Media In A Global Context Book

	General editor's preface
	Editors' introduction
	Media in global context
	Acknowledgements
1	Mapping the global condition	2
2	Notes on the global ecumene	11
3	The globalizing of modernity	19
4	The theoretical challenge of global society	27
5	Classifying the global system	37
6	The processes: from nationalisms to transnationals	50
7	The origins of national consciousness	58
8	Wishful thinking: cultural politics, media, and collective identities in Europe	67
9	Broadcasting and new media policies in Taiwan	78
10	National responses and accessibility to STAR TV in Asia	94
11	The case of the Korean airline tragedy	108
12	Hollywood meets Madison Avenue: the commercialization of U.S. films	113
13	Global news wholesalers as agents of globalization	131
14	Global television news services	145
15	From communication to democratic norms: reflections on the normative dimensions of international communication policy	162
16	Prospects for a global communication infrastructure in the 21st century: institutional restructuring and network development	177
17	The re-tooling of American hegemony: U.S. foreign communication policy from free flow to free trade	194
18	The European community and the regulation of media ownership and control: possibilities for pluralism	207
19	Small media and revolutionary change: a new model	220
20	Organizing democratic radio: issues in praxis	236
21	News, consciousness and social participation: the role of women's feature service in world news	248
22	China turned on (revisited): television, reform and resistance	259
23	Global harmonies and local discords: transnational policies and practices in the European recording industry	270
24	Distinguishing the global, regional and national levels of world television	284
25	Neighbourly relations? Cross-cultural reception analysis and Australian soaps in Britain	299
26	Finding a place for Islam: Egyptian television serials and the national interest	311
27	Local uses of the media: negotiating culture and identity	323
	Author index	339
	Subject index	343