This key textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of
developments in international communication worldwide. Taking a
comparative approach to the major theories of global media, Terry Flew
looks at the rise of global media production networks and the emergence
of 'media cities', multiculturalism, and the question of a global media
culture. This engaging book raises the question of whether we are now in
a 'post-global' age, and discusses whether there is a stable global
communications order, or instead a stage of increased competition among
digital and traditional media, and between the US and emergent powers
such as China.
Drawing on a wide range of perspectives, and written by a renowned
author, this is an essential introduction for undergraduate and
postgraduate students of media studies, communication studies and
cultural studies, and anyone interested in the study of media and
globalization.