Media, Communication, and Postcolonial Theory

Abstract

Postcolonial theory has for most part been ignored in communication studies, even as the turn toward cultural studies has brought issues of postcoloniality to the forefront in media and communication studies. This chapter first focuses on the historical debates over the question of modern nationalism in postcolonial theory. Then it foregrounds the ways in which scholars in the field of international communications have dealt with the issue of nationalism in international affairs, specifically in relation to debates over question of “Third World” nationalism. Finally, the chapter outlines the challenges that both postcolonial theory and international communications face in the contemporary contexts of globalization, paying particular attention to the debates over post-nationalism, transnational capitalism, and the state of the world since the 1990s, after the end of the Cold War.

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