Media International
Attwood, Alan (1996), 'The
incredible expanding Rupert', The Age (Melbourne), August 22. The global
empire of Rupert Murdoch and his expansionist plans.
Brewster, Deborah (1997),
'Double whammy kinks BSkyB's orbit', The Weekend Australian June 21-22.
The problems of satellite TV in Europe.
Cooper, Peter (1997), 'Western
at the weekends', Admap October. How Asian teengers live a double life.,p.
During, Simon (1997), 'Popular culture on a global scale: a challenge
for Cultural Studies?', Critical Inquiry 23, Summer. An interesting
essay which argues that 'The global popular weakens academics capacity
to make political judgements of cultural artifacts'.
Elliott, Michael (2000),
'A target too good to resist', Newsweek Jan 31. Investigates a new wave
of anti-Americanism in Europe and Asia.
Farhi, Paul & Megan
Rosenfeld (1998), 'American pop penetrates worldwide', Washington Post
Oct 25. How American popular culture obliterates borders. This is a
three-part series, which includes Shaton Waxman on 'Hollywood attuned
to world markets'.
Fiske, John (1997), 'Global,
national, global? Some problems of culture in a postmodern world', The
Velvet Light Trap 40, Fall. How 'interlocalism' (social formations and
cultures crossing borders) can counter homogenising globalisation.
Ferguson, Marjorie (1995),
'Media, markets, and identities: reflections on the global-local dialectic',
Canadian Journal of Communication 20. Examines recurrent issues in debates
about the 'conditions and processes of globalism and localism with regard
to problems of multiple meaning, relations, and relative power'.
Gunkel, David J. & A.H.
, (1997), 'Virtual geographies: the new worlds of cyberspace', Critical
Studies in Mass Communication 14. Employs a well-used metaphor (eg Wark)
and a cultural studies approach to discourses about new means of communication.
Hagerty, Bill (1999), 'Blair,
God and the net', The Guardian Nov 29. Rupert Murdoch's visions of the
future.
Isofides, Petros (1997),
'Methods of measuring media concentration', Media, Culture & Society
19. European strategies for assessing concentrations of ownership and
media territories.
Kirby, Michael (1996), 'The
impact of global media on the rule of law',Media Asia 23:3. A Justice
of the High Court of Australia expands on the implications of cross-border
technology.
"The New Global Media: Special
Issue', The Nation Nov 29 1999. A valuable issue, with articles on Berlusconi,
the international spread of HBO, Globo's domination of South America,
and local resistence to global isation. Includes a fold-out ownership
map.
Patience, Allan (1998),
'Warming to a global society', AQ Sept-Oct. Argues that 'Globalisation
... is a humanly contrived combination of factors, some good, others
evil. We have to discriminate between the good and bad elements and
work closely with the former to benefit ourselves and the world at large'.
Rothkopf, David (1997),'In
praise of cultural imperialism?', Foreign Policy Summer. An unapologetic
call to acknowledge the US as the best model nation.
Stenger, Josh (1997), 'Consuming
the planet: Planet Hollywood, stars, and the global consumer culture',
The Velvet Light Trap 40, Fall. How the Planet Hollywood chain assist
in the American colonisation of the world.
Tracey, Michael & W.W.
Redal (1995), 'The new parochialism: the triumph of the populist in
the flow of international television', Canadian Journal of Communication
20. Uses the 'paradoxical case' of Canadian television viewing, to argue
for a revision of traditional patterns of distribution of international
television.
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