Globalization, Development and the Mass Media

Informationen zum Autor Colin Sparks is a professor at the Centre for Communication and Information Studies at the Univeristy of Westminster and Co-Editor of Media, Culture and Society . Anna Reading is a lecturer at Southbank University and Assistant Editor of Media, Culture and Society . Klappentext Globalization, Development and the Mass Media gives a comprehensive and critical account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development communication through to the contemporary critiques of globalization. It examines two main currents of thought. Firstly, the ways in which the media can be used to effect change and development. It traces the evolution of thinking from attempts to spread 'modernity' by way of using the media through to alternative perspectives based on encouraging participation in development communication. Secondly, the elaboration of the theory of media imperialism, the criticisms that it provoked and its replacement as the dominant theory of international communication by globalization. Zusammenfassung Gives an account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development communication through to the contemporary critiques of globalization. This book examines two main currents of thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Communicating Modernity The Passing of Modernity Varieties of Participation Cultural and Media Imperialism The Failure of the Imperialism Paradigm Globalization and the Media The Limits of Globalization Towards a New Paradigm

Product details

• Authors: Colin Sparks, Colin Sparks, Sparks Colin
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2007
• EAN: 9780761961611
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6161-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Media Culture & Society Series; Media Culture & Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies