Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow
Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2007), 267 pp.
Contains tables, index
Series: Communication and Society
ISBN 978-0-415-354585 (pbk); 978-0-203-001233 (online)
Signature commbox: 10-International-E 2007
"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." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Daya Kishan Thussu, 1
I. CONTEXTUALISING CONTRA-FLOW
Mapping Global Flow and Contra-Flow / Daya Kishan Thussu, 10
Diasporas and Contra-Flows Beyond National Centricism / Roger Silverstone and Myria Georgiou, 30
Thinking Through Contra-flows: Perspectives from Post-colonial and Transnational Cultural Studies / Anandam P. Kavoori, 44
II. THE NON-WESTERN MEDIA IN MOTION
Contra-flow or the Cultural Logic of Uneven Globalization: Japanese Media in the Global Agora / Koichi Iwabuchi, 61
Bollywood and the Frictions of Global Mobility / Nitin Govil, 76
Brazil and the Globalization of Telenovelas / Antonio La Pastina and Cacilda M. Rêgo, 89
Challenger or Lackey? The Politics of News on al-Jazeera / Naomi Sakr, 104
III. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FLOW AND CONTRAFLOW
The Rising Korean 'Wave': Korean Media Go Global / Youna Kim, 121
South Africa as a Regional Media Power / Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Arrie de Beer and Herman Wasserman, 136
Flows and Contra-Flows in Transitional Societies / Terhi Rantanen, 146
Facing the Challenge of Global Competition: Chinese News in Transition / Steven Guanpeng Dong and Anbin Shi, 162
IV. MOVING MEDIA - FROM THE MARGINS TO THE MAINSTREAM?
Alternative Re-Framing of Mainstream Media Frames / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 178
Transnational Feminism and the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan / Lisa McLaughlin, 195
The Islamic Internet: Authority, Authenticity and Reform / Musa Maguire, 209
I. CONTEXTUALISING CONTRA-FLOW
Mapping Global Flow and Contra-Flow / Daya Kishan Thussu, 10
Diasporas and Contra-Flows Beyond National Centricism / Roger Silverstone and Myria Georgiou, 30
Thinking Through Contra-flows: Perspectives from Post-colonial and Transnational Cultural Studies / Anandam P. Kavoori, 44
II. THE NON-WESTERN MEDIA IN MOTION
Contra-flow or the Cultural Logic of Uneven Globalization: Japanese Media in the Global Agora / Koichi Iwabuchi, 61
Bollywood and the Frictions of Global Mobility / Nitin Govil, 76
Brazil and the Globalization of Telenovelas / Antonio La Pastina and Cacilda M. Rêgo, 89
Challenger or Lackey? The Politics of News on al-Jazeera / Naomi Sakr, 104
III. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FLOW AND CONTRAFLOW
The Rising Korean 'Wave': Korean Media Go Global / Youna Kim, 121
South Africa as a Regional Media Power / Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Arrie de Beer and Herman Wasserman, 136
Flows and Contra-Flows in Transitional Societies / Terhi Rantanen, 146
Facing the Challenge of Global Competition: Chinese News in Transition / Steven Guanpeng Dong and Anbin Shi, 162
IV. MOVING MEDIA - FROM THE MARGINS TO THE MAINSTREAM?
Alternative Re-Framing of Mainstream Media Frames / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 178
Transnational Feminism and the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan / Lisa McLaughlin, 195
The Islamic Internet: Authority, Authenticity and Reform / Musa Maguire, 209
