Global communication in the twenty-first century

Clearly superior to anything currently on the market. Print and electronic media [are] thoroughly treated in one book. [The] information-focused approach makes possible a synthesis of themes. The author has taken us beyond geography and media systems for a unified look at the present and future of communication in the next century."

Huber W. Ellingsworth, University of Tulsa

How does information affect the culture, politics, and economics of countries

across the world? What is the relationship between intercultural communication

and global media? What are the cultural and linguistic dimensions of international

communication?

Global Communication in the Twenty-first Century provides a vivid and up-to-date armchair tour of world cultures, media systems, and problems in international com munication. The first text to offer comprehensive coverage of world print and broadcast media, it examines culture and mass media to consider the current and possible future role of cultural dynamics in international mass communication. Global Communication in the Twenty-first Century features.