De-westernizing Communication Studies: A Reassessment

2014/10/20 by Silvio Waisbord, Claudia Mellado · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Media Studies and Communication

paper · doi:10.1111/comt.12044

openalex publication_date 2014/10/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

The goal of this special issue is to revisit the terms of the debate about the “de-westernization” of communication studies and related issues such as the globalization, internationalization, cosmopolitanism, and indigenization of academic knowledge.

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