| Description |
128 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. The Information Age -- The Information Society -- Access to Ideas -- E-Commerce -- Pt. 2. The Press and Radio -- Newspaper Circulation -- Newspapers Online -- Liberty of the Press -- Radio -- Pt. 3. Cinema -- The Fall and Rise of the Big Screen -- Hollywood -- Fortress Europe? -- The Silver Screen -- The Moviegoers -- Pt. 4. Television and Beyond -- Television Worldwide -- Local v Global, Public v Commercial -- Cable v Satellite -- Digital TV -- TV Ratings -- Home Entertainment -- Pt. 5. Ownership and Control -- Media Moguls -- AOL Time Warner -- Disney -- News Corporation -- Pt. 6. Advertising -- The Advertising Industry -- Advertising Expenditure -- Advertising Standards -- Pt. 7. Information and Communication Technology -- Plain Old Telephone Systems -- Cell Phones -- Telcos -- Internet Connections -- Internet Regulation -- Electronic Mail -- Websites -- Pt. 8. Global Village, Global Market -- E-Tourism -- World Music -- Women and Media -- Kids' Stuff |
| Summary |
"The Global Media Atlas is a new easy-to-use comprehensive guide to the global communications revolution. The book is presented in the form of over 50 colour maps with expert commentary and graphically shows the global diffusion of old and new media. It presents the most up-to-date data and extrapolates trends on a wide variety of topics, illustrating the huge disparities across the 'media' world."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Advertising |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Broadcasting |
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Film industry |
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Information and communications technology |
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Maps and atlases |
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Newspapers |
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Statistics |
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Trends to 2000 |
| Related To |
Other edition available: Balnaves, Mark. The Penguin atlas of media and information. New York :Penguin Putnam, 2001 |
| Notes |
"Produced for the British Film Institute by Myriad Editions Ltd."--t.p.verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Globalization.
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Mass media -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Mass media -- Maps.
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Mass media.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Donald, James, 1948-
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Donald, Stephanie, 1961-
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Myriad Editions (Firm)
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| LC no. |
2003427641 |
| ISBN |
0851708609 (paperback) |
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