Culture-on-demand communication in a crisis world /

• Main Author: Lull, James.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
• Subjects: Communication and culture.; Communication, International.; Globalization.; Communication et culture.; Communication internationale.; Mondialisation.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.; Communicatie.; Massamedia.; Culturele aspecten.; Conflictmanagement.; Electronic books.
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Film, video, music, TV, the internet - these are now the global channels for experiencing cultural activity on-demand. At the same time, intense cultural conflicts have thrown the world into chaos. Religious fundamentalism, nationalism, militarism, and globalization continue to provoke widespread vi...

Table of Contents:

• All eyes on the global stage
• Human expression
• Programming our personal supercultures
• The push and pull of culture
• Globalized Islam
• Cultural transparency
• The open spaces of global communication
• Fundamentalism and cosmopolitanism
• Communicating the future.