| Outside the Box: Corporate Media, Globalization, and the UPS Strike Contributor(s): Kumar, Deepa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252075897 ISBN-13: 9780252075896 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: Identifying problems and pointing to solutions in media representation |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.892 |
| Series: History of Communication (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.11" W x 8.98" (0.96 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Outside the Box presents an in-depth study of media representation of the 1997 United Parcel Service (UPS) workers' strike. Deepa Kumar delineates the history of the strike, how it coincided with the rise of globalization, and how the mainstream media were pressured to incorporate pro-labor arguments that challenged the dominant logic of neoliberalism. Drawing on a textual analysis of over five hundred news reports, Kumar argues that media reform is more complicated than is suggested by liberal media theorists. She makes a case for a dialectical understanding, developing a "dominance/resistance model" for media analysis. |