Includes bibliographical references and index.

International communication research: critical reflections and a new point of departure / Chin-Chuan Lee -- Window shopping: on internationalizing "international communication" / Elihu Katz -- Beyond Lazarsfeld: international communication research and its production of knowledge / Tsan-Kuo Chang -- Beyond modernization and the four theories of the press / Jan Servaes -- Professional models in journalism: between homogenization and diversity / Paolo Mancini -- Conditions of capital: global media in local contexts / Michael Curtin -- The enduring strength of Hollywood: the "imperial adventure" genre and Avatar / Jaap van Ginneken -- Resurrecting the imperial dimension in international communication / Colin Sparks -- De-Westernization and cosmopolitan media studies / Silvio Waisbord -- Local experiences, cosmopolitan theories: on cultural relevance in international communication research / Chin-Chuan Lee -- Theorizing media production as a quasi-autonomous field: a reassessment of China News studies / Judy Polumbaum -- Translation, communication, and East-West understanding / Zhang Longxi -- Public spheres, fields, networks: Western concepts for a de-Westernizing world / Rodney Benson -- Cosmopolitanism and international communication: understanding civil society actors / Peter Dahlgren -- Postcolonial visual culture: arguments from India / Arvind Rajagopal.