Mapping BRICS Media

Kaarle Nordenstreng is Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Tampere, Finland. Author or editor of over 30 books (mainly in Finnish and English), most recently Communication Theories in a Multicultural World (coedited with Clifford Christians, 2014). Daya Kishan Thussu is Professor of International Communication at the University of Westminster in London. Author or editor of 16 books, most recently Communicating India’s Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood (2013), he is the Managing Editor of the journal Global Media and Communication. 　

Introduction: Contextualizing the BRICS Media Part I: Debates and Concepts 1. BRICS as a New Constellation in International Relations? 2. How Coherent is the BRICS Grouping? 3. The BRICS Formation in Reshaping Global Communication: Possibilities and Challenges 4. The BRICS as Emerging Cultural and Media Powers Part II: Media Systems and Landscapes 5. Brazil: Patrimonialism and Media Democratization 6. Russia: Post-Soviet, Post-Modern and Post-Empire Media 7. India: Multiple Media Explosions 8. China: Power Dynamics Across Four Historical Stages 9. South Africa: A Free Media Still in the Making Part III: Comparative Perspectives 10. BRICS Journalists in Global Research 11. Intra-BRICS Media Exchange 12. Digital BRICS: Building a NWICO 2.0?