Contributor Biographies vii1 Introduction 1Rebecca Kern-Stone and Suman MishraPart I Setting the Foundations: Key Concepts 112 Transnational Media: Key Concepts and Theories 13Suman Mishra3 Introducing Media Systems 27Rebecca Kern-StonePart II Africa 414 Broadcasting in Ghana: Opportunities and Challenges of a Plural Media in an Evolving African Democracy 49Isaac Abeku Blankson5 The State of Press Freedom in South Africa: Robust Despite the Intimidation 57Glenda Daniels6 Here is our Ushahidi: Participatory Communication Culture in Kenya 65D. Ndirangu Wachanga7 Nollywood: A Cinema of Stories 73Onookome OkomePart III The Americas and the Caribbean 818 What Do They Know of Telenovela Who Only Telenovela Know? Melodrama, Passion, and Latin America's Modern Identity 91O. Hugo Benavides9 Latin America: From Media Censorship to Media Ownership: New Forms of Communication Hegemony Across the Continent 97Fernando Gutiérrez and Alejandro Ocampo10 Hollywood, the Global Media Market, and a Time of Transition for the American Media Empire 107Thom Gencarelli11 The "Sanctioned" Reggae "Revolution," and Confrontations Between Cradles of Culture 115Humphrey A. RegisPart IV Asia 12312 The Chinese Social Media Landscape 131Xinyuan Wang13 Modern Manga 141Michael Lewis14 Bollywood: Aspirations of a Globalizing India 147Suman Mishra15 The Korean Wave: Why It Swept the World 155Shin Dong Kim16 Al Jazeera and Global News: Stages of Operation 165Saba BebawiPart V Europe 17117 Public Service Media in Europe: Common Values, Different Political Contexts, and a Variety of Practices 181Karen Donders18 Sweden and Beyond: The Pirate Party and Non-Media-Centric Media Politics 191Martin Fredriksson19 Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA 199Scott Fitzgerald20 Broadcasting Against the Grain: The Contradictory Roles of RT in a Global Media Age 207Liudmila Voronova and Andreas WidholmPart VI Oceania 21521 Indigenous Media in Australia 221Lisa Waller22 The Story of Wellywood: How Director Peter Jackson Conquered the World While Remaining in New Zealand 229Grant HannisIndex 237