The study of International Communications features reviews, reruns, and replays of a familiar theme. It is the theme of the conflict of opposites. The question addressed in this discussion centers around the proposition quoted here from an unidentified source: “Conflicting beliefs divide us within and without. If we could see through them to the level of paradox, we would understand more and fight less.”
It is the purpose of this paper to:
- Examine a number of polarities attendant on the increasingly vital question of Mass Media’s role in an advancing global society with an uncertain future
- Explore the possibility of “bridging the gap” between the challenging state in which technological developments in communication have placed human society and the level of consciousness required for meeting the challenge.
The effort is an experiment in force-fitting the current realities of International Communication as presented in a cross-section of the literature with current expectations in the study of individual and social evolutionary change.
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