Bøker av Cees Hamelink

A student introduction to the history, present and future of global communication from one of Europe's most respected communication scholars.

`Cees J Hamelink... knowledgeably describes and examines world communication politics.... and provides a treasure-trove of facts and data on political processes, political actors and decisions that determine the global communication environment' - The Journal of International Communication

Proposes an answer to - how should democratic societies organize cyberspace? - that puts human-rights, rather than profit, at the top of the agenda. The author argues that conventional ethical approaches are all seriously flawed.

This is an overview of the state of global communication. The book looks at: the concept of the global village; the international media marketplace; the history of world communication; recent communication trends; and the idea of empowerment as applied to communication.