Detailed Outline of Chapter 2

Drawing a Bead on Global Communication Theories


1- Normative Theories

-Four theories of the Press, an attempt to think about media
-Creation of Taxonomy
-Taxonomy media systems categories
• Authoritarian
• Soviet
• Liberal
• Social Responsibility
-Main source of media: news and information
• Denotic media
• Normative media
-Types of print media
• Comics
• Trade magazines
• Fashion magazines
• Sports publications
-Other models of media
• Development model
• Participatory media

2- A different approach: Comparing and contrasting Media

-Soviet media effect on development media
-Four main points of the relation of mainstream media
• Political Power: control of media by the state
• Economic Crisis: economic crisis in Russia
-Dramatic Social Transitions
• Media transitions in Russia in the 20th century
• Revolution of media in the new revolutionary regime
• The cutting Edge of media in Russia

3- A different Approach II: Globalization and Media

- Meanings of Globalization
• Globalization as Structural economic changes
• Globalization and cultural imperialism
-Cultural resistance against cultural invasion
-Transnational Labor and the cultural dislocation

4- A different Approach III: Small-Scale Alternative Media

-Samizdat
-Banned publishing under the Soviet state