Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transnational media: key concepts and theories / Suman Mishra -- Introducing media systems / Rebecca Kern-Stone -- Broadcasting in Ghana: opportunities and challenges of a plural media in an evolving African democracy / Isaac Abeku Blankson - The state of press freedom in South Africa: robust despite the intimidation / Glenda Daniels -- Ushahidi: here comes our testimonies / D. Ndirangu Wachanga -- Nollywood: a cinema of stories / Onookome Okome -What do they know of telenovela who only telenovela know?: melodrama, passion and Latin America's modern identity / O. Hugo Benavides -- Latin America: from media censorship to media ownership: new forms of communication hegemony across the continent / Fernando Gutierrez and Alejandro Ocampo - Hollywood, the global media market, and a time of transition for the American media empire / Thom Gencarelli - The "sanctioned" reggae "revolution," and confrontations between cradles of culture / Humphrey A. Regis - The social media landscape in China / Xinyuan Wang - Modern manga / Michael Lewis - Bollywood: aspirations of a globalizing India / Suman Mishra - The Korean wave: why it swept the world / Shin Dong Kim Al Jazeera and global news: stages of operation / Saba Bebawi - Public service media in Europe: common values, different political contexts and a variety of practices / Karen Donders - Sweden and beyond: the pirate party and non-media-centric media politics / Martin Fredriksson -Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA / Scott Fitzgerald - Broadcasting against the grain: the contradictory roles of RT in a global media age / Liudmila Voronova & Andreas Widholm -- Indigenous media in Australia / Lisa Waller - The story of Wellywood: how director Peter Jackson conquered the world while remaining in New Zealand / Grant Hannis.