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ISBN 10: 0203981766
ISBN 13: 9780203981764
Author: James Curran, Myung Jin Park
De Westernizing Media Studies 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Beyond Globalization Theory
1.1 Geo-political perspective
1.2 Modernization perspective
1.3 Media imperialism
1.4 Cultural globalization
1.5 Global capitalism restored
1.6 New conventional wisdom
1.7 Aims
1.8 Comparative perspectives
1.9 Notes
1.10 References
Part 1: Transitional and Mixed Societies
Chapter 2: Rethinking Media Studies
2.1 The Case of China
2.2 Media commercialization
2.3 Improvising media practices
2.4 Uneven liberalization
2.5 The Hong Kong connection
2.6 Benign market capitalism?
2.7 The bureaucratic-authoritarian state
2.8 The active audience
2.9 Concluding remarks
2.10 Notes
2.11 References
Chapter 3: Media Theory After the Fall of European Communism
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The (still) dominant paradigm
3.3 What we did (not) know about the communist media
3.4 What comes after communism?
3.5 Outbreaks of (much more interesting) democracy
3.6 Conclusions
3.7 Note
3.8 References
Chapter 4: Media in South America
4.1 Liberal model in unliberal societies
4.2 The “media dependency” critique
4.3 Media under authoritarianism
4.4 Media and liberal democracy
4.5 Conclusions
4.6 References
Chapter 5: Television, Gender, and Democratization in the Middle East
5.1 Media in the Middle East
5.2 The significance of the international context: Where is the “Middle East”?
5.3 Global pressures toward democratization
5.4 Internal pressures: emerging democracy in the region
5.5 The changing political economy of television: international pressures, regional rivalries, national strategies
5.6 Doing the dishes: the return of paternalistic policies
5.7 Media diffusion and shifting patterns of production and consumption
5.8 Consumption versus citizenship?
5.9 Notes
5.10 References
Chapter 6: Power, Profit, Corruption, and Lies
6.1 Gorbachev’s legacy
6.2 A political economy of the Russian media 1991–98
6.3 Broadcasting
6.4 The rise of the clans
6.5 The public sector and public service
6.6 Political culture and the Russian media
6.7 Postscript: the crash of 1998
6.8 Notes
6.9 References
Part 2: Authoritarian Neo-liberal Societies
Chapter 7: Media, Political Power, and Democratization in Mexico
7.1 “The perfect dictatorship”
7.2 The Mexican media as “ideological state apparatus”
7.3 Media theory and the case of Mexico: liberalism
7.4 Critical political economy
7.5 Conclusion
7.6 Acknowledgments
7.7 Notes
7.8 References
Chapter 8: Modernization, Globalization, and the Powerful State
8.1 Political power structure and the media in Korea
8.2 Political power and its control on media
8.3 Media control by capital and growth of media industry
8.4 Power of media
8.5 Active audience: from reading between the lines to creation of alternative media
8.6 The state, diversity of media discourse and future prospects
8.7 Some theoretical considerations
8.8 References
Chapter 9: State, Capital, and Media
9.1 The patron-client relationship
9.2 The Press
9.3 Capital concentration and power struggle
9.4 Media impact on society
9.5 Technology and globalization
9.6 Concluding remarks
9.7 Notes
9.8 References
Chapter 10: Globalized Theories and National Controls
10.1 Contemporary Malaysia: A Brief Background
10.2 Malaysia’s Contemporary Media: State Control and Commercial Motivations
10.3 Television
10.4 The press
10.5 Legal controls
10.6 Imported Theories, Domestic Contradictions
10.7 De-westernizing, demonizing and democratic space
10.8 Notes
10.9 References
Part 3: Authoritarian Regulated Societies
Chapter 11: The Dual Legacy of Democracy and Authoritarianism
11.1 Notes
11.2 References
Chapter 12: Media and Power in Egypt
12.1 References
Part 4: Democratic Neo-liberal Societies
Chapter 13: Media and Power in Japan
13.1 Television and newspapers: the current situation
13.2 LDP dominance in television
13.3 Objective reporting or self-censorship
13.4 New trends for opinion media
13.5 Problems in media theory
13.6 Bibliography
Chapter 14: Media Power in the United States
14.1 The Media and Political Power
14.2 Power I: Media Portrayals of Coercion
14.3 Mediated crime
14.4 Understanding the culture business
14.5 Power II: Mediated Government
14.6 How a commercial press reports on a complex government
14.7 Origins of news agendas and sources of political information
14.8 The rise of scandals and tabloid journalism
14.9 The irony of a free press
14.10 Power III: Mediated Consciousness
14.11 Deeper problems of public consciousness
14.12 Conclusion
14.13 Notes
14.14 References
Chapter 15: Media and the Decline of Liberal Corporatism in Britain
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Power in Britain
15.3 Organization of television
15.4 Liberal corporatist inheritance
15.5 Ambivalence
15.6 System under siege
15.7 Press and corporate power
15.8 Globalization
15.9 Notes
15.10 References
Chapter 16: De-Westernizing Australia?
16.1 Cultural coordinates
16.2 Structure of Australian media
16.3 Media and power in Australia
16.4 De-Westernizing Australia
16.5 References
Part 5: Democratic Regulated Societies
Chapter 17: Media and Power Transitions in a Small Country
17.1 The corporatist “people’s home”
17.2 Realigning the triad
17.3 Media transitions
17.4 The economic elite and the media
17.5 The political elite and journalistic practices
17.6 Media for citizens—or consumers?
17.7 Note
17.8 References
Chapter 18: Political Complexity and Alternative Models of Journalism
18.1 The usual question: Is there a gap between theory and practice?
18.2 Why is the professional model so diffused?
18.3 Detached from power?
18.4 Objective?
18.5 Vertical communication?
18.6 Limits and transformations of the alternative model
18.7 Notes
18.8 References
Chapter 19: South African Media, 1994–97
19.1 Historical background
19.2 Origins of counter-hegemonic and oppositional movements
19.3 From nationalism towards globalism
19.4 Phases of post-apartheid print media ownership
19.5 Nationalism and ethnicity: the bridging influence of globalism
19.6 Conclusion
19.7 Acknowledgments
19.8 Notes
19.9 References
Chapter 20: Mediating Modernity
20.1 The media, the nation, and modernity
20.2 Going beyond the gesture of charity
20.3 A Hindu Epic Goes Prime Time
20.4 Viewers talk about the Ramayan
20.5 Narratives of Community: Counter-Public Sphere in a Transitional Society
20.6 Notes
20.7 References
Chapter 21: Performing a Dream and Its Dissolution
21.1 Why “democratic participation” is more complex than it sounds
21.2 National integration vs. democratic participation
21.3 Radio days
21.4 Enter public television
21.5 Reprise: media’s role in Israel’s evolution from national integration to separatist cultures
21.6 References
Chapter 22: Squaring the Circle?
22.1 France’s competitive media system
22.2 Ownership, control, and regulation of French television
22.3 Globalization and national cultural values
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