Marjorie Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3660419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marjorie Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marjorie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Obituary
Cultural Studies in Question
This major reassessment of the current state of cultural studies focuses on its contribution to the understanding of media communication and popular cultures in contemporary societies looking at current tensions and alternative approaches
Moses Znaimer, You’ve Met Marshall McLuhan, Now Meet Lord Reith
Media, Markets, and Identities
Contrary to views of globalism as a totalizing process, the argument is made that national economic interests are driving local and global audiovisual trade policies, oftimes at the expense of legitimate cultural concerns. The article’s first part reflects on some conceptual and theoretical questions raised by these developments; the second traces global-local media discourse through a comparison of national (and regional) responses to foreign sa…
Invisible Divides
Journal Article Invisible Divides: Communication and Identity in Canada and the U.S. Get access Marjorie Ferguson Marjorie Ferguson 1Marjorie Ferguson is associate professor in the College of Journalism, University of Maryland at College Park. Aspects of this article were presented to the International Communication Association annual conference on May 22, 1992, and to the Fulbright Colloquium at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England,…
The Mythology About Globalization
This paper challenges certain everyday, widespread assumptions about the meaning, evidence and evaluation of `globalization'. Both as a journey and a destination, of late this notion has taken on a life of its own. In this essay, seven myths about globalization— `Big Is Better', `More Is Better', `Time and Space Have Disappeared', `Global Cultural Homogeneity', `Saving Planet Earth', `Democracy for Export via American TV' and `The New World Order…
Marshall McLuhan revisited
Images of power and the feminist fallacy
This essay challenges a popular consensus, or mythology, about women's images in contemporary media content and their professional status in contemporary media organizations. It also challenges an explicit and implicit assumption, which has been in place since the 1960s, that changes in media messages and structures would contribute to the empowerment of women in the wider society
Broadcasting in a Colder Climate
Forever feminine
The Woman's Magazine Cover Photograph
Forever feminine
The Mythology About Globalization
This paper challenges certain everyday, widespread assumptions about the meaning, evidence and evaluation of `globalization'. Both as a journey and a destination, of late this notion has taken on a life of its own. In this essay, seven myths about globalization— `Big Is Better', `More Is Better', `Time and Space Have Disappeared', `Global Cultural Homogeneity', `Saving Planet Earth', `Democracy for Export via American TV' and `The New World Order…
Invisible Divides
Journal Article Invisible Divides: Communication and Identity in Canada and the U.S. Get access Marjorie Ferguson Marjorie Ferguson 1Marjorie Ferguson is associate professor in the College of Journalism, University of Maryland at College Park. Aspects of this article were presented to the International Communication Association annual conference on May 22, 1992, and to the Fulbright Colloquium at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England,…
Marshall McLuhan revisited
The Woman's Magazine Cover Photograph
The Woman's Magazine Cover Photograph
Forever feminine
Broadcasting in a Colder Climate
Images of power and the feminist fallacy
This essay challenges a popular consensus, or mythology, about women's images in contemporary media content and their professional status in contemporary media organizations. It also challenges an explicit and implicit assumption, which has been in place since the 1960s, that changes in media messages and structures would contribute to the empowerment of women in the wider society
Marshall McLuhan revisited
The Mythology About Globalization
This paper challenges certain everyday, widespread assumptions about the meaning, evidence and evaluation of `globalization'. Both as a journey and a destination, of late this notion has taken on a life of its own. In this essay, seven myths about globalization— `Big Is Better', `More Is Better', `Time and Space Have Disappeared', `Global Cultural Homogeneity', `Saving Planet Earth', `Democracy for Export via American TV' and `The New World Order…
Invisible Divides
Journal Article Invisible Divides: Communication and Identity in Canada and the U.S. Get access Marjorie Ferguson Marjorie Ferguson 1Marjorie Ferguson is associate professor in the College of Journalism, University of Maryland at College Park. Aspects of this article were presented to the International Communication Association annual conference on May 22, 1992, and to the Fulbright Colloquium at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England,…
Media, Markets, and Identities
Contrary to views of globalism as a totalizing process, the argument is made that national economic interests are driving local and global audiovisual trade policies, oftimes at the expense of legitimate cultural concerns. The article’s first part reflects on some conceptual and theoretical questions raised by these developments; the second traces global-local media discourse through a comparison of national (and regional) responses to foreign sa…
Moses Znaimer, You’ve Met Marshall McLuhan, Now Meet Lord Reith
Cultural Studies in Question
This major reassessment of the current state of cultural studies focuses on its contribution to the understanding of media communication and popular cultures in contemporary societies looking at current tensions and alternative approaches
Obituary
Sociology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Globalization and Cultural Identity (3 works) · Law (3 works)