Global Media Entertainment: A Critical Introduction

by Lee Artz (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2015

  $110.47

  Balancing provocative criticism with clear explanations ofcomplex ideas, this student-friendly introduction investigates thecrucial role global entertainment media has played in the emergenceof transitional capitalism.

  • Examines the influence of global entertainment media on theemergence of transnational capitalism, providing a framework forexplaining and understanding world culture as part of changingclass relations and media practices
  • Uses action adventure movies to demonstrate the complexrelationship between international media political economy, entertainment content, global culture, and cultural hegemony
  • Draws on examples of public and community media in Venezuelaand Latin America to illustrate the relations between governmentpolicies, media structures, public access to media, and mediacontent
  • Engagingly written with crisp and controversial commentary toboth inform and entertain readers
  • Includes student-friendly features such as fully-integratedcall out boxes with definitions of terms and concepts, and listsand summaries of transnational entertainment media