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Understanding Global Media

Terry Flew
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Understanding Global Media offers a timely and comprehensive overview of global media production and circulation as mentioned in this paper, including media industries, production, content, audiences and policies on an international scale, and is an essential guide to understanding media in a global era.
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Understanding Global Media offers a timely and comprehensive overview of global media production and circulation. Grounded in extensive case study material in order to illustrate key debates, the book analyzes media industries, production, content, audiences and policies on an international scale. Written by a leading author, it is both a thorough synthesis of existing academic work and an ambitious statement of new research directions. Drawing insight from a range of perspectives, including politics, political economy, media and cultural studies, and economic and cultural geography, this book is an essential guide to understanding media in a global era.

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Why it is important to understand global media?

Understanding global media is important because it provides insights into media industries, production, content, audiences, and policies on an international scale.