Globalization: The Reader

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-41616-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Globalization: The Reader addresses the big issues: communications and global media, political economy, cultural homogeneity and heterogeneity, new technologies, tourism, beliefs, and identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beynon, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Extracts General Introduction 1. A Parable of Our Global Times 2. Globalization 3. Global Culture 4. Cultural Globalization 5. Cultural Homogenization and Hybridization 6. Media Imperialism and Global Media 7. Key Theorists 8. The Extracts Extracts Part A: Globalization and Society Part B: Globalization and Culture 1. Global Culture 2. Global Consumerism, 4ourism and Identity Part C: Globalization, Media and Technology 1. Global Media and Communication 2. The Global Impact of New Technologies Part D: Globalization and the Political Economy Questions Acknowledgements References Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Beynon is Reader and David Dunkerley is Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Wales.