 | Barriers Down: How American Power and Free-Flow Policies Shaped Global Media Subjects: Communication International; Mass media -- Political aspects; Mass media and culture -- United States; Mass media -- United States; Barriers Down reveals the unexpected origins of freedom of information in political, economic, and cultural battles in the postwar period. Diana Lemberg traces how the United States shaped media around the world under the banner of the "free flow of information," showing how the push for global media access acted as a vehicle for American power. Diana Lemberg is assistant professor of history at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. |
