Television Studies: The Basics is a lively introduction to the study of a powerful medium. It
examines the major theories and debates surrounding production and reception over the …

The new media situation gives fuel to increased competition between narratives. In the
sphere of security this poses challenges to government strategic narratives. Scholars …

This study analyses to what extent a change of government in times of unchanged
international structure affects the ideology of foreign policy. The main contribution is to …

When states are failing, when basic state functions are no longer carried out, and when
people have no security, humanitarian crises erupt. In confronting this problem, the stronger …

How does television cover foreign news? What is covered and how? The present article
reports on a comparative study of a license-financed public broadcaster and an …

Mass media and nationalism have been intertwined for as long as they have existed. In
Europe the introduction of the printing press, together with increased use of folk languages …

This chapter tackles the paradoxical observation that teletext in Europe can look back on a
long and successful history but has attracted very little academic interest. The chapter …

Fifteen years ago Martin Shaw argued that post-Cold War crises might be seen as global
crises as a result of processes of mediation. Not only should we think about global crises as …

• As a pervasive historical construct that is both foreign and familiar, the USA has a looming
presence in Swedish media discourse. Swedish journalists' views of the USA can best be …

Cultural labor is a complex term. Does “cultural” refer to the basic inputs and outcomes of an
industry, or can it apply to an industry where cultural marks are epiphenomenal (Miller …