New Frontiers in International Communication Theory

Mehdi Semati is assistant professor of communication at Eastern Illinois University.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: New Frontiers in International Communication Part 2 Part I: Rethinking Problematics in International Communication Chapter 3 1 Four Theories of the Press in Hindsight: Reflections on a Popular Model Chapter 4 2 Towards a Critical Genealogy of Communication, Development, and Social Change Chapter 5 3 Communication and the Postcolonial Nation-State: A New Political Economic Research Agenda Chapter 6 4 Global AIDS, IT, and Critical Humanism: Reframing International Health Communication Part 7 Part II: The Global Vectors of Communication Chapter 8 5 The Terror of the Image: International Relations and the Global Image Circuitry Chapter 9 6 The Weird Global Media Event and the Tactical Intellectual Chapter 10 7 Empire, War, and Antiwar Media Part 11 Part III: Models and Tools for Inquiry in International Communication Chapter 12 8 Transfrontier Media, Law, and Cultural Policy in the European Union Chapter 13 9 Democratization and the Media: Reflections on the Central American Experience Chapter 14 10 The Promises and Pitfalls of Ethnographic Research in International Communication Studies Part 15 Part IV: On the Political-Theoretical Horizons of International Communication Chapter 16 11 Cells, Nets, and the Security State: Transnational Political Organizations and the Governing of the Internet Chapter 17 12 From Culture to Hybridity in International Communication Chapter 18 13 Transnational Genome Debates and the Return of Eugenics Chapter 19 14 Islamism and the Politics of Eurocentrism

International communication is expanding in volume, scope, and significance. Academic study of this field becomes ever more important as new and challenging theoretical issues are on the agenda. This creates the need for sound, readable, and enlightening texts on international communication, and this book is a splendid example of such a text. Highly recommended reading!