Embarking on De-Weternizing Communications Planned at Seminar in Taiwan

By Philip Fernando for Asian Tribune Los Angeles,05 November, (Asiantribune.com): Scholars meet to embark on a different path towards better communications at the Department of Journalism, National Chengchi University, Taipei, in Taiwan on December 12 and 13, 2008. The participants believe that this is the time for decentralization, de-Westernization, differentiation and pluralist thinking. Among those attending are leading scholars from Asia, UK and USA. Dr. Shelton Gunaratne Professor Mass Communications emeritus of Minnesota University at Moorhead, USA expressed the view that major research work on non-western communication methods has been growing at exponential rates. Hidden behind the proliferation of research publications in the non-Western world, however, are several important issues that need to be discussed. The... [read full story]