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A New Press Theory: Democratic Revival
This chapter introduces a new theory of the press developed by the author. Called Democratic Revival theory, it focuses on the functions that the...
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The Double-Bind Regulation Beyond China
This chapter answers the question in the introduction about the margins of manoeuvring of private internet firms in China: since the party-state can...
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Writers as Workers: The Making of a Film Trade Union in India
Histories of film trade unions constitute an invaluable archive of creative labour against the growing amnesia of welfare politics in the neoliberal...
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Arbiters of Truth
It may very well be that the intention or ambition of social platforms and BigTech isn’t to act as arbiters of truth. Arbiters, determining what is...
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Academic and Epistemic Freedoms: Struggles of the Border Intellectual in Media Studies
What is the role of the border intellectual in the cultural struggles of the Global South? Is academic freedom, especially one conceived from the...
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Global Leadership Comes at a Price
This chapter analyses the third source of the party-state’s double-bind logic: the contradiction between preserving domestic information control and...
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Algorithms: Who Selects Music for Us
In the fourth chapter we bring the reader inside the black box of the mechanisms that characterize music platforms. This chapter answers the question...
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Capabilities, Populism and Presidential Leadership
Perceptions of American vulnerability in cyberspace stemming from its enduring status as a democratic beacon generally committed to the rule of law...
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Employing Digital Technologies in Environmental Communication Campaigns in China: A Capacity-Building Perspective
Digital technologies are instrumental in hel** Chinese environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) to tackle local environmental problems....
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A Widening World? Agencies and International News in an Age of Empire, 1848–1914
This chapter examines aspects of the history of US and European news agencies, 1848–1914, primarily in relation to international news, but also to...
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The Platform Ecosystem Model
This chapter investigates the third emerging business model of the music industry during the past ten years when China entered the social media era,...
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Distribution of Media and Information
The chapter covers distribution networks, the major trends in electronic distribution, and the economic characteristics and implications. The author...
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Entertainment Law and Media Regulation
The chapter deals with “non-market” forms of competition with rivals in the public sphere—litigation, lobbying, public relations, and regulation. The...
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Looking beyond the Liberal Lens: News Media as Contested Discursive Space
This chapter begins with a critique of the orthodox liberal perspective that is often used to examine news media in China. Against the background of...
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Human Resource Management for Media and Information Firms
The author discusses the Human Resource Management (HRM) function and its organization, looking first at “hard HRM” (financially oriented HRM by the...
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Pricing of Media and Information
The chapter deals with how firms organize and manage the pricing of media and information products. Pricing strategies vary, and include those based...
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Power, Patronage and Press Freedom: The Political Economy of Turkey’s Media
The chapter explores the erosion of media freedom in Turkey. It examines the severe and systemic restrictions on Turkey’s media. After offering a...
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The Etiology of Suicide in Youth Film
This chapter is divided in two parts. The first part discusses the causes of suicide as portrayed in the film sample in general terms. Besides a...
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Transnationalism, Masculinity, and Diasporic Performativity in Irish Sport: Conor McGregor and James McClean
This chapter draws upon diverse media texts in its analysis of two sporting figures, mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor and professional...
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Pricing of Media and Information
The chapter deals with how firms organize and manage the pricing of media and information products. Pricing strategies vary and include those based...