Communication and Domination: Essays to Honor Herbert I. Schiller
Herbert I. Schiller (honoured person)
Norwood, NJ: Ablex (1986), x, 278 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 0-89391-380-4
"Scholars from various countries of the socialist and capitalist - the developing and developed - world, and representing many of the disparate areas that make up the interdisciplinary field of communication, have contributed articles centering around Schiller's dominant theme - the use and misuse of power. In six parts: "The Formative Functions of Information Technology," "Information, International Relations, and Warfare," "Modes of Cultural Domination and Resistance," "The New Information Order: Struggles and Reconsiderations," "Reconstructing Information Patterns and Practices," and "Meeting the Future: Research and Action." Among the 27 contributors are Cees Hamelink, Tapio Varis, Dallas Smythe, Vincent Mosco, Stuart Ewen, Enrique González Manet, Yassen Zassoursky, William Melody, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Breda Pavlic, George Gerbner and James Halloran. Countries represented by the contributors are Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, India, the United States, the U.S.S.R., Cuba, England, Holland, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Peru, Sri Lanka and Kenya." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 30)
I. THE FORMATIVE FUNCTIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 1
1 The social construction of technology: Notes on railroads and computers / Jan Ekecrantz, 5
2 Is information technology neutral? / Cees J. Hamelink, 16
3 Can people use information technology? / Robin Cheesman, 25
4 The Third World and the political economy of the communication revolution / Neville Jayaweera, 30
5 Transfer of technology: The INSAT experience / Eapen K. Eapen, 45
II. INFORMATION, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND WARFARE, 53
6 Patterns of television program flow in international relations / Tapio Varis, 55
7 On the political economy of C3I / Dallas W. Smythe, 66
8 New technology and space warfare / Vincent Mosco, 76
III. MODES OF CULTURAL DOMINATION AND RESISTANCE, 85
9 Youth culture / Stuart Ewen, 89
10 Towards a psychoanalytical critique of mass communication / Dieter Prokop, 96
11 Cultural domination in Europe: The case of Ireland / Maolsheachlainn ó Caollaí, 104
12 Kenyan culture: The national struggle for survival / Ngugi wa Thiong'o, 114
13 Is the concept of national sovereignty outdated? / Tran Van Dinh and Rosemary Porter, 120
IV. THE NEW INFORMATION ORDER: STRUGGLES AND RECONSIDERATIONS, 129
14 Freedom or responsibility versus freedom and responsibility / Wolfgang Kleinwächter, 133
15 Will UNESCO be crippled? Enrique Gonzalez Manet, 143
16 The future of the debate on the new international information order and the intergovernmental programme for the development of communication / Yassen N. Zassoursky, 154
17 Canada's contradictions on the new international information order / William H. Melody and Rohan Samarajiwa, 160
18 New information order in Latin America: A Taxonomy for national communication policies / Rafael Roncagliolo, 168
19 Tanzania and the new information order: A case study of Africa's second struggle / Kaarle Nordenstreng, 177
V. RECONSTRUCTING INFORMATION PATTERNS AND PRACTICES, 193
20 Non-alignment and communication: looking ahead / Breda Pavlic, 197
21 Latin American communication policies: New battles around the old issues / Raquel Salinas Bascur, 207
22 Information technology in Australia: The trade union response / Ian Reinecke, 215
23 Why do female media professionals produce male messages? / Olga Linné, 222
VI. MEETING THE FUTURE: RESEARCH AND ACTION, 231
24 The challenge before us / George Gerbner, 233
25 International democratization of communication: the challenge for research / James D. Halloran, 241
26 Billboards of the future: A brief history / Stuart Ewen, 249
Publications of Herbert I. Schiller from 1955 to 1984, 259
1 The social construction of technology: Notes on railroads and computers / Jan Ekecrantz, 5
2 Is information technology neutral? / Cees J. Hamelink, 16
3 Can people use information technology? / Robin Cheesman, 25
4 The Third World and the political economy of the communication revolution / Neville Jayaweera, 30
5 Transfer of technology: The INSAT experience / Eapen K. Eapen, 45
II. INFORMATION, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND WARFARE, 53
6 Patterns of television program flow in international relations / Tapio Varis, 55
7 On the political economy of C3I / Dallas W. Smythe, 66
8 New technology and space warfare / Vincent Mosco, 76
III. MODES OF CULTURAL DOMINATION AND RESISTANCE, 85
9 Youth culture / Stuart Ewen, 89
10 Towards a psychoanalytical critique of mass communication / Dieter Prokop, 96
11 Cultural domination in Europe: The case of Ireland / Maolsheachlainn ó Caollaí, 104
12 Kenyan culture: The national struggle for survival / Ngugi wa Thiong'o, 114
13 Is the concept of national sovereignty outdated? / Tran Van Dinh and Rosemary Porter, 120
IV. THE NEW INFORMATION ORDER: STRUGGLES AND RECONSIDERATIONS, 129
14 Freedom or responsibility versus freedom and responsibility / Wolfgang Kleinwächter, 133
15 Will UNESCO be crippled? Enrique Gonzalez Manet, 143
16 The future of the debate on the new international information order and the intergovernmental programme for the development of communication / Yassen N. Zassoursky, 154
17 Canada's contradictions on the new international information order / William H. Melody and Rohan Samarajiwa, 160
18 New information order in Latin America: A Taxonomy for national communication policies / Rafael Roncagliolo, 168
19 Tanzania and the new information order: A case study of Africa's second struggle / Kaarle Nordenstreng, 177
V. RECONSTRUCTING INFORMATION PATTERNS AND PRACTICES, 193
20 Non-alignment and communication: looking ahead / Breda Pavlic, 197
21 Latin American communication policies: New battles around the old issues / Raquel Salinas Bascur, 207
22 Information technology in Australia: The trade union response / Ian Reinecke, 215
23 Why do female media professionals produce male messages? / Olga Linné, 222
VI. MEETING THE FUTURE: RESEARCH AND ACTION, 231
24 The challenge before us / George Gerbner, 233
25 International democratization of communication: the challenge for research / James D. Halloran, 241
26 Billboards of the future: A brief history / Stuart Ewen, 249
Publications of Herbert I. Schiller from 1955 to 1984, 259
