Media Theories and Approaches

PART I: CONVERGENCES Introduction.- Technologizing the World.- A Global View.- PART II: THEORIES Classics in Media and Effects.- Classics in Media and Ideology.- Classics in Reasoning About Information and its Ownership.- PART III: CONTENT, AUDIENCES AND EFFECTS Information Warfare and Modern Propaganda.- Transforming Cultures.- Brand China and Bollywood India.- PART IV: STRUCTURES AND ORGANISATION Governance and Digital Identities.- Interactive Media and News.- Media Economics.- Games.- Media Research.- Conclusion.

MARK BALNAVES is Professor of New Media at Edith Cowan University, Australia. He is an expert in audience research and conducted Australia's first major Internet diffusion and adoption study. His books include The Atlas of Media and Information (with Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and James Donald), Mobilising the Audience (co-edited with Tom O'Regan and Jason Sternberg), and Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods (co-authored with Peter Caputi).

STEPHANIE HEMELRYK DONALD is Professor of Chinese Media Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her publications include Public Media in China (co-edited with Michael Keane, 2001), Tourism and the Branded City: Film and Identity on the Pacific Rim (2007) and The State of China Atlas (1999, 2005, 2008).
 
BRIAN SHOESMITH is Professor of Media Studies and Journalism at the University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh in Dhaka. He is alsoan Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University where he taught for many years. He is a founding editor with Tom O'Regan of Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies and has co-edited many books, including Refashioning Pop Music in
Asia: Cosmopolitan Flows, Political Tempos, and Aesthetic Industries (with Ned Rossiter and Allen Chun).