Jump to:Who Owns the Media?: Global Trends and Local Resistance [Hardback]by Pradip Thomas and Zaharom Nain and Peter Golding
Usually ships within 5 to 7 working days Description of Who Owns the Media?: Global Trends and Local ResistanceThe US model of media control and policy making - corrupt and dominated by powerful special interests - is being rapidly exported across the world. Some countries are attempting to preserve their own cultural production, and there are moves to try to keep culture out of the control of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Many books on the political economy of communications have either focused on general tendencies internationally, or have focused on the links between markets and media freedom in specific countries and regions. This book focuses on both local and international forces. While critiquing international capital, it also acknowledges the bargains that are struck between the local operators and transnationals. The contributors demonstrate the misfit between media ownership and public accountability and look ahead for ways to enable citizens around the world to become effective participants in media policy making.Title Information
Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAbout Pradip Thomas and Zaharom Nain and Peter GoldingPradip Thomas is director of the Global Studies Programme at the ecumenical World Association for Christian Communication (WACC). Zaharom Nain is associate professor in communications at the Science University of Malaysia. The contributors are academics based all over the world. They include the internationally known scholar and activist on communications, Cees J Hamelink. |
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