Global Information and World Communication: New Frontiers in International Relations

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Mowlana
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Global Information ◽  
World Communication

The Janus Face of the Liberal International Information Order: When Global Institutions Are Self-Undermining

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Henry Farrell ◽  
Abraham L. Newman
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
Global Institutions ◽  
Information Order ◽  
Information Governance ◽  
Political Conditions

Abstract Scholars and policymakers long believed that norms of global information openness and private-sector governance helped to sustain and promote liberalism. These norms are being increasingly contested within liberal democracies. In this article, we argue that a key source of debate over the Liberal International Information Order (LIIO), a sub-order of the Liberal International Order (LIO), is generated internally by “self-undermining feedback effects,” that is, mechanisms through which institutional arrangements undermine their own political conditions of survival over time. Empirically, we demonstrate how global governance of the Internet, transnational disinformation campaigns, and domestic information governance interact to sow the seeds of this contention. In particular, illiberal states converted norms of openness into a vector of attack, unsettling political bargains in liberal states concerning the LIIO. More generally, we set out a broader research agenda to show how the international relations discipline might better understand institutional change as well as the informational aspects of the current crisis in the LIO.

The problem of mass media participation in "information wars" in the context of diplomatic work

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Y. V. Agafonova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
The Media ◽  
Current Stage

The current stage in the development of international relations is characterized by an increase of the role of non-state actors, which, among other things, include the media. In diplomatic work, it must be borne in mind that the mass media, despite the lack of an independent status in world political processes, nevertheless make a serious contribution to the implementation of the foreign policy tasks of any countries and even form a political reality. Mass media create a global information space as a cross-border, interactive and rapidly updated environment. As a result, borders, barriers, bureaucratic restrictions, differences in languages, and other factors that had a certain impact on international relations are seriously losing their weight in modern world political processes.

scholarly journals Remarks on the Impact of Science and Technology Progress on International Relations in Digital Era

2015 ◽  
pp. 103-115
Author(s):  
A. V. Biryukov
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Information Revolution ◽  
Cloud Technology ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Impact

The article investigates the problem of Science and Technology impact on International Relations. Special attention was drawn to International Science and Technology Relations in Digital Era. They are developing within the context of Global Information Revolution and transition to Multipolar World. In the prospective part the article deals with transformation of International Science and Technology Relations and establishment of Global Technology Alliance. The latter could include creation of Global Technology Fund, renovation of Global Technology Transfer and broadening of Global Cloud Technology Resource.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

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