1st Edition
Global Entertainment Media Content, Audiences, Issues
Edited By Anne Cooper-Chen
Copyright 2005
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Global Entertainment Media offers a unique perspective on entertainment media worldwide. As one of the first comprehensive books to address entertainment mass media worldwide, it addresses students as TV watchers and takes them to new places, both geographically and intellectually. Editor Anne Cooper-Chen has gathered an international group of scholars to explore such concepts as psychology,... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction. A. Cooper-Chen, The World of Television. R.A. Gershon, The Transnationals. Part II: Regions. Europe: J. Griffin, The United Kingdom. K. Forster, T. Knieper, Germany. Africa/Middle East: R.D. Berenger, K. Labidi, Egypt. A.A. Olorunnisola, T.M. Akanni, Nigeria. L. Cowling, South Africa. Asia: S. Rao, India. T. Kanayama, T. Kanayama, Japan. H. Cheng, China. Latin America: R. Coeli da Silviera e Silva, Brazil. G. Orozco, Mexico. Part III: Cross-National Case Studies. A. Moretti, The Olympics. A. Cooper-Chen, A World of "Millionaires": Global, Local, and "Glocal" TV Game Shows.
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Edited by Cooper-Chen, Anne
"...very rich set of data...interesting and informative volume."
—Communication Research Trends"...a text that is representative of a diversity of national media. 'Global Entertainment Media' maybe useful for students in international media, comparative media, cross-cultural communication, and television studies....it does serve as a useful, descriptive primer for undergraduates seeking comparative information about entertainment television."
—Journal of Popular Culture
