Civic discourse :  intercultural, international, and global media / 
coedited by Michael H. Prosser and K.S. Sitaram. 
 - Stamford, Conn. :  Ablex Pub. Corp.,  c1999. 
 - xiv, 508 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Civic discourse for the third millennium .
<br/><br/> "Volume 2"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Democratization and mass communication: what is the link? / Patrick H. O'Neil -- Latin American broadcasting and the state: friend and foe / Elizabeth Fox -- The unfinished project of media democratization in Argentina / Silvio R. Waisbord -- Notes on freedom of expression in Africa / Robert Martin -- Nigeria: the politics of confusion / Louise M. Bourgault -- The media and democracy in eastern Europe / Owen V. Johnson -- Institutions, transitions, and the media: a comparison of Hungary and Romania / Richard A. Hall and Patrick H. O'Neil -- The mass media in Asia / John A. Lent -- Democratization and the press: the case of South Korea / Kyu Ho Youm -- The media and democratic development: the social basis of political communication / W. Lance Bennett. Values and the limits of the global media in the age of cyberspace / Tapio Varis -- The ideology of technology on the world wide web: the "Blue Ribbon Campaign" in a global context / James Brant McOmber -- Finding resources for the study of multiculturalism on the internet / Mark W. Anderson and Charles Kingsley -- Virtual community as rhetorical vision and its American roots / Sorin Matei -- Communicating in cyberspace: internet users and a Canadian publication ban / David J. Schaefer -- Cyberspace and cultural identity - a case study of cybercommunity of Chinese students in the United States / Wei Wu -- The text of new relationships: building deaf community in e-space / Chris Stephenson -- Interactive multimedia and multiculturalism: an exploratory study / Charles Kingsley. International news for kids: defining the world for Atlanta's children / Elizabeth P. Lester and Usha Raman -- International students' perceptions of Americans via U. S. mass media / Daradirek Ekachai, Norman S. Greer and Mary Hinchcliff-Pelias -- Portrayals of post-communist Romania in United States newspapers and magazines / Mihai C. Bocarnea, Benson P. Fraser and William J. Brown -- Adult critical viewing skills in a global media environment: implications for the information age / David J. Schaefer -- The "Dream Team" of Martin Luther King and television: how King used television to counter stereotypes and enhance his anti-racism message / Barry Pollick -- A survey of radio programming targeted toward gay/lesbian audiences / Phylis Johnson, Dhyana Ziegler and Chuck Hoy. The effects of transnational television programming on worldwide cultural diversity / Leo A. Gher -- Irish music as world music: changing audiences for traditional Irish music in the twentieth century / Catherine Curran -- Tanzania's emerging press and women journalists: at ethnographic beginning / Melinda B. Robins and Elizabeth P. Lester -- Media reactions to "Bloody Wednesday" in Swaziland / Michael H. Prosser -- Political order and social control as agendas: the case of India's Doordarshan / Shashidhar Nanjundaiah -- Cultural imperialism in foreign television / Raj Kumar -- The power of foreign images: intercultural signs in Japanese television advertising / Michael L. Maynard -- Interethnic and nationalistic divergence in the Middle East and higher education delivery system - problems and resolutions / Leo A. Gher -- An ethnography of technology transfer in the Philippines: a case study of the agriculture sector / Edna D. Garzon -- Structured perceptions of United States - China relations / John M. Bublic. Individual, organizational, and societal influences on media role perceptions: a comparative study of journalists in China, Taiwan, and the United States / Jian-Hua Zhu...[et al.] -- Where's the truth? A cross-cultural comparison of Chinese and American newspaper coverage of the Fourth World Conference on Women / Bonney Rega and Lulu Rodriguez -- Episodes in culture clash: interactions between Japanese and north American TV newscasters / Ray T. Donahue -- Television news as cultural products: the cases of Finland and the United States / Ritva Levo-Henriksson -- Flow of intercultural information via electronic media in Scandinavia / Juhani Wiio -- Sami radio in northern Scandinavia / Tapio Varis -- Intercultural discourses: a look at the future of global communication / John M. Bublic. The interculturalness of electronic communications / K. S. Sitaram. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1567504167 1567504175 (paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98028941 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intercultural communication.<br/>Mass media--Social aspects.