Cees Hamelink and his sustained contribution towards a human-centred and humanistic global communication regime

A reflective overview of Cees Hamelink’s contribution to global communication is presented in this article. The discussion highlights his contributions to the field through his main concepts, theoretical advances and viewpoints. In various ways, his intellectual work, as the discussion will advance, expresses his enduring commitment and advocacy for a more human-centred global communication regime. The discussion contends that despite the well-documented historical inequities that have frequently characterized advances in the field, Hamelink’s work merits more inspection and appreciation if the ideal of an egalitarian and humanistic regime of global communication is to be realized.