Book review: Tencent: The Political Economy of China’s Surging Internet Giant

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G. Wang
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Regardless of these valuable assets, there are a handful of issues that the book could have further developed. On the one hand, while the book suitably discusses the geopolitics surrounding early telecommunications technologies between the US and Europe, followed by the US and Latin America, it does not emphasize the significant relationships between the US and Asia other than intermittently discussing some historical facts, which remains a blind spot. On the other hand, it misses one key conceptual and theoretical framework, which is globalization. Although it discusses the importance of global communication with early telecommunications technologies, it does not provide any meaningful explanations about the notion of globalization. As this book convinces its readers to think about the globalization process that occurred in the early 20th century, it would be great to have had Zajácz’s notion of globalization, which would have strengthened the analyses in the book. Overall, Zajácz’s book is highly recommended for a wide range of readers who are interested in information policy, communication history and political economy. The analyses and discussions are extremely compelling, and the chapters are very informative and connected. Since the book offers insights into global communication by providing empirical detail and useful historical interpretations, it is presented as a welcome contribution to a growing body of literature on telecommunications studies, communication history, globalization and political economy.944857 GMC0010.1177/1742766520944857Global Media and CommunicationBook review
书评:腾讯:中国互联网巨头的政治经济学
不管这些宝贵的资产如何,这本书还有一些问题可以进一步发展。一方面,尽管这本书恰当地讨论了围绕美国和欧洲、其次是美国和拉丁美洲之间早期电信技术的地缘政治,但除了间歇性地讨论一些历史事实之外,它没有强调美国和亚洲之间的重要关系,这仍然是一个盲点。另一方面,它忽略了一个关键的概念和理论框架,即全球化。尽管它讨论了利用早期电信技术进行全球通信的重要性,但它并没有对全球化的概念提供任何有意义的解释。由于这本书说服读者思考20世纪初发生的全球化进程,如果有Zajácz的全球化概念就太好了,这将加强书中的分析。总的来说,Zajácz的书强烈推荐给对信息政策、传播史和政治经济学感兴趣的广大读者。分析和讨论非常有说服力,各章内容丰富,相互联系。由于这本书通过提供实证细节和有用的历史解释来深入了解全球传播,因此它被认为是对越来越多的电信研究、传播史、全球化和政治经济学文献的一个受欢迎的贡献。944857 GMC0010.1177/1724766520944857全球媒体与传播书评
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期刊介绍: Global Media and Communication is an international peer-reviewed journal launched in April 2005 as a key forum for articulating critical debates and developments in the continuously changing global media and communications environment. As a pioneering platform for the exchange of ideas and multiple perspectives, the journal addresses fresh and contentious research agendas and promotes an academic dialogue that is fully transnational and transdisciplinary in its scope. With a network of ten regional editors around the world, the journal offers a global source of material on international media and cultural processes. Special features include interviews, reviews of recent media developments and digests of policy documents and data reports from a variety of countries.
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