Section 1 - Syllabus and recommended literature

Danijel Labas, University of Zagreb

The lessons/classes will mostly follow the articles recommended to read (see the list below) and on my personal research on E. Levinas, J. Habermas and S. Petrilli.

Recommended literature can be of help to participants in writting an essay about one topic (personal choice of everyone) to be discussed in class in January 2010.

1) Introduction: Who is „centrum mundi“ in global communication order? Spain or Croatia?;

2) Identity and Otherness in global communication: who are You, who am I; who are They in globalized world of Computer-mediated-Communication? (E. Levinas);

3) Cultural diversity, new (virtual) communities and global media: what we (can) know of each other and in which way?;

4) Global communication, proximity and accountability (J. Habermas, E. Levinas) – ethics of dialogue (Diskursethik) – ethics of responsability;

5) (Some) Open questions in global communication: from „globality“ to global solidarity (MacBride Report, Unesco);

6) Conclusions – discussion.

LITERATURE (recommended)

1) Denis McQuail, Mass Communication Theory, Sage, London – Thousand Oaks – New Delhi, ⁵2005, pp. 77-109; 111-134; 245-271;

2) International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems – Sean MacBride, Communication and Society Today and Tomorrow, Many Voices One World, Towards a new more just and more efficient world information and communication order, Kogan Page, London/Uniput, New York/Unesco, Paris. Unesco, 1980.

Spanish version at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000400/040066sb.pdf

English version: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000400/040066eb.pdf

French version: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000400/040066fb.pdf

ARTICLES

From “Global Media and Communication”:

3) Colin Sparks, What’s wrong with globalization?, Global Media and Communication, Volume 3(2), 2007, 133-155;

4) Shelton A. Gunaratne, A systems view of `international' communication, its scope and limitations, Global Media and Communication, Volume 3(3), 2007, 267-271;

5) Andrew Calabrese, Communication, global justice and the moral economy, Global Media and Communication, Volume 1(3), 2005, 301-315;

6) Divina Frau-Meigs, Cultural diversity and global media studies, Global Media and Communication, Volume 3(3), 2007, 260-266;

7) Claudia Padovani, Debating communication imbalances from the MacBride Report to the World Summit on the Information Society: an analysis of a changing discourse, Global Media and Communication, Volume 1(3), 2005, 316-338;

8) Natalie Fenton, Mediating solidarity, Global Media and Communication, Volume 4(1), 2008, 37-57;

From “The Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies”:

9) Everett M. Rogers, The Digital Divide, The Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Volume 7(4), 2001, 96-111;

10) Bill Seaman, Pattern Flows: Hybrid Accretive Processes Informing Identity Construction, The Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Volume 11(4), 2005, 12-31;

11) Ian M. Clothier, Created Identities: Hybrid Cultures and the Internet, The Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Volume 11(4), 2005, 44-59;

From “European Journal of Communication”:

12) Manuel Puppis, National Media Regulation in the Era of Free Trade. The Role of Global Media Governance, European Journal of Communication, Volume 23(4), 2008, 405-424;

13) Slavko Splichal, ‘New’ Media, ‘Old’ Theories. Does the (National) Public Melt into the Air of Global Governance?, European Journal of Communication, Volume 24(4), 2009, 391-405;

From “Journal of Business and Technical Communication”:

14) Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Meeting the Challenges of Globalization. A Framework for Global Literacies in Professional Communication Programs, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Volume 19(4), 2005, 468-499;

From “Journal of Communication Inquiry”:

15) Victor Pickard, Neoliberal Visions and Revisions in Global Communications. Policy from NWICO to WSIS, Journal of Communication Inquiry, Volume 31(2), 2007, 118-139;

From “Journal of Creative Communication”:

16) Tej K. Bhatia – Mukesh Bhargava, Reaching the Unreachable. Resolving Globalization vs. Localization Paradox , Journal of Creative Communication, Volume 3(2), 2008, 209-230;

From “Journalism”:

17) Herman Wasserman – Shakuntala Rao, The Glocalization of journalism ethics, Journalism, Volume 9(2), 2008, 163-181;

From “Media, Culture & Society”:

18) Dal Yong Jin, Neoliberal restructuring of the global communication system: mergers and acquisitions, Media, Culture & Society, Volume 30(3), 2008, 357-373;

19) Robert Pike – Dwayne Winseck, The Politics of Global Media Reform, 1907-23, Volume 26(5), 2004, 643-675.