The Handbook of Global Media Research
Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), 554 pp.
Contains index
Series: Handbooks in Communication and Media
ISBN 978-1-4051-9870-7
Signature commbox: 10-International-E 2012
"Bringing together the perspectives of more than 40 internationally acclaimed authors, The Handbook of Global Media Research explores competing methodologies in the dynamic field of transnational media and communications, providing valuable insight into research practice in a globalized media landscape; provides a framework for the critical debate of comparative media research; posits transnational media research as reflective of advanced globalization processes, and explores the role and responsibility this bestows it with; articulates the key themes and competing methodological approaches in a dynamic and developing field; showcases the perspectives and ideas of 30 leading internationally acclaimed scholars; offers a platform for the discussion of crucial issues from a variety of theoretical, methodical and practical viewpoints." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Ingrid Volkmer, 1
PART I. HISTORY OF TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH
1 Comparative Research and the History of Communication Studies / John D.H. Downing, 9
2 Global Media Research and Global Ambitions: The Case of UNESCO / Cees J. Hamelink, 28
3 Global Media Research: Can We Know Global Audiences? A View from a BBC Perspective / Graham Mytton, 40
PART II. RE-CONCEPTUALIZING RESEARCH ACROSS GLOBALIZED NETWORK CULTURES
4 Media and Hegemonic Populism: Representing the Rise of the Rest / Jan Nederveen Pieterse, 57
5 Digitization and Knowledge Systems of the Powerful and the Powerless / Saskia Sassen, 74
6 Media Cultures in a Global Age: A Transcultural Approach to an Expanded Spectrum / Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp, 92
7 Deconstructing the "Methodological Paradox": Comparative Research between National Centrality and Networked Spaces / Ingrid Volkmer, 110
8 Footprints of the Global South: Venesat-1 and RascomQAF/1R as Counter-hegemonic Satellites / Lisa Parks, 123
9 Securitization and Legitimacy in Global Media Governance: Spaces, Jurisdictions, and Tensions / Katharine Sarikakis, 143
10 Emerging Transnational News Spheres in Global Crisis Reporting: A Research Agenda / Maria Hellman and Kristina Riegert, 156
11 The "Global Public Sphere": A Critical Reappraisal / Kai Hafez, 175
PART III. SUPRA- AND SUB-NATIONAL SPHERES: RESEARCHING TRANSNATIONAL SPACES
12 Middle East Media Research: Problems and Approaches / Dina Matar and Ehab Bessaiso, 195
13 Media Industries and Policy in Digital Times: A Latin American Perspective of Notes and Methods / Rodrigo Gómez García, 212
14 Methodological Pluralism: Interrogating Ethnic Identity and Diaspora Issues in Southeast Asia / Umi Khattab, 227
15 "Citizen Access to Information": Capturing the Evidence across Zambia, Ghana, and Kenya / Gerry Power, Samia Khatun, and Klara Debeljak, 245
16 India and a New Cartography of Global Communication / Daya Kishan Thussu, 276
17 What Is Governance? Citizens' Perspectives on Governance in Sierra Leone and Tanzania / Vipul Khosla and Kavita Abraham Dowsing, 289
18 Forced Migrants, New Media Practices, and the Creation of Locality / Saskia Witteborn, 312
PART IV. IDENTIFYING SPHERES OF COMPARISON IN GLOBALIZED CONTEXTS
19 Researching the News Agencies / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 333
20 Global Internets: Media Research in the New World / Gerard Goggin, 352
21 Media, Diaspora, and the Transnational Context: Cosmopolitanizing Cross-National Comparative Research? / Myria Georgiou, 365
22 Post-colonial Interventions on Media, Audiences, and National Politics / Ramaswami Harindranath, 381
23 Media Research and Satellite Cultures: Comparative Research among Arab Communities in Europe / Christina Slade and Ingrid Volkmer, 397
24 Stardust in the Audience's Eyes: Weddings as Media Events in Visual Media and the Construction of Gender / Eva Flicker, 411
PART V. COMPARATIVE RESEARCH AND CONTEXTS OF CHALLENGES
25 Lost, Found, and Made: Qualitative Data in the Study of Three-Step Flows of Communication / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 435
26 Finding Yourself in the Past, the Present, the Local, and the Global: Potentialities of Mediated Cosmopolitanism as a Research Methodology / Ruth Teer-Tomaselli and Lauren Dyll-Myklebust, 451
27 Europe: A Laboratory for Comparative Communication Research / Claes H. de Vreese and Rens Vliegenthart, 470
28 The Global-Local in News Production Tales from the Field in the "Shoes" of Journalists / Lisbeth Clausen, 485
29 "Africa Talks Climate": Comparing Audience Understandings of Climate Change in Ten African Countries / Anna Godfrey, Miriam Burton, and Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, 504
30 Organizing and Managing Comparative Research Projects across Nations: Models and Challenges of Coordinated Collaboration / Frank Esser and Thomas Hanitzsch, 521
31 Benefits and Pitfalls of Comparative Research on News: Production, Content, and Audiences / Akiba A. Cohen, 533
PART I. HISTORY OF TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH
1 Comparative Research and the History of Communication Studies / John D.H. Downing, 9
2 Global Media Research and Global Ambitions: The Case of UNESCO / Cees J. Hamelink, 28
3 Global Media Research: Can We Know Global Audiences? A View from a BBC Perspective / Graham Mytton, 40
PART II. RE-CONCEPTUALIZING RESEARCH ACROSS GLOBALIZED NETWORK CULTURES
4 Media and Hegemonic Populism: Representing the Rise of the Rest / Jan Nederveen Pieterse, 57
5 Digitization and Knowledge Systems of the Powerful and the Powerless / Saskia Sassen, 74
6 Media Cultures in a Global Age: A Transcultural Approach to an Expanded Spectrum / Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp, 92
7 Deconstructing the "Methodological Paradox": Comparative Research between National Centrality and Networked Spaces / Ingrid Volkmer, 110
8 Footprints of the Global South: Venesat-1 and RascomQAF/1R as Counter-hegemonic Satellites / Lisa Parks, 123
9 Securitization and Legitimacy in Global Media Governance: Spaces, Jurisdictions, and Tensions / Katharine Sarikakis, 143
10 Emerging Transnational News Spheres in Global Crisis Reporting: A Research Agenda / Maria Hellman and Kristina Riegert, 156
11 The "Global Public Sphere": A Critical Reappraisal / Kai Hafez, 175
PART III. SUPRA- AND SUB-NATIONAL SPHERES: RESEARCHING TRANSNATIONAL SPACES
12 Middle East Media Research: Problems and Approaches / Dina Matar and Ehab Bessaiso, 195
13 Media Industries and Policy in Digital Times: A Latin American Perspective of Notes and Methods / Rodrigo Gómez García, 212
14 Methodological Pluralism: Interrogating Ethnic Identity and Diaspora Issues in Southeast Asia / Umi Khattab, 227
15 "Citizen Access to Information": Capturing the Evidence across Zambia, Ghana, and Kenya / Gerry Power, Samia Khatun, and Klara Debeljak, 245
16 India and a New Cartography of Global Communication / Daya Kishan Thussu, 276
17 What Is Governance? Citizens' Perspectives on Governance in Sierra Leone and Tanzania / Vipul Khosla and Kavita Abraham Dowsing, 289
18 Forced Migrants, New Media Practices, and the Creation of Locality / Saskia Witteborn, 312
PART IV. IDENTIFYING SPHERES OF COMPARISON IN GLOBALIZED CONTEXTS
19 Researching the News Agencies / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 333
20 Global Internets: Media Research in the New World / Gerard Goggin, 352
21 Media, Diaspora, and the Transnational Context: Cosmopolitanizing Cross-National Comparative Research? / Myria Georgiou, 365
22 Post-colonial Interventions on Media, Audiences, and National Politics / Ramaswami Harindranath, 381
23 Media Research and Satellite Cultures: Comparative Research among Arab Communities in Europe / Christina Slade and Ingrid Volkmer, 397
24 Stardust in the Audience's Eyes: Weddings as Media Events in Visual Media and the Construction of Gender / Eva Flicker, 411
PART V. COMPARATIVE RESEARCH AND CONTEXTS OF CHALLENGES
25 Lost, Found, and Made: Qualitative Data in the Study of Three-Step Flows of Communication / Klaus Bruhn Jensen, 435
26 Finding Yourself in the Past, the Present, the Local, and the Global: Potentialities of Mediated Cosmopolitanism as a Research Methodology / Ruth Teer-Tomaselli and Lauren Dyll-Myklebust, 451
27 Europe: A Laboratory for Comparative Communication Research / Claes H. de Vreese and Rens Vliegenthart, 470
28 The Global-Local in News Production Tales from the Field in the "Shoes" of Journalists / Lisbeth Clausen, 485
29 "Africa Talks Climate": Comparing Audience Understandings of Climate Change in Ten African Countries / Anna Godfrey, Miriam Burton, and Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, 504
30 Organizing and Managing Comparative Research Projects across Nations: Models and Challenges of Coordinated Collaboration / Frank Esser and Thomas Hanitzsch, 521
31 Benefits and Pitfalls of Comparative Research on News: Production, Content, and Audiences / Akiba A. Cohen, 533
