Global Information and World Communication offers a comprehensive analysis of international communication systems and the global flow of information. In a full examination of the 'information revolution', Hamid Mowlana deals with this phenomenon in mass communications, telecommunications and new media, and in varying contexts: political, economic, cultural, technological, military, legal and professional. Global Information and World Communication will be essential reading for students and scholars of communication, media studies, journalism, international relations, political science, sociology and international development.