“Is enlightenment just a European idea?” An interview with Daya Thussu.

Daya-Thussu

by Sašo Slaček Brlek, Jernej Amon Prodnik

Abstract

Interview with Daya Kishan Thussu, Professor of International Communication at the University of Westminster. We discuss his journalistic experience at the Press Trust of India and Gemini News Service, the New World Information and Communication Order and the MacBride report, the rise of BRICS and changes in the sphere of international communications in recent decades, the significance of critical scholarship and the need to internationalize media and communication studies.

Keywords

International communication; New World Information and Communication Order; UNESCO; the MacBride report; BRICS; China; India