Dal Yong Jin is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

"Dal Yong Jin’s De-Convergence provides an invaluable survey of the changing political economic landscape of the communication sectors in the 21st century. Its theoretically informed and empirically-rich analysis make it an essential text for anyone interested in the unstable and contradictory processes of corporate restructuring in the wake of three decades of ‘convergence’ and ‘ synergy’ in the fields of media, telecommunications, and ICT." Scott Fitzgerald, Curtin Graduate School of Business, Australia"This book provides a well-grounded and timely account of changes and continuities in the structures of the global communications sector. It provides many new insights on the wave of ‘de-convergence’, and its political, economic, technological, and cultural dimensions." Paschal Preston, Dublin City University, Ireland

• 1. Introduction Part 1: Convergence of the Global Media Industry 2. Media Convergence of the Global Media Industry 3. Transformation of the Broadcasting Industry 4. Transnationalizaiton of the Advertising Industry 5. Convergence of the Movie Industries Part 2: De-convergence of the Global Information Systems and Culture 6. Restructuring of the Global Telecommunications System 7. De-convergence of the information and Software Industries 8. De-converging Convergence in the Global Communication Industries 9. Convergence vs. De-convergence in News and Journalism 10. Conclusion

Dal Yong Jin is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

"Dal Yong Jin’s De-Convergence provides an invaluable survey of the changing political economic landscape of the communication sectors in the 21st century. Its theoretically informed and empirically-rich analysis make it an essential text for anyone interested in the unstable and contradictory processes of corporate restructuring in the wake of three decades of ‘convergence’ and ‘ synergy’ in the fields of media, telecommunications, and ICT." Scott Fitzgerald, Curtin Graduate School of Business, Australia"This book provides a well-grounded and timely account of changes and continuities in the structures of the global communications sector. It provides many new insights on the wave of ‘de-convergence’, and its political, economic, technological, and cultural dimensions." Paschal Preston, Dublin City University, Ireland

• 1. Introduction Part 1: Convergence of the Global Media Industry 2. Media Convergence of the Global Media Industry 3. Transformation of the Broadcasting Industry 4. Transnationalizaiton of the Advertising Industry 5. Convergence of the Movie Industries Part 2: De-convergence of the Global Information Systems and Culture 6. Restructuring of the Global Telecommunications System 7. De-convergence of the information and Software Industries 8. De-converging Convergence in the Global Communication Industries 9. Convergence vs. De-convergence in News and Journalism 10. Conclusion