Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), ix, 344 pp.
Contains illustrations, bibliogr. pp. 305-336, index
Series: Communication, Society and Politics
ISBN 9781107699540 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Politics-E 2012
"Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring how the concepts and methods of their analysis do and do not prove useful when applied beyond the original focus of their "most similar systems" design and the West European and North American cases it encompassed. It is intended both to use a wider range of cases to interrogate and clarify the conceptual framework of Comparing Media Systems and to proposed new nidels, concepts, and with processes of political transition. Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World covers, among other cases, Brazil, China, Israel, Lebanon, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Thailand." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, 1
I. CASES
2 The Impact of National Security on the Development of Media Systems: The Case of Israel / Yoram Peri, 11
3 Italianization (or Mediterraneanization) of the Polish Media System? Reality and Perspective / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, 26
4 Culture as a Guide in Theoretical Explorations of Baltic Media / Aukse Balcytiene, 51
5 On Models and Margins: Comparative Media Models Viewed from a Brazilian Perspective / Afonso de Albuquerque, 72
6 Africanizing Three Models of Media and Politics: The South African Experience / Adrian Hadland, 96
7 The Russian Media Model in the Context of Post-Soviet Dynamics / Elena Vartanova, 119
8 Understanding China's Media System in a World Historical Context / Yuezhi Zhao, 143
II. METHODS AND APPROACHES
9 The Rise of Transnational Media Systems: Implications of Pan-Arab Media for Comparative Research / Marwan M. Kraidy, 177
10 Partisan Polyvalence: Characterizing the Political Role of Asian Media / Duncan McCargo, 201
11 How Far Can Media Systems Travel? Applying Hallin and Mancini's Comparative Framework outside the Western World / Katrin Voltmer, 224
12 Comparing Processes: Media, "Transitions," and Historical Change / Natalia Roudakova, 246
13 Conclusion / Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, 278
I. CASES
2 The Impact of National Security on the Development of Media Systems: The Case of Israel / Yoram Peri, 11
3 Italianization (or Mediterraneanization) of the Polish Media System? Reality and Perspective / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, 26
4 Culture as a Guide in Theoretical Explorations of Baltic Media / Aukse Balcytiene, 51
5 On Models and Margins: Comparative Media Models Viewed from a Brazilian Perspective / Afonso de Albuquerque, 72
6 Africanizing Three Models of Media and Politics: The South African Experience / Adrian Hadland, 96
7 The Russian Media Model in the Context of Post-Soviet Dynamics / Elena Vartanova, 119
8 Understanding China's Media System in a World Historical Context / Yuezhi Zhao, 143
II. METHODS AND APPROACHES
9 The Rise of Transnational Media Systems: Implications of Pan-Arab Media for Comparative Research / Marwan M. Kraidy, 177
10 Partisan Polyvalence: Characterizing the Political Role of Asian Media / Duncan McCargo, 201
11 How Far Can Media Systems Travel? Applying Hallin and Mancini's Comparative Framework outside the Western World / Katrin Voltmer, 224
12 Comparing Processes: Media, "Transitions," and Historical Change / Natalia Roudakova, 246
13 Conclusion / Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, 278
