Internationalizing Media Studies

by Thussu; Daya Kishan

• ISBN13: 9780415455305
• ISBN10: 0415455308
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-06-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection of essays by leading scholars from around the world aims to stimulate a debate about the imperatives for internationalizing media studies, and provides much-needed material on the dynamics of the media studies field in a global context. Lively and current case studies are included within the essays to exemplify the main arguments.

Author Biography

Daya Kishan Thussu is Professor of International Communication at the University of Westminster in London. The founder and managing editor of the journal Global Media and Communication, his key publications include News as Entertainment, Media on the Move, International Communication and Electronic Empires.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Internationalizing media research	p. 11
Why internationalize media studies and how?	p. 13
What should comparative media research be comparing? Towards a transcultural approach to 'media cultures'	p. 32
Globalization theories and media internationalization: a critical appraisal	p. 48
Frames for internationalizing media research	p. 61
Media and communication studies going global	p. 75
Broadening the field of media studies	p. 91
Globalizing media law and policy	p. 93
Changing paradigms of media research and practice in contexts of globalization and terror	p. 116
Comparative media law and policy: opportunities and challenges	p. 131
The labouring of international communication	p. 147
Regional perspectives on internationalization	p. 163
Asian media studies: the struggle for international legitimacy	p. 165
Rethinking Chinese media studies: history, political economy and culture	p. 175
Media and cultural studies in the Arab world: making bridges to local discourses of modernity	p. 196
De-Sovietizing Russian media studies	p. 214
Citizens' media as political subjects: the case of community radio in Colombia	p. 228
Pedagogic parameters: internationalizing media syllabi	p. 247
Internationalizing media ethics studies	p. 249
Media studies as an academic discipline	p. 254
International media studies in the US academy: a sampling of programmes and textbooks	p. 267
Re-conceptualizing media studies in Africa	p. 277
The internationalization of the internet and its implications for media studies	p. 294
Index	p. 308
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