Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change by Oliver Boyd-Barrett (English) Hardco

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This book brings together researchers in international communication and global media studies to revisit and advance the concept of media imperialism for 21st century research. Using cases across the globe, this volume is essential for understanding communications media in unequal economic, geopolitical and cultural-ideological power relations.

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Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change advances applied theoretical research on 21st century media imperialism. The volume includes established and emerging researchers in international communications who examine the geopolitical, economic, technological and cultural dimensions of 21st century media imperialism. The volume highlights and challenges how news, entertainment and social media uphold unequal power relations in the world.Written in an accessible style, this volume marries conceptual, theoretical sophistication, and concrete illustration with rich case studies and global examples. Chapters cover the complete media spectrum, from social media to Hollywood, to news and national propaganda in national and transnational analyses. Readers will find discussions that range from soft power and China to the USA's empire of the internet to the rise of "Chindia" in a post-American media world.The volume is essential reading for upper level undergraduate, postgraduate and research communities across a wide range disciplines in the social science and the humanities.

Author Biography

Joseph Oliver Boyd-Barrett is Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University.Tanner Mirrlees is Associate Professor in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's Communication and Digital Media Studies program, and the Vice-President of the Canadian Communication Association (CCA).

Table of Contents

Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change, an IntroductionOliver Boyd-Barrett and Tanner MirrleesPart 1 – Contextualizing and Conceptualizing Empire and Media imperialismChapter 1 - Media and Cultural Imperialism: Genealogy of an IdeaOliver Boyd-BarrettChapter 2 - Historicizing and Theorizing Media and Cultural ImperialismKaarle Nordenstreng, Marko Ampuja & Juha KoivistoChapter 3 – The US Empire and Cultural Imperialism: A Reconceptualization and 20th Century RetrospectiveTanner MirrleesPart 2 –The News, War and PropagandaChapter 4 - Western News Media, Propaganda and Pretexts for Neoliberal WarOliver Boyd-BarrettChapter 5 – "RussiaGate": The Construction of the EnemyGerald SussmanChapter 6 – The Great Game for EurAsia and the Skripal AffairOliver Boyd-BarrettChapter 7 - Propaganda, Manipulation and the Exercise of Imperial Power: From Media Imperialism to Informational ImperialismPiers RobinsonPart 3 – Hollywood, War and MilitainmentChapter 8 - Socialism by Stealth? Governmental Subvention and HollywoodToby MillerChapter 9 - The US Embassy-Hollywood Complex: The Sony Pictures Hack and 21st century media ImperialismPaul MoodyChapter 10 – Dispatches from the Militainment EmpireRoger StahlChapter 11 - Global Executioner: Legitimizing Drone Warfare through Hollywood MoviesErin Steuter and Geoff MartinPart 4 –The Internet, Social Media and Platform ImperialismChapter 12 – Guarding Public Values in a Connective World: Challenges for Europe.José van DijckChapter 13 - Facebook's Platform Imperialism: The Economics and Geopolitics of Social MediaDal Yong JinChapter 14 - New Global Music Distribution System, Same Old Linguistic Hegemony? Analyzing English on SpotifyChristof Demont-HeinrichChapter 15 – "Weaponizing" the Internet and World Wide Web, for Empire: Platforming Capitalism, Data-Veillance, Public Diplomacy and Cyber-WarfareTanner MirrleesPart 5 – Development Communication, Global Divides and Cultural ImperialismChapter 16 - Cultural Autonomy in the 1970s and Beyond: Toward Cultural JusticeCees HamelinkChapter 17 - Cultural Imperialism and Development Communication for Social ChangeMohan DuttaChapter 18 - Mapping Power in Women's Empowerment Projects in Global DevelopmentKarin Gwinn WilkinsPart 6 - Rising Media Empires: The Case of ChinaChapter 19 – China: An Emerging Cultural ImperialistColin SparksChapter 20 – The Empire's New Clothes: Political Priorities and Corporate Ambitions in China's Drive for Global AscendencyGraham MurdochChapter 21 – Not (yet) The Chinese Century: The Endurance of the US Empire and its Cultural IndustriesTanner MirrleesContributor Bios

Review

Here readers can encounter the variety and vigor of media/cultural imperialism approaches to the ever-evolving global mediascape. In a single reference work, seasoned researchers from across the planet sharply challenge enduring myopias of much conventional media research. A vital contribution to debate and analysis. -- John D.H. Downing, Director Emeritus, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Long Description

Media Imperialism: Continuity and Change advances applied theoretical research on 21st century media imperialism. The volume includes established and emerging researchers in international communications who examine the geopolitical, economic, technological and cultural dimensions of 21st century media imperialism. The volume highlights and challenges how news, entertainment and social media uphold unequal power relations in the world. Written in an accessible style, this volume marries conceptual, theoretical sophistication, and concrete illustration with rich case studies and global examples. Chapters cover the complete media spectrum, from social media to Hollywood, to news and national propaganda in national and transnational analyses. Readers will find discussions that range from soft power and China to the USA's empire of the internet to the rise of "Chindia" in a post-American media world. The volume is essential reading for upper level undergraduate, postgraduate and research communities across a wide range disciplines in the social science and the humanities.

Review Quote

Here readers can encounter the variety and vigor of media/cultural imperialism approaches to the ever-evolving global mediascape. In a single reference work, seasoned researchers from across the planet sharply challenge enduring myopias of much conventional media research. A vital contribution to debate and analysis.

Details ISBN1538121549 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Year 2019 ISBN-10 1538121549 ISBN-13 9781538121542 Format Hardcover Subtitle Continuity and Change Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Edited by Tanner Mirrlees DEWEY 302.23 Pages 344 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Short Title Media Imperialism Language English Author Tanner Mirrlees NZ Release Date 2019-10-09 UK Release Date 2019-10-09 Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified; Maps; Black & White Illustrations Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2019-10-14 Publication Date 2019-08-19 US Release Date 2019-08-19 We've got this

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