Global Communication (with InfoTrac)

by Kamalipour, Yahya R.

• ISBN13: 9780534561277
• ISBN10: 0534561276
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-26
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

1. Following the Historical Paths of Global Communication. 2. Drawing a Bead on Global Communication Theories. 3. Global Economy and International Telecommunications Networks. 4. The Transnational Media Corporation and the Economics of Global Competition. 5. Global Communication Law. 6. Global News and Information Flow. 7. International Broadcasting. 8. Milestones in Communication and National Development. 9. The Politics of Global Communication. 10. Global Advertising and Public Relations. 11. Communication and Culture. 12. Pedagogy, Critical Citizenship and International Communication. 13. Patterns in Global Communication: Prospects and Concerns.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Ito Youichi	viii
Preface	xii
Acknowledgments	xxi
Following the Historical Paths of Global Communication	1	(20)
Allen Palmer
Drawing a Bead on Global Communication Theories	21	(14)
John D. H. Downing
Global Economy and International Telecommunications Networks	35	(16)
Harmeet Sawhney
The Transnational Media Corporation and the Economics of Global Competition	51	(22)
Richard A. Gershon
Global Communication Law	73	(24)
John L. Huffman
Denise M. Trauth
Global News and Information Flow	97	(23)
Kuldip R. Rampal
International Broadcasting	120	(21)
Joseph D. Straubhaar
Douglas A. Boyd
Milestones in Communication and National Development	141	(20)
Vibert Cambridge
The Politics of Global Communication	161	(27)
Cees J. Hamelink
Global Advertising and Public Relations	188	(19)
Dean Kruckeberg
Communication and Culture	207	(22)
Christine L. Ogan
Pedagogy, Critical Citizenship, and International Communication	229	(18)
M. Mehdi Semati
Patterns in Global Communication: Prospects and Concerns	247	(17)
Leo A. Gher
List of Acronyms	264	(3)
Suggested Readings	267	(8)
Index	275