Livingstone, Sonia (2012) Challenges to comparative research in a globalizing media landscape. In: Esser, Frank and Hanitzsch, Thomas, (eds.) Handbook of Comparative Communication Research. ICA handbook series. Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 415-429. ISBN 9780415802710
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Abstract
This chapter argues that the process of globalisation means that comparative research is no longer a choice but rather a necessity. Since, also, the transnational critiques of cross-national research appear compelling, comparative approaches now require a sound theoretical and political as well as methodological underpinning. Using examples from media and communications research, I argue that approaches which seek to do away with the importance of ‘nation’ go too far, and that instead the role of the nation, as a unit of analysis, should be rethought in terms of a civic/democratic or civic republican model rather than either extreme of the ethno-cultural nation or the cosmopolitan ideal.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://www.routledge.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Taylor & Francis |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) N Fine Arts > NE Print media P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting |
| Sets: | Departments > Media and Communications |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2012 08:43 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/45017/ |
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