(P/B) WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?

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The ownership of the media and issues related to the governance of global media institutions are of immense public significance. Not only are cultural industries a major source of contemporary power - economic, political, social - they are also the primary definers of consciousness in most parts of the contemporary world. In the shadow of the recent decision by the US Federal Communications Commission to dismantle restrictions on cross media ownership, and similar initiatives in the United Kingdom and in other parts of the world, the issue of media ownership has been thrust on the world stage. Fewer owners and greater concentration of media often result in the downgrading of plurality, diversity and access to a variety of opinion, and contribute to the hamstringing of democratic discourse. The pro-war stance on Iraq, actively supported by mainstream media in the USA, is merely the latest example of the agenda-setting role of global media. (from the publisher)

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Foreword
Peter Golding
Editors' Preface
Part I - Theory and policies
The political economy of international communications
Robert W. McChesney
Global institutions and the democratization of media
Sean J. Siochru
Intellectual property rights
Cees J. Hamelink
Part 2 - Regional and country case studies
Privatization: The cost of media democratization in East and Central Europe?
Slavko Splichal
The politics of the media in the English-speaking Caribbean
Hopeton S. Dunn
The political economy of media in Southern Africa, 1990-2001
William Hueva, Keyan Tomaselli and Ruth Teer-Tomaselli
Media ownership and control in Africa in the age of globalization
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Media and neoliberalism in Latin America
Ana Fiol
Communications and the crisis: From Neoliberal to authoritarian development?
Dan Schiller
The state, the market, and media control in China
Yuezhi Zhao
Media ownership and communication rights in India
Pradip N. Thomas
The political economy of media ownership in Nigeria
Mohammed Musa and Jubril Mohammed
Ownership,control and the Malaysian media
Zaharom Nain and Wang Lay Kim
Part 3 - Democratic communication futures
The whole world is watching: Online surveillance of social movement organizations
Sasha Costanza-Chock
Agendas for research and strategies for intervention
Pradip N. Thomas
Contributors
Index