"When Nikita Khrushchev visited Hollywood in 1959 only to be scandalized by a group of scantily clad actresses, his message was blunt: Soviet culture would soon consign the mass culture of the West, epitomized by Hollywood, to the 'dustbin of history.' In Moscow Prime Time, a po…
We live in a boosterish era that exhorts us to play local and buy local. But what does it mean to support local media? How should we define local media in the first place? Christopher Ali delves into our ideas about localism and their far-reaching repercussions for the discourse…
Examines the role of mass communication in politics at all levels: from election campaigns, news reports, and lobbying groups, to the media activities of pressure groups.
"Bringing together distinguished scholars from BRICS nations and those with deep interest and knowledge of these emerging powers, this collection makes a significant intervention in the ongoing debates about comparative communication research and thus contribute to the further i…
Dem Faschismus geht es gut - er ist Meme, Konsumgut und Gefühlswelt geworden. Seine Gewaltträume und Männerphantasien finden im Netz ein perfektes Biotop. Rechte Agitator*innen schaffen marktfähige Gefühlsmuster, die von YouTube und den Parlamenten bis auf die Straße reichen. Si…
This book compares the results of twenty years of international media assistance in the five countries of the western Balkans. It asks what happens to imported models when they are applied to newly evolving media systems in societies in transition. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, K…