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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Robert A. Hackett and Yuezhi Zhao - Foreword by Majid Tehranian - Contributions by Arthur-Martins Aginam; Kai Hafez; Jake Lynch; Robert W. McChesney; Annabel McGoldrick; Jan Oberg; Javier Protzel; Dov Shinar; Seán Ó Siochrú; Colin Sparks; Annabe Klappentext Democratizing Global Media explores the complex relationship between globalizing media and the spread of democracy around the world. An international, interdisciplinary group of journalists and scholars discusses key_and often contentious_issues such as the power of media, the benefits of media globalization, and the political role of media. More than a critique, Democratizing Global Media offers positive alternatives, from peace journalism to popular movements toward democratizing media and public communication. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1 Media Globalization, Media Democratization: Challenges, Issues, and Paradoxes Part 4 Part I: Media Globalization and Democratic Deficits: National and Regional Audits Chapter 5 2 Civil Society as Contested Concept: Media and Political Transformation in Eastern and Central Europe Chapter 6 3 Who Wants Democracy and Does It Deliver Food? Communication and Power in a Globally Integrated China Chapter 7 4 Contested Futures: Indian Media at the Crossroads Chapter 8 5 Changing Political Cultures and Media under Globalism in Latin America Chapter 9 6 Media in 'Globalizing' Africa: What Prospects for Democratic Communication? Part 10 Part II: Media and Democracy in Global Sites and Conflicts Chapter 11 7 Globalization, Regionalization, and Democratization: The Interaction of Three Paradigms in the Field of Mass Communication Chapter 12 8 Constructing Collective Identities and Democratic Media in a Globalizing World: Israel as a Test Case Chapter 13 9 The Iraq Conflict and the Media: Embedded with War Rather than with Peace and Democracy Chapter 14 10 Global Media Governance as a Potential Site of Civil Society Intervention Part 15 Part III: Modalities of Democratization Chapter 16 11 Beyond Wiggle Room: American Corporate Media's Democratic Deficit, Its Global Implications, and Prospects for Reform Chapter 17 12 Globalization, Communication, Democratization: Toward Gender Equality Chapter 18 13 Peace Journalism: A Global Dialog for Democracy and Democratic Media Chapter 19 14 Finding a Frame: Towards a Transnational Advocacy Campaign to Democratize Communication Chapter 20 Index Chapter 21 About the Contributors...
