Understanding Global Media
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Now updated in a second edition, this comprehensive and theoretically rich overview of global media production and reception analyses the subject through seven core concepts - technology, power, economics, geography, institutions, culture and policy - and draws insight from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.
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"This book could prove useful for those interested keeping up-to-date with the latest changes in global mass communication such as scholars and professionals in the fields of diplomacy, communications, and economics as well as anyone with an interest in modern global affairs." (Tyler M. Wilson, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 51 (1-2), January-June, 2019)
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Terry Flew is Professor of Media and Communication in the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of eight books, including Media Economics (2015), Global Creative Industries (2013) and The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy (2012). He chaired the Australian Law Reform Commission Review of the National Media Classification Scheme in 2011-12, and has been an Executive Board member of the International Communications Association and the Australian Research Council College of Experts. He is an internationally recognized leader in global media and communications research, whose books and articles have been translated into multiple languages.
Content
1. Introduction to Global Media: Key Concepts.- 2. Modernization Theories and Development Communication.- 3. Critical Politcal Economy.- 4. Globalization Theories.- 5. The Changing Geography of Global Media Production.- 6. Global Media Cultures.- 7. Globalization, Nation-States and Media Policy.- 8. Conclusion