Beyond Monopoly

Globalization and Contemporary Italian Media

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Current trends of globalization have influenced the social, economic, and political framework of national media worldwide. In recent years, the field of media studies has focused on globalization as a phenomenon that has greatly impacted the production and reception of media formats. By reshaping local economies, diversifying societies, and introducing digital technologies, the globalization of media has enacted a process of re-definition of national and local broadcasting. Beyond Monopoly: Globalization and Contemporary Italian Media examines the impact of globalization on contemporary Italian media. By engaging both the production and reception levels of different media, this volume assesses the extent to which Italian media have been part of current trends of media flows and have responded to the centrifugal and centripetal forces of globalization. The contributors to this edited volume touch upon a wide diversity of issues, such as foreign ownership on Satellite TV, the effects of digital technology on media policy making, and the framing of "Otherness" in the news. Beyond Monopoly provides a unique case study of the complexity of national media in the era of globalization that will appeal to students as well as scholars of global and national media systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-12-28
Mått163 x 244 x 24 mm
Vikt606 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Media Studies
Antal sidor300
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739128510

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Part 1 ForewordPart 2 Introduction: Italian Media between the Local and the GlobalPart 3 Part I: Globalization, Policy, and TechnologyChapter 4 Chapter 1: Shaping Tomorrow's Television: Policies on Digital Television in Italy, 1996-2006Chapter 5 Chapter 2:"Il Caso Canadese" and the Question of Global MediaChapter 6 Chapter 3: Digital Terrestrial Television and its Promises: Framing the Debate on the Transition to Digital Television in ItalyPart 7 Part II: Television Flows and FormatsChapter 8 Chapter 4: Struggling for Identity: The Television Production Sector in Italy and the Challenges of GlobalizationChapter 9 Chapter 5:Public and Private, Global and Local in Italian Crime Drama: The Case of La PiovraChapter 10 Chapter 6: Dubbing The Simpsons: Or How Groundskeeper Willie Lost His Kilt in SardiniaChapter 11 Chapter 7: A Peninsula in the Sea of TV Formats: Exploring Italian Adaptations of SurvivorPart 12 Part III:New and Alternative MediaChapter 13 Chapter 8:E-democracy and Italian Public Administration: New Media at the Service of CitizensChapter 14 Chapter 9: Neighborhood Television Channels in Italy: The Case of TelestreetChapter 15 Chapter 10: Web-Based Technologies in Media and Cultural Production: Emerging Evidence from Italian Web-Tvs and Web-RadiosPart 16 Part IV:Immigration and DiversityChapter 17 Chapter 11:Missed Opportunities: The Debate on Immigrants' Voting Rights in Italian Newspapers and TelevisionChapter 18 Chapter 12: Globalization vs. Localization: Anti-immigrant and Hate Discourses in ItalyChapter 19 Chapter 13:Multiculturalism in New Italian Cinema: The Impact of Migration, Diaspora, and the Post-Colonial on Italy's Self-Representation

This smart and accessible volume guides the reader across the diverse and fascinating terrain of Italian media, showing why the common fixation on the media empire of Silvio Berlusconi obscures the complicated cultural reality of Italy today. Michela Ardizzoni and Chiara Ferrari have selected an impressive collection of critical essays on topics ranging from local guerrilla television to digital media to transnational satellite TV. Taken together these studies profoundly expand and enrich our understanding of such important concerns as globalization, corporatization, and transculturation.