Global information and world communication : new frontiers in international relations
Title:
Global information and world communication : new frontiers in international relations
Author:
Mowlana, Hamid, 1937-
ISBN:
9780761952565
9780761952572
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1997.
Physical Description:
xiii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
World politics in transition: new frontiers in international relations -- International flow of information: a framework of analysis -- News and views: designing the world's symbolic environment -- Broadcasting the world: national and international images -- Cultural industry: from books to computers -- Political economy of information: transnational data flows -- International interactions: travel and tourism -- Human flow across national boundaries: intercultural communication -- Information technology: developing communication systems and policies -- Communication and development: the emerging orders -- International communication research: from functionalism to postmodernism and beyond -- The unfinished revolution: the crisis of our age.
Abstract:
Global Information and World Communication offers a comprehensive analysis of international communication systems and the global flow of information. In a full examination of the 'information revolution', Hamid Mowlana deals with this phenomenon in mass communications, telecommunications and new media, and in varying contexts: political, economic, cultural, technological, military, legal and professional. Global Information and World Communication will be essential reading for students and scholars of communication, media studies, journalism, international relations, political science, sociology and international development.