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This comprehensive survey charts the recent developments of technology and geo-politics and the way they affect media and communications studies. It explores their significance for the established domains of institutions, texts and audiences, drawing on a rich and genuinely international range of case studies.
Daya Kishan Thussu, Senior Lecturer in Mass Communications, University of North London. This comprehensive survey charts the recent developments of technology and geo-politics and the way they affect media and communications studies. It explores their significance for the established domains of institutions, texts and audiences, drawing on a rich and genuinely international range of case studies.
"The best introduction and overview of the subject in print...Works across all the important social, economic, and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments. The book is well organized and highly readable. Thoroughly up-to-date...is certain to become mandatory reading for all students and scholars of global media and communication."Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois "The best introduction and overview of the subject in print...Works across all the important social, economic, and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments. The book is well organized and highly readable. Thoroughly up-to-date...is certain to become mandatory reading for all students and scholars of global media and communication."Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois
"Thussu has drawn together a huge mass of material from international organizations, companies, and the trade press in an easily accessible format."European Journal of Communication
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"The best introduction and overview of the subject in print...Works across all the important social, economic, and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments. The book is well organized and highly readable. Thoroughly up-to-date...is certain to become mandatory reading for all students and scholars of global media and communication."—Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois
"Thussu has drawn together a huge mass of material from international organizations, companies, and the trade press in an easily accessible format."—European Journal of Communication
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"Daya Thussu's
International Communication is the best introduction and overview of the subject in print. Thussu works across all the important social, economic, and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments. The book is well organized and highly readable. Thoroughly up-to-date,
International Commmunication is certain to become mandatory reading for all students and scholars of global media and communication."--Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois
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"Daya Thussu's International Communication is the best introduction and overview of the subject in print. Thussu works across all the important social, economic, and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments. The book is well organized and highly readable. Thoroughly up-to-date, International Communication is certain to become mandatory reading for all students and scholars of global media and communication."--Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois
"Thussu has drawn together a huge mass of material from international organisations, companies, and the trade press in an easily accessible format."--European Journal of Communication
Synopsis
This comprehensive survey charts the recent developments of technology and geo-politics and the way they affect media and communications studies. It explores their significance for the established domains of institutions, texts and audiences, drawing on a rich and genuinely international range of case studies.
Synopsis
This comprehensive survey charts the recent developments of technology and geo-politics and the way they affect media and communications studies. It explores their significance for the established domains of institutions, texts and audiences, drawing on a rich and genuinely international range
of case studies.
Synopsis
The third edition of International Communication examines the profound changes that have taken place, and are continuing to take place at an astonishing speed, in international media and communication.
Building on the success of previous editions, this book maps out the expansion of media and telecommunications corporations within the macro-economic context of liberalisation, deregulation and privitisation. It then goes on to explore the impact of such growth on audiences in different cultural contexts and from regional, national and international perspectives. Each chapter contains engaging case studies which exemplify the main concepts and arguments.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-316) and indexes.
About the Author
Daya Kishan Thussu is Professor of International Communication and Co-Director of the India Media Centre at the University of Westminster, UK. He is also the founder and managing editor of the journal Global Media and Communication.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Historical Context of International Communication
Case studies:
The rise of Reuters
Covert communication - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Development Communication - Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
Edutainment
Chapter 2 Approaches to Theorising International Communication
Chapter 3 Creating a Global Communications Infrastructure
Case studies:
Intelsat
The ‘Murdochization of media
GATS and the global audio-visual industry
ICANN and international communication
Chapter 4 The Global Media Marketplace
Case studies:
Televising sport globally - ESPN
CNN - ‘the worlds news leader
Global Advertising
Representations of Africa in global imagery
Chapter 5 Communications and Cultural Globalization
Case studies:
Catching them young - children's television
Glocalization of MTV
Bollywood-Hollywood synergies
The globalization of ‘reality television
Chapter 6 Contra-flow in Global Media
Case studies:
Al-Jazeera and the Arab public sphere
Chinas external communication
TV Globo - the Latin soap factories
Nollywood
Chapter 7 International Communication in the Age of Mobile Internet
Case studies:
‘The Facebook revolution
The Googalization of global communication
Mobile networked media - the Nadia story
‘The YouTube effect
WikiLeaks
Appendix 1 Chronology of International Communication
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 Website addresses