[ecrea] New book: Global Media Giants

Join us for the launch of the new collection,/Global Media Giants 
(edited by /Benjamin J. Birkinbine, Rodrigo Gómez, and Janet Wasko) at 
IAMCR in Leicester, July 28, 12 noon (site to be announced).

Global Media Giants takes an in-depth look at how media corporate power 
works globally, regionally, and nationally, investigating the ways in 
which the largest and most powerful media corporations in the world 
wield power. Case studies examine not only some of the largest media 
corporations (News Corp., Microsoft) in terms of revenues, but also 
media corporations that hold considerable power within national, 
regional, or geolinguistic contexts (Televisa, Bertelsmann, Sony). Each 
chapter approaches a different corporation through the lens of economy, 
politics, and culture, giving students and scholars a thoughtful and 
data-driven guide with which to interrogate contemporary media industry 
power.

Contributors: Luis A. Albornoz, Sandra Bašić Hrvatin, Martín Becerra, 
Jörg Becker, Daniel Biltereyst, Philippe Bouquillion, Benedetta 
Brevini, Andrew Calabrese, Christopher Chávez, Scott Fitzgerald, 
Christian Fuchs, Martin Hirst, Yu Hong, Wayne Hope, Gholam Khiabany, 
William Kunz, Micky Lee, Gabriela Martínez, Guillermo Mastrini, Richard 
Maxwell, Lee McGuigan, Eileen R. Meehan, Toby Miller, Graham Murdock, 
Brankica Petković, Victor Pickard, Tyler Rollins, Lennart Soberon, 
Gabriel Sosa Plata, Joseph D. Straubhaar, Lukasz Swiatek, Pradip Ninan 
Thomas, Peter Thompson, Téwodros W. Workneh

Benjamin J. Birkinbine is an assistant professor at the Reynolds School 
of Journalism and the Center for Advanced Media Studies at the 
University of Nevada, Reno.

Rodrigo Gómez is an associate professor at the Universidad Autónoma 
Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa and is the chair of the Political Economy 
section of the International Association for Media and Communication 
Research.

Janet Wasko is the Knight Chair in Communication Research at University 
of Oregon and serves as the President of the International Association 
for Media and Communication Research.


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