Mapping BRICS Media [Paperback]

Mapping BRICS Mediais the first comprehensive and comparative study of the emerging media landscape in the worlds most dynamic and fastest growing markets. This pioneering collection focuses on one of the key topics in contemporary international relations - the emergence of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) - a grouping that includes some of the worlds largest populations and fastest growing economies.

The volume brings together leading scholars, mainly from the BRICS nations, to examine how the emergence of the BRICS media will impact on global media and communication. Contextualizing the rise of the BRICS nations within the broader shifts in global power relations, the chapters investigate the unprecedented growth of the BRICS media within a multi-polar world, evaluating the media landscapes in the individual BRICS countries, their histories, and their journalism practices, as well as analyzing emerging inter-BRICS media relationships.

Accessible and comprehensive, the book provides a critical guide to the complex debates about the impact of the rise of the rest on the media globe and how far this poses a challenge to the Western-dominated world order and its media systems.

Introduction: Contextualizing the BRICS Media  Daya Kishan Thussu and Kaarle Nordenstreng  Part I: Debates and Concepts 1. BRICS as a New Constellation in International Relations? Jyrki K?k?nen 2. How Coherent is the BRICS Grouping? Colin Sparks 3. The BRICS Formation in Reshaping Global Communication: Possibilities and Challenges Yuezhi Zhao 4. The BRICS as Emerging Cultural and Media Powers Joseph Straubhaar Part II: Media Systems and Landscapes 5. Brazil: Patrimonialism and Media Democratization Raquel Paiva, Muniz Sodr? and Leonal#