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Media Imperialism

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Introduction

In introducing his book Media Imperialism, Boyd-Barrett (2015) argued that it is more productive to regard the concept as referring to a field of study rather than to a single theory. Many different theories could be credited with advancing our knowledge of the broad range of possible issues, topics, and relationships that integrate an interest in phenomena that are widely recognized as having to do with empire, with an interest in phenomena that are widely recognized as having to do with media. A great deal of scholarship that contributes to understanding of such relationships does not expressly adopt the term “media imperialism.”

Scholars have long debated the relationship between the concepts “media” and human “culture.” Some have conflated these two terms as though they were interchangeable. The prevalent view today is that media are an important element of culture but constitute only a fraction of the universe of manifestations of culture even if, at the same time,...

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  1. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA

    Oliver Boyd-Barrett

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    Immanuel Ness

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    Zak Cope

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Boyd-Barrett, O. (2019). Media Imperialism. In: Ness, I., Cope, Z. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_83-1

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