▪ Abstract This chapter reviews the literature on media and globalization. It develops the
argument that this literature foregrounds a problem that, ironically, it also largely disavows …

Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences, Fifth Edition, by David Croteau and
William Hoynes provides a framework for understanding the relationship between media …

It is not that we have been forced to change our minds, or the ways we work, but the gap
between the time of this book's conception and its context of publication is large. The …

A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media. In Global
Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production …

GLOBALIZATION “Lechner has drawn on his extensive work on, and his deep knowledge of,
globalization to write a brief, accessible, and highly successful introduction to the field. The …

The twain of East and West have not only met—they've mingled, mated, and produced
myriad offspring, inhabitants of one world, without borders or boundaries, but with plenty of …

International Media Studies is a bold introduction to the field that focuses on a de-centering
of media epistemology to represent a more thorough world-view. A comprehensive textbook …

This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased
transnationalisation of the two production systems. From The Forsyte Saga to Roots to …

This article presents a pathway for forging “postcolonial communication and media studies,”
an area of inquiry that emerges from collaborations between communication and media …

This article discusses the early findings of a research project examining the role of lifestyle
television in Asia. Life-advice programming in East Asia includes a range of 'popular …