Global Information and World Communication

The new edition of this major work offers a comprehensive analysis of international communication systems and the global flow of information. Hamid Mowlana places the analysis of global mass media and other forms of communication within a critical overview of international and intercultural relations.

Extensively rewritten and revised, Global Information and World Communication deals with the phenomenon of global information flow in all contexts - political, economic, cultural, technological, legal and professional. Mowlana illustrates how different communication strategies and systems have contributed to the creation of powerful interests and have altered the global scene. He takes into account recent events and shows how these have challenged basic assumptions and theories, enabling the debate about communication and world society to embrace broader concepts of world politics, information economy, cultural ecology and international development.

Auteur

Hamid Mowlana is Professor of International Relations, and the founding director of the Division of International Communication at the School of International Service, The American University, Washington DC, since 1968. He is President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).

Contenu
World Politics in Transition
New Frontiers in International Relations
International Flow of Information
A Framework of Analysis
News and Views
Designing the Worlds Symbolic Environment
Broadcasting the World
National and International Images
Cultural Industry
From Books to Computers
Political Economy of Information
Transitional Data Flows
International Interactions
Travel and Tourism
Human Flow across National Boundaries
Intercultural Communication
Information Technology
Developing Communication Systems and Policies
Communication and Development
The Emerging Orders
International Communication Research
From Functionalism to Post Modernism and Beyond
The Unfinished Revolution
The Crisis of Our Age