This document discusses international communication and provides definitions and models. It defines international communication as communication that occurs across international borders, as well as government and citizen exchanges between countries. It presents Lasswell's communication model of a sender sending a message through a channel to a receiver, with examples of mass, organizational, and interpersonal international communication. The document also discusses similar terms like global and cross-cultural communication.

1. International communication
Jong Hyuk Lee
School of Journalism and Communication
Kyung Hee University

2. Countries in the world
• How many countries in UN?
• How many countries participated in the
Beijing Olympic?
• CIA world factbook
• News media in the world

3. Definition
• Communication that occurs across
international borders (Fortner, 1993)
• Government-to-government information
exchanges, in which a few powerful states
dictate the communication agenda
(Fischer & Merrill, 1976; Frederick, 1992)
• Sharing knowledge, ideas, and beliefs
among the various peoples of the world
(Thussu, 2006)

4. Communication model
• “Who (says) What (to) Whom (in) What
Channel (with) What Effect” (Harold
Lasswell, 1902-1978)
Sender Message Channel Receiver Effect

5. Communicator Message Receiver
CNN Korean News World audience
Mass Comm.
Organizational Comm. Amnesty Investigation report Members
Starbucks Korea New product info Consumers
Interpersonal Comm. A Korean telephone talk A friend in US

6. Definition
• What about---?
“Mass, organizational, or interpersonal
communication that takes place among
senders and receivers who are in different
countries or whose messages deal with
international events”

7. Similar terms
• International communication
– Country to country
• Global communication
– Multiple countries
• Cross-cultural communication
– Different cultures in a country
– Same culture in different countries