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Media Capital

Towards the Study of Spatial Flows

Michael Curtin

University of Wisconsin, USA, mcurtin{at}wisc.edu

Prior studies that emphasize a one-way flow of US programming to the periphery of the world system are now being reassessed in light of the increasing volume and velocity of multi-directional media flows that emanate from particular cities, such as Bombay, Cairo, and Hong Kong. These emerging centers of transnational cultural production suggest a need to supplement the current scholarly emphasis on national media systems with a more intensive examination of media capitals. Examining the histories of Hollywood, Hong Kong, and Chicago television, this essay illustrates how scholars might use media capital as a concept that would foster empirically grounded analysis of the temporal dynamism and spatial complexity of the global media environment.

Key Words: Chicago • cultural geography • culture industries • globalization • Hollywood • Hong Kong • media imperialism • television

International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, 202-228 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/13678779030062004
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