At the 2009 Emmy awards, host Neil Patrick Harris reprised his role as Dr. Horrible from the
three-part-musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog (iTunes, 2008). This had been written and …

While digital technologies were initially seen as harbingers of globalisation and
cosmopolitanism, scholars increasingly acknowledge their role in the rise of nationalism and …

In recent years, nations have regained prominence as central symbols of political unity and
mobilization, and proved capable of serving political goals across the political spectrum. Yet …

This key textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of developments in
international communication worldwide. Taking a comparative approach to the major …

In an interactive and densely connected world, transnational communication has become a
central feature of everyday life. Taking account of a variety of media formats and different …

Television, Sabina Mihelj and Simon Huxtable delve into the fascinating world of television
under communism, using it to test a new framework for comparative media analysis. To …

The concept of soft power has been highly influential in recent years, both as a concept to
inform understanding of the cultural dimensions of international relations and as providing a …

This article provides an overview of the growing body of research pertaining to different
forms of mediated nationhood. In particular, it focuses on the relatively recent trend toward …

The multiple nature of time has by now been well established across a wide range of
scholarly traditions in the humanities and social sciences. The article takes that insight as a …

Nation branding is the most recent feature of imagined nation-making in the history of
nations. Facing global competition, national decision-makers aim to distinguish their …