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BOOK REVIEWS

Dr. Karin Gwinn Wilkins

GMJ Book Review Editor

Professor of Radio-TV-Film; Director of Media Studies

University of Texas at Austin

1 University Station, A0800

Austin, TX  78712

Tel: (512) 471-2007

kwilkins@mail.utexas.edu

(As of Spring 2012)

Fall 2011

Communicating the Nation
Review by Radhika Gajjala, of the book
Communicating the Nation: National Topographies of Global Media Landscapes, by Anna Roosvall & Inka Salovaara-Moring
Media's Ecological Transformations
Review by Gabriela Martinez, University of Oregon,
of the book Global Media Ecologies: Networked Production in Film and Television, by Doris Baltruschat.
An Empirical Critique of Global Communications Debates
Review by Shayla Thiel-Stern Ph. D., University of Minnesota , of the book
Mediated Identities: Youth, Agency and Globalization, by Divya C. McMillin.

Spring 2011

International Communication at the intersection of the Global and the Local
Review by Lindita Camaj, Indiana University, of the book
International Media Communication in a Global Age, edited by Guy J. Golan, Thomas J. Johnson, and Wayne Wanta
Media Policy: Another European Union Struggle?
Review by Giovanno Dell'Orto University of Minnesota, of the book
Media Freedom and Pluralism: Media Policy Challenges in the Enlarged Europe, by Beata Klimkiewicz, ed.
An Empirical Critique of Global Communications Debates
Review by Thomas Hove, Michigan State University, of the book
Cosmopolitan Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World, by Pippa Norris & Ronald Inglehart.
Revising the Political Economy of Communication in the Era of Globalization
Review by Ammina Kothari, Indiana University, of the book
The Political Economy of Communication, by Vincent Mosco.
Play, Identity and Media in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
Review by Larisa Puslenghea, University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the book
Identity Games: Globalization and the Transformation of Media Cultures in the New Europe, by Aniko Imre.

Fall 2010

Exploring the Promise of Community Media in the Twenty-first Century
Review by Jill E. Hopke, University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the book Understanding Community Media, edited by Kevin Howley

Cartoons and global media events: Constructing the free speech spectacle  
Review by Muzammil M. Hussain University of Washington, of the book Transnational Media Events: The Mohammed Cartoons and the Imagined Clash of Civilizations, by Elisabeth Eide,
Risto Kunelius & Angela Phillips
Scope, Change and Complexity: Understanding and Shaping Globe Spanning Electronic Networks
Review by Stephen D. McDowell, Florida State University, of the book Governing Global Electronic Networks: International Perspectives on Policy and Power, edited by William J. Drake and Ernest J. Wilson III.
Discovering the World Review
Review by Janice Peck, University of Colorado at Boulder, of the book Media Globalization and the Discovery Channel Networks, by Ole. J. Mjos.
Global challenges to the value of free speech
Review by Wendy Swanberg University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the book Freedom of Speech -- Abridged? Cultural, Legal and Philosophical Challenges by various media scholars
Expanding the World of Public Relations
Review by Shari R. Veil, University of Kentucky, of the book The Global Public Relations Handbook: Theory, Research, and Practice (Expanded and Revised Edition), by Krishnamurthy Sriramesh and Dejan Vercic

Spring 2010

Spanish Re-Conquest of Latin American Countries
Review by Manuel Chavez, Michigan State University, of the book Latin American Telecommunications. Telefónica’s Conquest, by Gabriela Martinez

Hybridity, Identity and Global Music
Review by Margaretha Geertsema, Butler University, of the book Cultural Globalization: A User’s Guide, by J. Macgregor Wise

REVIEW ESSAY – Bending Reality: The New Narrative Mediascape
Review by Dawn R. Gilpin, Arizona State University, of the books Beyond the Box, by Sharon Marie Ross, and Better Living Through Reality TV, by Laurie Ouellette & James Hay

The Future of the Internet – and How to Stop It
Review by Bill D. Herman, Hunter College, of the book The future of the Internet—and how to stop it, by Jonathan Zittrain

Refracting International Communication
Review by Shakuntala Rao, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, of the book
The Logics of Globalization: Studies in International Communication, by Anandam Kavoori

Behind Journalism Lines: A Passionate But Western-skewed Guide to Story Show and Telling
Review by Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno, Loyola University Maryland, of the book International News Reporting: Frontlines and Deadlines, by editors John Owen and Heather Purdey

Viewing the East from the Western Lens
Review by Qingjiang Yao, University of Iowa, of the book Political Communication in Asia, edited by Lars Willnat and Annette Aw

Fall  2009

Charting the Field
Review by Cathy DeShano, University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the book the Handbook of Journalism Studies by Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Thomas Hanitzsch
“Small-Scale Media” in an Era of Globalization
Review by Jill Hopke, University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the book
Developing Alternative Media Traditions in Nepal, by Michael Wilmore
Politics of Belonging and Exclusion in the Branded Metropolis
Review by Nadia Kaneva, University of Denver, of the book Branding Cities: Cosmopolitanism, Parochialism, and Social Change, edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Eleonore Kofman, and Catherine Kevin
Thinking about photojournalism: Theory and practice provide clues to the future of the profession
Review by James D. Kelly, Indiana University School of Journalism, of the book
Photojournalism and Today's News: Creating Visual Reality by Loup Langton

Spring 2009

Theoretical Explorations of Asian Television
Review by
Sanjay Asthana, Middle Tennessee State University, of the book Imagi-Nations
and Borderless Television: Media, Culture and Politics Across Asia
by Amos Owen Thomas

Making Global Television
Review by Lane Crothers, Illinois State University, of the book
Global Television: Co-Producing Culture by Barbara J. Selznick.

The Fall of Global News from Truth to Tamasha
Review by Vamsee Juluri, University of San Francisco, of the book News as entertainment: 
The rise of global infotainment by Daya Kishan Thussu	

Understanding Complex Dynamics of Information Spaces
Review by Nak Ho Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the book Managing the Infosphere: Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion, by Stephen D. McDowell, Philip E. Steinberg & Tami K. Tomasello

Contradictory Impacts of New Technologies
Review by Robert A. Rabe, Marshall University, of the book The Information Revolution and World Politics by Elizabeth C. Hanson

Fall 2008

American Pop Culture: A Commodity or an Ideology?
Review by Marwan M. Kraidy, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania,  of the book
Globalization and American Popular Culture by Lane Crothers

Chinese Media (and Society) in Transition: Party vs. Capitalists vs. People
Review by Q. Lisa Bu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the book Communication in China: Political Economy, Power, and Conflict by Yuezhi Zhao
Emerging International Interdisciplinarity in Journalism Research
Review by Carolyn Edy, University of North Carolina, of the book Global Journalism Research: Theories, Methods, Future edited by Martin Löffelholz and David Weaver
Dilemmas and Solutions in Public Journalism
Review by Jack Rosenberry, St. John Fisher College, of the book The Pursuit of Public Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism by Tanni Haas
Promise and Peril of Media Transformation
Review by Susan Dente Ross, Washington State University, of the book Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies edited by Isaac A. Blankson and Patrick D. Murphy

Spring 2008

Creativity and Constraint at Al Jazeera
Review by Muhammad Ayish, 
University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
of a book by
Mohamed Zayani and Sofiane Sahroui
Image is Everything
Review by William Bostock, University of Tasmania, Australia

of a book by Shanto Iyengar and Jennifer McGrady
New Approaches in Communication and Community Development
Review by Ketan Chitnis, UNICEF. New York
of a
book by Jan Servaes and Shuang Liu
Complexity Theory and the Multi-Layered Geographies of World Television
Review by Timothy Havens, University of Iowa
of a book by Joseph Straubhaar
The “Doxa” of Globalization and the Politics of Naming
Review by Smeeta Mishra, Bowling Green State University
of a book by Tony Schirato and Jen Webb
Media and the Practice of Globalization
Review by Patrick Murphy, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
of a book by Terhi Rantanen
The Rise of Chinese "Media Capitals"
Review by Shujen Wang, Emerson University
of a book by Michael Curtin

Fall 2007

International communication: Continuity and change by Daya Kishan Thussu
Review by Chin-Chung Chao (Joy) and Dexin Tian, Bowling Green State University
A Violent World: TV News Images of Middle Eastern Terror and War by Nitzan
Ben-Shaul
Review by Amani Ismail, California State University, Northridge
Picturing China in the American Press: The Visual Portrayal of Sino-American Relations in Time Magazine, 1949-1973 by David D. Perlmutter
Review by Judy Polumbaum, University of Iowa
The "Westoxification" of Global Communication
Review by Elizabeth Burch, Sonoma State University
Media Policy and Globalization by Paula Chakravartty and Katharine Sarikakis
Review by Atsushi Tajima, State University of New York, Geneseo
Specters of Identity and Difference
Review by Divya C. McMillin, University of Washington Tacoma
Instant Nationalism: McArabism al-Jazeera, and the Transnational Media in the
Arab World by Khalil Rinnawi
Review by Bedreya al-Jenaibi, University of North Dakota

Spring 2007

Al-Jazeera and Media Pressure
Review by Badreya Al-Jenaibi, University of North Dakota

Winning Arab Hearts and Minds:  An American Media Campaign Failure
Review by Badreya Al-Jenaibi, University of North Dakota
Time to Get Mad: A Review of Viewer Discretion Advised -- Taking Control of Mass Media Influences
Review by John McGuire, Oklahoma State University
Media Globalization and Post-colonialism: Patterns of Power
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet
Recurring Themes and Perspectives on Globalization
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet

Fall 2006

Gender equality campaign in Indonesia through Radio Jurnal Perempuan
Review by Latifah and A. Budiyanto, University of Gadjah Mada
Hybrid media in Asia: The case for a cultural renaissance without advertising.
Transnational media and contoured markets: Redefining Asian television and advertising

Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet
Comparing global media: Losing the forest among the trees
Review by John L. Sullivan,
Muhlenberg College
From “Shock and Awe” to Schadenfreude: A Closer Look at War, Media, and Propaganda
Review by Jim Noland, Purdue University Calumet

Spring 2006

Al-Jazeera: Redefining Modern Journalism
Review by Badriya Al-Jenaibi,
Bowling Green State University
Al-Jazeera: An Arab Phenomenon in International News Broadcasting
Review by Badriya
Al-Jenaibi Bowling Green State University
Marginalizing Media
Review by Glenda Balas, University of New Mexico
Good Journalism Matters
Review by Neil Nemeth, Purdue University Calumet
No French Polish for George W. Bush’s Boots
Review by Smeeta Mishra University of Texas, Austin

Fall 2005

Al-Jazeera: An Inside View
Review by Badriya Al-Jenaibi, Bowling Green State University
Revised Due Process – A Threat to American Democratic Ideals
Review by Badriya Al-Jenaibi, Bowling Green State University
A Brief History of Taiwan – A Sparrow Transformed into a Phoenix
Review by Kuldip R. Rampal, Central Missouri State University
Race, Class, and Power in Media Diversity
Review by W.F. Santiago-Valles, Africana Studies, Western Michigan University
The Battle Against Commercialization of Public Broadcasting
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet
Defining Diversity, Defending Democracy
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet

Spring 2005

Deconstructing the Frontiers: New Trajectories in International
Communication Theory and Research

Review by Aziz Douai, Pennsylvania State University

Fall 2004

Satellite Communications: Technology for privatizing the globe
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet
News on a Fast Bicycle/Online News and the Public
Review by Neil Nemeth, Purdue University Calumet
Indian Popular Cinema: Industry, Ideology and Consciousness
Review by Kuldip R. Rampal, Central Missouri State University

Spring 2004

The Case for Concepts and Cases for Understanding Global Communication
Review by Emmanuel C. Alozie, Governors State University
The Fog of War and Media at War
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet

Fall 2003

Paradigm Shudders
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet
Theoretical and Practical Challenges of Foreign Filmmaking
Review by Monica Rector, University of North Carolina

Spring 2003

Looking for Theory and Understanding
Review by Lee Artz, Purdue University Calumet
International Communication: Continuity and Change
Review by Robbin D Crabtree, Fairfield University

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