Beyond normative dewesternization: Examining media culture from the vantage point of the Global South
Author(s): Wendy Willems Year of publication: 2014 Keywords: Global South, Decolonizing media studies, Comparative media, International communication, Development communication, Media cultures, Global North critique, Media agency, Neoliberalization Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Willems, W. (2014). Beyond normative dewesternization: Examining media culture from the vantage point of the Global South. The Global South, 8(1), 7-23. https://doi.org/10.2979/globalsouth.8.1.7 Abstract This […]
The politics of cultural, media and communication policies
Author(s): Bjarki Valtysson Year of publication: 2020 Keywords: Personal data, Data subject, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Digital cultural politics, Algorithmic cultures Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Valtysson, B. (2020). Digital Cultural Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35234-9_3 Abstract This chapter discusses how digital cultural politics combines elements of cultural, media and communication policies. It particularly engages with […]
Wrongful conviction, pop culture, and achieving justice in the digital age
Author(s): Greg Stratton Year of publication: 2019 Keywords: True crime, Participatory practices, Wrongful conviction, Miscarriages of justice, Audience engagement, Popular culture, Media convergence, Social media activism Methodology/Sample: Case study/One podcast, one TV show Reference: Stratton, G. (2019). Wrongful conviction, pop culture, and achieving justice in the digital age. In D. Akrivos, A.K. Antoniou (Eds.), Crime, […]
Transmigrant media: Mediating place, mobility, and subjectivity
Author(s): WaiLing Seto, Fran Martin Year of publication: 2019 Keywords: Transmigrant media, Media mobilities, Southeast Asian migrants, Cultural identityGlobalization Methodology/Sample: Interviews/18 migrants Reference: Seto, W., & Martin, F. (2019). Transmigrant media: Mediating place, mobility, and subjectivity. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 22(4), 577-594. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877918812470 Abstract This article contributes to the exploration of interrelationships between human […]
Digital nationalism: Understanding the role of digital media in the rise of ‘new’ nationalism
Author(s): Sabina Mihelj, César Jiménez-Martínez Year of publication: 2021 Keywords: Communication, Digital media, Internet, Nation, Nationalism Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Mihelj, S., & Jiménez‐Martínez, C. (2021). Digital nationalism: Understanding the role of digital media in the rise of ‘new’nationalism. Nations and nationalism, 27(2), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12685 Abstract While digital technologies were initially seen as harbingers of globalisation […]
Fans as transcultural gatekeepers: The hierarchy of BTS’ anglophone Reddit fandom and the digital East-West media flow
Author(s): Kimery S. Lynch Year of publication: 2022 Keywords: BTS, curation, gatekeeping, Hallyu, K-pop Methodology/Sample: Case study (interviews)/_ Reference: Lynch, K. S. (2022). Fans as transcultural gatekeepers: The hierarchy of BTS’Anglophone Reddit fandom and the digital East-West media flow. New media & society, 24(1), 105-121. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820962109 Abstract This article describes how fandom organization on visibly […]
Reflecting transcultural media life studies from the perspectives of media literacies
Author(s): Minna Koponen Year of publication: 2020 Keywords: Transcultural media, Media life study, Media literacies, Autobiographical approach, International students Methodology/Sample: Media Life Study/18 students Reference: Koponen, M. (2020). Reflecting transcultural media life studies from the perspectives of media literacies. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2019.1641512 Abstract This article reflects upon the media pedagogical method […]
Rethinking ‘rethinking convergence/culture’
Author(s): Henry Jenkins Year of publication: 2014 Keywords: Participation, Convergence, Fandom, Activism, Democracy Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Jenkins, H. (2014). Rethinking ‘rethinking convergence/culture’. Cultural Studies, 28(2), 267-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2013.801579 Abstract Responding to the September 2011 special issue on ‘Rethinking Convergence Culture’, this essay seeks to identify ways that the author’s thinking about convergence and participatory culture have […]
Introduction: Media events in globalized media cultures
Author(s): Andreas Hepp, Nick Couldry Year of publication: 2009 Keywords: Media events, Exceptional communication, Pseudo events, Global media culture, Power processes, Interdisciplinary media studies, Broadcasting history, Public spectacle, Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz, Contemporary media theory Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Hepp, A., & Couldry, N. (2009). Introduction: Media events in globalized media cultures. In N. Couldry, […]
Transculturality as a perspective: Researching media cultures comparatively
Author(s): Andreas Hepp Year of publication: 2009 Keywords: Media cultures, Deterritorialization, Comparative media research, Cultural construction, Globalization, National-territorial frame, Translocal phenomena, Media globalization Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Hepp, A. (2009). Transculturality as a Perspective: Researching Media Cultures Comparatively. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-10.1.1221 Abstract Most of the research on media cultures operates […]
News cultures or “epistemic cultures”? Theoretical considerations and empirical data from 62 countries
Author(s): Yigal Godler, Zvi Reich Year of publication: 2017 Keywords: Epistemology, Fact-finding, Facts, News culture, Objectivity Methodology/Sample: Multiple regression analysis of survey data/18,248 survey responses Reference: Godler, Y., & Reich, Z. (2017). News cultures or “epistemic cultures”? Theoretical considerations and empirical data from 62 countries. Journalism Studies, 18(5), 666-681. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2016.1266909 Abstract In order to gain […]
Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory
Author(s): Olivier Driessens Year of publication: 2014 Keywords: Celebrity culture, Definition, Space, Memory, Flanders Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Driessens, O. (2014). Theorizing celebrity cultures: Thickenings of media cultures and the role of cultural (working) memory. Communications, 39(2), 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0008 Abstract The concept of celebrity culture remains remarkably undertheorized in the literature, and it is precisely this […]
Media cultures across distance: The transnational and transcultural of media communication
Author(s): Nick Couldry, Andreas Hepp Year of publication: 2019 Keywords: Media cultures, Transcultural, Diasporic communities, Digital media, Political activity Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Couldry, N., & Hepp, A. (2019). Media cultures across distance: The transnational and transcultural of media communication 1. In O. Oleinikova & J. Bayeh (Eds.), Democracy, Diaspora, Territory (pp. 71-88). Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9780429298707-5 Abstract […]
Towards a theory of transcultural fandom
Author(s): Bertha Chin, Lori H. Morimoto Year of publication: 2013 Keywords: Transcultural fandom, Popular culture, Media globalization, Fan engagement, Sociopolitical context Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Chin, B., & Morimoto, L. H. (2013). Towards a Theory of Transcultural Fandom. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 10(1), 92–108. https://doi.org/10.17613/8jy4m-xx337 Abstract In this discussion, we advocate for a […]
Transnational communication as deliberation, ritual, and strategy
Author(s): Michael Brüggemann, Hartmut Wessler Year of publication: 2014 Keywords: Transnational communication, Public sphere, Deliberation, Strategic communication, Media events Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Brüggemann, M., & Wessler, H. (2014). Transnational communication as deliberation, ritual, and strategy. Communication Theory, 24(4), 394-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/comt.12046 Abstract Globalized communication flows transcend and transform national borders. Transnational media outlets targeting audiences around […]
‘The life of a new generation’: Content, values and mainstream media perception of transcultural ethnic media – An Austrian case
Author(s): Cornelia Brantner, Petra Herczeg Year of publication: 2013 Keywords: Transcultural ethnic media, Immigration, Minority issues, Mainstream media perception, Social capital Methodology/Sample: Content analysis/6 magazine issues Reference: Brantner, C., & Herczeg, P. (2013). ‘The life of a new generation’: Content, values and mainstream media perception of transcultural ethnic media – an Austrian case. Communications – […]
A culturalist approach to the concept of the mediatization of politics: The age of “media hegemony”
Author(s): Elena Block Year of publication: 2013 Keywords: Mediatization of politics, Media hegemony, Symbolic dimension, Citizen engagement, Politically mediatized situations, Hugo Chávez Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Block, E. (2013). A culturalist approach to the concept of the mediatization of politics: The age of “media hegemony”. Communication Theory, 23(3), 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1111/comt.12016 Abstract This article rethinks the concept […]
News translation: Global or cosmopolitan connections?
Author(s): Esperanza Bielsa Year of publication: 2016 Keywords: News translation, Cosmopolitanism, Multilingualism, Media studies, Translation studies, Cultural role of translation, Ethnocentrism, Domestication, Cross-border influences, Translation ethics Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Bielsa, E. (2016). News translation: Global or cosmopolitan connections? Media, Culture & Society, 38(2), 196–211. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443715613635 Abstract This article examines the changing context for the study […]
French and Latin American perspectives on mediation and mediatization: A lecture note from Germany
Author(s): Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz Year of publication: 2011 Keywords: Mediatization, Mediation, Cultural studies Methodology/Sample: _/_ Reference: Averbeck-Lietz, S. (2011). French and Latin American perspectives on mediation and mediatization: A lecture note from Germany. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 3(2), 177–195. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejpc.3.2.177_1 Abstract This article is looking at the status quo of mediatization research […]