International communication : a reader / edited by Daya Kishan Thussu.

Contributor(s):

Thussu, Daya Kishan [edt]

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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.Description: 590 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780415444569

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DDC classification:

302.2

Contents:

Pt. 1. Infrastructure for International Communication -- Ch. 1. Satellites and Global Communication / Joseph Pelton -- Ch. 2. The Global Network Society / Manuel Castells -- Ch. 3. Impact of WTO on Global Communication / Eli Noam -- Ch. 4. Global Media Policy / Marc Raboy -- Pt. 2. Theoretical Terrains -- Ch. 5. Media and Modernization / Daniel Lerner -- Ch. 6. Communication and Post-Colonialism / Raka Shome and Radha Hegde -- Ch. 7. Development Communication / Srinivas Melkote -- Ch. 8. Communication and Digital Capitalism / Dan Schiller -- Pt. 3. Global Media Systems -- Ch. 9. Media Imperialism / Oliver Boyd-Barrett -- Ch. 10. Homogenizing Media Cultures? / Daniel Hallin and Poulo Mancini -- Ch. 11. The Global Media System / Robert McChesney -- Ch. 12. Contra-flow in Global Media / Daya Thussu -- Ch. 13. Anglo-American Media in Decline? / Jeremy Tunstall -- Pt. 4. Dominant and Alternative Discourses -- Ch. 14. Cultural Imperialism / Herbert Schiller -- Ch. 15. Communication and Cultural Proximity / Joseph Straubhaar -- Ch. 16. The Islamic Internet / Lina Khatib -- Ch. 17. Alternative Media / John Downing -- Pt. 5. Communication and Power -- Ch. 18. Global Communication as Ideology / Armand Mattelart -- Ch. 19. Communication as Propaganda / Harold Lasswell -- Ch. 20. Public Diplomacy and Soft Power / Joseph Nye -- Ch. 21. Media and Sovereignty / Monroe Price -- Ch. 22. Global Media Consumption / Elihu Katz and Tamar Leibes -- Ch. 23. Disjunctures of Global Culture / Arjun Appadurai -- Ch. 24. Cultures of Diasporic Media / Karim H. Karim -- Ch. 25. Decentred Globalization / Kochi Iwabuchi -- Ch. 26. Hybridity and Globalization / Marwan Kraidy -- Ch. 27. Global Creative Convergence / Mark Deuze.

Summary: This comprehensive Reader brings together seminal texts in media and communication from both traditional as well as more recent scholarship. Readings are drawn from an international range of scholars and organized to reflect the growing internationalization of the field, with clearly defined sections covering key aspects of global communication. In addition to the core academic readings, key policy documents are also included to demonstrate the development of the political, economic and technological infrastructure that underpins the global system of media and communication.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre	302.2 INT int (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10478

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This comprehensive Reader brings together seminal texts in media and communication from both traditional as well as more recent scholarship.

Readings are drawn from an international range of scholars and organized to reflect the growing internationalization of the field, with clearly defined sections covering key aspects of global communication. In addition to the core academic readings, key policy documents are also included to demonstrate the development of the political, economic and technological infrastructure that underpins the global system of media and communication.

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