[ecrea] New Book: Cultural Diversity and Global Media

>Cultural Diversity and Global Media
>The Mediation of Difference
>Eugenia Siapera
>
>February 2010 " 416 pages
>Paperback " 978-1-4051-8046-7
>Hardback " 978-1-4051-8047-4
>Cultural Diversity and Global Media explores the 
>relationship between the media and 
>multiculturalism. Maintaining that the media 
>actively shapes and constructs understandings of 
>cultural difference, rather than reflecting 
>debates on cultural diversity, Eugenia Siapera 
>argues that we must look to the media in order 
>to understand cultural diversity and its position in society.
>
>*Summarises and critically discusses current 
>approaches to multiculturalism and the media 
>from a global perspecive *Explores both the 
>theoretical debates and empirical findings on multiculturalism and the media
>*Explores media production, representation, and 
>consumption, incorporating arguments on their shifting roles and boundaries
>*Examines separately the role of the internet, 
>which is linked to many changes in patterns of 
>media production, representation, and to 
>increased possibilities for diasporic and transnational communication
>*Contains pedagogical features to help 
>understanding and engagement with the material, 
>and draws upon an extensive bibliography
>
>
>Eugenia Siapera is lecturer in Media and 
>Communications at the Aristotle University of 
>Thessaloniki, Greece. She is the editor (with 
>Lincoln Dahlberg) of Radical Democracy and the 
>Internet (2007) and (with Joss Hands) At the Interface (2004).
>
>
>â¬SThis is an invaluable contribution to the 
>study of cultural diversity and media, providing 
>both the tools and background necessary to study 
>media representations of cultural diversity 
>critically. It will help students and faculty 
>alike to understand how discourse and media 
>engage cultural diversity within increasingly complex global contexts.⬝
>Kent Ono
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>
>SPECIAL OFFER: 20% DISCOUNT
>February 2010 " 416 pages
>Paperback " 978-1-4051-8046-7
>Hardback " 978-1-4051-8047-4
>Order online at www.wiley.com, or call:
>UK Only FREEPHONE: 0800 243407
> From overseas: +44 (0)1243 843 294
>using promotion code VA731

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