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International Communication and Globalization
A Critical Introduction
Edited by:
- Ali Mohammadi - Nottingham Trent University, UK
August 1997 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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.
Introduction
PART ONE: RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION: CONTRADICTIONS AND DIRECTIONS
Oliver Boyd-Barrett
International Communication and Globalization
James Halloran
International Communication Research
PART TWO: AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, DEREGULATION POLICY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Ralph Negrine
Communications Technologies
Ali Mohammadi
Communication and the Globalization Process in the Developing World
PART THREE: THE NEW PARADIGM AND GLOBAL MORALITY
Cees Hamelink
International Communication
Majid Tehranian and Katherin Kia Tehranian
Taming Modernity
PART FOUR: GLOBALIZATION, CULTURE AND THE CONTROL OF DIFFERENCE
John Tomlinson
Cultural Globalization and Cultural Imperialism
Richard Maxwell
International Communication
