International History of Communication Study

Peter Simonson is Associate Professor in the College of Media, Communication, and Information at the University of Colorado Boulder.David W. Park is Professor of Communication at Lake Forest College.

• Introduction: On the History of Communication Study—Peter Simonson and David W. ParkNew Theories The Transnational Flow of Ideas and Histoire Croisée with Attention to the Cases of France and Germany--Maria Löblich, Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz Gender, Work, and the History of Communication Research: Figures, Formations, and Flows--Karen Lee Ashcraft and Peter SimonsonTransnational Organizations Locating UNESCO in the Historical Study of Communication--Ira Wagman The IAMCR Story: Communication and Media Research in a Global Perspective—Michael MeyenEurope Practical Orientation as a Survival Strategy: The Development of Publizistikwissenschaft by Walter Hagemann—Thomas Wiedemann Female Academics in Communication Science and the Post-War-Reconstruction Generation in Austria and Germany—Martina Thiele Communication Studies on the Iberian Peninsula: A Comparative Analysis of the Field’s Development in Portugal and Spain—Nelson Ribeiro Early Nordic Media Research and the special case of Norway (1930 - 1965)--Tore Slaatta UK Communication Study and the Challenges of Institutionalization—Phillip Lodge The field of communication in Croatia: toward a comparative history of communication studies in Central and Eastern Europe--Zrinjka Peruško and Dina VozabNorth America Crossing the Borders: Herta Herzog’s Work in Communication and Marketing Research--Elisabeth Klaus and Josef Seethaler Charles Siepmann’s Forgotten Legacy for Communication Research and Media Policy--Victor Pickard The Toronto School: Cross-Border Encounters, Interdisciplinary Entanglements--Michael Darroch International Vectors in Graduate Education in Communication--David W. Park and Meghan GrosseLatin America Institutionalization and Internationalization of the Field of Communication Studies in Mexico and Latin America--Raúl Fuentes Navarro History of Communication Study in Brazil: The Institutionalization of an Interdisciplinary Field--Maria Immacolata Vassalo de Lopes and Richard RomanciniAsia Building the Nation-State: Journalism and Communication Studies in China--Hu Zhengrong, Ji Deqiang, and Zhang Lei The "Great Uncle of Dissemination": Wilbur Schramm and Communication Study in China--Chunfeng Lin and John Nerone A History of Rhetorical Studies and Practices in Modern Japan--Junya Morooka Observations on Journalism and Communication Education in India--Pradip ThomasAfrica and the Middle East Trajectories of communication studies in Sub-Saharan Africa--Terje Skjerdal and Keyan Tomaselli Communication Studies in the Arab World--Mohammad I. Ayish The Story of the Communication Field in Israel: Nation Building, Personal Transfer, and Growth: Anat First and Hanna Adoni

This is the first world history of one of the fastest growing academic fields during the last forty years – communication studies. It reveals the way in which different intellectual currents from positivism to feminism, and different world events from the Cold War to de-colonisation, have shaped this field. This is a book for communication scholars around the world, revealing where we come from, who we are, and where we are heading. James Curran, Professor of Communication, Goldsmith, University of London