The Role of Communication in International Politics

Provide, explain, and relate at least two communication theories to the chosen topic.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Communication affects international relations in different areas including economic, scientific, diplomatic, educational and military fields. According to critics, international communication violates sovereignties of nations and traditional boundaries. For example, Direct Broadcast Satellite undermines national borders by airing foreign news, educational, advertising and entertainment programs with impunity. However, various reputable scholars have demonstrated that the welfare of the humanity cannot be guaranteed without proper communication. At the global level, communication promotes positive political relations that form the foundation of growth and peaceful co-existence. International communication empowers traditionally sidelined groups and voices in the global society. Given its interactive nature, global communication has shaped immense moral space for exploring fresh communities of like-mindedness. It is, therefore, challenging the outdated top-down political approach (McNair, 2017). For example, global communication played a role in the downfall of a dictatorial regime in Iran through the application of inexpensive transistor audiocassette recorders together with transnational telephony to broadcast the political message of Khomeini Ayatollah to his supporters…