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Shows How Dominant Commercial Media Practices Secure A Hold Among And Affect Diverse National Cultures. Intro -- The Globalization Of Corporate Media Hegemony -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Leading Media Hegemony In A Transnational World -- 1. Globalization, Media Hegemony, And Social Class By Lee Artz -- 2. Informational Technology And Transnational Networks: A World Systems Approach By Gerald Sussman -- 3. Without Ideology? Rethinking Hegemony In The Age Of Transnational Media By Patrick D. Murphy -- Part Ii: Adjusting Hegemony In The Globalizing North -- 4. The Battle In Seattle: U.s. Prestige Press Framing Of Resistance To Globalization By Tamara Goeddertz And Marwan M. Kraidy -- 5. High Tech Hegemony: Transforming Canada's Capital Into Silicon Valley North By Vincent Mosco And Patricia Mazepa -- 6. Britain And The Economy Of Ignorance By Arun Kundnani -- 7. Sábado Gigante (giant Saturday) And The Cultural Homogenization Of Spanish-speaking People By Martha I. Chew Sánchez, Janet M. Cramer, And Leonel Prieto -- 8. Television And Hegemony In Brazil By Joseph Straubhaar And Antonio La Pastina -- 9. Privatization Of Radio And Media Hegemony In Turkey By Ece Algan -- Part Iv: Cultural Variations In Global Media Hegemony -- 10. Globalization And The Mass Media In Africa By Lyombe Eko -- 11. Media Hegemony And The Commercialization Of Television In India: Implications To Social Class And Development Communication By Robbin D. Crabtree And Sheena Malhotra -- 12. Mtv Asia: Localizing The Global Media By Stacey K. Sowards -- 13. Political And Sociocultural Implications Of Hollywood Hegemony In The Korean Film Industry: Resistance, Assimilation, And Articulation By Eungjun Min -- Part V: Popular Resistance To Global Media Hegemony -- 14. Responses To Media Globalization In Caribbean Popular Cultures By W. F. Santiago-valles -- 15. Radical Media And Globalization By John Downing -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G. H -- I -- J -- K -- L -