Cosmopolitan Communications (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521738385)

Societies around the world have experienced a flood of information from diverse channels originating beyond local communities and even national borders, transmitted through the rapid expansion of cosmopolitan communications. For more than half a century, conventional interpretations, Norris and Inglehart argue, have commonly exaggerated the potential threats arising from this process. A series of fire-walls protect national cultures. This book develops a new theoretical framework for understanding cosmopolitan communications and uses it to identify the conditions under which global communications are most likely to endanger cultural diversity. The authors analyze empirical evidence from both the societal level and the individual level, examining the outlook and beliefs of people in a wide range of societies. The study draws on evidence from the World Values Survey, covering 90 societies in all major regions worldwide from 1981 to 2007. The conclusion considers the implications of their findings for cultural policies.

Author: Pippa Norris, Ronald Inglehart
ISBN-10: 0521738385
ISBN-13: 9780521738385
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2009
Pages: 446
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.94d