The media and globalization - Rantanen, Terhi (SAGE, 2005)
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Theorizing media and globalization -- A history of mediated globalization -- Time, place and space -- Homogenization -- Heterogenization -- Mediated cosmopolitanism?
In this provocative book Terhi Rantanen challenges conventional ways of thinking about globalization and shows how it cannot be understood without studying the role of the media. Rantanen begins with an accessible overview of globalization and the pivotal role of the media, including an introduction to the concepts and theories of globalization