02943cam a22003978i 4500 23951248 US-DLC 20260219101024.0 241213s2025 miu b 001 0 eng 2024046684 9780472077311 (hardcover) 9780472057313 (paperback) 9780472904921 (ebook other) 23951248 au eng rda au pcc Alfaisal Main Library P96.I5 C46 2025 Chong, Alan, author. International politics of communication : representing community in a globalizing world / Alan Chong. 2025 1111 Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2025. 440 pages cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "In an era of globalization, international communication constantly takes place across borders, defying sovereign control as it influences opinion. While diplomacy between states is the visible face of international relations, this "informal diplomacy" is usually less visible but no less powerful. Information politics can be found in propaganda, Internet politics, educational exchanges, tourism, and even popular film. The International Politics of Communication examines this informational dimension of international politics, investigating how information is generated, conveyed through channels, and directed specifically at audiences. While citizens are often portrayed as faithfully loyal supporters and beneficiaries of the modern nation-state-a fiction supported by passports, identification papers, and other notarized credentials-they are subject to the pulls of loyalty from transnational tribal affiliations, mythological and historical narratives of ethnicity, as well as the transcendental claims of religion and philosophy. Increasingly, social media also enchants non-state individuals, providing new virtual communities as the center of loyalties rather than national affiliations. By reinterpreting taken-for-granted concepts in journalism, media, political economy, nationalism, development, and propaganda as information politics, this book prepares serious-minded scholars, citizens, politicians, and social activists everywhere to understand the power plays in international communication and use alternatives to begin transforming power relations."-- Communication, International Political aspects. Communication in international relations. Globalization. Print books. local 4 Online version: Chong, Alan. International politics of communication Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2025 9780472904921 (DLC) 2024046685 lcc BOOKS 608413 608413 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2026-02-19 0 P96.I5 C46 2025 AU00000000021326 2026-02-19 10:11:38 355.00 2026-02-19 BOOKS