Global Communication

Yahya R. Kamalipour is a noted global media and communication scholar and current professor of communications and interim chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at North Carolina A&T State University. For 28 years he served as professor and head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Purdue University Northwest. His areas of interest and research include globalization, media impact, international communication, Middle East media, and new communication technologies. He has published eighteen books, including Communicating Global Crises: Media, War, Climate, and Politics; Global Media Perceptions of the United States: The Trump Effect; Global Discourse in Fractured Times; and Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age. He has served as an international consultant for several colleges and universities and on advisory/editorial boards of a dozen prominent communication journals. He is founding director of the Global Media Journals network and founding president of the Global Communication Association.

This updated edition is the ideal book to help us understand the unprecedented contemporary and historical challenges our world is experiencing. Yahya Kamalipour assembles a matchless collection of amazing international critical thinkers willing to address the workings of power in global communication. Look no further, this is the definitive book.

• *New to fourth editionForewordVincent Mosco, Queen’s University, CanadaAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Fourth EditionYahya R. KamalipourList of AcronymsSection One: Understanding the Historical, Theoretical, and Economic Foundations1 Following the Historical Paths of Global CommunicationAllen Palmer, Brigham Young University2 Global Communication TheoriesDaniela V. Dimitrova, Iowa State UniversityJohn D. H. Downing, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale3 Global Economy and International Telecommunications NetworksHarmeet Sawhney, Indiana University, Bloomington4 The Transnational Media Corporation and the Economics of Global Competition Richard A. Gershon, Western Michigan UniversitySection Two: Understanding the Political, Legal, Cultural, and Global Impact 5 The Politics of Global CommunicationCees Hamelink, University of Amsterdam*6 Global Communication LawPerry Keller, King's College LondonBerna Akcali Gur, Queen Mary University of London7 Global Communication and CultureYesim Kaptan, Kent State University8 Global Communication and PropagandaRichard C. Vincent, Indiana State UniversitySection Three: Understanding the Digital Age, Global Broadcasting, Information Flow, Advertising, and Public Relations9 Global Journalism in the Digital AgeJohn V. Pavlik, Rutgers University10 Global Broadcasting in the Digital AgeBenjamin A. Davis, Morgan State UniversityLars Lundgreen, Södertörn University, Sweden11 Global News and Information Flow in the Digital AgeKuldip R. Rampal, Central Missouri State University 12 Global Advertising and Public RelationsMarina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, New JerseyDean Kruckeberg, University of North Carolina at CharlotteSection Four: Understanding the Implications of the Internet and Politics 13 The Global Implications of the Internet: Challenges and ProspectsGeorge A. Barnett, University of California Davis Devan Rosen, Ithaca College, New York*14 Platformization of the Internet and PoliticsPetros Iosifidis, City, University of LondonNicholas Nicoli, University of Nicosia, CyprusSection Five: Understanding the Politics of Global Culture, Cultural Diversity, and National Development *15 Democracy, Cultural Imperialism, and the Politics of Global CultureLee B. Artz, Purdue University Northwest16 Gender, Ethnicity, and Religion in the Digital AgeTheresa Carilli and Jane Campbell, Purdue University Northwest17 Milestones in Communication and National DevelopmentVibert C. Cambridge, Ohio University, AthensAbout the EditorAbout the ContributorsIndex