Global Communication in Transition
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Global Communication in Transition

The End of Diversity?

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Global Communication in Transition

The End of Diversity?

About this book

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.

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Communication 
and 
Power 
89 
world. 
Thus, 
control 
over 
intangible 
measures 
of 
information 
flow 
and 
communication 
now 
must 
accompany 
access 
to 
material 
and 
natural 
resources 
to 
obtain 
power 
in 
the 
international 
system. 
Notes 
1. 
The 
notion 
of 
cultural 
industries 
includes 
such 
entities 
as 
the 
postal 
service, 
telephone 
and 
telegraph, 
and 
radio 
and 
television. 
2. 
For 
an 
elaboration 
of 
the 
"soft 
power" 
concept, 
see 
Nye 
(1990b). 
3. 
See 
"Two 
Stage 
of 
Information 
Flow 
and 
International 
Flow 
of 
Information 
Models," 
(Mowlana, 
1986, 
pp. 
10-11). 
4. 
For 
further 
detail, 
see 
"Geopolitics 
of 
Communication 
and 
the 
Strategic 
Aspect 
of 
the 
Persian 
Gulf," 
Mowlana 
(1989, 
p. 
96). 

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 - World Communication: A History and Interpretation
  6. Chapter 2 - Technology and Society
  7. Chapter 3 - Communication and Power
  8. Chapter 4 - The Making of Community
  9. Chapter 5 - Language and International Communication
  10. Chapter 6 - The Remaking of Community: The Case of Islam
  11. Chapter 7 - The Future of the State: An Islamic Perspective
  12. Chapter 8 - Communication as Cultural Ecology
  13. Chapter 9 - Shapes of the Future: International Communication in the 21st Century
  14. References
  15. Author Index
  16. Subject Index
  17. About the Author