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Tutorial Letter 501/3/2018 International Communication COM3705 Semesters 1 & 2 Department of Communication Science IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail addresses and make sure that you have regular access to the myUnisa module website, COM-S1/S2, as well as your group website. Note: This is an online module and therefore it is available on myUnisa. However, in order to support you in your learning process, you will also receive some study material in printed format. BARCODE 2 Tutorial Letter 501 for COM3705 SEMESTERS 1 & 2 Authors Prof NC Lesame Dr RF Mukhudwana Ms M van der Walt-Ehlers Mr TM Thatelo Ms S Sindane Mr DJ Wigston EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT Dr D Govender LANGUAGE EDITORS Mr L Kotze Mrs I Holtzhausen de Beer COMPILER & PROJECT LEADER Prof NC Lesame COM3705/501/3/2018 3 © 2014 Writing Team and University of South Africa All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk, Pretoria, City of Tshwane COM3705/501/3/2018 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The International Communication Lecturing Team would like to thank Dr D Govender of the Directorate of Curriculum and Learning Design (DCLD) for his assistance with the pedagogical support for and online arrangement of this tutorial letter. We also thank Mrs I de Beer Holtzhausen and Mr L Kotze of the Languages Services Department for language editing of this tutorial letter. 4 CONTENTS PAGE Part 1 8 Learning Unit 0: Orientation 8 A word of welcome 8 Purpose of the module 10 Outcomes of the module 11 Studying this module online 12 Overview of online tools 12 For success in the module 15 Important information about Unisa you will need for your online module 16 Readings 16 Activities and assessment 16 Learning Unit 1 Close encounters with international communication and membership of the Information society 17 About this module 17 About learning unit 1 17 Crucial questions 18 1.1 Overview of and introduction to learning unit 1 18 1.2 International communication: definition and theories 19 1.3 Approaches to the study of international communication 20 1.4 The information society: literature review 21 1.5 Summary and conclusions 32 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 33 SELF-ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES 33 1.6 References and readings 34 COM3705/501/3/2018 5 Learning Unit 2 Agency, continuity and discontinuity in international communication scholarship 39 2.1 Introduction 39 2.2 Actors in international communication 40 2.3 Defining agency in international communication 41 2.4 The rise of global media: a historical account 42 2.5 The changing global media landscape 44 2.6 Changing issues in international communication