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The International Center for Communications is an
idea and an institution which joins the concepts of "communications"
and "community" in creating a new program of research,
study and community service, a vision of a Pacific Community, and
a new American gateway to the Asia-Pacific region. The underlying
mission of the Center is to redefine traditional notions of community
locally and globally, and explore ways to link those communities
together through the application of communications technology, and
by adherence to the principles of free trade and the free flow of
information. This vision is focused on the extricable link between
communications, social and economic development and the fundamental
importance of rebuilding local communities and defining new national
and regional communities--essenital elements in the development
of the world community originally envisioned by author Marshall
McLuhan. The Center has developed special competence and concentration on communications developments in the Pacific region. Through its programs of research, study and community service, the institution serves as both a forum for discussing the emerging issues, and a laboratory for applying the knowledge and experience of modern communications technology technique. It has created an atmosphere in which the academic and the practical can be joined to help resolve problems, specifically in the Pacific Area, but with worldwide relevance.
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