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Dear colleagues,

You might be interested in the latest book edited by Prof. Daya Thussu, 
'International Communication - A Reader, recently published by Routledge.

Book profile at
http://www.routledge.com/books/International-Communication-A-Reader-isbn9780415444569 

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International Communication: A Reader
Edited by Daya Kishan Thussu

This comprehensive Reader brings together seminal texts in media and 
communication studies from both traditional as well as more recent 
scholarship. It is organized to reflect the growing internationalization 
of the field, with clearly defined sections covering key aspects of 
global communication – from historical literature to policy documents – 
as well as regional perspectives and cultural and political writings on 
communication from across the globe.

Designed for use with university courses, International Communication: A 
Reader is divided into six parts and includes, in addition to core 
academic readings, key policy documents, that demonstrate the 
development of the political, economic and technological infrastructure 
underpinning the global system of media and communication.
Additional features include: a timeline showing the chronology of main 
events in global communication relevant websites for further research.


Table of Contents

Part 1: Infrastructure for International Communication
1. Satellites and Global Communication, Joseph Pelton
2. The Global Network Society, Manuel Castells
3. Impact of WTO on Global Communication, Eli Noam
4. Global Media Policy ,Marc Raboy

Part 2: Theoretical Terrains
5. Media and Modernization, Daniel Lerner
6. Communication and Post-Colonialism, Raka Shome & Radha Hegde
7. Development Communication, Srinivas Melkote
8. Communication and Digital Capitalism, Dan Schiller

Part 3: Global Media Systems
9. Media Imperialism, Oliver Boyd-Barrett
10. Homogenizing Media Cultures?, Daniel Hallin & Paolo Mancini
11. The Global Media System, Robert McChesney
12. Contra-flow in Global Media, Daya Thussu
13. Anglo-American Media in Decline?, Jeremy Tunstall

Part 4: Dominant and Alternative Discourses
14. Cultural Imperialism, Herbert Schiller
15. Communication and Cultural Proximity, Joseph Straubhaar
16. The Islamic Internet, Lina Khatib
17. Alternative Media, John Downing

Part 5: Communication and Power
18. Global Communication as Ideology, Armand Mattelart
19. Communication as Propaganda, Harold Lasswell
20. Soft Power, Joseph Nye
21. Media and Sovereignty, Monroe Price

Part 6: Cultures of Global Communication
22. Global Media Consumption, Elihu Katz & Tamar Leibes
23. Disjunctures of Global Culture, Arjun Appadurai
24. Cultures of Diasporic Media, Karim H. Karim
25. Decentred Globalization, Kochi Iwabuchi
26. Hybridity and Globalization, Marwan Kraidy
27. Global Creative Convergence, Mark Deuze

July 2009 | 616 pages | Paperback: 978-0-415-44456-9 | £24.99

‘Instructors and students will find this blend of golden classics and 
recent work very handy. The inclusion of fugitive historical documents 
from intergovernmental conferences is particularly helpful.’ - Bella 
Mody, deCastro Chair in Global Media, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

‘As the field of communication studies expands and internationalizes, 
there is a growing need for global resource material. Daya Thussu has 
brought such material together in a Reader that will prove invaluable 
for teaching on the political, economic, cultural and technological 
dimensions of global communication. Not only a "must read" but also a 
"must use". Highly recommended!’ - Cees J. Hamelink, Professor Emeritus 
of International Communication, University of Amsterdam

‘In this magisterial collection, Professor Thussu helps ground a 
discipline and frame a way of thinking about the global, the 
international, and the extraordinary significance of the changing empire 
of communications and society.’ - Monroe Price, Director of the Center 
for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School of 
Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA


Daya Kishan Thussu is Professor of International Communication at the 
University of Westminster in London. The founder and Managing Editor of 
the journal Global Media and Communication, his key publications include 
Internationalizing Media Studies; News as Entertainment; Media on the 
Move; International Communication, and Electronic Empires.