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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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I - Research in International Communication and Globalization: Contradictions and Directions
- 1 - International Communication and Globalization: Contradictions and Directions
- 2 - International Communication Research: Opportunities and Obstacles
- Part II - An Overview of Communication Technology, Deregulation Policy and Their Impact on the Developing Countries
- 3 - Communications Technologies: An Overview
- 4 - Communication and the Globalization Process in the Developing World
- Part III - The New Paradigm and Global Morality
- 5 - International Communication: Global Market and Morality
- 6 - Taming Modernity: Towards a New Paradigm
- Part IV - Globalization, Culture and the Control of Difference
- 7 - Cultural Globalization and Cultural Imperialism
- 8 - International Communication: The Control of Difference and the Global Market
- Bibliography
- Index