Includes bibliographical references and index.

Media globalization, media democratization : challenges, issues, and paradoxes / Yuezhi Zhao and Robert A. Hackett -- Civil society as contested concept : media and political transformation in Eastern and Central Europe / Colin Sparks -- Who wants democracy and does it deliver food? : communication and power in a globally integrated China / Yuezhi Zhao -- Contested futures : Indian media at the crossroads / Pradip Thomas -- Changing political cultures and media under globalism in Latin America / Javier Protzel -- Media in "globalizing" Africa : what prospect for democratic communication? / Arthur-Martins Aginam -- Globalization, regionalization, and democratization : the interaction of three paradigms in the field of mass communication / Kai Hafez -- Constructing collective identities and democratic media in a globalizing world : Israel as a test case / Dov Shinar -- The Iraq conflict and the media : embedded with war rather than with peace and democracy / Jan Oberg -- Global media governance as a potential site of civil society intervention / Seán Ó. Siochrú -- Beyond wiggle room : American corporate media's democratic deficit, its global implications, and prospects for reform / Robert W. McChesney and Robert A. Hackett -- Globalization, communication, democratization : toward gender equality / Annabelle Sreberny -- Peace journalism : a global dialog for democracy and democratic media / Jake Lynch and Annagel McGoldrick -- Finding a frame : toward a transnational advocacy campaign to democratize communication / Seán Ó. Siochrú.