Communicating Global Crises

A diverse group of international scholars provides unique perspectives on contemporary global crises and their intersection with the media of public communication. Contributors draw upon a range of compelling theoretical frameworks and methodologies, situating each chapter in the wider literature within a nuanced and complex historical context.

In view of the tumultuous, conflictual, and divisive global environment; Russia’s military attack on Ukraine; and anti-government uprisings in Iran and elsewhere, this timely book explores the crucial roles that media, war, religion, and politics play in impacting people and forming public opinion around the world.

Prominent and accomplished experts in media, communication, politics, journalism, international relations, global studies, and cultural studies around the globe come together to present a vital resource for all decision-makers at local, national, and international levels. Multicultural and multidisciplinary contributors methodically research, assess, write, and present their findings through a variety of content and discourse analysis.

This significant collaborative book provides a valuable and much-needed global discourse and analysis of our increasingly divided nations and world. In this eclectic and multidisciplinary volume, contributors focus on various issues including the rise of nationalism, militarism, fake news, climate crisis, media corporations, economic inequalities, inequality, refugee crisis, cultural representations, social media, human interactions, information warfare, propaganda, and emergence of a new world order.

Introduction

Yahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State University

John V. Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Part I. The Global Context

1. Contemporary Geopolitics, War, and Media: A Historical Context

Lee B. Artz, Purdue University Northwest

Part II. Political Ideologies

2. Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations’ Debate: What has Changed 30 Years Later?

Raymond Taras, Tulane University

Part III. Social Media and Politics

3. Censorship, Social Media Corporations, and their Connections with US Foreign Policy Think Tanks

David J. Park, Florida International University

4. The World Leaders on Social Media

Alexander Laskin, Quinnipiac University

Part IV. Media and Propaganda

5. Propaganda: Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, and Manipulation

Marina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, and Dean Kruckeberg, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Part V. Media and Conflicts

6. Russia, Ukraine, and the Court of Public Opinion

Richard Gershon, Western Michigan University

7. Reporting War and Conflict: Global South Versus Global North News Frames

Maha Bashri, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain

Part VI. Women, Life, Freedom: The 2022 Uprisings in Iran

8. “Say Her Name, Mahsa Amini!” An Overview of The Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran

Negin Hosseini Goodrich, Purdue University West Lafayette

Part VII. Media and Representation

9. Critical Analysis of Islam in the Western Press: An Islamophobic Perspective

Syed Abdul Siraj and Hina Nawaz, Bahria University, Pakistan

10. Image of Russia in American Media

Greydina Nadezhda, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Part VIII. Climate Crisis

11. Local Crises, Global Catastrophes: Australian Media Responses to Permanent Crisis

Hart Cohen and Myra Gurney, Western Sydney University, and Antonio Castillo, RMIT University, Australia

12. Climate Change, Clean Energy, and the Purification of Society

Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle

Part IX. International Agreements and Treaties

13. NATO Resurgent: Will the Ukrainian Conflict Revitalize NATO for the Long-Term?

Richard Rupp, Purdue University Northwest

Part X. Global Information Warfare

14. Cyberspace and Information Warfare: The Threats to Democracy, Governance and National Security

Robin Maria Valeri, St. Bonaventure University, and Binneh Minteh, Salem State University

About the Editors

About the Contributors