Another example of
media implosion/technology - or intertextuality.
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Media and
Society
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In terms of media and
globalization, what ways do you think mass media might liberate, or, conversely, what possibilities do they hold for
social control ?
How Facial Recognition Software Works
Britain is 'surveillance society'
Welcome to the Panopticon
". . . For example,
Tampa's face-recognition database contains 30,000 images of people
with outstanding felony warrants."
Original plan of the Panopticon
What you should know about the Patriot Act |
Privacy and Technology page of the American Civil Liberties Union
The Surveillance Society: The Erosion of Privacy in America
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Global Mass
Media
"Global Village or Global Pillage"
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Hegemony and Ethnic Minorities
Antonio Gramsci's theory of
hegemony is of particular salience to the exploration of racial
representations in the media because of its focus on culture and
ideology. In what parts of the world is popular resistance to
global media hegemony (Americanization) likely to increase or decrease ?
MTV
Asia: Localizing the Global Media
Globalization and the Mass Media in Africa
Koffi Olomide,
Muss,
Kaar Kaar Soon, L'ombre Blanche, Tonton Joes, Darius, Faxo,
Eric 1er, AfricaDance System are from a sample play list
from Africa No. 1
which, according to Artz and Kamalipour, is Africa's
most popular commercial radio station.
Listen
in and consider
to what extent is this the Americanization of the Frenchified ?
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Radio Africa
Radio Reaches Far in Africa
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United Nations Radio
UN and Africa, a weekly
15-minute radio programme, aims to cover topical and
current-affairs-related stories about what the UN is doing for Africa,
in Africa, and about Africa.
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South Africa's Radio Stations
All 11 of South Africa's official languages get
airtime, as well as German, Hindi, Portuguese and the San languages of
!Xu and Khwe, with stations falling into three broad categories: public
service broadcasting, commercial, and
community radio stations.
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OneWorld Radio Africa
Radio Member Directory
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Rural Radio: Africa's Internet
Tuning in to the needs of the hungry
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Africa Radio TV From
the World News Network
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Media Institute of Southern Africa
Promoting Media Diversity, Pluralism, Self Sufficiency, Independence
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Voice of America African News and Feature
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Vitimbi
"more popular than CNN"
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International
Telecommunications Union Connecting the unconnected by
2015... referred to by Artz and Kamalipour in The Globalization of
Corporate Media Hegemony as "perhaps the single most
effective promoter of globalization of telecommunications and mass media
content." p.198
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International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) -
Wikipedia
The world’s largest commercial
satellite
communications services provider
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BBC Africa |
CNN Africa
Media Hegemony and the
Commercialization of Television in India
Sábado Gigante and the Cultural Homogonization of Spanish Speaking
People
Privatization of Radio and
Media Hegemony in Turkey
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) and Buena Vista
International Television (Walt Disney) signed a cooperation protocol.
Taking the floor at the signing ceremony, State Minister Beşir Atalay
said: “With this agreement, TRT has acquired the exclusive right to
broadcast Walt Disney’s animated cartoons and movie films in Turkey,”
and noted that this would be a four-year accord. Atalay said this
agreement with Walt Disney would be the most comprehensive agreement of
Turkey signed in this area and wished this agreement could continue
between the two esteemed broadcasting institutions on the international
broadcasting platform. June, 2006
