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The global village : dead or alive?

Author: Ray B Browne; Marshall William Fishwick
Publisher: Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In a world that is witnessing the explosive forces of individualism, tribalism, cultism, religion, nationalism, and regionalism, can the "global village" concept as envisioned by Marshall McLuhan have any meaning or hope for fruition? Do the media merely electronically override the basic forces of human expression without in any way changing them?" "This new title from Popular Press contains fifteen essays by some  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Global village.
Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c1999
(OCoLC)647056847
Named Person: Marshall McLuhan; Marshall McLuhan
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ray B Browne; Marshall William Fishwick
ISBN: 0879727713 9780879727710 0879727721 9780879727727
OCLC Number: 39465161
Description: 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword / Marshall W. Fishwick --
Introduction / Ray B. Browne --
Turning McLuhan on His Head / James E. Grunig --
The Vanishing Global Village / Ray B. Browne --
The Complexities of Cultural Globalization Revisited / Mel van Elteren --
Global Villages, Global Economies: Rethinking McLuhan / Bill Freind --
MTV's Global Footprint / Simon Philo --
Localizing the Global Village: Lessons from the Blacksburg Electronic Village / David Silver --
The Global Village --
Writ Small / Marshall W. Fishwick --
Missionaries in the Global Village / Frank A. Salamone --
The Endurance of Regionalism and Stateless Nationalisms in Literature: A Global Study / Theresa M. Mackey --
Navigating Globally: A Guidance System Called Comparative Culture Studies / John G. Blair --
Border and Borderless Culture: A Study of the Process of Recreation and Maintenance of Ethnic Boundary in a Global Society / Raja Jayaraman --
Sao Paulo as a Global City? Applying Some World City Hypotheses in the Periphery / Bianca Freire-Medeiros --
Hot Cars and Cool Media: The Swedish Raggare Subculture / Scott Holmquist --
Pointless Name Change Is Stirring Up Pakistan / S. Amjad Hussain --
In Praise of Ned Ludd / James Combs.
Responsibility: edited by Ray B. Browne and Marshall W. Fishwick.
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"In a world that is witnessing the explosive forces of individualism, tribalism, cultism, religion, nationalism, and regionalism, can the "global village" concept as envisioned by Marshall McLuhan have any meaning or hope for fruition? Do the media merely electronically override the basic forces of human expression without in any way changing them?" "This new title from Popular Press contains fifteen essays by some of our leading scholars and thinkers who weigh the pros and cons and come up with individual conclusions and a consensus."--BOOK JACKET.

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