ISBN:
9781405180474
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9781405180467
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1444319132
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1282483323
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9781444319132
,
9781282483323
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 222 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Cultural Diversity and Global Media : The Mediation of Difference
DDC:
302.23089
Keywords:
Transnationalism
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Mass media and globalization
;
Mass media and ethnic relations
;
Mass media and minorities
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Mass media and culture
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Mass media Social aspects
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Massenmedien
;
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
;
Globalisierung
;
Interkulturalität
Abstract:
Cultural Diversity and Global Media explores the relationship between the media and multiculturalism.Summarises and critically discusses current approaches to multiculturalism and the media from a global perspeciveExplores both the theoretical debates and empirical findings on multiculturalism and the mediaAssumes the new perspective of mediation of cultural diversity, which critically combines elements of previous theories in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between the media and cultural diversityExplores media 'moments' of production, representation and consumption
Description / Table of Contents:
Cultural Diversity and Global Media; Contents; 1 (Re)thinking Cultural Diversity and the Media; 1.1 The Crises of Multiculturalism; 1.2 The Mediation of Cultural Diversity; 1.3 The Structure of the Book; 2 Theorizing the Nation; 2.1 Theories of the Nation; 2.2 A Word on Globalization; 2.3 Conclusions; 3 Varieties of Multiculturalism; 3.1 A Typology of European Multiculturalism; 3.2 Multiculturalism in Immigration Countries: US and Canada; 3.3 Constitutively Different: India and Nigeria; 3.4 Conclusions; 4 Theories of Multiculturalism; 4.1 Multicultural Dilemmas; 4.2 Essentialism or Fluidity?
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3 Universalism or Particularism?4.4 Recognition or Redistribution?; 4.5 Conclusions; 5 Media Theories and Cultural Diversity; 5.1 Socio-Psychological Approaches to Media; 5.2 Medium Theory; 5.3 Political-Economic Theories of the Media; 5.4 Socio-Cultural Approaches to the Media; 5.5 Mediation: The Difference Media Make; 5.6 Conclusions; 6 Media Production and Diversity; 6.1 Media Production and Mediation; 6.2 Media Corporations; 6.3 Media Organizations and Media Logics; 6.4 Media Workers; 6.5 Conclusions; 7 Minority and Diasporic Media: Controversies and Contributions
Description / Table of Contents:
7.1 Why Study Minority Media?7.2 Issues of Terminology; 7.3 Theorizing the Role(s) of Diasporic Media; 7.4 Diasporic Media: a Typology; 7.5 The Politics of Diasporic Media; 7.6 Conclusions; 8 Theories of Representation; 8.1 The Work of Representation; 8.2 Stereotyping: the Cognitive Aspects of Representation; 8.3 Framing and Discourse: a First Link to Ideology; 8.4 Semiosis, Discourse, and Representation: an Historical Analysis; 8.5 The Performative Force of Representation; 8.6 Conclusions: Representation and Mediation; 9 Regimes of Representation; 9.1 The Multiplicity of Representations
Description / Table of Contents:
9.2 The Racist Regime of Representation9.3 The Domesticated Regime of Representation; 9.4 The Regime of Commodification; 9.5 Conclusions; 10 Self-Representations of Cultural Diversity; 10.1 Representational Dilemmas; 10.2 The Essentialist Regime of Representation; 10.3 The Alternative Regime of Representation; 10.4 Conclusions; 11 Audiences and Cultural Diversity; 11.1 What Do People Do with the Media?; 11.2 Audience Reception of Mediated Cultural Diversity; 11.3 Ethno-Cultural Groups as Audiences; 11.4 Media Consumption and Identity; 11.5 Right to Reply: How Can Audiences Respond?
Description / Table of Contents:
11.6 Conclusions12 Cultural Diversity Online; 12.1 The Difference the Internet Makes; 12.2 Network Society and Cultural Diversity; 12.3 Mediation of Cultural Diversity Internet Style; 12.4 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9781444319132
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