Communication and the Globalization of Culture - Beyond Tradition and Borders

Informationen zum Autor Shaheed Nick Mohammed is associate professor of communication at Penn State Altoona. Klappentext Communication and the Globalization of Culture: Beyond Tradition and Borders, by Shaheed Nick Mohammed, examines the modern and historical evolution of conceptualizations of culture as well as the concept of culture itself. The book suggests that modern corporate globalized media technologies do not destroy culture, but rather force us to re-think how we have conceptualized the differences, uniqueness, and similarities between "the other" and ourselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter One: Culture, Humankind, and Society Chapter 4 Chapter Two: The Birth of Culture Chapter 5 Chapter Three: Conquest, Imperialism, and Culture Chapter 6 Chapter Four: Neoimperialism, Media, and Culture Chapter 7 Chapter Five: New Mythology, New Media, and the Globalization of Culture Chapter 8 Chapter Six: Corporate Domination of Cultural Product Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: Cultural Erosion and Globalization Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: Counterculture and Cultural Imaginations Chapter 11 Chapter Nine: Long Live Culture? Chapter 12 Afterword Chapter 13 Epilogue Chapter 14 About the Author Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index

Product details

• Authors: S. Nick Mohammed, Shaheed Mohammed, Shaheed Nick Mohammed, Mohammed Shaheed Nick
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9780739166512
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6651-2
• No. of pages: 191
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Globalization, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Communication Policy, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethical issues & debates, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Central / national / federal government policies, Ethical issues and debates, Central government policies, International and Global Communication