Global Communication, A Multicultural Perspective, Third Edition is a welcome and a much needed contribution. Filled with forward thinking and well-designed essays from experts in the field, the book expands our understanding of the complexity and the heterogeneity that characterizes global communication. This book is an essential read for all those interested in the cultural, social, political, legal, economic and digital aspects of global communication and media.

Banu Akdenizli, Associate Professor of Communication at Northwestern University, Qatar

We currently confront a global communications order being reorganised by the intersection of shifting patterns of economic power, political mobilisation, and the onwards march of digital technologies. This latest edition of Yahya Kamalipour’s established anthology draws on a formidable array of global expertise and experience to provide a comprehensive multi-cultural guide to the range and complexity of present developments and approaches. It traces their histories and details the challenges and opportunities they present for the creation of a global order based on equity, social justice and solidarity. Anyone interested in understanding our present condition and shaping our common future needs to engage with the evidence, perspectives, and argument it presents.

Graham Murdock, Professor of Culture and Economy at Loughborough University

A must read for students, academics and practitioners to get comprehensive contemporary insights on global communication. The editor is to be congratulated for this important and refreshing book.

Zulhamri Bin Abdullah, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Global Communication, A Multicultural Perspective, Third Edition brings us a fresh and much needed assemblage of opinions and insights on issues related to global communication from diverse and accomplished communication experts. Analyzing the development of global communication, and discussing the political, economic, cultural, technological and the regulatory and legal aspects of international communication and media, the contributors share a critical and contemporary overview of the field. A must read for students of media both in the US and internationally and an excellent resource for instructors packed with information that helps develop our understanding of global communication and its complex context.

Naila Nabil Hamdy, Associate Professor of Journalism, The American University in Cairo

I read the first edition of Global Communication when I was reporting the nuclear-crisis of Korea in Pyongyang in the summer of 2003. In a quiet Soviet-style hotel near the state-run newspaper Rodong SinmunI, I finished my reading of the Global Communication and decided to publish the Chinese translation for my students at Tsinghua University. Over the 16 years since the Chinese edition was printed, the textbook has always been useful for educators, journalists and students in their thinking of the unfair and unjust world. The new edition is quite comprehensive and deals with contemporary global issues.

Li Xiguang, Professor of the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University

International communication as a field of study has radically changed over the past 25 years. The major issues are the same, but digital technology and globalization has raised other important issues, while some previously important issues are no longer relevant. This third edition of Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective does a great job of keeping scholars and students up to date on important issues in the field of global communication. It answers many questions, but also raises other important questions about the intersection of communication, technology, globalization and culture.

Thimios Zaharopoulos, Provost, Deree-The American College of Greece