Yahya R. Kamalipour is a professor of communications and former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University. Profiled in the Contemporary Authors, he has published eighteen books, including the acclaimed Global Media Perceptions of the United States: The Trump Effect, Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective (3rd edition), Global Discourse in Fractured Times, and Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age. He is founding director of the Global Media Journals network and founding president of the Global Communication Association. John V. Pavlik is professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His books include Disruption and Digital Journalism, Journalism in the Age of Virtual Reality, Converging Media, Media in the Digital Age, Journalism and New Media and The People’s Right to Know. He is co-developer of the Situated Documentary, a form of location-based storytelling using Augmented Reality and 360-degree video. He has served as a judge of the Emmy Awards for excellence in television news and documentaries for more than three decades.

• IntroductionYahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State UniversityJohn V. Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyPart I. The Global Context1. Contemporary Geopolitics, War, and Media: A Historical ContextLee B. Artz, Purdue University NorthwestPart II. Political Ideologies2. Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations’ Debate: What has Changed 30 Years Later?Raymond Taras, Tulane UniversityPart III. Social Media and Politics3. Censorship, Social Media Corporations, and their Connections with US Foreign Policy Think TanksDavid J. Park, Florida International University4. The World Leaders on Social MediaAlexander Laskin, Quinnipiac UniversityPart IV. Media and Propaganda5. Propaganda: Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, and ManipulationMarina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, and Dean Kruckeberg, University of North Carolina Charlotte Part V. Media and Conflicts6. Russia, Ukraine, and the Court of Public OpinionRichard Gershon, Western Michigan University7. Re

Undoubtedly, the book constitutes a rich resource for understanding issues dominating the current international debate. Ranging from the lingering tensions of the Cold War, shaping dynamics of unipolarity versus multipolarity and the roles of dominant states, to the advancements in information and communication technologies with their emergent political voices and cybersecurity challenges, it brings together a spectrum of perspectives useful in various contexts.

Yahya R. Kamalipour is a professor of communications and former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University. Profiled in the Contemporary Authors, he has published eighteen books, including the acclaimed Global Media Perceptions of the United States: The Trump Effect, Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective (3rd edition), Global Discourse in Fractured Times, and Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age. He is founding director of the Global Media Journals network and founding president of the Global Communication Association. John V. Pavlik is professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His books include Disruption and Digital Journalism, Journalism in the Age of Virtual Reality, Converging Media, Media in the Digital Age, Journalism and New Media and The People’s Right to Know. He is co-developer of the Situated Documentary, a form of location-based storytelling using Augmented Reality and 360-degree video. He has served as a judge of the Emmy Awards for excellence in television news and documentaries for more than three decades.

• IntroductionYahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State UniversityJohn V. Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyPart I. The Global Context1. Contemporary Geopolitics, War, and Media: A Historical ContextLee B. Artz, Purdue University NorthwestPart II. Political Ideologies2. Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations’ Debate: What has Changed 30 Years Later?Raymond Taras, Tulane UniversityPart III. Social Media and Politics3. Censorship, Social Media Corporations, and their Connections with US Foreign Policy Think TanksDavid J. Park, Florida International University4. The World Leaders on Social MediaAlexander Laskin, Quinnipiac UniversityPart IV. Media and Propaganda5. Propaganda: Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, and ManipulationMarina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, and Dean Kruckeberg, University of North Carolina Charlotte Part V. Media and Conflicts6. Russia, Ukraine, and the Court of Public OpinionRichard Gershon, Western Michigan University7. Re

Undoubtedly, the book constitutes a rich resource for understanding issues dominating the current international debate. Ranging from the lingering tensions of the Cold War, shaping dynamics of unipolarity versus multipolarity and the roles of dominant states, to the advancements in information and communication technologies with their emergent political voices and cybersecurity challenges, it brings together a spectrum of perspectives useful in various contexts.

Yahya R. Kamalipour is a professor of communications and former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University. Profiled in the Contemporary Authors, he has published eighteen books, including the acclaimed Global Media Perceptions of the United States: The Trump Effect, Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective (3rd edition), Global Discourse in Fractured Times, and Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age. He is founding director of the Global Media Journals network and founding president of the Global Communication Association. John V. Pavlik is professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His books include Disruption and Digital Journalism, Journalism in the Age of Virtual Reality, Converging Media, Media in the Digital Age, Journalism and New Media and The People’s Right to Know. He is co-developer of the Situated Documentary, a form of location-based storytelling using Augmented Reality and 360-degree video. He has served as a judge of the Emmy Awards for excellence in television news and documentaries for more than three decades.

• IntroductionYahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State UniversityJohn V. Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyPart I. The Global Context1. Contemporary Geopolitics, War, and Media: A Historical ContextLee B. Artz, Purdue University NorthwestPart II. Political Ideologies2. Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations’ Debate: What has Changed 30 Years Later?Raymond Taras, Tulane UniversityPart III. Social Media and Politics3. Censorship, Social Media Corporations, and their Connections with US Foreign Policy Think TanksDavid J. Park, Florida International University4. The World Leaders on Social MediaAlexander Laskin, Quinnipiac UniversityPart IV. Media and Propaganda5. Propaganda: Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, and ManipulationMarina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, and Dean Kruckeberg, University of North Carolina Charlotte Part V. Media and Conflicts6. Russia, Ukraine, and the Court of Public OpinionRichard Gershon, Western Michigan University7. Re

Undoubtedly, the book constitutes a rich resource for understanding issues dominating the current international debate. Ranging from the lingering tensions of the Cold War, shaping dynamics of unipolarity versus multipolarity and the roles of dominant states, to the advancements in information and communication technologies with their emergent political voices and cybersecurity challenges, it brings together a spectrum of perspectives useful in various contexts.