International Communication

Course Main Objective

To learn about the concept of international communication and free flow of information; to highlight the revolution of communication and its effect on freedom of information flow as well as role of overseas companies to control news.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
•    1.1Define the concept international communication and its characteristics and the free flow of information.
• 2. Skills 
  
•    2.1 Analyze role of grand media empires in the cultural invasion and free flow of information.
•    2.2 Judge the media content of some internationally raised issues using websites.
• 3. Values 
•    3.1 Analyze international issues according to professional ethics or code of ethics.

Course Content

• The concept of international communication- stages of its evolution.
• Characteristics of international communication- means and organizations of international communication.
• Problems of international communication.
• Free flow of information- problems arising from imbalance of information flow.
• New technology and its effect on international communication.
• International cooperation in fields of communication.
• Grand communication empires.
• New World Information and Communication Order.
• Globalization in the communicative field.
• Regional unions and organizations working in field of communication.
• Attempts to reform the world order.
• New communication tools.

Textbook (s) 

• Primary Sources

- Soliman, Saleh. International Communication. Al-Falah Bookshop, Kuwait, Al-Ain, 2003.
- Abdel Razaaq, Muhammad. A. International Media in the Twenty First Century. Dar AlMassera, Amman, Jordan, 2001.

• Secondary Sources

- Yaas, Khudair. A. International and Arab Communication. Dar Alshourouk, Amman, Jordan, 2006.

• On-line Sources

- Azzam, Muhammad. A., Issa, Mousa., Jameel, Khalil. M. International Media. Dal Almo'taz, 2015.
- Abdel Hameed, Salah. International Media and Its Effect. Dar heba, 2014.
- Mokhtar, Al-Senousy. International Media. Dar Zahran, 2001.

• Others

- Abdel Qader, Rozaiq. A. New World Order of Media: Fundamentals and Aims. Dar alfajr, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.
- Awatef, Abdel Rahman. Media and Alternative Globalization. Cairo, Egypt, 2006.
- Mai, Al-Abdulla. Communication in the Age of Globalization. Dar alnahda, Beirut, Lebanon, 2001.

Course ID: Media 207