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Book SynopsisGlobal 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., The Microsoft Corporation) in terms of revenues, but also media corporations that hold considerable power within national, regional, or geolinguistic contexts (Televisa, The Bertelsmann Group, Sony Corporation). 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.
Trade Review"A brilliant conception, masterfully executed. The editors have given us a path-breaking survey of capitalist power over world communications - conglomerate by conglomerate, region by region, and product by product, from TV program ratings to smartphone apps." -Dan Schiller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"This authoritative and encyclopaedic volume provides a rich, systematic, and comprehensive analysis of one of the most devastating and significant developments of our century, the universal domination of culture, information, and communications by ever more powerful private corporations." –Peter Golding, Northumbria University
"This is without doubt the essential guide to the communication companies that define today’s media-saturated world." –Vincent Mosco, author of To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World
"This systematic global overview of the most powerful media corporations shows the present-day inequalities of global capitalism through the lenses of converging media and information services, revealing both the dominating forces and the on-going resistances." –Helena Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I. Global Giants. 1. The Walt Disney Company. 2. National Amusements Incorporated. 3. Time Warner. 4. Comcast Corporation. 5. News Corporation. Part II: Regional & Geolinguistical Giants. 6. Televisa. 7. América Móvil. 8. The Bertelsmann Group. 9. Vivendi. 10. Mediaset S.p.A. (Gruppo Mediaset). 11. Telefónica. 12. Grupo Prisa. 13. TV Globo & The Globo Group. 14. Sony Corporation. Part III: Regional Overviews. 15. South America. 16. The Middle East. 17. Sub-Saharan Africa. 18. Eastern Europe. 19. South Asia. 20. East Asia & China. 21. Australian and New Zealand Media Corporations. Part IV: Internet Giants. 22. Apple, Inc. 23. The Microsoft Corporation. 24. Google, Inc. 25. Amazon.com. 26. Facebook. Part V: Global Ratings & Advertising Giants. 27. The Nielsen Company 28. Interpublic Group of Companies. Conclusion: Reflections on Media Power.
