International Communication

Author: Daya Kishan Thussu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780932677
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393

Book Description
The third edition of International Communication examines the profound changes that have taken place, and are continuing to take place at an astonishing speed, in international media and communication. Building on the success of previous editions, this book maps out the expansion of media and telecommunications corporations within the macro-economic context of liberalisation, deregulation and privitisation. It then goes on to explore the impact of such growth on audiences in different cultural contexts and from regional, national and international perspectives. Each chapter contains engaging case studies which exemplify the main concepts and arguments.

Internationalizing "International Communication"

Author: Chin-Chuan Lee
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472900145
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339

Book Description
International communication as a field of inquiry is, in fact, not very “internationalized.” Rather, it has been taken as a conceptual extension or empirical application of U.S. communication, and much of the world outside the West has been socialized to adopt truncated versions of Pax Americana’s notion of international communication. At stake is the “subject position” of academic and cultural inquirers: Who gets to ask what kind of questions? It is important to note that the quest to establish universally valid “laws” of human society with little regard for cultural values and variations seems to be running out of steam. Many lines of intellectual development are reckoning with the important dimensions of empathetic understanding and subjective consciousness. In Internationalizing "International Communication," Lee and others argue that we must reject both America-writ-large views of the world and self-defeating mirror images that reject anything American or Western on the grounds of cultural incompatibility or even cultural superiority. The point of departure for internationalizing “international communication” must be precisely the opposite of parochialism – namely, a spirit of cosmopolitanism. Scholars worldwide have a moral responsibility to foster global visions and mutual understanding, which forms, metaphorically, symphonic harmony made of cacophonic sounds.

Negotiating Across Cultures

Author: Raymond Cohen
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description

New Frontiers in International Communication Theory

Author: Mehdi Semati
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1417503602
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
New Frontiers in International Communication Theory offers a wide-ranging assessment of the present state of the field of international communication and charts new directions for theory and research. It brings together renowned and emerging scholars who challenge the field to move beyond the limits of existing formulations, approaches, and trajectories, providing an alternative and a supplement to traditional approaches in analysis and study. In rethinking the central problematics of the field, exploring established and new tools and models of inquiry, and articulating new research agendas, this interdisciplinary collection anticipates the future of international communication studies.

International Power and International Communication

Author: Mark D. Alleyne
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349241857
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Over seven chapters the book shows how international communication has been shaped by the structure of international political power and how these means of global communication have in turn been strategic tools for the exercise of international political power. There are separate chapters on global news flows, the international trade in cultural products (films, books, advertising, recorded music, periodicals and books), and government propaganda activities. The politics of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) are analysed.

Global Networks

Author: Linda Marie Harasim
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262082228
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Book Description
Global Networks takes up the host of issues raised by the new networking technology that now links individuals, groups, and organizations in different countries and on different continents. The 21 contributions focus on the implementation, applications and impact of computer-mediated communication in a global context.

The Struggle for Control of Global Communication

Author: Jill Hills
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252091523
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
Tracing the development of communication markets and the regulation of international communications from the 1840s through World War I, Jill Hills examines the political, technological, and economic forces at work during the formative century of global communication. Hills analyzes power relations within the arena of global communications from the inception of the telegraph through the successive technologies of submarine telegraph cables, ship-to-shore wireless, broadcast radio, shortwave wireless, the telephone, and movies with sound. As she shows, global communication began to overtake transportation as an economic, political, and social force after the inception of the telegraph, which shifted communications from national to international. From that point on, information was a commodity and ownership of the communications infrastructure became valuable as the means of distributing information. The struggle for control of that infrastructure occurred in part because British control of communications hindered the growing economic power of the United States. Hills outlines the technological advancements and regulations that allowed the United States to challenge British hegemony and enter the global communications market. She demonstrates that control of global communication was part of a complex web of relations between and within the government and corporations of Britain and the United States. Detailing the interplay between American federal regulation and economic power, Hills shows how these forces shaped communications technologies and illuminates the contemporary systems of power in global communications.

Intercultural Communication

Author: Ingrid Piller
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474412939
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Combining perspectives from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, the second edition of this popular textbook provides students with an up-to-date overview of the field of intercultural communication. Ingrid Piller explains communication in context using two main approaches. The first treats cultural identity, difference and similarity as discursive constructions. The second, informed by bilingualism studies, highlights the use and prestige of different languages and language varieties as well as the varying access that speakers have to them.

International Communication and Globalization

Author: Ali Mohammadi
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761955542
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Addressing the impact on national societies and cultures of the headlong rate of change in communication between nations, the contributors offer new approaches to this complex and rapidly growing field. The ethics of global communication are discussed.

Ethical Issues in International Communication

Author: Alexander G. Nikolaev
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230306845
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
A collection of essays from scholars around the globe examining the ethical issues and problems associated with some of the major areas within contemporary international communication: journalism, PR, marketing communication, and political rhetoric.