Understanding Global Media

by Terry Flew

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.

227 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 2007

About the author

Terry Flew is Professor of Communication and Creative Industries at the Queensland University of Technology. He is the president of the International Communication Association, and the author of several books, including Understanding Global Media (Palgrave, 2018), and Media Economics (Palgrave, 2015), co-authored with Stuart Cunnningham and Adam Swift. He is currently at work on a book about regulating digital platforms.