Internationalizing Media Theory: Transition, Power, Culture - Couverture souple

Downing, John D. H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803987110 ISBN 13 : 9780803987111

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

In this provocative book John Downing explores the many roles of the media within the fundamental political, economic and cultural changes that took place during the turbulence in Eastern Europe between 1980 and 1995. He examines the central elements underlying these changes: power, the state, societal change, the economy, institutionalized racism, ethnic insurgency, secrecy and surveillance.

Internationalizing Media Theory critically evaluates media theories in relation to political and economic transitions, and challenges political science approaches for their failure to address vital issues in media and communication. Using a comparative and international focus, Downing analyzes the changes in Russia, Poland and H

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John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803987110
• ISBN 13: 9780803987111
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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