Bringing together the perspectives of more than 40 internationally acclaimed authors, The Handbook of Global Media Research explores competing methodologies in the dynamic field of transnational media and communications, providing valuable insight into research practice in a globalized media landscape.

• Provides a framework for the critical debate of comparative media research
• Posits transnational media research as reflective of advanced globalization processes, and explores its roles and responsibilities
• Articulates the key themes and competing...

Over the last several years, the debate about publics seems to have newly emerged. This debate critically reflects the Habermasian ideal of a (national) public sphere in a transnational context. However, it seems that the issue of a reconstruction of a global public sphere is more complex. In this brilliant and provocative book, Ingrid Volkmer argues that a reflective approach of globalization is required in order to identify and deconstruct key strata of deliberate public discourse in supra- and subnational societal formations. This construction helps to understand the new processes of...

Over the last several years, the debate about publics seems to have newly emerged. This debate critically reflects the Habermasian ideal of a (national) public sphere in a transnational context. However, it seems that the issue of a reconstruction of a global public sphere is more complex. In this brilliant and provocative book, Ingrid Volkmer argues that a reflective approach of globalization is required in order to identify and deconstruct key strata of deliberate public discourse in supra- and subnational societal formations. This construction helps to understand the new processes of...

Wann zuerst hatte ein Buch uber, Jugend und Mode' erscheinen konnen? Eine interessante, aber ausserst schwierige Frage, wenn man sie historisch-prazis und differenziert zu beantworten sucht. Im groben hingegen liegt die Antwort auf der Hand: den Zusammen hang von Jugend und Mode zu beobachten und zu bedenken lohnt sich, seitdem Jugendliche selbst Beitrager zum Mode-Diskurs sind und sich nicht mehr in das fugen, was Eltern ihnen als Kleidung vor schreiben. So lange Kinder und Jugendliche wie ihre Eltern in den alterszugeschriebenen Konventionen leben, ist Mode etwas, das die Erwachsenen...

What are Arabic Europeans watching on television and how does it affect their identities as Europeans? New evidence from seven capitals shows that, far from being isolated in ethnic media ghettoes, they are critical news consumers in Arabic and European languages and engaged citizens.

This book introduces a new methodology to assess the way in which journalists today operate within a new sphere of communicative `public' interdependence across global digital communities by focusing on climate change debates.