Western Media Systems

ISBN-13: 9780415396929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 292 str.

Jonathan Hardy

Opis

Western Media Systems offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe. The book offers a wide-ranging survey of comparative media analysis addressing the economic, social, political, regulatory and cultural aspects of Western media systems. Jonathan Hardy takes a thematic approach, guiding the reader through critical issues and debates, introducing key concepts and specialist literature. Western Media Systems is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying comparative and global media.

Recenzje

'Western Media Systems offers an insightful and wide-ranging analysis of important developments and questions.' - Patrick Bijsmans, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 18, 1, March 2010

Spis treści

List of figures and tables  List of Acronyms  Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Explaining Western Media Systems  2. Media system evolution  3. Transformations and Continuities in Media Systems (late 1970s-2000s)  4. Media Theory: Paradigms and Power  5. Media and Politics  6. Media Policy and Regulation  7. Media Markets  8. Western Media and Globalization  9. Assessing Western media Systems  Appendix  Comparative country data (area size and population)  Bibliography