Democratizing Global Media One World, Many Struggles

by Hackett, Robert A.; Zhao, Yuezhi; Tehranian, Majid; Aginam, Arthur-Martins; Hafez, Kai; Lynch, Jake; McChesney, Robert W.; McGoldrick, Annabel; Oberg, Jan; Protzel, Javier; Shinar, Dov; Siochrú, Seán Ó; Sparks, Colin; Sreberny, Annabelle; Tehranian, Majid

• ISBN13: 9780742536425
• ISBN10: 0742536424
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-07
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Democratizing Global Media explores the complex relationship between globalizing media and the spread of democracy around the world. An international, interdisciplinary group of journalists and scholars discusses key'¬ ;and often contentious'¬ ;issues such as the power of media, the benefits of media globalization, and the political role of media. More than a critique, Democratizing Global Media offers positive alternatives, from peace journalism to popular movements toward democratizing media and public communication.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Majid Tehranian
Acknowledgments	xiii
1 Media Globalization, Media Democratization: Challenges, Issues, and Paradoxes	1	(36)
Yuezhi Zhao and Robert A. Hackett
Part I: Media Globalization and Democratic Deficits: National and Regional Audits
2 Civil Society as Contested Concept: Media and Political Transformation in Eastern and Central Europe	37	(20)
Colin Sparks
3 Who Wants Democracy and Does It Deliver Food? Communication and Power in a Globally Integrated China	57	(24)
Yuezhi Zhao
4 Contested Futures: Indian Media at the Crossroads	81	(20)
Pradip Thomas
5 Changing Political Cultures and Media under Globalism in Latin America	101	(20)
Javier Protzel
6 Media in "Globalizing" Africa: What Prospect for Democratic Communication?	121	(24)
Arthur-Martins Aginam
Part II: Media and Democracy in Global Sites and Conflicts
7 Globalization, Regionalization, and Democratization: The Interaction of Three Paradigms in the Field of Mass Communication	145	(20)
Kai Hafez
8 Constructing Collective Identities and Democratic Media in a Globalizing World: Israel as a Test Case	165	(20)
Dov Shinar
9 The Iraq Conflict and the Media: Embedded with War Rather than with Peace and Democracy	185	(20)
Jan Oberg
10 Global Media Governance as a Potential Site of Civil Society Intervention	205	(20)
Seán Ó Siochrú
Part III: Modalities of Democratization
11 Beyond Wiggle Room: American Corporate Media's Democratic Deficit, Its Global Implications, and Prospects for Reform	225	(20)
Robert W. McChesney and Robert A. Hackett
12 Globalization, Communication, Democratization: Toward Gender Equality	245	(24)
Annabelle Sreberny
13 Peace Journalism: A Global Dialog for Democracy and Democratic Media	269	(20)
Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick
14 Finding a Frame: Toward a Transnational Advocacy Campaign to Democratize Communication	289	(24)
Seán Ó Siochrú
Index	313	(12)
About the Contributors	325