Transforming Communication

. Ed(s): Inayatullah, Sohail; Leggett, Susan

ISBN 10: 0275969444 / ISBN 13: 9780275969448

Published by ABC-CLIO, 2001

About this Item

Argues that to create sustainable futures, ways must be found to make communication inclusive, participatory, and mindful of future generations. It must emerge from humanity's diverse cultures, and be more concerned with the quality of information shared than with the volume of email in the world. Editor(s): Inayatullah, Sohail; Leggett, Susan. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 513. . 2001. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transforming Communication
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275969444
• ISBN 13: 9780275969448
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Thus far, the communications revolution has been largely limited to the merely technological feat of converging telecommunications with personal computing. But does it hold a truly higher promise--to transform communication as a human act of sharing meaning about values, attitudes, and experiences? Or will it simply allow capitalism to pursue ever-greater economic efficiencies among the wealthy nations of the world, while ignoring the persistent and growing gap between rich and poor? The contributors to this volume consider these central questions, among others, from a wide variety of perspectives.

The contributors argue that to create sustainable futures, ways must be found to make communication inclusive, participatory, and mindful of future generations. It must also emerge authentically from humanity's diverse cultures, be more concerned with the quality of information shared than with the sheer volume of email in the world, and be transformed from its technocratic bias in order to move toward a truly global conversation of civilization. This book will be of interest to scholars in a variety of fields concerned with issues of communications, culture, and globalization.

About the Author

SOHAIL INAYATULLAH is Professor and David Sutton Fellow at the International Management Centres of Oxford Brookes University.

SUSAN LEGGETT is a free lance writer currently working for the Communication Centre at the Queensland University of Technology.