Globalization has become an immensely popular topic among social scientists despite the
fact that it is poorly defined and difficult to research systematically. The best model of cultural …

▪ 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 …

Winner, 2020 Outstanding Book Award, given by the International Communication
Association Honorable Mention, 2020 Nancy Baym Book Award, given by the Association of …

The advent of subscriber-funded, direct-to-consumer, streaming video services has
important implications for video distribution around the globe. Conversations about …

I first wrote about media imperialism in the 1970s, from a variety of perspectives. In my study
of international news agencies (Boyd-Barrett, 1980) I dealt with media that sometimes are …

This article considers how established methodologies for researching television distribution
can be adapted for subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services. Specifically, I identify a …

Netflix and Streaming Video is the first book to provide a comprehensive foundation for
understanding the business of subscriber-funded streaming video and its implications for the …

The different technological affordances and revenue models of subscriber-funded, internet-
distributed video streaming services have altered the competitive environments of …

News media, movies, blogs and video games issue constant invitations to picture war,
experience the thrill of combat, and revisit battles past. War, it's often said, sells. But what …

Reading Television was the first book to push the boundaries of television studies beyond
the insights offered by cultural studies and textual analysis, creating a vibrant new field of …