This book contains papers presented to the International Colloquium on Communication, which took place in Berlin, Germany in July 2002.

The Berlin conference theme, "Communication and Political Change", provided an opportunity to examine the relationship between forms of communication and the dynamics of political change.

Participants explored the conditions and contexts in which communication contributes to or hinders political change. The chapters included within this volume analyze the relationship between communication and political change within particular historical, cultural and social contexts. These contextual analyses demonstrate the complex role communication plays in helping to produce or prevent political change.

Der englischsprachige Band wendet sich damit an Fachleute aus den Gebieten Anthropologie und Philosophie, Ethno- und Politikwissenschaft, Pädagogik, Psychologie und Soziologie, Kommunikationstheorie, Medienpädagogik und Sprechwissenschaft.

Prof. Dr. Henner Barthel lehrt Sprechwissenschaft an der Universität Koblenz-Landau. Prof. Dr. Kevin M. Carragee lehrt Kommunikation und Journalismus an der Suffolk Universität in Boston, MA - USA.