Internationalizing "International Communication" Chin-Chuan Lee, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Chin-Chuan.

Contributor:

Li, Jinquan, 1946- editor.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

The new media world.

The new media world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication, International.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

2015.

Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

International communication as a field of inquiry is, in fact, not very “internationalized.” Rather, it has been taken as a conceptual extension or empirical application of U.S. communication, and much of the world outside the West has been socialized to adopt truncated versions of Pax Americana’s notion of international communication. At stake is the “subject position” of academic and cultural inquirers: Who gets to ask what kind of questions? It is important to note that the quest to establish universally valid “laws” of human society with little regard for cultural values and variations seems to be running out of steam. Many lines of intellectual development are reckoning with the important dimensions of empathetic understanding and subjective consciousness.In Internationalizing “International Communication”, Lee and others argue that we must reject both America-writ-large views of the world and self-defeating mirror images that reject anything American or Western on the grounds of cultural incompatibility or even cultural superiority. The point of departure for internationalizing “international communication” must be precisely the opposite of parochialism - namely, a spirit of cosmopolitanism. Scholars worldwide have a moral responsibility to foster global visions and mutual understanding, which forms, metaphorically, symphonic harmony made of cacophonic sounds.

Contents:

International communication research: critical reflections and a new point of departure / Chin-Chuan Lee

Window shopping: on internationalizing "international communication" / Elihu Katz

Beyond Lazarsfeld: international communication research and its production of knowledge / Tsan-Kuo Chang

Beyond modernization and the four theories of the press / Jan Servaes

Professional models in journalism: between homogenization and diversity / Paolo Mancini

Conditions of capital: global media in local contexts / Michael Curtin

The enduring strength of Hollywood: the "imperial adventure" genre and Avatar / Jaap van Ginneken

Resurrecting the imperial dimension in international communication / Colin Sparks

De-Westernization and cosmopolitan media studies / Silvio Waisbord

Local experiences, cosmopolitan theories: on cultural relevance in international communication research / Chin-Chuan Lee

Theorizing media production as a quasi-autonomous field: a reassessment of China News studies / Judy Polumbaum

Translation, communication, and East-West understanding / Zhang Longxi

Public spheres, fields, networks: Western concepts for a de-Westernizing world / Rodney Benson

Cosmopolitanism and international communication: understanding civil society actors / Peter Dahlgren

Postcolonial visual culture: arguments from India / Arvind Rajagopal.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780472900145

0472900145

9780472052448

0472052446

OCLC:

907504394

Publisher Number:

10.3998/nmw.12748916.0001.001

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access