Global information and world communication new frontiers in international relations - Mowlana, Hamid (Sage, 1997)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index
Global Information and World Communication offers a comprehensive analysis of international communication systems and the global flow of information. In a full examination of the 'information revolution', Hamid Mowlana deals with this phenomenon in mass communications, telecommunications and new media, and in varying contexts: political, economic, cultural, technological, military, legal and professional. Global Information and World Communication will be essential reading for students and scholars of communication, media studies, journalism, international relations, political science, sociology and international development
1. World Politics in Transition: New Frontiers in International Relations -- 2. International Flow of Information: A Framework of Analysis -- 3. News and Views: Designing the World's Symbolic Environment -- 4. Broadcasting the World: National and International Images -- 5. Cultural Industry: From Books to Computers -- 6. Political Economy of Information: Transnational Data Flows -- 7. International Interactions: Travel and Tourism -- 8. Human Flow Across National Boundaries: Intercultural Communication -- 9. Information Technology: Developing Communication Systems and Policies -- 10. Communication and Development: The Emerging Orders -- 11. International Communication Research: From Functionalism to Postmodernism and Beyond -- 12. The Unfinished Revolution: The Crisis Of Our Age