"Twenty-four highly accomplished and prominent media scholars representing ten countries provide a survey of international communication, public relations and advertising, implications of globalization, international law and regulation, global culture, propaganda, transnational media, the shifting p
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olitics of media, trends in communication and information technology, and much more. The fourth edition includes six new contributors (Lee B. Artz, Daniela V. Dimitrova, Berna Ackali Gur, Petros Iosifidis, Perry Keller, and Nicholas Nicoli) who cover such issues as politics of global culture, global theories, global law, implications of internet and politics. Other chapters are fully updated to foreground contemporary examples and major events that have impacted our global communication environment. Collectively, new contributions and updated chapters reflect the rapid technological and communications changes that are taking place nationally and globally." (Publisher description)
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"This essential guide to the critical study of the media economy in society teaches students how to critically analyse the political economy of communication and the media. The book introduces a variety of methods and topics, including the political economy of communication in capitalism, the politi
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cal economy of media concentration, the political economy of advertising, the political economy of global media and transnational media corporations, class relations and working conditions in the capitalist media and communication industry, the political economy of the Internet and digital media, the information society and digital capitalism, the public sphere, Public Service Media, the Public Service Internet, and the political economy of media management." (Publisher description)
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"Der Umsatz der 50 größten Medienkonzerne der Welt hat sich in den vergangenen zehn Jahren verdoppelt. Ihre Macht ist so groß wie nie zuvor: Medienunternehmen beeinflussen politische Berichterstattung und produzieren eine nie dagewesene Fülle von Unterhaltungsformaten; sie bestimmen, was im Radi
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o gespielt wird, und entscheiden über die Platzierung von Suchergebnissen, sie sammeln persönliche Daten und vermarkten Benutzerprofile; und sie kontrollieren Lehrpläne und akademische Fachzeitschriften. Ihre Lenker und Manager zählen zu den bestverdienenden Angestellten – Milliardäre und Millionäre mit exzellenten Kontakten zum politischen Establishment. Lutz Hachmeister und Till Wäscher porträtieren die 50 größten Medienkonzerne der Welt und beschreiben dabei Konzernlenker, Geschäftsstrategien und historische Grundlagen." (Klappentext)
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"Das Handbuch bietet die erste Gesamtübersicht aller wesentlichen Felder der globalen Kommunikation in organisierten Sozialsystemen (Massenmedien, Politik, Wirtschaft, Zivilgesellschaft) und Lebenswelten (Netzgemeinschaften, Kleingruppen, Individuum) auf einer einheitlichen und interdisziplinären
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theoretischen Basis." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"[This book] has been thoroughly updated with new content, trends, and conclusions, all based on the latest data. The book examines broadcasting, mass media, and news services ranging from MSNBC, MTV, and CNN to television sitcoms and Hollywood export markets. It investigates the roles of the major
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players, such as News Corp, Sony, the BBC, Disney, Bertelsmann, Viacom, and Time Warner, and probes the role of advertising and the Internet and their ability to transcend national boundaries and beliefs. New chapters look at the growing importance and significance of other major regions such as the media in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. The book outlines the major institutions, individuals, corporations, technologies, and issues that are altering the international information, telecommunication, and broadcasting order; focuses on a broad range of issues, including social media and new services like Netflix, as well as Arab and Asian media; includes major updates on discussion of the Internet to incorporate global events over the last few years (such as Russian use thereof, Facebook, Google); looks at how streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, and more have emerged as dominant players in world entertainment; offers an updated instructor’s website with an instructor’s manual, test banks, and student activities." (Publisher description)
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"Brings together diverse issues and expert perspectives of twenty-two notable and accomplished communication scholars, representing eight countries around the world. Together they discuss international communication, public relations and advertising, cultural implications of globalization, internati
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onal law and regulation, transnational media, the shifting politics of media, trends in communication and information technology, and much more. The Third Edition is fully updated to reflect major events that have impacted our global communication environment. Three new chapters on “global journalism” and “gender, ethnicity, and religion,” and “Shifting Politics in Global Media and Communication” have been added to make this volume more comprehensive." (Publisher description)
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"The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us. The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that we
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re meant to liberate us have deepened inequality and stoked divisions. Tech companies gather our information online and sell it to the highest bidder, whether government or retailer. Profits now depend not only on predicting our behaviour but modifying it too. How will this fusion of capitalism and the digital shape our values and define our future? Shoshana Zuboff shows that we are at a crossroads. We still have the power to decide what kind of world we want to live in, and what we decide now will shape the rest of the century. Our choices: allow technology to enrich the few and impoverish the many, or harness it and distribute its benefits. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a deeply-reasoned examination of the threat of unprecedented power free from democratic oversight. As it explores this new capitalism's impact on society, politics, business, and technology, it exposes the struggles that will decide both the next chapter of capitalism and the meaning of information civilization. Most critically, it shows how we can protect ourselves and our communities and ensure we are the masters of the digital rather than its slaves." (Publisher description)
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"Global Media Giants takes an in-depth look at how media corporate power works globally, regionally, and nationally, investigating the ways in which the largest and most powerful media corporations in the world wield power. Case studies examine not only some of the largest media corporations (News C
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orp, Microsoft) in terms of revenues, but also media corporations that hold considerable power within national, regional, or geolinguistic contexts (Televisa, Bertelsmann, Sony). Each chapter approaches a different corporation through the lens of economy, politics, and culture, giving students and scholars a thoughtful and data-driven guide with which to interrogate contemporary media industry power." (Publisher description)
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"The overarching global trend with respect to media freedom, pluralism, independence and the safety of journalists over the past several years is that of disruption and change brought on by technology, and to a lesser extent, the global financial crisis. These trends have impacted traditional econom
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ic and organizational structures in the news media, legal and regulatory frameworks, journalism practices, and media consumption and production habits. Technological convergence has expanded the number of and access to media platforms as well as the potential for expression. It has enabled the emergence of citizen journalism and spaces for independent media, while at the same time fundamentally reconfiguring journalistic practices and the business of news. The broad global patterns identified in this report are accompanied by extensive unevenness within the whole. The trends summarized above, therefore, go hand in hand with substantial variations between and within regions as well as countries." (Executive summary, page 7)
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"Kommunikative Grenzüberschreitungen finden auch im Hinblick auf Marktstrukturen und Managementstrategien von Medienunternehmen statt. Bei solchen grenzüberschreitenden Aktivitäten stehen aus medienökonomischer Perspektive strukturelle Zusammenhänge zwischen Beschaffungs- und Absatzmärkten sow
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ie zwischen Medienmanagementstrategien und Medienorganisationen in ländervergleichender Perspektive im Vordergrund. Analysen zu grenzüberschreitenden Medienmärkten und Medienprodukten mangelt es ebenso wie solchen zu medienunternehmerischen Strategien und Transaktionen an theoretischer Fundierung. Dieser Beitrag verfolgt daher das Ziel, ein Modell rekursiver Beziehungen zwischen Marktstrukturen und Managementstrategien vorzustellen. Im Verlauf der Darstellung werden die verschiedenen Ebenen grenzüberschreitender Medienkommunikation in medienökonomischer Perspektive anhand einer Aufarbeitung des Forschungsstandes begrifflich schärfer gefasst. Dazu gehören die drei zentralen ökonomischen Entitäten grenzüberschreitender Medienkommunikation: Märkte, Unternehmen und Produkte. Dies betrifft auch Unterscheidungen von Beschaffungs-, Publikums- und Werbemärkten und diejenigen von Information, Unterhaltung und Werbung, da sowohl Märkte wie Produkte unterschiedliche strukturelle Prämissen bei Grenzüberschreitungen bilden. Auf dieser Grundlage wird ein Medienmarkt- / Medienunternehmensmodell vorgestellt, mit dem rekursive Beziehungen zwischen Märkten und Unternehmen erfasst werden können. In Verbindung mit Ressourcentheorien und den Strukturmodalitäten grenzüberschreitender Medienaktivitäten entsteht ein Modell, mit dem die abschließend diskutierten Prozessdimensionen grenzüberschreitender Aktivitäten untersucht werden können." (Abstract)
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"This report is focused on attitudes to trust in international media. It collates findings from 36 focus groups and 11 immersion interviews conducted in Nairobi (Kenya), Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Mumbai (India) and Lahore (Pakistan) in the summer and autumn of 2010 [...] The report explores th
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ree core questions for each market. What news are people interested in? Which providers do people trust and why? How does trust affect the consumption of news from different providers and across different platforms? Whiel for each market there are different responses to these questions, the findings also identify a number of overarching trends across the five markets." (Executive summary)
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"Im Fazit lassen sich zwei Befunde festhalten: Erstens erweist sich die Medienkonzentration weiterhin als zentrale Bewegungsenergie für die Internationalisierung der Massenmedien. Sie wird nicht nur im klassischen Medienbereich von Fernsehen, Radio und Printmedien vorangetrieben, sondern erfährt e
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ine Parallele auch in den neuen internetbasierten Netzwerken – jedenfalls in deren gewinnorientierten Sektoren. Die grenzüberschreitende Medienkonzentration findet ihre Grenzen in aller Regel erst dann, wenn sie im Destinationsland von Investitionen erneut gegen nationale Wettbewerbsregeln verstößt. Gleichzeitig führt die internationale Medienkonzentration zur Betonung der Kapitallogik in den Destinationsländern und zu einer Lockerung jener Rechenschaft, zu der Medienunternehmen der Gesellschaft und dem politisch-demokratischen Gefüge gegenüber verpflichtet sind, in dem sie tätig sind. Das Überschreiten von ethischen und journalistischen Grenzen in den Medien der Destinationsländer, die in den Medien der Herkunftsländer eines Konzerns verbindlich gelten, illustriert diesen Befund. Zweitens erfährt die regionale und nationale Sprachraumebene, die weiterhin das relevante Spielfeld für Massenmedien darstellt, durch die Internationalisierung einen Verlust an kommunikativer Autonomie. Müssen Entscheidungen nachvollzogen werden, die von Konzernzentralen in anderen Ländern und aus einem anderen politisch-demokratischen Normenkontext getroffen werden, so führt dies zu einem Verlust an Entscheidungsautonomie und zu entsprechenden Konsequenzen für die politische und gesellschaftliche Kommunikation." (Fazit, Seite 147)
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"Today, the media empires of Time Warner, Disney, News Corp., Bertelsmann, CBS, NBC, and Viacom span large portions of the globe and exert considerable economic, political, and cultural power. This article presents a macro-level portrait of the networked forms of organization, production, and distri
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bution in which the world's largest multi-national media organizations operate. First, it provides a detailed accounting of the internal structures of and the partnerships between these transnational media conglomerates. Second, it examines the production and distribution arrangements and the financial partnerships between conglomerates and regional and local media organizations. Third, it examines the role of open-ended network connections (i.e., links to parallel business, political and creative networks) in shaping this global network of media organizations." (Abstract)
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