What are the five media theories that explain global media? Explain and give an example of a country that uses each.

Which of the five theories does the U.S. media most closely resemble? Explain.

What are the five dimensions Alan Ward suggests for categorizing media around the world?

What are Canada’s “Canadian content” regulations and why were they implemented?

How does the BBC’s public service model make it different from for-profit networks? How does it impact BBC programming?

Why is “small media” so important in the Middle East? What role did it play in the “Arab Spring” protests? Explain.

Why was the publishing of images of Mohammed so upsetting to the Arab world? Was the decision to publish the cartoons a matter of free speech? Explain.

What did Marshall McLuhan mean by his concept of a “global village?” Has media become truly global? Does media information flow in many directions, or a few? Explain.