Globalization and media global village of Babel - Lule, Jack 1954- (Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012)
Introduction: Global village of Babel -- Language and metaphor: what we talk about when we talk about globalization and media -- The role of media in globalization: a history -- "The rise of the global imaginary": the global village -- Media and economic globalization: starving children, Hannah Montana, football, and the bottom billion -- Media and political globalization: killing stories - and journalists -- Media and cultural globalization: cartoon riots and dismantled McDonald's -- Conclusion: The globalization of false promises.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Mass media and globalization; Culture and globalization