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Shelton Gunaratne 
Professor emeritus
Mass Communications Department  
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN 56563 

Courses I taught at Minnesota State

MC300 International Communication
MC309 Reporting
MC310 Copy Editing
MC405 Computer-Assisted Reporting

Contents

1. Internet Journalism Resources
(links for research)

2. Handbook of the Media in Asia (book)

 

 

 

 



3. The Dao of the Press: A Humanocentric Theory (book)

The dao of the press : a humanocentric theory / Shelton A. Gunaratne.

4. Assignments in Malaysia (1997),
China & Australia (1994)

5. My background

6. Slide presentations (PowerPoint)
     a. A Buddhist View of Journalism
     b. Globalization or Not?

      c. Journalism, Democracy ...

           [Restricted access]

Recent Publications

Books/Monographs

Public Sphere and Communicative Rationality: Interrogating Habermas's Eurocentrism (2006). Journalism & Communication Monographs,  8 (2). [An elaboration based on a paper titled Habermas, public sphere, and communicative-action theory: Eurocentrism or universalism? presented at the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association conference in Brisbane, July 9-11, 2003.]

The Dao of the Press: A Humanocentric Theory (2005), Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. ISBN 1-5727-3616-X or 1-5727-3617-8. [An elaboration of the paper titled "Theory of communication-outlets and free expression: A humanocentric exploration"  presented to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the annual convention in Miami Beach, Fla., Aug. 7-10, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation.]

Handbook of the Media in Asia. (2000). New Delhi: SAGE Publications. [Editor and principal author. Author of Part I and co-author of chapters on Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia and North Korea]. ISBN 0-7619-9427-0. 734pp.
 

Yearbook and Encyclopedia Chapters


"Radio and television: South and Southeast Asia" (co-authored with A. O. Thomas). (2007). In G. Hoppenstand, ed.; G. Xu & V. Dharwadker, vol. eds., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: Asia  and Pacific Oceania (pp. 271-295). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

"Triadization" (2006). In M. Bevir, ed., Encyclopedia of Governance (Vol. 2, pp.989-990). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Freedom of the press in Asia (2003). In D. H. Johnston, ed., Encyclopedia of International Media and Communication (Vol. 2, pp. 117-125). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier Science.

"Status of media in Pakistan and Bangladesh." (2003). In D. H. Johnston, ed., Encyclopedia of International Media and Communication (Vol. 3, pp. 425-438). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier Science.

"Convergence: Informatization, world system and developing countries." (2001). In W. B. Gudykunst, ed., Communication Yearbook 25 (pp. 153- 199). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (for International Communication Association). 2003 ICA Best Article Award.

"Old wine in a new bottle: Public journalism, developmental journalism, and social responsibility." (1998). In M. E. Roloff (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 21 (pp. 276-321). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (for International Communication
Association).
 

Book Chapters

“Determining the scope of ‘international’ communication: A (living) systems approach. (2009). In G. Golan, W. Wanta, & T. Johnson (Eds.), International media communication in a global age (pp. ...-...). London: Routledge.
 
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Democracy, journalism and systems: Perspectives from East and West." (2006). In X. Hao & S. K. Datta-Ray (Eds.), Issues and challenges in Asian journalism (pp. 1-24). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.
 

Edited Journals

Gazette, 61 (Nos. 3 & 4, 1999) [Guest editor of special issue on media in Asia]
 

Journal Articles

De-Westernizing communication/social science research: Opportunities and limitations. (Forthcoming).  (A paper presented to the conference on De-Westernizing Communication Research: What is the Next Step?” held in Taipei, Taiwan, 13-14 Dec. 2008.)

Globalization: A non-Western perspective—the bias of social science/communication oligopoly. (2009). Communication, Culture & Critique, 2 (1) ... - ...

Emerging global divides in media and communication theory: European universalism versus non-Western reactions.  Asian Journal of Communication, 19 (1) ... -... (A paper presented to the International Communication section of IAMCR at its congress in Stockholm, 24 July 2008.)

Falsifying two Asian paradigms, and de-Westernizing science (2008a). Communication, Culture & Critique, 1(1) 70-83.

Understanding systems theory: Transition from equilibrium to entropy
(2008b). Asian Journal of Communication, 18 (3), 175-192 (Revision of a paper presented to the Communication Theory and Methodology division of the Association for Education and Journalism and Mass Communication convention in San Francisco, Aug. 4, 2006)

Systems approaches and communication research: The age of entropy (2007a). Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 32 (1), 79-96.

World-system as a dissipative structure: A macro-model to do communication research (2007b). The Journal of International Communication, 13 (1) 11-38.

A systems view of 'international' communication: Its scope and limits (2007c). Global Media and Communication, 3 (3), 267-271.

Let many journalisms bloom: Cosmology, Orientalism, and freedom (2007d). In Y. Miike and G-M Chen (Eds.), Asian contributions to communication theory (special issue). China Media Research, 3 (4) 60-73. [Slide presentation]

A Buddhist view of journalism: Emphasis on mutual interdependence (2007e). Communication for Development and Social Change, 1 (3), ... - ...

A Yijing view of world-system and democracy (2006). Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 33 (2), 191 - 211. [Restricted access]

Asian philosophies and authoritarian press practice: A remarkable contradiction (2005a). Javnost--The Public, 12 (2), 23-38. (Revision of a paper presented at the international workshop on "Democratization and communications in Asia" at the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, University of Nottingham, April 26, 2003.)

Public diplomacy, global communication, and world order: An analysis based on theory of living systems (2005b). Current Sociology, 53 (5), 749-772.

A Daoist perspective of normative media practice (2004a). (profile interview by Eric Loo). Media Educator, Issue 15, pp. 213-219.

Thank you Newton, welcome Prigogine: 'Unthinking' old paradigms and embracing new directions--Part 2 The pragmatics (2004b). Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 29 (1), 113-132.

Thank you Newton, welcome Prigogine: 'Unthinking' old paradigms and embracing new directions--Part 1 Theoretical distinctions (2003a). Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 28 (4), 435-455. (Paper presented to the International Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the annual convention in Kansas City, Mo., July 30-Aug.1, 2003.).

Proto-Indo-European expansion, rise of English, and the international language order: A humanocentric analysis (2003b). International Journal of the Sociology of Language, No.164, 1-32. (Paper presented to the History Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research at the annual conference in Barcelona, Spain, July 22-25, 2002.)

An evolving triadic world: A theoretical framework for global communication research (2002a). Journal of World-Systems Research, 8 (3), 329-365. (Paper presented to the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the annual convention in Washington, D.C., Aug. 5-8, 2001.)

Freedom of the press: A world system perspective (2002b). Gazette, 64(4), 343-369. (Paper presented to the International Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the annual convention in Washington, D.C., Aug. 5-8, 2001.)

Paper, printing, and the printing press: A horizontally integrative macrohistory analysis (2001a). Gazette. 63 (6), 459-479. (An abridged version in Polish appears in Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, Nos. 3-4, 2002  75- 95). (Paper presented to the International Communication  Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research at the off-year conference in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 7-8, 2001.)

Prospects and limitations of world system theory for media analysis: The case of Middle East and North Africa (2001b). Gazette, 63 (2&3), 121-148. (An abridged version in Polish appears in Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, Nos. 1-2, 2001, pp. 42-62). (Paper presented to the International Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the annual convention in Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 12, 2001.)

The media in Asia: An overview (1999). Gazette, 61 (3&4), 197-223.

Small is beautiful: Informatization potential of three Indian Ocean Rim countries [collaborators: M. Safar Hasim & R. Kasenally]. (1997). Media Asia, 24 (4), 188-205. (Paper presented to the sixth annual Amic Conference in Kuala Lumpur, 19-21 June 1997.)

Sri Lanka and the Third Communication Revolution (1997). Media Asia, 24 (2), 83-89. (Paper  presented to the Minnesota Forum on Sri Lanka, March 30, 1996).

Integration of Internet resources into curriculum and instruction [collaborator: Byung Lee]. (1996, Summer). Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 51 (2), 25-35. (This is the original, longer version).

New thinking on journalism and news puts emphasis on democratic values (1996). In Zbigniew Bajka & Jerzy Mikulowski-Pomorski, eds.Valeriana: Essays on Human Communication (pp.182-197). Cracow, Poland: Osrodek Badan Prasoznawczych. (An abridged version appears in Australian Studies in Journalism, 4,  276-282.)

Old wine in a new bottle: Public journalism movement in the United States and the erstwhile NWICO debate (1996, September). AsiaPacific MediaEducator, 1 (1),  64-75. (Paper presented to the International Communication Section of the International Association for Mass Communication Research, 20th Scientific Conference in Sydney, Australia, 18-22 Aug. 1996.)

Social responsibility theory revisited: A comparative study of public journalism and developmental journalism [collaborator: M. Safar Hasim]. (1996).  Javnost--The Public, 3 (3), 97-107.

U.S. and U.K. re-entry into UNESCO: A reportorial description and a theoretical analysis (1994). Jurnal Komunikasi, 10, 99-122.
 

Reviews and Commentaries

Review of Collective Behavior and Public Opinion: Rapid Shifts in Opinion and Communication by Jaap van Ginneken (2005), Journal of Communication, 55, 410-412.

Review of Global Communication edited by Y. R. Kamalipour and International communication: Concepts and cases edited by K. Anokwa, C.A. Lin & M. B Salwen (2004). Journal of Communication, 54, 372-374.

Review of Critical issues in communication: Looking inward for answers edited by S. R. Melkote & S. Rao (2002). Asian Journal of Communication, 12 (1), 141-144.

Review of Global communication Theories, stakeholders, and trends by T. L. McPhail (2001/02). Australian Studies in Journalism,10/11, 223-226.

Review of International communication: Continuity and change by D. K. Thussu. (2001). Media Development, 48 (3), 68-70. Polish translation in Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, Nos. 1-2, 2001, pp. 143-145.

"On teaching international communication." (2000). Australian Journalism Review, 22 (1), 164-167.

Books on global communication become a philosophical tussle between the right and the left (1995). Media Development, 42 (2),  44-47. "Buku tentang komunikasi sejagat menjadi pertarungan falsafah antara pihak yang berfaham kanan dan kiri" [Bahasa Melayu Trans. M. Safar Hasim], Jurnal Komunikasi, 11, 125-136.

Review of Treading Different Paths: Informatization in Asian Nations, edited by Georgette Wang. (1995). Media Development, 42 (4), 58-60.

Book reviews published in the  Journal of International Communication during my tenure as review editor (1995-2000)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 2 No. 1 (1995)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 2 No. 2 (1995)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 3 No. 1 (1996)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 3 No. 2 (1996)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 4 No. 1 (1997)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 4 No. 2 (1997)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 5 No.1 & No. 2 (1998)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 6 No. 1 (1999)

Book reviews in JIC Vol. 6 No. 2 (1999)

 


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