De-Westernizing Media Studies
London: Routledge (2000), 342 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 0-203-98176-6 (ebook); 0-415-19395-8 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Politics-E 2000
"De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power in society? Who and what influence the media? How is globalization changing both society and the media?" (Publisher description)
INTRODUCTION
1 Beyond globalization theory / James Curran, Myung-Jin Park, 2
I. TRANSITIONAL AND MIXED SOCIETIES
2 Rethinking media studies: The case of China / Eric Kit-Wai Ma, 17
3 Media theory after the fall of European communism: Why the old models from East and West won't do any more / Colin Sparks, 29
4 Media in South America: Between the rock of the state and the hard place of the market / Silvio Waisbord, 43
5 Television, gender, and democratization in the Middle East / Annabelle Sreberny, 54
6 Power, profit, corruption, and lies: The Russian media in the 1990s / Brian McNair, 69
II. AUTHORITARIAN NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETIES
7 Media, political power, and democratization in Mexico / Daniel C. Hallin, 85
8 Modernization, globalization, and the powerful state: The Korean media / Myung-Jin Park, Chang-Nam Kim, Byung-Woo Sohn, 98
9 State, capital, and media: The case of Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee, 110
10 Globalized theories and national controls: The state, the market, and the Malaysian media / Zaharom Nain, 124
III. AUTHORITARIAN REGULATED SOCIETIES
11 The dual legacy of democracy and authoritarianism: The media and the state in Zimbabwe / Helge Rønning, Tawana Kupe, 138
12 Media and power in Egypt / Hussein Amin, James Napoli, 157
IV. DEMOCRATIC NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETIES
13 Media and power in Japan / Mitsunobu Sugiyama, 168
14 Media power in the United States / W. Lance Bennett, 178
15 Media and the decline of liberal corporatism in Britain / James Curran, Colin Leys, 195
16 De-Westernizing Australia? Media systems and cultural coordinates / Stuart Cunningham, Terry Flew, 210
V. DEMOCRATIC REGULATED SOCIETIES
17 Media and power transitions in a small country: Sweden / Peter Dahlgren, 222
18 Political complexity and alternative models of journalism: The Italian case / Paolo Mancini, 234
19 South African media, 1994-7: Globalizing via political economy / Keyan G. Tomaselli, 247
20 Mediating modernity: Theorizing reception in a non-Western society / Arvind Rajagopal, 260
21 Performing a dream and its dissolution: A social history of broadcasting in Israel / Tamar Liebes, 271
22 Squaring the circle? The reconciliation of economic liberalization and cultural values in French television / Raymond Kuhn, 288
1 Beyond globalization theory / James Curran, Myung-Jin Park, 2
I. TRANSITIONAL AND MIXED SOCIETIES
2 Rethinking media studies: The case of China / Eric Kit-Wai Ma, 17
3 Media theory after the fall of European communism: Why the old models from East and West won't do any more / Colin Sparks, 29
4 Media in South America: Between the rock of the state and the hard place of the market / Silvio Waisbord, 43
5 Television, gender, and democratization in the Middle East / Annabelle Sreberny, 54
6 Power, profit, corruption, and lies: The Russian media in the 1990s / Brian McNair, 69
II. AUTHORITARIAN NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETIES
7 Media, political power, and democratization in Mexico / Daniel C. Hallin, 85
8 Modernization, globalization, and the powerful state: The Korean media / Myung-Jin Park, Chang-Nam Kim, Byung-Woo Sohn, 98
9 State, capital, and media: The case of Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee, 110
10 Globalized theories and national controls: The state, the market, and the Malaysian media / Zaharom Nain, 124
III. AUTHORITARIAN REGULATED SOCIETIES
11 The dual legacy of democracy and authoritarianism: The media and the state in Zimbabwe / Helge Rønning, Tawana Kupe, 138
12 Media and power in Egypt / Hussein Amin, James Napoli, 157
IV. DEMOCRATIC NEO-LIBERAL SOCIETIES
13 Media and power in Japan / Mitsunobu Sugiyama, 168
14 Media power in the United States / W. Lance Bennett, 178
15 Media and the decline of liberal corporatism in Britain / James Curran, Colin Leys, 195
16 De-Westernizing Australia? Media systems and cultural coordinates / Stuart Cunningham, Terry Flew, 210
V. DEMOCRATIC REGULATED SOCIETIES
17 Media and power transitions in a small country: Sweden / Peter Dahlgren, 222
18 Political complexity and alternative models of journalism: The Italian case / Paolo Mancini, 234
19 South African media, 1994-7: Globalizing via political economy / Keyan G. Tomaselli, 247
20 Mediating modernity: Theorizing reception in a non-Western society / Arvind Rajagopal, 260
21 Performing a dream and its dissolution: A social history of broadcasting in Israel / Tamar Liebes, 271
22 Squaring the circle? The reconciliation of economic liberalization and cultural values in French television / Raymond Kuhn, 288
