Hafez, Kai,   1964- <br/><br/>
The myth of media globalization / 
Kai Hafez ; translated by Alex Skinner. 
 - Cambridge ;   Malden, Mass. :  Polity Press,   c2007. 
 - viii, 224 p. :  ill., map ;   23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previously published in German as Mythos Globalisierung. Wiesbaden : Verlag fèur Sozialwissenschaften, 2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-213) and index. 
<br/><br/>Theory - structural transformation of the global public sphere? -- I nternational reporting - 'No further than Columbus...'' -- Satellite te levision - the renaissance of world regions -- Film and programme impor ts - entertainment culture as the core of media globalization -- The In ternet - the Information Revolution which came too late for the 'Third Wave of democratization' -- International broadcasting - from national propaganda to global dialogue and back again -- Media and immigration - ethnicity and transculturalism in the media age -- Media policy - why the state continues to play a role -- Media capital - the limits of tra nsnationalization. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745639086 (hbk.) 0745639089 (hbk.) 9780745639093 (pbk.) 0745639097 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media-- Political aspects.<br/>Globalization.<br/>Culture and globalization.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.23