Media and Globalization Why the State Matters

by Morris, Nancy; Waisbord, Silvio; Nordenstreng, Kaarle; Hong, Seok-Kyeong; Horwitz, Robert B.; Kim, Daeho; McDowell, Stephen D.; Schlesinger, Philip; Sinha, Nikhil; Straubhaar, Joseph; Vick, Douglas W.; White, Peter B.

• ISBN13: 9780742510296
• ISBN10: 0742510298
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Media and Globalization shows why the state matters to media and telecommunications industries in a globalizing world: governments control and regulate these industries in important ways and states remain central arenas for policymaking and international agreements. Using case studies drawn from around the world, this book sheds light on the extent of state power in the face of transnational pressures and explores policy, economics, and culture as they factor into media globalization. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Introduction: Rethinking Media Globalization and State Power	vii
Silvio Waisbord
Nancy Morris
I. States and Internet Regulation
Exporting the First Amendment to Cyberspace: The Internet and State Sovereignty	3	(18)
Douglas W. Vick
Where the National Meets the Global: Australia's Internet Censorship Policies	21	(16)
Peter B. White
II. States and Communications Reform in Societies in Transition
``Negotiated Liberalization'': The Politics of Communications Sector Reform in South Africa	37	(18)
Robert B. Horwitz
State Transformation and India's Telecommunications Reform	55	(22)
Nikhil Sinha
The IMF, Globalization, and Changes in the Media Power Structure in South Korea	77	(18)
Daeho Kim
Seok-Kyeong Hong
III. States, Media, and Regional Cultures
Tensions in the Construction of European Media Policies	95	(22)
Philip Schlesinger
The Unsovereign Century: Canada's Media Industries and Cultural Policies	117	(16)
Stephen D. McDowell
Brazil: The Role of the State in World Television	133	(22)
Joseph Straubhaar
Epilogue	155	(6)
Kaarle Nordenstreng
Bibliography	161	(24)
Index	185	(10)
About the Editors and Contributors	195