Symbolic transformations: Youth, global media and indigenous culture in Malta

Article Abstract:

The impact of global commercial media on young people's developing perceptions of their own cultural identity is explored. The choices available to Maltese youth have become strongly inflected by the commercial imperatives of global media though the ways in which they are appropriated and played out retain very idiosyncratic characteristics, which mark them out as uniquely Maltese.

Malta, Cultural identity, Youth culture

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Against naive pluralism in media politics: On the implications of the radical-pluralist approach to the public sphere

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The radical-pluralist, or agonistic, theories of democracy and their potential significance in the context of media studies and media policy are discussed. It is suggested that the radical-pluralist perspective is conceived as theoretical approaches for radicalizing the aims of democratic media policy.

Democracy, Pluralism

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Approaches to the newspaper archive: Content analysis and press coverage of Glasgow's year of culture

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The article reiterates the importance of the press in the 1990 media reporting of Glasgow's year as European City of Culture. The article further explains the examination of the achievements and failures of the press in context to various fields of reporting.

Europe, Press

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