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The dramatic developments in global communication are altering the specifics of our societies. Hamid Mowlana offers an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to international communication in this volume, focusing on both the human dimensions and the technological imperatives. Global Communication in Transition covers a range of issues from the rise of modern political systems and the interactions of various cultures to the expansion of social organizations and the growing global infrastructure. Offering a new paradigm for the study of international communication, the book is organized

The current "information revolution" has profound implications for Arab countries, opening up public dialogue, political discourse, social debate and even religious interpretations to wider circles. How can the new communication technologies also be used to encourage development that is sustainable and equitable, maintain the value of indigenous communication and cultural tradition, and strengthen national identity, while fostering inter-Arab cooperation in an area of globalization? (DSE/DÜI)

Three major challenges facing the communication & development field are discussed: (1) the reinvention & expansion of the modernization paradigm under the rubrics of globalization, free markets, & the information revolution; (2) the revitalization of grassroots movements & indigenous communication modes & the integration of traditional channels of media into modern information technologies; & (3) the increasing knowledge that development is not just a Third World problem, but a global one that requires new methodologies for study & analysis. The need to shift from viewing communication & development as two separate yet complementary & necessary phenomena to viewing them as a unified concept is stressed. D. Generoli