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Los vectores de la comunicación han fluctuado históricamente del ideal del vínculo universal a través de las redes del industrialismo en el siglo XIX a las redes globales del tercer milenio. Pero también ha sido una constante en las concepciones sobre la comunicación el soslayar el análisis del sentido de esos cambios. La Humanidad ve en la comunicación el quitamiedos ante la disgregación y el camino hacia una nueva vinculación social. Otros, antes que los actuales profetas de la informática ya avanzaron estas desmesuradas esperanzas sobre el determinismo virtuoso de la tecnología. El análisis histórico del itinerario seguido las utopías de la comunicación, permite escapar de la volatilidad de la comunicación contemporánea para tratar de entender los grandes retos de la comunicación que se avecina.

ResumenLos vectores de la comunicación han fluctuado históricamente del ideal del vínculo universal a través de las redes del industrialismo en el siglo XIX a las redes globales del tercer milenio. Pero también ha sido una constante en las concepciones sobre la comunicación el soslayar el análisis del sentido de esos cambios. La Humanidad ve en la comunicación el quitamiedos ante la disgregación y el camino hacia una nueva vinculación social. Otros, antes que los actuales profetas de la informática ya avanzaron estas desmesuradas esperanzas sobre el determinismo virtuoso de la tecnología. El análisis histórico del itinerario seguido las utopías de la comunicación, permite escapar de la volatilidad de la comunicación contemporánea para tratar de entender los grandes retos de la comunicación que se avecina.

RésuméDepuis les années quatre-vingt, en concomitance avec la déréglementation des réseaux d'information et de communication, on assiste à une véritable déréglementation des concepts qui nous servent à désigner le monde réticulaire. Les innovations sémantiques à partir des espaces marchands et de la recherche opérationnelle font florès au détriment des approches théoriques qui acceptent de prendre de la distance par rapport aux nouveaux empirismes technicistes. Pour nous faire comprendre, nous sommes obligés d'utiliser des termes dont nous n'interrogeons pas la genèse: qui les formule et les opère? La notion de globalisation, directement empruntée à la langue anglaise, est une de celles-là, et elle occupe une place matricielle. La «globalisation» est, certes, déjà inscrite dans les faits: de plus en plus nos sociétés sont connectées avec des produits et des réseaux d'information et de communication dont la logique est de fonctionner sur le mode «universel». Mais c'est aussi une notion réductrice qui dissimule la complexité du nouvel ordre mondial plutôt qu'elle ne la révèle. Son sens est moins transparent que ne le donne à croire sa consécration météorique dans le langage courant. Cette nouvelle appellation et sa galaxie ont une histoire et occupent une position précise dans la topologie politique des relations internationales. Le travail critique sur la notion paraît une condition préalable, nécessaire, mais certes non suffisante, pour poser la question des alternatives. C'est ce que tente de faire l'auteur dans la première partie de cet article. Dans la seconde, il s'emploie à montrer le profond renouvellement des problématiques de l'internationalisation des systèmes de communication à partir de l'économie politique de la communication internationale et de l'anthropologie.

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THE MISSING LINK: REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR WORLD WIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT (Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union, CH1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland---apparently available free on request, paper)AN EXPLORATION OF LEGAL ISSUES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20006---$14.00, paper)COMMUNICATION AND CLASS STRUGGLE: 2. LIBERATION, SOCIALISM edited by Armand Mattelart and Seth Siegelaub (438pp..1983---$18.95, paper)MARX & ENGELS ON THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION (THE MOVEMENT OF COMMODITIES, PEOPLE, INFORMATION & CAPITAL) edited by Yves de la Haye (175 pp., 1980---$6.00, paper)MARXISM AND THE MASS MEDIA: TOWARDS A BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 1-2-3 REVISED (105 pp., 1979---$7.50, paper)INFORMATICS EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL edited by F.B. Lovis and E.D. Tagg (Amsterdam: North-Holland/New York: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1984---$31.00)METHODS FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION RESEARCH edited by William Gudykunst and Young Yun Kim (Beverly Hills, Ca.: Sage Publications, 1984---price not given, paper)COMMUNICATION REGULATION AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS edited by j.F.- Rada and G.R. Pipe (265 pp., 1984---$46.25)TRANSBORDER DATA FLOWS; ACCESS TO THE INTERNATIONAL ON-LINE DATA-BASE MARKET (130 pp., 1984---$28.75)THE USE OF INFORMATION IN A CHANGING WORLD edited by A. Van Der Laan and A.A. Winters (470 pp.,1984---$53.75)TOWARDS THE INFORMATION SOCIETY edited by R.C. Barquin and G.P. Mead (164 pp., 1984---$38.50)TRANSBORDER DATA FLOW AND BRAZIL (Amsterdam: North-Holland/New York: Elsevier, 1984---$57.75)INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE AND CABLE TELEVISION, edited by Charles Firestone (Communications Law Program, UCLA School of Law, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, Ca. 90024---price not given, but about $50.00, paper)THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPORT GUIDE; A DIRECTORY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE DATA AND RESOURCES (North American Telecommunications Assn., 2000 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20036---$115.00, paper)

Armand Mattelart's Multinational Corporations and the Control of Culture: The Ideological Apparatuses of Imperialism (Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Press Ltd./Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, 1979 ---$37.50)Unesco, two other reports on media in developing nationsStatistics on Radio and Television, 1960-1976, Statistical Reports and Studios No. 23 (1979, 124 pp.---$4.75, paper)

COMMUNICATING IN POPULAR NICARAGUA edited by Armand Mattelart (International General, PO Box 350, New York 10013—$ 8.95, paper)PHILIPPINE CARTOONS: POLITICAL CARICATURE OF THE AMERICAN ERA, 1900-1941 by Alfred McCoy and Alfredo Roces (Quezon City: Vera-Reyes, 1985, 370 pp.)A HISTORY OF THE KOMIKS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER COUNTRIES (Quezon City: Islas Filipinas Publishing Co., 1985, 305 pp)RURAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING: A PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE by Felix Librero (Laguna: University of Philippines—Los Banos, 1985 155 pp.)THE MANIPULATED PRESS: A HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE JOURNALISM SINCE 1945 by Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo (Manila: Cacho Hermanos, 1984, 256 pp.)PHILIPPINE MASS MEDIA: A BOOK OF READINGS edited by Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. (Manila: Communication Foundation of the Philippines, 1986, 280 pp.)THE PHILIPPINE PRESS: UNDER SIEGE by the National Press Club (Manila, Press Club, 1984, 1985, two vols)MANUAL ON MEDIA EDUCATION by Vicente S. Froilan (Manila: Communication Foundation for Asia, 1985, 88 pp.)MEDIA AND THE CHINESE PUBLIC: A SURVEY OF THE BEIJING MEDIA AUDIENCE, special issue of Chinese Sociology and Anthropology (Spring-Summer 1986, 200 pp.)VIDEO PIRACY AND THE LAW by B.V. Gopal (New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1986, 160 pp.)ASIAN PR by Vincent Lowe (Singapore: Times Books International, 1986, 208 pp.)PUBLIC RELATIONS: THE MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE (Kuala Lumpur: Institute of Public Relations Malaysia, 1986, 260 pp)SELLING DREAMS: HOW ADVERTISING MISLEADS US by the Consumers' Association of Penang (Pengan, CAP, 1986, 149 pp.)ABUSE OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA by the Consumer's Association of Penang (Penang: CAP, 1982, 85 pp)

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BROADCASTING IN ASIA-PACIFIC: 1964-1984 edited by F. M. Shepherd (Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, P.O. Box 1164, Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia $20.00 by air to any address, paper)WOMEN AND MASS MEDIA IN ASIA: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY by John A. Lent (Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre, 39 Newton Road, Singapore 1130 price not given, paper)COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES: FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR LATIN AMERICA? by Armand Mattelart and Hector Schmucler (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1985 $29.95)International radio listening guides (several titles)