Global Communication in Transition: The End of Diversity?

by Hamid Mowlana

Overview

The dramatic developments in global communication are altering the specifics of our societies. Hamid Mowlana offers an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to international communication in this volume, focusing on both the human dimensions and the technological imperatives.

Global Communication in Transition covers a range of issues from the rise of modern political systems and the interactions of various cultures to the expansion of social organizations and the growing global infrastructure. Offering a new paradigm for the study of international communication, the book is organized around a number of basic concepts including history, power, community, legitimacy and language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803943193
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/05/1996
Series:	Communication and Human Values , #19
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

World Communication
A History and Interpretation
Technology and Society
Communication and Power
The Making of Community
Language and Instructional Communication
The Remaking of Community
The Case of Islam
The Future of the State
An Islamic Perspective
Communication as Cultural Ecology
Shapes of the Future
International Communication in the 21st Century

Editorial Reviews

Mowlana (international relations, American U.-Washington) examines the human dimension of international communication in terms of such basic concepts as history, power, community, legitimacy, and language. He begins with the rise of modern political systems and interactions between cultures, and proceeds through the expansion of social organization to the growing global infrastructure. The Islamic world serves as a detailed case study. Of interest to scholars of politics and international relations as well as communication. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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