Understanding Global Media

Terry Flew is Professor of Media and Communication in the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of eight books, including Media Economics (2015), Global Creative Industries (2013) and The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy (2012). He chaired the Australian Law Reform Commission Review of the National Media Classification Scheme in 2011-12, and has been an Executive Board member of the International Communications Association and the Australian Research Council College of Experts. He is an internationally recognized leader in global media and communications research, whose books and articles have been translated into multiple languages.

This new edition of Understanding Global Media cuts through the complexities of various theories and practices of global media production, circulation and consumption, and helps us to think more strategically and critically about our ever-changing engagement with the most pervasive form of culture of our generation: global media.

• 1. Introduction to Global Media: Key Concepts2. Modernization Theories and Development Communication3. Critical Politcal Economy4. Globalization Theories5. The Changing Geography of Global Media Production6. Global Media Cultures7. Globalization, Nation-States and Media Policy8. Conclusion