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Cosmopolitan Communications

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Societies around the world have experienced a flood of information from diverse channels originating beyond local communities and even national borders, transmitted through the rapid expansion of cosmopolitan communications. For more than half a century, conventional interpretations, Norris and Inglehart argue, have commonly exaggerated the potential threats arising from this process. A series of firewalls protect national cultures. This book develops a new theoretical framework for understanding cosmopolitan communications and uses it to identify the conditions under which global communications are most likely to endanger cultural diversity. The authors analyze empirical evidence from both the societal level and the individual level, examining the outlook and beliefs of people in a wide range of societies. The study draws on evidence from the World Values Survey, covering 90 societies in all major regions worldwide from 1981 to 2007. The conclusion considers the implications of their findings for cultural policies.

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ISBN: 9780521493680
Publication date: 31st August 2009
Author: Pippa (Harvard University, Massachusetts) Norris, Ronald (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Inglehart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 446 pages
Series: Communication, Society and Politics
Genres: Media, entertainment, information and communication industries
Media studies