Planet Digital

<p><b>Explores how digitalization has transformed global media entertainment and the making of popular cultures</b><br><br>In the three decades since the rise of the global internet, digitalization has transformed how media are made, circulated, and consumed, reshaping culture on a planetary scale. Yet the story of global media is not one of seamless connection or cultural homogenization. <i>Planet Digital</i> challenges the myth of a "global village," revealing instead how regional histories, infrastructures, economies, and power relations shape the uneven terrains of our digital world.<br><br>Edited by the series editors of <i>Critical Cultural Communication</i>, this field-defining anthology gathers leading scholars to examine the texts, genres, platforms, and industries that define today's global entertainment landscape. From TikTok to <i>Squid Game</i>, K-Pop to Marvel, <i>Bluey</i> to Nollywood, each chapter offers a focused case study that illuminates how digital media both reflect and remake global cultural life.<br><br>Spanning influencer culture, streaming platforms, esports, and beyond, <i>Planet Digital</i> shows how digital technologies and global media flows continually reshape one another, producing hybrid forms of creativity, circulation, and control. Together, these essays provide a vital framework for understanding how the world's screens, sounds, and networks are rewriting the relationship between culture and power in the twenty-first century.</p>