Curriculum (MEVIT4220 – Autumn 2009)
Books
Chakravartty, P., and K. Sarikakis (2006). Media Policy and Globalization. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 178 pp
Hafez, K. (2007). The Myth of Media Globalization. Cambridge: Polity. 196 pp
Hesmondhalgh, D. (2007). The Cultural Industries. 2nd ed. London: Sage. 313 pp
Held, D. & A. McGrew (Eds.) (2007). Globalization Theory. Approaches and Controversies. Cambridge: Polity (pp. 1-189). 190 pp
Hjarvard, S. (Ed.) (2003). Media in a Globalized Society. Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen. 282 pp
Sparks, C. (2007). Globalization, Development and the Mass Media. London: Sage. 264 pp
Thomas, P. & Z. Nain (Eds.) (2004). Who Owns the Media? Global Trends and Local Resistances. London: ZED Books. 302 pp
Journal Articles (You may read the articles on the Internet)
Archetti, C. (2008) “News Coverage of 9/11 and the Demise of the Media Flows, Globalization and Localization Hypothesis”, International Communication Gazette, Vol. 70 (6) p. 463 – 485.
Chouliaraki, L. (2008) “ The Symbolic Power of Transnational Media: Managing the Visibility of Suffering”, Global Media and Society, Vol. 4 (3) p. 329 – 351.
Doyle, G. (2006) “Managing Global Expansion of Media Products and Brands: A Case Study of FHM”, The International Journal of Media Management, Vol. 8 (3) p. 105 – 115.
Fürsich, E. (2002) “How Can Global Journalists Represent the “Other”: A Critical Assessment of the Cultural Studies Concept for Media Practice”, Journalism. Vol. 3 (1) p. 57 – 84
Hyun, K., Jeong, J., Reese, S. D., Rutigliano, L. (2007) Mapping the Blogosphere: Professional and Citizen-Based Media in the Global News Arena, Journalism, Vol. 8 (3) p. 235 – 261.
Kahn, R., and Kellner, D. (2004) “New Media and Internet Activism: From the “Battle of Seattle” to Blogging”, New Media and Society, Vol. 6 (1) p. 87 - 95
Mitter, S. (2004) “Globalization, ICTS, and Economic Empowerment: a Feminist Critique”, Gender, Technology, and Development, Vol. 8 (1) p. 5 – 29.
Olesen, T. (2007) “The Porous Public and the Transnational Dialectic: The Muhammed Cartoons Conflict”, Acta Sociologica, Vol. 50 (3) p. 295 – 308.
Stengrim, L. A. (2005) “Negotiating Postmodern Democracy, Political Activism, and Knowledge Production: Indymedia’s Grassroots and e-Savvy Answer to Media Oligopoly, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Vol. 2 (4), p. 281 – 304.
Thörn, H. (2007) “Social Movements, the Media and the Emergence of a Global Public Sphere: From Anti-Apartheid to Global Justice”, Current Sociology, Vol. 55 (6) p. 896 – 918.
Volmer, I. (2008) “Conflict-Related Media Events and Cultures of Proximity”, Media, War, and Conflict. Vol. 1(1) p. 90 – 98
Total MEVIT4220: 1930 pp.