ABSTRACT

Globalization of politics, economics and culture requires a global communication network. Although it is assumed that global communication network connects various parts of the globe, global media are often criticized as collateral of globalization. Another criticism points out the widespread assessment that global media serve to the interests of the powerful in international politics and therefore having control of global communication network means having a political, economic and cultural mastery.

Mentioning the historical background of international communication, the paper is going to review how international media have been evolved to today’s global media. Reviewing international communication theories and their relations with international politics, it is going to be argued that media in the global scale have been closely connected with the struggle for power in international relations and the societal models the powerfuls’ interests necessitate.