Philip Taylor is Reader in International Communications and Deputy Director, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds.

• Preface Introduction—The third wave and the fourth dimension: communications and the media in the information age; Order and disorder in the information age; Reinventing wheels; The third wave; The fourth dimension; To have or have not 1 International communications and international politics since 1945 2 Brushfires and firefighters: international affairs and the news media 3 Illusions of reality: the media and the reporting of warfare 4 Mind games: information warfare and psychological operations

Philip Taylor is Reader in International Communications and Deputy Director, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds.

• Preface Introduction—The third wave and the fourth dimension: communications and the media in the information age; Order and disorder in the information age; Reinventing wheels; The third wave; The fourth dimension; To have or have not 1 International communications and international politics since 1945 2 Brushfires and firefighters: international affairs and the news media 3 Illusions of reality: the media and the reporting of warfare 4 Mind games: information warfare and psychological operations

Philip Taylor is Reader in International Communications and Deputy Director, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds.

• Preface Introduction—The third wave and the fourth dimension: communications and the media in the information age; Order and disorder in the information age; Reinventing wheels; The third wave; The fourth dimension; To have or have not 1 International communications and international politics since 1945 2 Brushfires and firefighters: international affairs and the news media 3 Illusions of reality: the media and the reporting of warfare 4 Mind games: information warfare and psychological operations