Media and Sovereignty
Subtitle: The Global Information Revolution and Its Challenge to State Power
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: September 16, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780262162111
Subjects: Impact of computing & IT on society; Media Studies; Political science & theory; Mass Communication Media And Politics; Social Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; Sociology; Communications; Economics - General; Civics & Citizenship; Freedom Of Information; Government information; Law and legislation; Mass media; Sovereignty
First sentence: New technologies, political upheavals, changed concepts of human rights-all these conspire to make this an important moment for rethinking and reformulating speech freedom and regulation in a global environment.
Description: "Media have been central to government efforts to reinforce sovereignty and define national identity, but globalization is fundamentally altering media practices, institutions, and content. More than the activities of large conglomerates, globalization entails competition among states as well as private entities to dominate the world's consciousness. Changes in formal and informal rules, in addition to technological innovation, affect the growth and survival or decline of governments.".

"In Media and Sovereignty Monroe Price focuses on emerging foreign policies that govern media in a world where war has information as well as military fronts. Price asks how the state, in the face of institutional and technological change, controls the forms of information reaching its citizens. He also provides a framework for analyzing the techniques used by states to influence populations in other states.

Price draws on an international array of examples of regulation of media for political ends, including "self-regulation," media regulation in conflict zones, the control of harmful and illegal content, and the use of foreign aid to alter media in target societies."--BOOK JACKET.