International Communication and Globalization: A Critical Introduction - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761955542 ISBN 13: 9780761955542

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Ali Mohammadi is Reader in the Department of English and Media Studies at Nottingham Trent University. He is co-author with Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi, of Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication and Culture and The Iranian Revolution (1994). He is also co-editor of Questioning the Media (1994)

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Oliver Boyd-Barrett University of Leicester

Cees Hamelink University of Amsterdam

Ralph Negrine University of Leicester

John Tomlinson Nottingham Trent University

From the Back Cover

Providing an overview of this 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761955542
• ISBN 13: 9780761955542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Mohammadi Ali