Media Nations: Communicating Belonging and Exclusion in the Modern World

摘要

For too long, research into the relationship between media and nation has stalled, relying on an established canon whose limits have long been acknowledged, or else adding to the weight of arguments between those who see processes of globalization undermining national forms of representation, production and legislation, and their critics. Granted there have been some useful empirical studies undertaken, dealing with particular countries (Abu-Lughod, 2005; Madianou, 2005) or regions (Triandafyllidou et al., 2009) but fresh theoretical insights have been somewhat lacking.