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Globalization, Communication and Transnational Civil Society (Paperback, New ed.)
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Globalization, Communication and Transnational Civil Society (Paperback, New ed.)
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Contemporary theorising about globalisation processes has only
recently come to acknowledge the crucial role of media systems, a
theme long familiar to researchers within communications. Thus this
volume situates media forms and processes as central foci of
globalisation processes and gives communications researchers a
chance to respond to the theories often devised by those without
any intimate involvement in communications theory or practice. The
responses are loud and varied. The first half of the book clusters
theoretical critiques and embellishments of globalisation theory as
well as offers some alternative theoretical models for examining
current communications and cultural practices in the unfolding new
world system. Considerable attention is paid to unpacking notions
of a ""transnational public sphere"", ""global civil society"", and
""solidarity"", and examining the role that media play in
structuring both potentially hegemonic practices as well as
alternative practices. The second half clusters a variety of case
studies exploring different facets of the dynamics of
globalisation. Three chapters focus on specific media forms such as
the examination of music, language, and news. A last chapter
explores the notion of solidarity in a different way: how
international organisations such as Amnesty can try to influence
the news agenda to mobilise transnational public sympathy for an
oppressed group, specifically street children in Brazil. The
introduction and conclusion, each written by one of the editors,
provide contextualisation and development of the debates, and focus
on further issues for theoretical development and empirical
research.
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