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.
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
Introduction A Critical Reader in International Communication and Globalization in a Post Modern World PART ONE: RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION: CONTRADICTIONS AND DIRECTIONS International Communication and Globalization - Oliver Boyd-Barrett Contradictions and Directions International Communication Research - James Halloran Opportunities and Obstacles PART TWO: AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, DEREGULATION POLICY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Communications Technologies - Ralph Negrine An Overview Communication and the Globalization Process in the Developing World - Ali Mohammadi PART THREE: THE NEW PARADIGM AND GLOBAL MORALITY International Communication - Cees Hamelink Global Market and Morality Taming Modernity - Majid Tehranian and Katherin Kia Tehranian Towards a New Paradigm PART FOUR: GLOBALIZATION, CULTURE AND THE CONTROL OF DIFFERENCE Cultural Globalization and Cultural Imperialism - John Tomlinson International Communication - Richard Maxwell The Control of Difference and the Global Market
`This volume is most welcome, for its authors provide useful maps of recent developments in international communication and chart future implicationsfor globalization. And they do more. They make judgments about what such developments mean for human freedom, social justice, and the quality of social life. They describe the past, present and future of international communications, examine several schools of thought that try to make sense of recent changes, and explore and evaluate some of the consequences.' - Contingencies and Crisis Management
