Critical Introduction to International Communication
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
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Critical Introduction to International Communication is the first introductory textbook on international communication that takes a comprehensive communication perspective. It serves as a solid starting point for students at a variety of levels of their educational path and draws on a wide range of scholarly literature. It offers a rich contribution to the study of international communication that will help students understand basic and advanced features of verbal, visual, and digital communication.
Kent A. Ono and Ammar Safaa Hussein’s Critical Introduction to International Communication:
offers theoretical grounding, real-world examples, and helpful teaching resources, including study questions.
- takes a comprehensive communication approach to the exploration of international communication, providing information about the history of communication, communication theory, and communication concepts.
provides a broad understanding of international communication by giving case studies from a variety of geopolitical contexts.
examines the field of communication through an interdisciplinary approach by addressing and cutting across communication and individuals, corporations, organizations, politics, media, health, industry, environment, economics, culture, and politics.
Section 1. Taking an International Communication Approach
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2. The Global Village, Social Atomization, Cancel Culture, and Confirmation Bias
Chapter 3. International Communication: Definitions, Scope, and Significance
Chapter 4. International Communication and History of Statecraft
Chapter 5. Hawks vs. Doves: Which Approach works better as a Response to International Conflict?
Section 2. Multinational Organizations and Reputation Management
Chapter 6. Mapping Contemporary International Communication
Chapter 7. Reputation Management
Chapter 8. Softpower
Chapter 9. Glocalization
Chapter 10. NGOs Section 3. Issues in International Relations
Chapter 11. Museums and Controversies
Chapter 12. Rhetoric and Diplomacy
Chapter 13. Communication in Times of War
Chapter 14. How Adversaries Appear
Chapter 15. Conclusion
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Kent A. Ono is a Distinguished Professor of Communication at the University of Utah. He is a Fellow of the International Communication Association and a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association. He has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited eight books on rhetoric, media, film, race, and cultural studies, and is currently working on a book, “Racial Epistemologies.”
Ammar S Hussein is an instructor of communication at the University of Utah. Before moving to the United States, he worked as a political and communication consultant and in the field of open-source intelligence. He has published work in international communication and global media, foreign policy, and rhetoric. He is currently co-authoring a book on the role of media in psychological operations in the Middle East.