商品簡介
The 18 essays in this volume detail communication theories in the UK, US, Latin America, Africa, and India, as well as mass communication theories in general; the social scientific theory of communication; the study of the political economy of media and communications; the role of power, inequality, and citizenship; and cultural studies. They also consider specific themes: participatory communication; the role of religion; theorizing communication and social change; human rights; the Second Vatican Council theology as the background to development communication; the media ecology approach; the role of multiculturalism; and media ethics in transnational, gender inclusive, and multicultural terms. Contributors are media and communications scholars from around the world. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Clifford Christians is Research Professor of Communications and Professor of Journalism Emeritus at the University of Illinois-Urbana.
Kaarle Nordenstreng is Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Tampere, Finland.