International Communication and Globalization: A Critical Introduction
London: Sage (1997), viii, 228 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 210-221, index
ISBN 0-7619-5554-2
Reviewed in: Media, Culture & Society, vol. 21:2 (1999), pp. 281-282
"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." (Publisher description)
Introduction: A Critical Reader in International Communication and Globalization in a Post Modern World, 1
I. RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION: CONTRADICTIONS AND DIRECTIONS
1 International Communication and Globalization: Contradictions and Directions / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 11
2 International Communication Research: Opportunities and Obstacles / James Halloran, 27
II. AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, DEREGULATION POLICY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
3 Communications Technologies: An Overview / Ralph Negrine, 50
4 Communication and the Globalization Process in the Developing World / Ali Mohammadi, 67
III. THE NEW PARADIGM AND GLOBAL MORALITY
5 International Communication: Global Market and Morality / Cees Hamelink, 92
6 Taming Modernity: Towards a New Paradigm / Majid Tehranian and Katherin Kia Tehranian, 119
IV. GLOBALIZATION, CULTURE AND THE CONTROL OF DIFFERENCE
7 Cultural Globalization and Cultural Imperialism / John Tomlinson, 170
8 International Communication: The Control of Difference and the Global Market / Richard Maxwell, 191
I. RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION: CONTRADICTIONS AND DIRECTIONS
1 International Communication and Globalization: Contradictions and Directions / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 11
2 International Communication Research: Opportunities and Obstacles / James Halloran, 27
II. AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, DEREGULATION POLICY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
3 Communications Technologies: An Overview / Ralph Negrine, 50
4 Communication and the Globalization Process in the Developing World / Ali Mohammadi, 67
III. THE NEW PARADIGM AND GLOBAL MORALITY
5 International Communication: Global Market and Morality / Cees Hamelink, 92
6 Taming Modernity: Towards a New Paradigm / Majid Tehranian and Katherin Kia Tehranian, 119
IV. GLOBALIZATION, CULTURE AND THE CONTROL OF DIFFERENCE
7 Cultural Globalization and Cultural Imperialism / John Tomlinson, 170
8 International Communication: The Control of Difference and the Global Market / Richard Maxwell, 191
