Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective, Third Edition, edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour, brings together diverse issues and expert perspectives from twenty-two notable communication scholars representing eight countries worldwide. This comprehensive volume explores international communication, public relations and advertising, cultural implications of globalization, international law and regulation, transnational media, the shifting politics of media, and trends in communication and information technology. The Third Edition is fully updated to reflect major events that have impacted our global communication environment, with three new chapters on “global journalism,” “gender, ethnicity, and religion,” and “Shifting Politics in Global Media and Communication.” This book will help students understand the emergence of globalization and its effects on a worldwide scale.

Contributors include scholars from Canada, Croatia, Holland, India, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States. End-of-chapter questions are updated to stimulate classroom discussion, while an expanded list of key terms and acronyms used in the book is included. A comprehensive list of suggested readings provides further information on the issues covered, and helpful internet links are suggested throughout the text for additional resources.

Print Length: 496 pages | ISBN-10: 1538121646 | ISBN-13: 978-1538121641 | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication Date: July 5, 2019