Themed book reviews: Kai Hafez,The Myth of Media Globalization. Cambridge: Polity Press,2007. 232 pp. ISBN 9780745639093,£14.99 (pbk)

Gramsci, A. (1971) Selections from the Prison Notebooks. New York: International Publishers.

Hall, S. (1996) 'Who Needs "Identity?"'. In S. Hall and P. Du Gay (eds) Questions of Cultural Identity, pp. 1-17. London: Sage.

McLuhan, M. (1967) Understanding Media. London : Sphere.

Straubhaar, J.D. (1997) 'Distinguishing the Global, Regional and National Levels of World Television', in A. Sreberny-Mohammadi , D. Winseck , J. McKenna and O. Boyd-Barrett (eds) Media in Global Context: A Reader, pp. 284-98. New York: Arnold.