The Media and Globalization / Edition 1

by Terhi Rantanen

Overview

The Media and Globalization offers: a clear and accessible overview of globalization and the pivotal role of the media; an introduction to the concepts and theories of globalization; empirical data on the production and consumption of media; and a methodology for relating individual, local experiences to the global picture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761973126
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/23/2004
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Terhi Rantanen (MSc, Lic Sc, Doc Sc, Docent, Helsinki University) is Professor in Global Media and Communications. Her books include When News Was New (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) The Media and Globalization (Sage, 2005), The Global and the National. Media and Communications in Post-Communist Russia (Rowman & Littlefield: 2002), The Globalization of News (with O. Boyd-Barrett, Sage: 1998), 'Maailman ihmeellisin asia'. Johdatus viestinnän oppihistoriaan ('Of All Affairs, Communication is the Most Wonderful.' An Introduction to the History of Communication Research) in collaboration with M. Ampuja, The Finnish Open University: 1997), Foreign News in Imperial Russia: The Relationship between International and Russian News Agencies, 1856-1914 (Federation of Finnish Scientific Societies: 1990) and 'STT:n uutisia' sadan vuoden varrelta' ('News from the Finnish News Agency, STT: One Hundred Years') (Weilin & Göös: 1987).

Table of Contents

Theorizing Media and Globalization
A History of Mediated Globalization
Time, Place and Space
Homogenization
Heterogenization
Mediated Cosmopolitanism?
Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

"As an exercise in further expanding the frontiers of the media and communication in the globalization debate, the book has made a significant contribution. "

Emile Mc Anany

"As an exercise in further expanding the frontiers of the media and communication in the globalization debate, the book has made a significant contribution."

Emile McAnany