The Handbook of Global Media Research

Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Handbook of Global Media Research

Editor(s): Ingrid Volkmer

Published Online: 20 AUG 2012 04:25AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405198707

Online ISBN: 9781118255278

DOI: 10.1002/9781118255278

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Bringing together the perspectives of more than 40 internationally acclaimed authors, The Handbook of Global Media Research explores competing methodologies in the dynamic field of transnational media and communications, providing valuable insight into research practice in a globalized media landscape.

  • Provides a framework for the critical debate of comparative media research
  • Posits transnational media research as reflective of advanced globalization processes, and explores its roles and responsibilities 
  • Articulates the key themes and competing methodological approaches in a dynamic and developing field
  • Showcases the perspectives and ideas of 30 leading internationally acclaimed scholars
  • Offers a platform for the discussion of crucial issues from a variety of theoretical, methodical and practical viewpoints

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xvii)

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      Introduction (pages 1–6)

      Ingrid Volkmer

  3. Part I: History of Transnational Media Research

    1. Chapter 1

      Comparative Research and the History of Communication Studies (pages 7–27)

      John D. H. Downing

    2. Chapter 2

      Global Media Research and Global Ambitions (pages 28–39)

      Cees J. Hamelink

    3. Chapter 3

      Global Media Research (pages 40–53)

      Graham Mytton

  4. Part II: Re-Conceptualizing Research across Globalized Network Cultures

    1. Chapter 4

      Media and Hegemonic Populism (pages 55–73)

      Jan Nederveen Pieterse

    2. Chapter 5

      Digitization and Knowledge Systems of the Powerful and the Powerless (pages 74–91)

      Saskia Sassen

    3. Chapter 6

      Media Cultures in a Global Age (pages 92–109)

      Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp

    4. Chapter 7

      Deconstructing the “Methodological Paradox” (pages 110–122)

      Ingrid Volkmer

    5. Chapter 8

      Footprints of the Global South (pages 123–142)

      Lisa Parks

    6. Chapter 9

      Securitization and Legitimacy in Global Media Governance (pages 143–155)

      Katharine Sarikakis

    7. Chapter 10

      Emerging Transnational News Spheres in Global Crisis Reporting (pages 156–174)

      Maria Hellman and Kristina Riegert

    8. Chapter 11

      The “Global Public Sphere” (pages 175–192)

      Kai Hafez

  5. Part III: Supra- and Sub-National Spheres: Researching Transnational Spaces

    1. Chapter 12

      Middle East Media Research (pages 193–211)

      Dina Matar and Ehab Bessaiso

    2. Chapter 13

      Media Industries and Policy in Digital Times (pages 212–226)

      Rodrigo Gómez García

    3. Chapter 14

      Methodological Pluralism (pages 227–244)

      Umi Khattab

    4. Chapter 15

      “Citizen Access to Information” (pages 245–275)

      Gerry Power, Samia Khatun and Klara Debeljak

    5. Chapter 16

      India and a New Cartography of Global Communication (pages 276–288)

      Daya Kishan Thussu

    6. Chapter 17

      What is Governance? Citizens' Perspectives on Governance in Sierra Leone and Tanzania (pages 289–311)

      Vipul Khosla and Kavita Abraham Dowsing

    7. Chapter 18

      Forced Migrants, New Media Practices, and the Creation of Locality (pages 312–329)

      Saskia Witteborn

  6. Part IV: Identifying Spheres of Comparison in Globalized Contexts

    1. Chapter 19

      Researching the News Agencies (pages 331–351)

      Oliver Boyd-Barrett

    2. Chapter 20

      Global Internets (pages 352–364)

      Gerard Goggin

    3. Chapter 21

      Media, Diaspora, and the Transnational Context (pages 365–380)

      Myria Georgiou

    4. Chapter 22

      Post-colonial Interventions on Media, Audiences, and National Politics1 (pages 381–396)

      Ramaswami Harindranath

    5. Chapter 23

      Media Research and Satellite Cultures (pages 397–410)

      Christina Slade and Ingrid Volkmer

    6. Chapter 24

      Stardust in the Audience's Eyes (pages 411–432)

      Eva Flicker

  7. Part V: Comparative Research and Contexts of Challenges

    1. Chapter 25

      Lost, Found, and Made (pages 433–450)

      Klaus Bruhn Jensen

    2. Chapter 26

      Finding Yourself in the Past, the Present, the Local, and the Global (pages 451–469)

      Ruth Teer-Tomaselli and Lauren Dyll-Myklebust

    3. Chapter 27

      Europe (pages 470–484)

      Claes H. de Vreese and Rens Vliegenthart

    4. Chapter 28

      The Global–Local in News Production Tales from the Field in the “Shoes” of Journalists (pages 485–503)

      Lisbeth Clausen

    5. Chapter 29

      “Africa Talks Climate” (pages 504–520)

      Anna Godfrey, Miriam Burton and Emily LeRoux-Rutledge

    6. Chapter 30

      Organizing and Managing Comparative Research Projects across Nations (pages 521–532)

      Frank Esser and Thomas Hanitzsch

    7. Chapter 31

      Benefits and Pitfalls of Comparative Research on News (pages 533–546)

      Akiba A. Cohen

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      Index (pages 547–554)

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