Globalization and Media in the Digital Platform Age

Global media expert Dal Yong Jin examines the nexus of globalization, digital media, and contemporary popular culture in this empirically rich, student-friendly book.

Autorentext

Dal Yong Jin is Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University. His major research and teaching interests are on Globalization and Media, transnational cultural studies, digital platforms and digital gaming, and the political economy of media and culture. He has published numerous books, including Korea's Online Gaming Empire; De-convergence of Global Media Industries; Digital Platforms, Imperialism and Political Culture; New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media; and Smartland Korea: Mobile Communication, Culture and Society. With Micky Lee, Jin also published a textbook titled Understanding the Business of Global Media in the Digital Age (2017). He is the founding book series editor of Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Globalization in the Age of Digital Platforms 2. Media History in the Age of Globalization 3. Approaches to Globalization in the Age of Digital Platforms 4. From Cultural Imperialism to Platform Imperialism 5. The Nation-State: Dead or Alive 6. The Business of Global Platform Industries 7. Smartphones in the Era of Globalization 8. Globalization and Broadcasting 9. The Cultural Politics of Film 10. The Culture of Global Media: Music