{"product_id":"world-communication-cees-hamelink-9781856493949","title":"World Communication: Disempowerment and Self Empowerment","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's leading mass communication researchers here presents an accessible guide to the current state of global communication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe first sets the scene by exploring the notion of the 'global village'. He looks at how the media, globally, define 'newsworthiness' as well as the machinations of the international media marketplace. The book then presents a full history of world communication - from carrier pigeons to the Internet - exploring the factors that have shaped that history, including technological development and international relations, state manipulation, and the interests of trans-national corporations. The third section explores recent communication trends that have had the most profound effect on the world's people - digitalization, consolidation, deregulation and globalization. Finally, the book looks at the idea of empowerment as applied to communication. It shows how global communication in its current manifestation is profoundly disempowering. The book ends with Professor Hamelink's ideas for changing this and a draft 'People's Communication Charter'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cees Hamelink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1856493946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781856493949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Cees Hamelink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474253103359,"sku":"9781856493949","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f006a22-3cb5-4463-86a6-717dd7bdbf16.jpg?v=1762315664","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/world-communication-cees-hamelink-9781856493949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}