The Handbook of Global Interventions in Communication Theory (ICA Handbook Series)

"Moving beyond the U.S.-Eurocentric paradigm of communication theory, this handbook broadens the intellectual horizons of the discipline by highlighting underrepresented, especially non-Western, theorists and theories, and identifies key issues and challenges for future scholarship. Showcasing diverse perspectives, the handbook facilitates active engagement in different cultural traditions and theoretical orientations that are global in scope but local in effect. It begins by exploring past efforts to diversify the field, continuing on to examine theoretical concepts, models, and principles rooted in local cumulative wisdom. It does not limit itself to the mass-interpersonal communication divide, but rather seeks to frame theory as global and inclusive in scope. The book is intended for communication researchers and advanced students, with relevance to scholars with an interest in theory within information science, library science, social and cross-cultural psychology, multicultural education, social justice and social ethics, international relations, development studies, and political science"-- Provided by publisher Moving beyond the U.S.-Eurocentric paradigm of communication theory, this handbook broadens the intellectual horizons of the discipline by highlighting underrepresented, especially non-Western, theorists and theories, and identifies key issues and challenges for future scholarship Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 Series Editor’s Foreword 12 Acknowledgments 16 Editors 18 Contributors 20 Introduction: Global Interventions in Search of Communication Theory in Human Diversity 30 PART I: HISTORICAL INTERVENTIONS 56 1 A Conversation on the History of Paradigmatic Dialogue in Communication Theory: Brenda Dervin and the 1985 ICA Conference 58 2 Paradigmatic Debates, Theoretical Diversity, and the IAMCR: A Historical Perspective 71 3 Unity in Diversity: Multiculturalism, Guilt/ Victimage, and a New Scholarly Orientation 90 4 Toward Asian Communication Theory: An Intellectual Journey 103 PART II: AFRICAN INTERVENTIONS 116 5 Afrocentricity and the Cultural Question: On Theorizing Humanity and Communication 118 6 Maatian Ethics, Sdm, and Communicative Practice: The Conception and Cultivation of the Sedjemic Person 132 7 Humane Communication in African Languages: African Philosophical Perspectives 151 8 Frank Okwu Ugboajah, Oramedia, and the Ethical Paradigm of Development (Civilization) 165 PART III: ASIAN INTERVENTIONS 182 9 The Question of Asianness in Asian Communication Studies: Notes on Asiacentricity and Its Critics 184 10 Rethinking Eurocentric Visions in Feminist Communication Research: Asiacentric Womanism as a Theoretical Framework 217 11 Al-Fārābī and Ibn Khaldūn as Communication Theorists: The New Science of Society before the European Enlightenment 244 12 Toward a Gandhian Theory of Communication: The Ahimsa (Nonviolent) Way to Truth and Liberation 259 13 Confucianism and Communication in East Asia: A Revisit 273 14 Chinese Principles of Human Communication: A Philosophical Outline 282 PART IV: LATIN AMERICAN INTERVENTIONS 296 15 Paulo Freire, Communication, and Conscientization for Liberation 298 16 Between Social Semiosis and Mediatizations: Toward a Dictionary of Eliseo Verón’s Theoretical Contributions 313 17 Luis Ramiro Beltrán and Theorizing Horizontal and Decolonial Communication 327 18 Latin American Interventions to the Practice and Theory of Communication and Social Development: On the Legacy of Juan Díaz-Bordenave 339 19 Buen Vivir as a Critique of Communication for Development 353 PART V: EUROPEAN INTERVENTIONS 366 20 Media Theories in the United States and Europe: Fragmented Notions and Macroscopic Visions 368 21 Changing Narratives of Cultural Studies in Britain and the United States: Dialogue and Difference 381 22 French and German Theories of Communication: Comparative Perspectives with Regard to the Social and the Epistemological Body of Science 402 23 Özséb Horányi and the Participation Theory of Communication 422 24 Russian Traditions of Communication Theory 436 PART VI: DIVERSE INTERVENTIONS 452 25 Communicating in “Global” English: Promoting Linguistic Human Rights or Complicit with Linguicism and Linguistic Imperialism 454 26 Culture-Centered Approach to Communicating Health and Development: Communication, Social Justice, and Social Change 469 27 Perspectives and Approaches to Intercultural Communication Competence: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis 485 28 Environmental Communication Theory and Practice for Global Transformation: An Ecocultural Approach 503 29 The Way of Coyolxauhqui: An Indigenous Mexica-Inspired Imperative for Deconstruction as a Spiritual Practice 520 Index 530 Communication;,Human,Diversity;,Multiculturalism;,Afrocentricity;,Maatian,Ethics;,Gandhian,Theory Communication,Human Diversity,Multiculturalism,Afrocentricity,Maatian Ethics,Gandhian Theory