Foundations of Global Communication

<p>This book provides a wide-ranging theoretical and empirical overview of the disparate achievements and shortcomings of global communication.</p><p>This exceptionally ambitious and systematic project takes a critical perspective on the globalization of communication. Uniquely, it sets media globalization alongside a plethora of other globalized forms of communication, ranging from the individual to groups, civil society groupings, commercial enterprises and political formations. The result is a sophisticated and impressive overview of globalized communication across various facets, assessing the phenomena for the extent to which they live up to the much-hyped claims of globalization’s potential to create a globally interdependent society. The setbacks of globalization, such as right-wing populism and religious fundamentalism, can only be understood if the shortcomings of global communication are taken more seriously. </p><p>Covering all types of cross-border global communication in media, political and economic systems, civil societies, social media and lifeworlds of the individual, this unique book is invaluable for students and researchers in media, communication, globalization and related areas.</p> Introduction 1. Theory of global communication 2. Mass media and global public sphere 3. Politics: the state’s global communication 4. (The) Economy: global corporate communication 5. Civil society: global movement communication 6. Large communities: global online communication 7. Small groups: global lifeworldly communication I 8. (The) Individual: global lifeworldly communication II 9. Interdependencies of systems and lifeworlds Conclusion and future prospects