Job Search or International Communication

Job Search: Career Planning Guide, Book 2, Vol. 2

Author: Robert D Lock

Plan a successful job search with JOB SEARCH: CAREER PLANNING GUIDE, BOOK 2! Whether you're a first time job seeker or someone re-entering the job market or changing careers, this counseling text provides you with the tools you'll need for your search. You'll learn interviewing techniques as well as how to develop sources of job leads, complete employment applications, and prepare resumes and cover letters. Examples and exercises help you master the skills necessary for finding a job.

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International Communication: Concepts and Cases (with Infotrac(r))

Author: Lin

This edited volume of 16 readings is a collection of works from the foremost scholars of international communication. Divided into seven parts, the text is comprehensive in its coverage, including perspectives on issues and topics such as press freedom, propaganda, gatekeeping, colonialism and mass media development, globalization, cultural concerns, and diffusion.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	International Mass Communication from the Tower of Babel to the Babel Fish	1
I	Press Freedom	5
2	Press Freedom in Europe	7
3	Freedom of the Press in the Eyes of the Dragon: A Matter of Chinese Relativism and Pragmatism	24
II	Propaganda	47
4	Propaganda in Spanish and French Referendum Campaigns: An Analysis of Propaganda Techniques	49
5	U.S.-Cuba Propaganda Wars: The Case of Television Marti	73
III	Gatekeeping	89
6	Waters of Death in Central America: News Values and Myth	91
7	Social and Institutional Influences on News Values and Routines in Brazil: From Military Rule to Democracy	110
IV	Colonialism and Mass Media Development	129
8	Development Communication in Africa: Concepts and Case Studies	133
9	Dateline Addis Ababa: Our Special Correspondent Evelyn Waugh Reports War Preparations with Italy, Vivid Colonial Discourse Used	153
V	Globalization	173
10	The Americanization of Global Film	175
11	International Advertising and Global Consumer Culture	190
12	Globalization and Media Development in Asia's Four Tigers: Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea	205
VI	Cultural Concerns	223
13	Globalization, Media Imperialism, and Dependency as Communications Frameworks	225
14	Impact of the Electronic Media on the Arab World	239
VII	Diffusion	253
15	Technology Diffusion and the Global Village	255
16	The Changing Shape of Global Telecommunications	267
	Index	285