Globalization and Media Global Village of Babel

Name: Globalization and Media Global Village of Babel
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ISBN: 9781442244580

ISBN-10: 1442244585

ISBN-13: 9781442244580

Edition: 2nd 2015 (Revised)

Authors: Jack Lule

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The fully updated second 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…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English