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A Critical Dialogue on the Cosmopolitan Turn in Communication Studies

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This discussion engages with the collective volume Cosmopolitan Communication Studies: Toward Deep Internationalization. The editors and contributors call for a cosmopolitan reorientation of communication studies that transcends enduring Eurocentric biases. The proposed cosmopolitan approach advocates for inclusivity, context sensitivity, and the recognition of non-Western knowledge production as intellectually generative rather than derivative. By foregrounding comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, the volume seeks to make deep internationalization a practical and ethical academic endeavor. The dialogue with scholars from around the world underscores cosmopolitanism not merely as methodology but as a mindset—aiming to reduce epistemic violence, resist authoritarian instrumentalization, and foster genuine global interconnectedness in the production of communication scholarship.

Source: Global Media Journal: German Edition

DOI: 10.60678/gmj-de.v15i2.359

Authors: Fiedler, Anke, George, Cherian, Mano, Winston, Radue, Melanie, Richter, Carola, Rodny-Gumede, Ylva, Serwornoo, Michael Yao Wodui

Institutions: Universität Greifswald, Hong Kong Baptist University, University of Westminster, University of Passau, Freie Universität Berlin, University of the Free State, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Language: English

Topic: Media and Communication Studies

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7121495285

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