Global Communication in Transition

The End of Diversity?
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8039-4319-3
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g

Reihe: Communication and Human Values

Hamid Mowlana, for decades, has been one of the foremost trackers and analyzers of global communications--their volume, character, and impact. No one is more qualified to explain these increasingly important and central issues to a wide public. --Herbert S. Schiller, New York University The rapid changes in the way we communicate across the globe continue to alter the many facets of society. Both interdisciplinary and intercultural in its approach, Global Communication in Transition examines the human dimensions and technological imperatives of international communications. Author Hamid Mowlana provides a comprehensive analysis beginning with the rise of modern political systems and the interactions of various cultures, through the expansion of social organizations and the growing global infrastructure. This unique perspective on global communication is organized around a number of basic concepts such as history, power, community, legitimacy, and language. By analyzing the political, economic, and cultural implications of communication today, within the broader concepts of such issues as community, Mowlana provides a new paradigm for the study of international communication. This auspicious text covers the history, theories, processes, and issues of international communication. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students in political science and international relations as well as communication will benefit greatly from the insightful scholarship offered in Global Communication in Transition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mowlana, Hamid

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

World Communication
A History and Interpretation
Technology and Society
Communication and Power
The Making of Community
Language and Instructional Communication
The Remaking of Community
The Case of Islam
The Future of the State
An Islamic Perspective
Communication as Cultural Ecology
Shapes of the Future
International Communication in the 21st Century

Über Autor(innen)

Mowlana, Hamid
Hamid Mowlana is Professor of International Relations, and the founding director of the Division of International Communication at the School of International Service, The American University, Washington DC, since 1968. He is President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).