Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2008), xi, 359 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 309-342, index
Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Reviewed in: Communication Research Trends, vol. 29:3 (2010), pp. 21-22
Signature commbox: 10-International-E 2008
I. THE STATE IN MULTIPLE MODERNITIES
1 Communication and the Socialist Legacy of the Chinese State in the Era of Transnational Capitalism / Yuezhi Zhao, 1
2 Media, Power, and Responses to Globalization: The Case of Post-Communist Russia / Olessia Koltsova, 41
3 Regional crisis, personal solutions: The media's role in securing neo-liberal hegemony in Singapore / Soek-Fang Sim, 73
4 Governance and Legitimacy: The Case of the European Union / Katherine Sarikakis, 103
5 Media, Democracy and the State in Venezuela's 'Bolivarian Revolution' / Robert Duffy and Robert Everton, 129
II. MARKET SUBSUMPTION AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
6 Transnational Media Flows and Cultural (Dis)Connections in East Asia / Koichi Iwabuchi, 172
7 Local and Global Sites of Power in the Circulation of Ghanania Adinkra / Boatema Boateng, 201
8 A Transcultural Political Economy of the Arab Television Industry / Marwan Kraidy, 240
9 Rethinking the Spanish-language Media Market in the U.S. / Mari Castañeda, 259
III. CIVIL SOCIETY AND TRANSLOCAL PUBLICS
10 Gender and Empire-Building: Performing Femininities in the War on Terrorism / Sunera Thobani, 281
11 Non-Governmental Organizations, Communication and Power in Sub-Saharan Africa / Arthur Martins-Aginam, 319
12 Move over Bangalore, here comes¿ Palestine? Western funding and 'Internet Development' / Helga Tawil Souri, 347
13 Labor in or as Civil Society? Workers and Subaltern Publics in India's Information Economy / Paula Chakravarty, 380
1 Communication and the Socialist Legacy of the Chinese State in the Era of Transnational Capitalism / Yuezhi Zhao, 1
2 Media, Power, and Responses to Globalization: The Case of Post-Communist Russia / Olessia Koltsova, 41
3 Regional crisis, personal solutions: The media's role in securing neo-liberal hegemony in Singapore / Soek-Fang Sim, 73
4 Governance and Legitimacy: The Case of the European Union / Katherine Sarikakis, 103
5 Media, Democracy and the State in Venezuela's 'Bolivarian Revolution' / Robert Duffy and Robert Everton, 129
II. MARKET SUBSUMPTION AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
6 Transnational Media Flows and Cultural (Dis)Connections in East Asia / Koichi Iwabuchi, 172
7 Local and Global Sites of Power in the Circulation of Ghanania Adinkra / Boatema Boateng, 201
8 A Transcultural Political Economy of the Arab Television Industry / Marwan Kraidy, 240
9 Rethinking the Spanish-language Media Market in the U.S. / Mari Castañeda, 259
III. CIVIL SOCIETY AND TRANSLOCAL PUBLICS
10 Gender and Empire-Building: Performing Femininities in the War on Terrorism / Sunera Thobani, 281
11 Non-Governmental Organizations, Communication and Power in Sub-Saharan Africa / Arthur Martins-Aginam, 319
12 Move over Bangalore, here comes¿ Palestine? Western funding and 'Internet Development' / Helga Tawil Souri, 347
13 Labor in or as Civil Society? Workers and Subaltern Publics in India's Information Economy / Paula Chakravarty, 380
