Globalization: The ReaderJohn Beynon, David Dunkerley Globalization: The Reader addresses the big issues: communications and global media, political economy, cultural homogeneity and heterogeneity, new technologies, tourism, beliefs, and identity. |
Contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Globalization | 3 |
Global Culture | 13 |
Cultural Globalization | 17 |
Cultural Homogenization and Hybridization | 22 |
6 Media Imperialism and Global Media | 28 |
Key Theorists | 31 |
The Extracts | 38 |
Global Consumerism Tourism and Identity | 141 |
GLOBALIZATION MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY | 165 |
Global Media and Communication | 167 |
The Global Impact of New Technologies | 205 |
GLOBALIZATION AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY | 231 |
QUESTIONS | 293 |
Acknowledgements | 295 |
References | 297 |
Common terms and phrases
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