1st Edition
Understanding the Business of Global Media in the Digital Age
Ch.1 Introduction and overview
Ch. 2 The history of the study of the business of media
Ch. 3 Theories and approaches to study the business of media
Ch. 4 Economies
Ch. 5 Politics
Ch. 6 Technologies
Ch. 7 Civil societies
Ch. 8 Cultures
Ch. 9 Labor
Ch. 10 Conclusion
Biography
Micky Lee is an Associate Professor of Media Studies at Suffolk University, Boston, USA. She has published in feminist political economy, information and communication technologies, and finance, information, and the media.
Dal Yong Jin is Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His major research and teaching interests are in social media and platform technologies, mobile technologies and game studies, media (de-)convergence, globalization and media, transnational cultural studies, and the political economy of media.
"With its examples from the digital media giants, and case studies from around the world, Lee and Jin have successfully updated the media business textbook for a global, digital age. This book sets the benchmark for the next generation of media economics and management studies." -Terry Flew, Queensland University of Technology
"This clearly-written and thoroughly engaging book offers a comprehensive guide to the complex world of global media industries. Revealing the often-hidden histories, theories, economics, politics, cultures, technologies and labor relations behind increasingly international and digital communication systems, Lee and Jin have crafted a vital resource for the classroom that media students and teachers alike will find enlightening and enjoyable to read." -Victor Pickard, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
