies, and creative industries. Grounded in extensive case study material in order to illustrate key debates, the book analyzes media industries, production, content, audiences, and policies on an international scale. It is both a comprehensive synthesis of existing academic work and an ambitious statement of new research directions. This book is an essential guide to understanding media today." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006052503-d.html
Item type: Book
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Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library 302.2 FLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43926
Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library 302.2 FLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 42213
UMU Rubaga Campus 302.2 FLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43952

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-252) and index.

Introduction to Global Media : key concepts -- Theories of global media -- Globalization and Global Media Corporations -- Global Media, the Knowledge Economy and the New Competition -- Global Media Cultures -- From Sovereignty to Software: National Media Policies in an Age of Global Media -- Conclusion: Theories of global media revisited.

"Understanding Global Media offers a comprehensive overview of global media production and circulation, drawing insight from a range of perspectives, including politics, political economy, media and cultural studies, and creative industries. Grounded in extensive case study material in order to illustrate key debates, the book analyzes media industries, production, content, audiences, and policies on an international scale. It is both a comprehensive synthesis of existing academic work and an ambitious statement of new research directions. This book is an essential guide to understanding media today." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006052503-d.html

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