IV. Globalization.(Twenty Years of Trends in Communication Research)(Critical Essay)

From: Communication Research Trends | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: Biernatzki, W.E. | Copyright information

What is It?

"Globalization" has been the subject of a massive outpouring of books, articles and conferences that seems to increase in volume year by year. It has been approached from a considerable number of perspectives. Some of these have been listed by Daya Kishan Thussu (2000: 56-76), under his rubric of international communication, as Modernization Theory (Lerner 1958, Schramm 1964), Dependency Theory (Schiller 1976), Structural Imperialism (Galtung 1971), Hegemony ...

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