{"product_id":"planet-digital-aswin-punathambekar-9781479835171","title":"Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores how digitalization has transformed global media entertainment and the making of popular cultures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the three decades since the rise of the global internet, digitalization has transformed how media are made, circulated, and consumed, reshaping culture on a planetary scale. Yet the story of global media is not one of seamless connection or cultural homogenization. \u003ci\u003ePlanet Digital\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the myth of a \"global village,\" revealing instead how regional histories, infrastructures, economies, and power relations shape the uneven terrains of our digital world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by the series editors of \u003ci\u003eCritical Cultural Communication\u003c\/i\u003e, this field-defining anthology gathers leading scholars to examine the texts, genres, platforms, and industries that define today's global entertainment landscape. From TikTok to \u003ci\u003eSquid Game\u003c\/i\u003e, K-Pop to Marvel, \u003ci\u003eBluey\u003c\/i\u003e to Nollywood, each chapter offers a focused case study that illuminates how digital media both reflect and remake global cultural life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning influencer culture, streaming platforms, esports, and beyond, \u003ci\u003ePlanet Digital\u003c\/i\u003e shows how digital technologies and global media flows continually reshape one another, producing hybrid forms of creativity, circulation, and control. Together, these essays provide a vital framework for understanding how the world's screens, sounds, and networks are rewriting the relationship between culture and power in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aswin Punathambekar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147983517X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479835171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Aswin Punathambekar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852655014143,"sku":"9781479835171","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/planet-digital-aswin-punathambekar-9781479835171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}