Media Imperialism by Oliver Boyd-Barrett

Media Imperialism by Oliver Boyd-Barrett

With increasing interest in media power across media policy and the cultural industries, this is a timely revisting of the classic idea of media imperialism. Boyd-Barrett presents a thorough retake for the 21st Century, exploring how structures of power still regulate our access to media.

Combining new evidence with old, Oliver Boyd-Barrett′s masterful exploration of the history and contemporary status of media imperialism highlights the fact that its obituary was prematureIts specific contours may have changed but Disney and Time Warner along with Google and Facebook and a smattering of regional media behemoths exercise the power to make agendas including the legitimisation of conquest through war and other means. This is a significant and timely book.

-- Pradip Ninan Thomas

Boyd-Barrett brings together a remarkably wide array of media experiences and practices from around the planet, and invites us to look closely at their power, viewed on differing levels through the critical lens of ‘imperialism’.

-- John D.H. Downing

Oliver Boyd-Barrett′s Media Imperialism is both a sweeping and accessible introduction to the topic as well as a highly provocative assessment of a large range of issues concerning media and politics. As absurd as this sounds for a book of this nature, I found it difficult to put down. This is an ideal book for students.

-- Robert W. McChesney

Dr. Oliver Boyd-Barrett joined Bowling Green State University′s School of Communication Studies as Director in 2005, a position he held for three years before deciding to return to faculty in the Department of Journalism. His current research interests include international and national news agencies, news media and the “war on terror,” and Hollywood representations of the intelligence community. He was previously Professor of Communication at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California, and has held various appointments at universities in the United Kingdom. Dr. Boyd-Barrett has published extensively on educational and management communications, international news media, and the political economy of mass communication. He is founding chair of the division for Global Communication and Social Change in the International Communication Association.

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ISBN 13	9781446268711
ISBN 10	1446268713
Title	Media Imperialism
Author	Oliver Boyd Barrett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2014-12-04
Number of pages	232
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