"[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 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)