ISBN:
9780805816259
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (348 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Communication Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Communication in Eastern Europe : The Role of History, Culture, and Media in Contemporary Conflicts
DDC:
302.230943
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume represents a clear attempt to learn something from the events in Eastern European countries. It does not start with simplistic or old assumptions based on convenient Western communication models, but instead takes a new approach. If chaos theory could fundamentally change how physicists looked at order in the universe, then it may be of value for communication scholars to attempt to understand the diversity of chaos or order in the human universe, rather than attempt to force existing models on it for their own explanatory purposes. This book is not merely based on the study of s
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Communication in Eastern Europe; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part I: Foundational Issues; 1. Interpersonal Communication, History, and Intercultural Coherence:Timothy Stephen; Part II: Germany and Unification; 2. "Wir sind ein volk": Illusions and Reality of German Unification: Fred L. Casmir; 3. The Crisis of Citizenship: The East German Media, Nazis, and Outsiderness: Maryellen Boyle; 4. Stepsisters: On the Difficulties of German-german Feminist Cooperation: Dorothy J. Rosenberg; Part III: Hungary: Restructuring a Soctety and its Economy
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Hungarian Culture in Communication:Mary M. McKinley6. Advertising and the Legitimacy Crisis of Eastern Europe: Carl C. Rohde and Carsten R. C. Pellicaan; Part IV: Complexities of Change: Other Eastern European Examples; 7. New Democratic Vistas: Demassification and the Polish Media: Scott R. Olson; 8. Turning Personal Experiencesinto Social Reality: Communicationas a "Third-Culture-Building" Tool in the Romanian Classroom: Eric Gilder; 9. Media Coverage of Bulgaria in the West and Its Domestic Use: Dina Iordanova
Description / Table of Contents:
10. Africa, the Kremlin, and the Press: The Russian Soul Comprehending and Communicating the African Spirit: Charles Quist Adade11. Probing Cultural Implications of War-Related Victimization in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, and Serbia: Donald E. Williams; 12. Some Summary Thoughts: Fred L. Casmir; The Authors; Author Index; Subject Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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