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Vol 2 (2008)

Table of Contents

Articles

Cultural Noise: Amplified Sound, Freedom of Expression and Privacy Rights in Japan	Abstract PDF
Daniel Dolan	pp.29

The Adoption of Mobile Phones in Emerging Markets: Global Diffusion and the Rural Challenge	Abstract PDF
Kas Kalba	pp.31

From Mass to Networked Communication: Communicational models and the Informational Society.	Abstract PDF
Gustavo Cardoso	pp.44

Seeking Truth in Video Game Ratings: Content Considerations for Media Regulation	Abstract PDF
Jason Tocci	pp.26

Transmitting Identity: Radio in Barcelona	Abstract PDF
Nancy Morris	pp.18

"...and money is answer for all things": The News Corp.–Dow Jones Merger and the Separation of Editorial and Business Practices	Abstract PDF
Amit M. Schejter, Roei Davidson	pp.28

Distinctive Characteristics of China's Path of ICT Development: A Critical Analysis of Chinese Developmental Strategies in Light of the Eastern Asian Model	Abstract PDF
Yu Hong	pp.16

Mainstream Critique, Critical Mainstream and the New Media: Reconciliation of Mainstream and Critical Approaches to Media Effects Studies?	Abstract PDF
Magdalena E. Wojcieszak	pp.25

War Correspondents, the Military, and Propaganda: Some Critical Reflections	Abstract PDF
Douglas Kellner	pp.34

Book Reviews

Zephyr Teachout & Thomas Streeter, eds: Mousepads, Shoe Leather, and Hope: Lessons from the Howard Dean Campaign for the Future of Internet Politics	PDF
Reviewed by James L. Bonville	pp.2

Mehdi Semati, ed.: Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State	PDF
Reviewed by Nahid Siamdoust	pp.6

Kathryn C. Montgomery: Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet	PDF
Reviewed by Sakari Taipale	pp.4

John Peters: Courting the Abyss	PDF
Reviewed by Carolyn Marvin	pp.9

Yes, but: The state (but not nation) of queer media and culture	PDF
Reviewed by D. Travers Scott	pp.5

Benedikt Feldges, American Icons: The Genesis of a National Visual Language	PDF
Reviewed by Jason Tocci	pp.5

Review Essay: Urban Communication: The Blind Men and the Elephant	PDF
Reviewed by Susan Drucker, Gary Gumpert	pp.16

Sarah Banet-Weiser: Kids Rule! Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship	PDF
Reviewed by Kari R. Hensley	pp.4

Chakravartty & Sarikakis: Media Policy and Globalization Chakravartty & Zhao: Global Communications	PDF
Reviewed by John D.H. Downing	pp.2

Features

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] Trying to Intervene: British media research and the framing of policy debate	PDF
Georgina Born	pp.8

[Fernando Henrique Cardoso on Globalization] A Surprising World	PDF
Fernando Henrique Cardoso	pp.43

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] INTRODUCTION	PDF
Monroe E. Price, Stefaan G. Verhulst	pp.2

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] The Academic and the Policy Maker	PDF
Peng Hwa Ang	pp.4

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] Policy Research in an Evidence-Averse Environment	PDF
Sandra Braman	pp.17

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] Research In Government Agency Decisions — Observations About the FCC	PDF
Daniel L. Brenner	pp.4

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] Academic Research and Its Limited Impact on Telecommunications Policy Making	PDF
Rob Frieden	pp.8

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] Comparative Media Law Research and Its Impact on Policy	PDF
Stefaan G. Verhulst, Monroe E. Price	pp.15

[Special Section on Academic Research and Communications Policy] The Role of Academic Research in Media Policy Making: The Case Study of Hong Kong	PDF
Mei Ning Yan	pp.10