The media and globalization
By: Terhi Rantanen.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Mass media -- Social aspects.; Mass media -- Political aspects.; Globalization.
Description: There is practically no globalization without media and communications, but how do we each fit into this new globalized media environment? In this book, Terhi Rantanen provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to media globalization which offers: an introduction to the concepts and theories of globalization; a wealth of empirical materials on the production and consumption of media; a new methodology called mediagraphy for researching the media which relates individual, local experience to the global picture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-172) and index.