Lee Artz

Global Entertainment Media: A Critical Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Balancing provocative criticism with clear explanations of complex ideas, this student-friendly introduction investigates the crucial role global entertainment media has played in the emergence of transitional capitalism.
* Examines the influence of global entertainment media on the emergence of transnational capitalism, providing a framework for explaining and understanding world culture as part of changing class relations and media practices
* Uses action adventure movies to demonstrate the complex relationship between international media political economy, entertainment content, global culture, and cultural hegemony
* Draws on examples of public and community media in Venezuela and Latin America to illustrate the relations between government policies, media structures, public access to media, and media content
* Engagingly written with crisp and controversial commentary to both inform and entertain readers
* Includes student-friendly features such as fully-integrated call out boxes with definitions of terms and concepts, and lists and summaries of transnational entertainment media

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9781118955444
• ISBN-10: 1118955447
• Artikelnr.: 42055743

Autorenporträt

Lee Artz is Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Communication at Purdue University Calumet, where he has been recognized with a peer-reviewed award as University Outstanding Scholar for his research and publications. He is the editor or author of several books, and is associate editor of the journal Democratic Communiqué.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
1 Twenty¿First Century Capitalism and Transnational Relations 18
2 Leading the Charge: Transnational Planning 46
3 Transnational Media 71
4 From Regional to Global: Transnational Media Leaders 102
5 Cultural Hegemony: Leadership with Consent 142
6 Power Decentered: Dominant Diversity 167
7 Superheroes to the Rescue 194
8 Media, Democracy, and Political Power 221
9 Conclusion: The Reality of Power 250
Index 260