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De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power in society? Who and what influence the media? How is globalization changing both society and the media?
Synopsis
How is globalization changing both society and the media? "De-Westernizing Media Studies" brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media, breaking away from the narrow Anglo-American perspective that has dominated media studies. In a series of case studies from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, the contributors explore relationships between media, power and society in a variety of regional and national contexts, and the effects of globalization. They also confront the limitations of conventional theories on media and globalization in understanding these relationships.
Contributors: Hussein Amin, Lance Bennett, Stuart Cunningham, James Curran, Peter Dahlgren, Terry Flew, Daniel Hallin, Chang-Nam Kim, Raymond Kuhn, Tawana Kupe, Chin-Chuan Lee, Colin Leys, Tamar Liebes, Eric Kit-wai Ma, Brian McNair, Paolo Mancini, Zahoran Nain, James Napoli, Myung-Jin Park, Arvind Rajagopal, Helge Ronning, Byung-Woo Sohn, Colin Sparks, Annabelle Sreberny, Mitsunobu Sugiyama, Keyan Tomaselli, and Silvio Waisbord.