Crisscrossing Communication Research

Chin-Chuan Lee, Yu Shan Chair Professor of Communication at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, is an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA) and recipient of its B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award. He is Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, and Emeritus Professor of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong. He has published in both English and Chinese, and in a wide range of topics, including global communication, media and social change, social theories, media political economy, and media history.

• 1 The Space-Time Coordinates of Communication Research Part I International Communication: China Connects with the World 2 The "Involution" of Communication Studies: A Brief Review of the Paradigm and Identity of Mainstream Research in the United States 3 International Communication Research: Critical Reflections and a New Point of Departure 4 Local Experiences, Cosmopolitan Theories on Cultural Relevance in International Communication Research 5 Perspectives and Communication: Dialogue Between Chinese Social Media Studies and Western Mainstream Scholarship Part II Newspaper in the Republic of China: Connections Between Journalism and History 6 The Scholars’ Political Commentary in Modern China 7 Journalists’ Feelings and National Imagination 8 Semi-Colonialism and Journalistic Sphere of Influence: British-American Press Competition in Early 20th-Century China 9 Public Opinion in Modern China: Is It a Dialogue of the Deaf, or Public Dialogue? 10 American Pragmatism and Chinese Modernization: Importing the Missouri Model of Journalism Education to Modern ChinaPostscript: Crisscrossing – Academic Career in 50 Years