The power and influence of the mass media grow daily, crucially affecting the way all of us see and understand each other. Time Warner, Disney, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. continue to gain ever-increasing cultural, economic, and political influence. But media activists and citizens groups around the world are challenging that power and creating new forms. ThisNo-Nonsense Guide introduces readers to the key debates and offers a wide range of examples which present the rich diversity of international media forms and challenge the Western bias of most media studies.

Peter Steven teaches media studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, and he is the author of The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media. His writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, the New Internationalist, Jump Cut, the Canadian Journal of Film Studies and the Beaver. He holds a PhD in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University in Chicago. Peter lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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[This] range of wonderful stories makes a significant contribution, by enlightening readers about the many and varying ways in which the media is, and can be, used to satisfy our needs.

Christine Black, traditional custodian of Aboriginal Law from the Kombumerri/Mununjahlai clans and research fellow, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia