Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, Third Edition by Lule, Jack

Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, Third Edition

The fully updated third edition of this lively and accessible book argues for the central role of...
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Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, Third Edition by Lule, Jack

Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, Third Edition

CHF 70.39

Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, Third Edition

CHF 70.39
Author: Jack Lule
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The fully updated third edition of this lively and accessible book argues for the central role of media in understanding globalization. Indeed, Jack Lule convincingly shows that globalization could not have occurred without media. From earliest times, humans have used media to explore, settle, and globalize their world. In our day, media has made the world progressively "smaller" as nations and cultures come into increasing contact. Decades ago Marshall McLuhan prophesied that media technology would transform the world into a "global village." Slowly, fitfully, his vision is being fulfilled. The global village, however, is not the blissful utopia that McLuhan predicted. Nor, in a more modern formulation, is the world flat, with playing fields leveled and opportunities for all. Instead, Lule argues, globalization and media are combining to create a divided world of gated communities and ghettos, borders and boundaries, suffering and surfeit, beauty and decay, surveillance and violence. By breaking down the economic, cultural, and political impact of media, and through a rich set of case studies from around the globe, the author describes a global village of Babel-invoking the biblical town punished for its vanity by seeing its citizens scattered, its language confounded, and its destiny shaped by strife.

Author: Jack Lule
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 11/17/2017
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781538106273

About the Author
Jack Lule is professor of global studies and professor and chair of journalism and communication at Lehigh University.


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