Michael A. Morris is Professor of Political Science at Clemson University (USA) and also has a joint appointment as Professor of Languages at the same university. He has published extensively in the areas of maritime politics and language politics. He has had Visiting Fulbright professorships in Britain and Chile.

• Contents: Michael A. Morris/Yanhua Zhang: Introduction – Richard Oliver Collin: Revolutionary Scripts: The Politics of Writing Systems – José M. Franco-Rodríguez: Linguistic Landscape and Language Maintenance: The Case of Los Angeles and Miami-Dade Counties – Clementina E. Adams: Music as Cultural and Linguistic Ambassador for Latin America – Michael A. Morris: Culture, Language and Global Issues – James Crombie: From Heavy to Light: Communication Technology and Vernaculars – Kimberley K. Williams: Maya Voices and Identity: Two Case Studies – R.G. Kainer: The Language Spoken and Unspoken on the Jerry Springer Show – Robert W. Smith: Ethics and Political Symbols: The Basis for Comparative Cultural Analysis – Plantu: Cross-Cultural Encounters through Cartoons – Michael A. Morris: Synthesis and Conclusion.