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India-Pakistan Relations: International Implications, Alka Jauhari
India-Pakistan Relations: International Implications, Alka Jauhari
Political Science & Global Affairs Faculty Publications
India’s independence in 1947 from the British colonial rule and its subsequent division into two nations – India and Pakistan - has sowed the seeds of continuing conflict between the two countries since their independence. The partition of India was primarily based on the religious divide between the two communities – the Hindus and the Muslims. After India’s partition, the major issue of conflict between the two countries has been the Muslim dominated northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, currently a part of India. This bilateral conflict has had international implications over the years. Decades of conflict, which includes three …
Global Media, Communication Technology, And The War On Terror, James Castonguay
Global Media, Communication Technology, And The War On Terror, James Castonguay
Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications
From the telegraph, radio, film, and television to the Internet and mobile satellite networks, media and communication technologies have been integral to the waging and representation of war. Always eager to improve communications, surveillance, and weapons systems, military institutions have funded and developed new communication technologies and media since at least the 19th century, and journalism and entertainment have long been central to governments’ propaganda efforts. In the current context of the Iraq War and the “war on terror,” most accounts of international communication equate media with news (ignoring other genres) and often neglect the crucial role that audiences and …
Teaching 9/11 And Why I'M Not Doing It Anymore, Louise Spence
Teaching 9/11 And Why I'M Not Doing It Anymore, Louise Spence
Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications
Offers information on Reading Seminar in Media and Cultural Theory, a course which tackles advanced work in the theoretical and critical context of the mass media as a social phenomenon. Issues about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. covered in the course; Psychological implications of the terrorist attacks; Social relevance of the course and the instructor's reasons for ending the course.