Task 6

The first module I will be studying in semester 1 is Globalisation, Internationalisation and Communications.Marion Banks will be my module leader.And I also got the module aims from the website.

They are:
To introduce students to debates around global communications and the critical role played by international policy and regulatory organisations;
To engage in a critical analysis of theoretical debates around globalisation, cultural imperialism and development;
To consider the economic and political factors which underlie the communications structure of specific countries.

It is said: This course will cover theories in economics and characteristics of the information and cultural product; internationalization of production and globalization of markets; corporate strategies.growth of the advertising and media industries; commodification of services and globalization; relative price effect and value added.

It will also cover international flow of communications; trade in information and cultural products;Communications and Development theories; theories of Mattelart, Schiller and Hamelink. Theories of cultural imperialism. The ITU and spectrum allocation; industrialised countries versus LICs and NICs; the role of the US;The World Trade Organisation and the debate around liberalisation of trade in services and telecoms; Case studies of communications in Lics and Nics e.g. India, Brazil, Ireland, Jamaica.

At last, I found my reading list, and I'll do some reading about it next week.
R.V. Bettig (1996)Copyrighting Culture, Westview Press.
F. Corcoran et al.(1995) Democracy and Communication in the New Europe, Hampton Press.
G. Gerbner et al (1996) Invisible Crisis, Westview.
P. Golding and P. Harris (eds.) (1996) Beyond Cultural Imperialism, Sage.
C. Hamelink (1994) The Politics of World Communication, Sage.
E. Herman (1997) The Global Media, Cassell.
A. Mohammadi, (ed.) (1997)International Communication and Globalization, Sage.
V. Mosco (1995)The Political Economy of Communication, Sage.
Sreberny-Mohammadi, A.et al (eds.) (1997) Media in a Global Context-A Reader, Arnold.
Thussu, D. (ed.) (1998) Electronic Empires-Global Media and Local Resistance, Arnold.
Thussu, D. (2000) International Communication-continuity and change, Arnold.