Books in the Global Media and Communication series

With the majority of the world's population now living in cities, questions about the cultural and political trajectories of urban societies are increasingly urgent. Media and the City explores the global city as the site where these questions become most prominent.

* This book combines a rich empirical account with critical analysis designed to engender informed debate amongst students, academics and other researchers. * The author takes an innovative interdisciplinary approach to the complex field of Indian media and society.

The creative industries are the subject of growing attention among policy-makers, academics, activists, artists and development specialists worldwide.

Media practices and the everyday cultures of transnational migrants are deeply interconnected. Mediating Migration narrates aspects of the migrant experience as shaped by the technologies of communication and the social, political and cultural configurations of neoliberal globalization.

Few trends have had as much impact on television as formats have in recent years. Long confined to the fringes of the TV industry, they have risen to prominence since the late 1990s.

* A clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries. * Covers a range of industries, with particular focus on broadcasting, press, publishing, cinema and new media. * Written by an experienced author team, with broad language and subject coverage.

* Fresh and up-to-date introduction to the media in Europe and their global significance. * Provides a clear and concise account of the structures, dynamics and realities of the changing face of media in Europe.

* Part of Polity s new Global Media and Communication series. * Provides a cutting edge approach to the traditional topic of media representations by putting it under a global lens. * Considers how the media represents global others through issues such as conflict, disaster, migration and national identity.

In an interactive and densely connected world, transnational communication has become a central feature of everyday life. Taking account of a variety of media formats and different regions of the world, Adrian Athique provides a much-needed critical exploration of conceptual approaches to media reception on a global scale.

How do the communication practices of governments, NGOs and social movements enhance opportunities for citizen-led change? In this incisive book, Thomas Tufte makes a call for a fundamental rethinking of what it takes to enable citizens voices, participation and power in processes of social change.