Against a background of rapid technological change, the impact of global communication on national cultures and societies has become a dynamic area of critical enquiry.
International Communication and Globalization offers a timely overview of the rapidly expanding area of media and communication studies.
Leading contributors offer a range of perspectives on the relationship between the process of globalization and international communication. Individual chapters examine the impact of market relations, deregulation and technology of Third World countries, as well as the ethics of the global communications industry.
International Communication and Globalization makes an important intervention in current debates about media, technology and society.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
A Critical Reader in International Communication and Globalization in a Post Modern World
PART ONE: RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION: CONTRADICTIONS AND DIRECTIONS
International Communication and Globalization – Oliver Boyd-Barrett
Contradictions and Directions
International Communication Research – James Halloran
Opportunities and Obstacles
PART TWO: AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, DEREGULATION POLICY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Communications Technologies – Ralph Negrine
An Overview
Communication and the Globalization Process in the Developing World – Ali Mohammadi
PART THREE: THE NEW PARADIGM AND GLOBAL MORALITY
International Communication – Cees Hamelink
Global Market and Morality
Taming Modernity – Majid Tehranian and Katherin Kia Tehranian
Towards a New Paradigm
PART FOUR: GLOBALIZATION, CULTURE AND THE CONTROL OF DIFFERENCE
Cultural Globalization and Cultural Imperialism – John Tomlinson
International Communication – Richard Maxwell
The Control of Difference and the Global Market
Circa l’autore
Dr Ali Mohammadi is Reader in the Department of English and Media Studies at Nottingham Trent University. He is co-author with Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi, of Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication and Culture and The Iranian Revolution (1994). He is also co-editor of Questioning the Media (1994)
CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Oliver Boyd-Barrett University of Leicester
Cees Hamelink University of Amsterdam
Ralph Negrine University of Leicester
John Tomlinson Nottingham Trent University
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