Global Communication: Book Report
Book Report
Global Communication
(By: Yahya R. Kamalipour)
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth
Year of Publication: 2007
Book Report Written By: Husain Ebrahim / Department of Mass Communication at Grambling State University.
The author of the Global Communication book is Yahya Kamalipour a professor of mass communication and head of the department of communication and creative arts at Purdue University. His research interests are about topics related to global communications such as, international communications, globalization, new communication technologies, and media impact. In this book, the author collected researches that are related to the global communication topic from 14 different researcher, and developed this Global Communication book.
According to Kamalipour that the international communications were there since the nations were funded and connection between people started. However, communication styles and tools are changing and improving. In addition, international communication did not cause any conflict between nations until it starts to influence cultures, change believes, and opinions.
Furthermore, the writer discusses the global communication as a component of the term globalization that predicted by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s. Although, there are several components for globalization: economic, politics, culture, social, and communication, but communication is the most notable aspect. Moreover, Kamalipour claims that global communication is still a growing field that fits under most of the humanity sciences as, mass communication, international relations, politics, economics, social science, managements, and public administrations. Further, the area of global communication is growing rapidly and needs to be investigated more because the significant role it plays in solving conflicts between nations.
The book theme started discussing the definition of the globalization term to reach an agreement on the role of communication. After the author
Global Communication
(By: Yahya R. Kamalipour)
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth
Year of Publication: 2007
Book Report Written By: Husain Ebrahim / Department of Mass Communication at Grambling State University.
The author of the Global Communication book is Yahya Kamalipour a professor of mass communication and head of the department of communication and creative arts at Purdue University. His research interests are about topics related to global communications such as, international communications, globalization, new communication technologies, and media impact. In this book, the author collected researches that are related to the global communication topic from 14 different researcher, and developed this Global Communication book.
According to Kamalipour that the international communications were there since the nations were funded and connection between people started. However, communication styles and tools are changing and improving. In addition, international communication did not cause any conflict between nations until it starts to influence cultures, change believes, and opinions.
Furthermore, the writer discusses the global communication as a component of the term globalization that predicted by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s. Although, there are several components for globalization: economic, politics, culture, social, and communication, but communication is the most notable aspect. Moreover, Kamalipour claims that global communication is still a growing field that fits under most of the humanity sciences as, mass communication, international relations, politics, economics, social science, managements, and public administrations. Further, the area of global communication is growing rapidly and needs to be investigated more because the significant role it plays in solving conflicts between nations.
The book theme started discussing the definition of the globalization term to reach an agreement on the role of communication. After the author
References: Kamalipour, Y. (2007). Global communication. (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.