Tom McPhail
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Tom McPhail is professor of media studies and a fellow in the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri in St.Louis. He also serves as a media analyst for many media outlets including AP, UPI, USAToday, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, NPR/PBS, and the New York Times. Previously he taught at the University of Calgary, and Carleton University (Canada), the University of Hawaii, Catholic University, and worked with UNESCO (Paris). He has published over 90 articles and several books, including GLOBAL COMMUNICATION: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends (Blackwell Publishers, 2006) second edition. It is the widest selling book in the world dealing with international communication. He began his career with Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)the leading communication scholar of the 20th century.