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Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow

By Daya Kishan Thussu

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2006
ISBN
0415354579, 9780415354578, 9780203001233
Open Library ID
OL9454771M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
978 kB (1001101 bytes)
Series
Communication and Society
Edition
1
Pages
273\273
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Media on the Move provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. This comes at a time when the political, economic and technological contexts within which media organisations operate are becoming increasingly global. The surge in transnational traffic in media products has primarily benefited the major corporations such as Disney, AOL, Time Warner and News Corporation. However, as this book argues, new networks have emerged which buck this trend: Brazilian TV is watched in China, Indian films have a huge following in the Arab world and Al Jazeera has become a household name in the West. Combining a theoretical perspective on contra-flow of media with grounded case studies into one up-to-date and accessible volume, Media on the Move provides a much-needed guide to the globalization of media, going beyond the standard Anglo-American view of this evolving phenomenon.

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