Foundations of Global Communication: A Conceptual Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781032185828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 322 str.

Kai Hafez; Alex Skinner; Anne Grüne

Opis

This book provides a wide-ranging theoretical and empirical overview of the disparate achievements and shortcomings of global communication.

Recenzje

In this breakthrough investigation, Kai Hafez and Anne Grüne place globalization, one of the most popular keywords of our times, under renewed critical scrutiny. In a powerful conceptual language, they develop an original account of the asymmetries and tensions of our interconnected world and offer a novel understanding of how its various communicative actors and their systemic relations, at once, bind us together and keep up apart. The outcome is a compelling narrative that sheds light on some of the most urgent challenges of our time, including the rise of global fundamentalisms and illiberal populisms. A must-read.

Prof. Lilie Chouliaraki, London School of Economics and Political Science

This is a wide-ranging, sophisticated yet critical discussion of the globalization of communication. Telescoping from the systemic to the individual, and encompassing politics, commercial networks and media systems, the book provides a multi-faceted assessment of the potential and limitations of global communications.

Prof. Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Hafez and Gruene's book offers much needed insight into the challenges of today's diversity of globalized interconnections. It is an excellent source for scholars and students alike when aiming to assess globalized communication in its concrete current formations. Through combining conceptual debates and empirical insights, the book is a key read to understand the multifacted interactions of our digital world.

Prof. Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne, Australia

"Von der Erforschung vielschichtiger Interdependenzen (...) bis zur nötigen Verantwortung der Global Player ist hier anspruchsvoll nachzulesen. M.E. alternativlos"

Annette Rugen, ekz.bibliotheksservice (https://www.ekz-group.com)

Translation:

"The deep structure (of the handbook) enables users targeted entries. Readers receive complex and sophisticated information about multi-layered interdependencies (nation state vs. transnationalization, global elites vs. local majorities, role of the media) and the relevant responsibilty of global players. There is not alternative to this book."

Annette Rugen, ekz.bibliotheksservice (https://www.ekz-group.com)

"Hafez und Grüne gelingt es mit ihrem Handbuch, die Kommunikationstheorie prominent zu platzieren. (...) (Sie) tragen zu einer soliden Fundierung und fruchtbaren Diskussion zur Globalisierungsdebatte aus kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Sicht bei. (...) Nehmen Sie dieses Handbuch auch wirklich physisch oder virtuell "in die Hand". Das Lesen ist ein Gewinn."

Prof. Dr. Thomas Herdin, Univ. of Salzburg, Publizistik 2021

Translation:

"Hafez und Grüne successfully and prominently position communication theory in the globalization debate. (...) They contribute to a solid foundation and fruitful discussion of globalization from the perspective of communication studies. (...) Make sure that you take this handbook really "into your hands". You will definitely profit from reading it." (own translation)

Prof. Dr. Thomas Herdin, Univ. of Salzburg, Publizistik 2021

This extremely useful and timely translation of the original German publication by Hafez and Grüne is a great resource for students and researchers alike, as it deeply enriches - both theoretically and methodologically - the burgeoning literature on global communication'.

Prof. Daya Thussu, Baptist University, Hong Kong

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION 1. THEORY of global communication 1.1 General modes of global communication 1.2 Communicative systems, lifeworlds and their transformation 1.3 Specific modes of communication (system connections) of systems and lifeworlds 1.4 System dependencies and lifeworld relations 2. MASS MEDIA and global public sphere 2.1 Systems and system change 2.2 Communicative system connections 3. POLITICS: the state’s global communication 3.1 Systems and system change 3.2 Communicative system connections 4. ECONOMY: global corporate communication 4.1 Systems and system change 4.2 Communicative system connections 5. CIVIL SOCIETY and global movement communication 5.1 Systems and system change 5.2 Communicative system connections 6. LARGE COMMUNITIES: global online communication 6.1 Systems and system change 6.2 Communicative system connections 7. SMALL GROUPS: global lifeworldly communication I 7.1 Lifeworldly structures of global group communication 7.2 Communicative connections in the lifeworld 8. THE INDIVIDUAL: global lifeworldly communication II 8.1 Lifeworldly structures of individual global communication 8.2 Communicative connections in the lifeworld 9. INTERDEPENDENCIES of systems and lifeworlds 9.1. Foundations of interdependence 9.2 Global horizontal interdependence 9.3 Global and local vertical interdependence CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS