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This book raises critical issues about how we should best manage the challenges posed by globalization. To what extent should states assert control over their media sector? To what extent should a state as agency seek to insulate itself from global pressures, both economic and cultural? What are the economic and cultural consequences of the practice and appropriation of globalization with regard to the national and transnational media industries? What kind of role is played by the state, media and culture industries in this process?

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Woongjae Ryoo is a professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. His major research interests include Media Globalization, Communication and Social Change, Critical Cultural Studies, Culture Industry, Social Theory, Political Economy of Communication, and Discourse and Rhetorical Studies

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