International Communication: Continuity and Change / Edition 2

by Daya Kishan Thussu

Overview

This comprehensive survey charts the recent developments of technology and geo-politics and the way they affect media and communications studies. It explores their significance for the established domains of institutions, texts and audiences, drawing on a rich and genuinely international range of case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900340888925
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/28/2006
Series:	Hodder Arnold Publication Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Daya Kishan Thussu is Professor of International Communication and Co-Director of the India Media Centre at the University of Westminster, UK. He is also the founder and managing editor of the jourbanal Global Media and Communication.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Historical Context of International Communication
Case studies:
a. The rise of Reuters b. overt communication - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty c. Development Communication – Satellite Instructional Television Experiment d. Edutainment
2: Approaches to Theorising International Communication
3: Creating a Global Communications Infrastructure
Case studies:
a. Intelsat b. The 'Murdochization' of media c. GATS and the global audio-visual industry d. ICANN and international communication
4: The Global Media Marketplace
Case studies:
a. Televising sport globally - ESPN
b. CNN – 'the world's news leader'
c. Global Advertising d. Representations of Africa in global imagery
5: Communications and Cultural Globalization
Case studies:
a. Catching them young - children's television b. Glocalization of MTV
c. Bollywood-Hollywood synergies d. The globalization of 'reality television'
6: Contra-flow in Global Media
Case studies:
a. Al-Jazeera and the Arab public sphere b. China's external communication c. TV Globo – the Latin soap factories d. Nollywood
7: International Communication in the Age of Mobile Internet
Case studies:
a. 'The Facebook revolution'
b. The Googalization of global communication c. Mobile networked media – the Nadia story d. 'The YouTube effect'
e. WikiLeaks
Appendix 1 Chronology of International Communication
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 Website addresses

Editorial Reviews

"Daya Thussu's International Communication is the best introduction and overview of the subject in print. Thussu works across all the important social, economic, and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments. The book is well organized and highly readable. Thoroughly up-to-date, International Communication is certain to become mandatory reading for all students and scholars of global media and communication."—Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois

"Thussu has drawn together a huge mass of material from international organisations, companies, and the trade press in an easily accessible format."—European Journal of Communication

From the Publisher

The writing is clear and the tone is appropriate. It speaks to students as well as about its topic. This is important... Case studies are useful moments for reflection and development that permit a recap of key issues in relation to a specific institution or practice.

Neil Curtis

Thussu has drawn together a huge mass of material from international organizations, companies, and the trade press in an easily accessible format.

European Journal of Communication

The best introduction and overview of the subject in print. Thussu works across all the important social, economic, and political issues connected to the topic, making thoughtful and persuasive arguments. The book is well organized and highly readable. Thoroughly up-to-date...is certain to become mandatory reading for all students and scholars of global media and communication.

University of Illinois Robert W. McChesney