Includes bibliographical references and index.

The poetics of communication / Bill Schwarz -- Globalisation and cul tural imperialism reconsidered / David Morley -- The push and pull of g lobal culture / James Lull -- Post feminism and popular culture / Angel a McRobbie -- A nation and its immigration / Arvind Rajagopal -- Thinki ng experiences / Kevin Robins and Asu Aksoy -- Peckham tales / Gareth S tanton -- Media as conversation, conversation as media / John Durham Pe ters -- Media and cultural theory in the age of market liberalism / Jam es Curran -- Placing promotional culture / Aeron Davis -- International agreements and the regulation of world communication / Ted Magder -- T ransvaluing media studies / Nick Couldry -- Rethinking creative product ion: away from the cultural industries / Keith Negus -- Inventing the p sychological / Lisa Blackman -- Discussing quality / Christine Geraghty -- Doing technoscience as (new) media / Sarah Kember -- Synthespians a mong us / Jonathan Burston -- Digital film and late capitalism / Janet Harbord -- Internet transformations / Des Freedman.