Table of Contents

PART I: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Introduction to International Communication - Bella Mody
Ch.1 Theory and Research in International Communication: An Historical and Institutional Account - Stephen McDowell
Ch. 2 Media Corporations in the Age of Globalization - Edward A. Comor
Ch. 3 Global Communication Orders - Oliver Boyd-Barrett
Ch. 4 Mediated War, Peace, and Global Civil Society - Thomas L. Jacobson and Won Yang Jang
Ch. 5 Transnational Advertising - K. Viswanath and Liren Zeng
Ch. 6 The Global-Local Dialectic and Polysemic Effects - Bella Mody and Anselm Lee
Ch. 7 A Pandemonic Age: The Future of Internationall Communications Theory and Research - Sandra Braman
PART II: DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION
Introduction to Development Communication - Bella Mody
Ch. 8 Theories of Development Communication - Srinivas R. Melkote
Ch. 9 State, Development, and Communication - Silvio Waisbord
Ch. 10 Development Communication Campaigns - Leslie Snyder
Ch. 11 Communication Technology and Development: Instrumental, Institutional, Participatory, and Strategic Approaches - J. P. Singh
Ch. 12 Participatory Approaches to Communication for Development - Robert Huesca
Ch. 13 Development Communication as Marketing, Collective Resistence, and Spiritual Awakening: A Feminist Critique - Leslie Steeves
Ch 14 International Development Communication: Proposing a Research Agenda for a New Era - Karin Wilkins

About the Author

Bella Mody (Ph.D., Gujarat University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A. Ranchi University) served as chair of the International and Development Communication Division of ICA from 1999 to 2001 and is a consultant to international and nongovernmental organizations. Her research interests include international media, communication technology application in developing countries, and gender, ethnicity, and class.

Reviews

"Mody ties together much of the book with the currently compelling concept of globalization.  For scholars it provides a wealth of current references and sketches a historical overview that is mostly absent in other volumes that attempt a summary like this one."

—COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS 
*Emilie McAnany*