ISBN:
076195256X
,
0761952578
,
9780761952565
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 269 p)
,
ill
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Global Information and World Communication : New Frontiers in International Relations
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Communication, International
;
Communication, International
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The new edition of this major work offers a comprehensive analysis of international communication systems and the global flow of information. Hamid Mowlana places the analysis of global mass media and other forms of communication within a critical overview of international and intercultural relations. Extensively rewritten and revised, Global Information and World Communication deals with the phenomenon of global information flow in all contexts - political, economic, cultural, technological, legal and professional. Mowlana illustrates how different communication strategies and systems have co
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; 1 - World Politics in Transition: New Frontiers in International Relations; 2 - International Flow of Information: A Framework of Analysis; 3 - News and Views: Designing the World's Symbolic Environment; 4 - Broadcasting the World: National and International Images; 5 - Cultural Industry: From Books to Computers; 6 - Political Economy of Information: Transnational Data Flows; 7 - International Interactions: Travel and Tourism; 8 - Human Flow Across National Boundaries: Intercultural Communication
Description / Table of Contents:
9 - Information Technology: Developing Communication Systems and Policies10 - Communication and Developement: The Emerging Orders; 11 - International Communication Research: From Functionalism to Postmodernism and Beyond; 12 - The Unfinished Revolution: The Crisis of Our Age; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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