Global Communication

Yahya R. Kamalipour (PhD, University of Missouri) is professor of communications and former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University. Previously, 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. Profiled in the Contemporary Authors, he has published sixteen books and 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. Kamalipour has visited over sixty-five countries and has been interviewed by major newspapers and broadcast media around the world. He earned his PhD in communication at the University of Missouri-Columbia, MA in mass media at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and BA in mass communication-public relations at the Minnesota State University. For additional information visit www.kamalipour.com. 

Foreword by Vincent Mosco, Queen's University, Canada

Preface by Yahya R. Kamalipour

Acknowledgments

About the Editor

About the Contributors

SECTION ONE

1 Following the Historical Paths of Global Communication
Allen Palmer, Brigham Young University

2 Global Economy and International Telecommunications Networks
Harmeet Sawhney, Indiana University, Bloomington

3 The Transnational Media Corporation and the Economics of Global Competition
Richard A. Gershon, Western Michigan University

SECTION TWO

4 Drawing a Bead on Global Communication Theories
John D. H. Downing, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale

5 The Politics of Global Communication
Cees J. Hamelink, University of Amsterdam

6 Global Communication Law
Jan H. Samoriski, Tiffin University, Ohio

7 Milestones in Communication and National Development
Vibert C. Cambridge, Ohio University, Athens

SECTION THREE

8 Global News and Information Flow in the Digital Age
Kuldip R. Rampal, University of Central Missouri

9 Global Broadcasting: From Sputnik to the Internet
Lars Lundgren, Sodertorn University, Sweden
Benjamin A. Davis, California State University Northridge

10 Global Journalism in the Digital Age
John V. Pavlik, Rutgers University

11 Global Communication and Propaganda
Richard C. Vincent, Indiana State University

SECTION FOUR

12 Implications of the Global Internet Network: Challenges and Prospects
George A. Barnett, University of California Davis
Devan Rosen, Ithaca College, New York

13 Global Advertising and Public Relations
Marina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, New Jersey
Dean Kruckeberg, University of Northern Iowa

14 Global Communication and Culture
Yeşim Kaptan, Kent State University

15 Gender, Ethnicity, and Religion in the Digital Age
Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell, Purdue University Northwest

SECTION FIVE

16 The Shifting Politics in Global Media and Communication
Monroe E. Price, University of Pennsylvania

17 Global Communication Trends in the Digital Age
Mike Friedrichsen, Berlin University of Digital Sciences, Germany

Appendix

List of Acronyms

Suggested Readings

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