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Bridging the gaps in global communication
The first four chapters of this book talk about global sources of information and their systems of communication. When you are reading something from the USA's Associated Press, you are getting news from a free enterprise system, but news from other wire serveces, like those from France and Tokye, are owned by the government. Some governments own outright all of the news media there, not just the wire services. Much of what is on the internet is unmediated information, so you're getting opinion and news often in an indiscernible mix. The concepts, economics and politics of information are important for you to know to evaluate information.
The other ten chapters give you some theoretically underpinnings for interpersonal and public information and the cultural context in which information is both given and received. This includes news and advertising as well as the information from public relations sources. Legal and ethical issues are raised. There's a chapter too on such miscommunication and its consequences that you encountered in the first few paragraph of this preface. The book ends with some ideas about your developing a worldview both personally and profesionally.
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