Foreign News Communication History 21st Century Journalism and Communication Series Textbooks

Author: Zheng Chaoran
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: Additionally, the title of this book is "A History of Foreign Journalism and Communication" because it breaks through traditional frameworks of journalism studies, attempting to place the history of journalism and communication and the evolution of various media within the broader context of human societal development for examination. It analyzes the relationship between journalism and communication and political systems, economic structures, cultural backgrounds, and social environments from a macro-societal perspective. We aim to achieve the goal that after understanding the history of journalism and communication, one can also grasp the history of human societal development, rather than being confined simply to the scope of industry history.
This book is a key textbook for the 9th Five-Year Plan of the Ministry of Education and a national-level key textbook. It records the development of the world's journalism and communication industry with a brand-new format, perspective, and detailed materials. It introduces the state of journalism and communication in major countries around the world, breaks through traditional frameworks of journalism studies, and attempts to place the history of journalism and communication and the evolution of various media within the development history of human society for examination. From a macro-societal perspective, it analyzes the inseparable relationship between journalism and communication and politics, economy, culture, etc. The book also pays strong attention to the history of the rapid development of modern journalism and communication technology.