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The Rise of Over-the-Top (OTT) Media and Implications for Media Consumption and Production (9798369301166) |
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Nithin Kalorth/ IGI97901166/ Price:US$ 245.00
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The book traces the historical roots of OTT media, establishing a contextual understanding of its rapid rise and impact on the industry. Analyzing the complex web of business models and revenue streams in the OTT industry, the publication sheds light on the competitive dynamics, the entry of new players, and the subsequent effects on traditional media companies. It offers a fresh perspective, recognizing OTT media as a distinct and transformative medium, different from conventional film and television studies.
Navigating the myriad aspects of OTT media, the book examines market trends and dynamics, showcasing the intricate technological infrastructure of OTT services, encompassing platforms, devices, and delivery methods. Furthermore, it delves into the personalization and recommendation algorithms that have revolutionized content curation, altering the way audiences interact with media.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAdvertising and Marketing
¡EContent Production
¡EDigital Media
¡EDistribution Strategies
¡EGlobal South
¡EMarket Trends
¡EMedia Consumption
¡EMedia Industry Dynamics
¡EMedia Production
¡EMedia Studies
¡EOver-the-Top (OTT) Media
¡EPersonalization Algorithms
¡ERegulatory Issues
¡ESocial Implications
¡ETechnological Infrastructure |
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Digital Capitalism in the New Media Era (9798369311820) |
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Cicek Topcu/ IGI97911820/ Price:US$ 230.00
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Within the confines of this meticulously researched book lies a comprehensive analysis of how the established political economy of traditional media has adapted and responded to the surge of new technologies. As our planet metamorphoses into an interconnected global marketplace, the book expounds on how this phenomenon has created a platform for both the enhancement of societal accessibility and the exacerbation of social disparities. The rise of new tools has inadvertently ushered in a new age of surveillance, marked by sophisticated techniques like digital trace tracking and micro-targeting strategies.
This book covers comprehensive topics, including exploiting personal data for both commercial and political ends, the pervasive influence of algorithmic mechanisms and filter bubbles, and the dominion of tech giants in this digital landscape. By contextualizing these developments within the historical trajectory of capitalism, the book paints a vivid portrait of the emergence of digital capitalism.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAccess to Technology
¡EAlgorithms
¡EDigital Capitalism
¡EDigital Divide
¡EDigital Labor
¡EDigital Surveillance
¡EGender Equality
¡EInformational Capitalism
¡EMicrotargeting
¡ENew Media Era
¡EOpen Science
¡EPersonal Data
¡EPolitical Knowledge Gap
¡ESubaltern Studies
¡ESurveillance Capitalism
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Writing for Interactive Media: Social Media, Websites, Applications, e-Learning, Games |
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Timothy Garrand/ 9781032554242/ Price:GBP 39.99
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Nintendo: Playing with Power |
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Randy Nichols/ 9780367469092/ Price:GBP 48.99
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Visual Citizenship: Communicating Political Opinions and Emotions on Social Media |
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Catherine Bouko/ 9781032505053/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Covering Extended Reality Technologies in the Media |
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Emma Kaylee Graves/ 9781032446646/ Price:GBP 130.00
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| SB04-516 |
The Media Economy |
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Alan B. Albarran/ 9781032491332/ Price:GBP 66.99
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| SB04-516 |
Analyzing Media Messages: Using Quantitative Content Analysis in Research |
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Daniel Riffe/ 9781032264677/ Price:GBP 38.99
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Beyond Mainstream Media: Alternative Media and the Future of Journalism |
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Stephen Cushion/ 9781032420264/ Price:GBP 35.99
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Introduction to Media Distribution: Film, Television, and New Media |
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Scott Kirkpatrick/ 9781032413952/ Price:GBP 39.99
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| SB04-516 |
Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood |
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Johan Farkas/ 9781032563039/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Scripting Media |
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Frank Barnas/ 9781032229225/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Visual Research: A Concise Introduction to Thinking Visually |
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Jerome W. Crowder/ 9781032101798/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Identity in the COVID-19 Years: Communication, Crisis and Ethics |
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Rob Cover/ 9781501393686/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Arguing Identity and Human Rights: Among Rival Options |
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Doug Cloud/ 9781032486673/ Price:GBP 35.99
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China's Cultural Trade Strategy: Perspectives from Film and Television Industries |
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Luo Libin/ 9781032544250/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Multimedia Foundations: Core Concepts for Digital Design |
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Vic Costello/ 9781138391550/ Price:GBP 68.99
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Strategic Social Media as Activism: Repression, Resistance, Rebellion, Reform |
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Adrienne A. Wallace/ 9781032272184/ Price:GBP 35.99
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| VB04-141 |
News Media and Hate Speech Promotion in Mediterranean Countries |
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Elias Said Hung/ 9781668484319/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Expressions of hate are words or actions that are discriminatory, hostile, or violent to a person or group for racial, sexual, ideological, ethnic, or identity reasons. Such expressions contribute to an environment of prejudice and intolerance towards those who are targeted. The spread of hate speech has been exacerbated by the growth of social media networks, and dissemination strategies (e.g., astroturfing) are becoming increasingly complex. Although there has been an exponential increase in the study of hate speech in recent years, most methods have focused on the English language, limiting research of the phenomenon in other languages such as Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. It is crucial to understand the role played by digital media and journalism in the dissemination, detection, and control of hate speech from current digital scenarios.
News Media and Hate Speech Promotion in Mediterranean Countries provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings about hate speech studies including into prejudice and intolerance. Covering topics such as detecting hate speech, linguistic challenges, and the taxonomy of hate speech, this book is ideal for political decision makers, third-sector representatives, journalists, digital media professionals, and researchers.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDetecting Hate Speech
¡EDisseminating Hate Speech
¡EFact Checkers
¡EHate Speech
¡EHate Speech Policies
¡ELGTBI+, Immigrants, and Other Minority Groups
¡ELinguistic Challenges
¡ERole of Journalism
¡ESocial Agents
¡ETaxonomy of Hate Speech |
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| VB04-139 |
The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication |
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Andrea L. Guzman/ 9781529773927/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication has been designed to serve as the touchstone text for researchers and scholars engaging in new research in this fast-developing field. Chapters provide a comprehensive grounding of the history, methods, debates and theories that contribute to the study of human-machine communication. Further to this, the Handbook provides a point of departure for theorizing interactions between people and technologies that are functioning in the role of communicators, and for considering the theoretical and methodological implications of machines performing traditionally ¡¥human¡¦ roles. This makes the Handbook the first of its kind, and a valuable resource for students and scholars across areas such as communication, media and information studies, and computer science, as well as for practitioners, engineers and researchers interested in the foundational elements of this emerging field.
Part 1: Histories and Trajectories
Part 2: Approaches and Methods
Part 3: Concepts and Contexts
Part 4: Technologies and Applications
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| VB04-138 |
Perspectives on Critical Race Theory and Elite Media |
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E. Thomas Lehner/ 9781668452257/ Price:US$ 145.00
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In the modern world, ideology is prominent in elite educational journalism. Because of this, for many audiences, it is not apparent what is a myth and what is fact. For time immemorial, journalism has striven to reconcile these challenges.
Perspectives on Critical Race Theory and Elite Media uses the tools of critical theory and critical race theory to critique how journalism now resides in something other than reporting facts and considers how elite media instantiates a new understanding of a complicated world. Covering key topics such as segregation, equity, media dissemination, and religious language, this premier reference source is ideal for sociologists, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECritical Race Theory
¡EElite Media
¡EEquity
¡EErasure Media
¡EJournalism
¡EMedia Dissemination
¡ERace
¡EReligious Language
¡ESegregation
¡EStorytelling |
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Community Engagement in the Online Space |
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Michelle Dennis/ 9781668451946/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Since the advent of the internet, online communities have emerged as a way for users to share their common interests and connect with others with ease. As the possibilities of the online world grew and the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the world, many organizations recognized the utility in not only providing further services online, but also in transitioning operations typically fulfilled in-person to an online space. As society approaches a reality in which most community practices have moved to online spaces, it is essential that community leaders remain knowledgeable on the best practices in cultivating engagement.
Community Engagement in the Online Space evaluates key issues and practices pertaining to community engagement in remote settings. It analyzes various community engagement efforts within remote education, online groups, and remote work. This book further reviews the best practices for community engagement and considerations for the optimization of these practices for effective virtual delivery to support emergency environmental challenges, such as pandemic conditions. Covering topics such as community belonging, global health virtual practicum, and social media engagement, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for program directors, faculty and administrators of both K-12 and higher education, students of higher education, business leaders and executives, IT professionals, online community moderators, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunity Belonging
¡ECommunity Engagement
¡EDigital Technology Integration
¡EEngaged Online Communities
¡EGlobal Health Virtual Practicum
¡EHoneycomb Model
¡ENGO-University Collaboration
¡EOnline Education
¡EOnline Efficiency
¡ESmall Cultural Organizations
¡ESocial Media Engagement
¡ESocial Media Promotion |
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The Science-Media Interface: On the Relation Between Internal and External Science Communication |
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Irene Broer/ 9783110776362/ Price:EUR 69.95
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Never-Ending Watchmen: Adaptations, Sequels, Prequels and Remixes |
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Will Brooker/ 9781350198739/ Price:GBP 22.99
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Communication and Human Rights: Towards Communicative Justice |
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Cees J. Hamelink/ 9780745649849/ Price:US$ 24.95
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Communicating Global Crises: Media, War, Climate, and Politics |
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Yahya R. Kamalipour/ 9781538181843/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Creating Effective Groups: The Art of Small Group Communication |
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Randy Fujishin/ 9781538164440/ Price:US$ 42.00
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Advertising Media Planning: A Brand Management Approach |
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Larry D. Kelley/ 9781032192154/ Price:GBP 49.99
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Mixed Media: Moral Distinctions in Advertising, Public Relations, and Journalism |
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Tom Bivins/ 9781032269610/ Price:GBP 54.99
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Audience Genre Expectations in the Age of Digital Media |
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Leo W. Jeffres/ 9781032201313/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Media and Gender Adaptation: Regendering, Critical Creation and the Fans |
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Lucy Irene Baker/ 9781501370113/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Understanding Virtual Reality: Challenging Perspectives for Media Literacy and Education |
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Sarah Jones/ 9781032061030/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Race/Gender/Class/Media: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content, and Producers |
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Rebecca Ann Lind/ 9781032042114/ Price:GBP 62.99
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Social Media Images and Conflicts |
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Mette Mortensen/ 9781032010564/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Managing Public Relations: Business Principles and Tools for Strategic Communication |
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Peter M. Smudde/ 9781032076768/ Price:GBP 56.99
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| SB04-513 |
Alternative and Activist New Media |
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Leah A. Lievrouw/ 9781509506071/ Price:US$ 24.95
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| SB04-510 |
Fundamentals of Public Communication Campaigns |
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Peng Huang/ 9781682508473/ Price:US$ 160.00
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As public communication campaigns grow more sophisticated and strategic, evaluation is not keeping pace with their innovation. While funders are asking for more information on results, evaluators are grappling with how to make their way in this developing and challenging field. This book aims to understand the strategies and theories that guide campaigns and how to choose the right outcomes and methods to assess them. The book also describes and analyzes the contexts, policies, issues, and questions that shape public sector communication. |
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Emotions, Media and Politics |
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Thomas Wetere Tulu/ 9781682508480/ Price:US$ 160.00
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The communication of political information is an important process in the political system, and the mass media play a central role in this activity. New media have radically altered the way that government institutions operate, the way that political leaders communicate, the manner in which elections are contested, and citizen engagement. This book will briefly address the evolution of new media, before examining in greater detail their role in and consequences for political life. The book opens up new ways of thinking about and researching emotions, media, and politics. |
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Social Media and Journalism |
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Julia Lindhe/ 9781682508497/ Price:US$ 160.00
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From fact-checking to breaking news on Twitter, social media and journalism are inseparable. It has become the fastest and easiest way to access current topics worldwide. Social media for journalists goes beyond news consumption to news production. It is a critical part of the journalism process to reach a large audience, gather insight, interact with their viewers, and share breaking news faster than ever. The book covers the best practices of social media for journalists. |
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International News Reporting |
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Chan Saem Gil/ 9781682508503/ Price:US$ 160.00
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News reporting involves discovering all relevant facts, selecting and presenting the important facts, and weaving a comprehensive story. This book shows students the fundamentals of reporting and writing and examines the values that direct and underlie the practice of journalism. This book presents the fundamentals of news reporting and writing, thereby providing basic journalistic skills and knowledge. Students and teachers should find the book useful as a source of information that should add to whatever the lecturer might provide in class. |
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| SB04-510 |
Handbook of Communication Rights, Law, and Ethics |
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Thalia Tsiaka/ 9781682508510/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Communication represents an essential and very important human need as well as a basic human right. The right to communication should be considered in the framework of freedom of expression and pluralist democracy. The book delivers an extensive review of the challenges facing modern communication rights. It offers readers an examination of the interplay between communication law and ethics and the role played by communication professionals in protecting individuals¡¦ rights to communication. The book is valuable for professors, graduate students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers studying communication rights and freedom of expression around the world. |
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| SB04-510 |
Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives |
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Elisa Domi/ 9781682508527/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Global media ethics is the study and application of the norms that should guide the responsible use of informational public media that is now global in content, reach, and impact. Its aim is to define responsible use of the freedom to publish for journalism, online commentary, political advocacy, and social media. The book aims at developing a comprehensive set of principles and standards for the practice of journalism in an age of global news media |
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Research Anthology on Social Media's Influence on Government, Politics, and Social Movements |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781668474723/ Price:US$ 375.00
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The advent of social media has had varying effects across fields, industries, and governments. As more individuals rely on this technology, its uses continue to develop and expand. Social media has forever changed the way in which politics are discussed, social movements are formed, and how governments interact with the public. To fully understand the future of social media, further study is required.
The Research Anthology on Social Media's Influence on Government, Politics, and Social Movements investigates how social media is used within governments as well as the history behind the technology. The book also examines best practices, tactics, and challenges associated with utilizing social media platforms for social movements. Covering key topics such as communication, interactive technology, and social change, this major reference work is ideal for government officials, industry professionals, policymakers, administrators, business owners, managers, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunication
¡EGovernments
¡EInteractive Technology
¡ENetworks
¡EPolitics
¡ESocial Change
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocial Movements
¡ESociology
¡ETechnology |
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Handbook of Research on Bullying in Media and Beyond |
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Gulsah Sari/ 9781668454268/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Bullying has been an issue for generations across fields and industries and can affect children as well as adults. With the rise of social media in recent years, bullying has evolved to include new forms such as cyberbullying and peer bullying. In the past, victims were able to escape their bullies in safe places, such as their homes. Nowadays, with technology keeping society constantly connected, bullies are able to exert their influence at all times. This is taking a far greater mental toll on bullied adults and children leading to burnout in the workplace, stress, anxiety, depression, and more. To understand and develop possible solutions to prevent bullying, further study is required.
The Handbook of Research on Bullying in Media and Beyond considers the various forms of bullying and analyzes their representation in the media. The book also discusses the evolution of bullying throughout the years and how media and technology have played a key role in the changing landscape. Covering topics such as body image, peer bullying, social media, and violence, this major reference work is ideal for policymakers, computer scientists, psychologists, counselors, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBody Image
¡EBullying
¡EChild Abuse
¡ECyber Harassment
¡ECyberbullying
¡EMedia
¡EMetaverse
¡EPeer Bullying
¡ESexual Harassment
¡ESocial Media
¡EViolence |
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Research Anthology on Managing Crisis and Risk Communications |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781668471456/ Price:US$ 375.00
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In times of crisis, it is crucial that information is disseminated quickly and accurately to the appropriate channels. In today¡¦s technological world, there is a plethora of misinformation that can negatively sway individuals and provide them with false reports. To ensure information is distributed appropriately, organizations must implement a plan to ensure their communication is effective. Further study on the best practices and challenges of managing crisis and risk communications is required to ensure organizations are prepared.
The Research Anthology on Managing Crisis and Risk Communications discusses strategies and tactics to effectively manage communication in times of crisis and considers the difficulties associated with maintaining a clear line of information. The book also provides an overview of the potential future directions for this field to improve communications moving forward. Covering key topics such as misinformation, technology, leadership, and human health, this major reference work is ideal for managers, business owners, organization leaders, industry professionals, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunication
¡ECrises
¡ECrisis Communication
¡EFake News
¡EHuman Health
¡ELeadership
¡EManagement
¡EMisinformation
¡ERisk Communication
¡ESafety
¡ETechnology |
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Mass Communications and the Influence of Information During Times of Crises |
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Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri/ 9781799875048/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Although global pandemics are not a new phenomenon, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken place in a very different information environment than any pandemic before it. In today¡¦s world, information plays a critical role in all areas of life with much of this information being delivered over the internet and social media. People have access to unprecedented amounts of information from both official and unofficial sources. While these channels are beneficial for enabling authorities to obtain information necessary to manage the pandemic, there is also a higher risk of misinformation spread.
Mass Communications and the Influence of Information During Times of Crises provides a comprehensive overview of research conducted into the role of information and the media during times of international crises, particularly examining the COVID-19 pandemic. This text provides a better understanding of how to use the media as a tool for managing pandemics in the event of future global health crises. Covering topics such as crisis communication, data acquisition, and social media usage, this book is a dynamic resource for government policymakers, public health authorities, information and communications specialists, researchers, graduate and post-graduate students, professors, and academicians in a wide range of both public health and information-related disciplines.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunications
¡ECOVID-19 Pandemic
¡ECrisis Communication
¡EData Acquisition
¡EData Usage
¡EData-Driven Reporting
¡EHealth Communication
¡EInformation Behaviors
¡EMisinformation
¡EPandemic Management
¡ESocial Media Influencers
¡ESocial Media Usage |
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From Twitter to Capitol Hill: Far-Right Authoritarian Populist Discourses, Social Media and Critical Pedagogy |
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Panayota Gounari/ 9789004428300/ Price:EUR 45.00
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What does the backlash against Critical Race Theory, the Capitol insurrection, Trumpism, Twitter, and neo-Nazis have in common? This book delves deep into conservative social media and far-right extremist platforms to understand the revival and proliferation of far-right authoritarian populist discourses after Trump¡¦s ascent to power. After the January 6th Capitol insurrection and the role social media have played in normalizing and promoting far-right populist authoritarianism, there is a renewed interest to study digital discursive aggression. Inspired by Critical Theory, Panayota Gounari masterfully uses Critical Discourse Studies to analyze social media data and articulate a discursive, pedagogical and historical project. |
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| SB04-505 |
Communication Theory and Application in Post-Socialist Contexts |
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Maureen C. Minielli/ 9781793641236/ Price:US$ 120.00
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| SB04-504 |
Imperfections: Studies in Mistakes, Flaws, and Failures |
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Caleb Kelly/ 9781501380341/ Price:GBP 95.00
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| SB04-503 |
Mass Media and Political Issues |
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Sandra M. Martinez/ 9781774690161/ Price:US$ 155.00
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This book gives an introduction to mass media. It illustrates the concepts of globalization , development and mass media. It addresses the critical theories of mass media. This book also outlines the mass media and journalistic practices as well as highlights the current trends and future directions of mass media. Additionally, it also discusses the political economy of mass media along with the impacts and challenges of mass media and politics. |
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Handbook of Research on Global Media's Preternatural Influence on Global Technological Singularity, Culture, and Government |
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Stephen Brock Schafer/ 9781799888840/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Trends of the last few years, including global health crises, political division, and the ongoing threat to social-environmental survival, have been continually obscured by disinformation and misinformation and therefore created a need for stronger global technological media policy. It is no longer acceptable or moral to support a global communication network based only on market factors and propaganda.
The Handbook of Research on Global Media¡¦s Preternatural Influence on Global Technological Singularity, Culture, and Government views preternatural healing of the media-sphere from a variety of perspectives on the dynamic of heart-coherent entertainment. Specifically, it addresses the subject of a healthy media from a variety of fractal perspectives. Covering topics such as collective unconscious, mediated reality, and government media trust, this major reference work is an essential resource for librarians, media specialists, media analysts, sociologists, government employees, communications specialists, psychologists, researchers, educators, academicians, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECoherent Electromagnetic Design
¡ECollective Unconscious
¡EEMF Sensitivity
¡EGlobal Security
¡EGovernment Media Trust
¡EHomeopathic Media Therapy
¡EMaterialism
¡EMediated Reality
¡ENational Sovereignty
¡EParallel World Systems
¡ESentient Logic
¡ETransreal Numbers |
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Research Anthology on Fandoms, Online Social Communities, and Pop Culture |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781668445150/ Price:US$ 380.00
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The internet has grown to become one of the largest communication hubs in history. With its ability to share content and create community bonds, it has seen many fandoms and online social communities develop within the past decades. While there are some detriments to these communities, there are also many benefits and potential uses for the betterment of society.
The Research Anthology on Fandoms, Online Social Communities, and Pop Culture explores the ways in which the internet has presented itself as a platform for communities to gather. This essential reference source discusses the engagement of these communities, social media use, and the uses of these communities for education. Covering topics such as digital communities, transmedia language learning, and digital humanities, this book is a vital tool for educators of K-12 and higher education, digital folklorists, sociologists, communications researchers, online administrators, community leaders, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDigital Communication
¡EDigital Communities
¡EDigital Humanities
¡EFandoms
¡EGaming Communities
¡EInternet Folklore
¡EMedia
¡EOnline Social Communities
¡EPopular Culture
¡ETransmedia Language Learning
¡EVirtual Reality |
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Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics |
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Geoffrey D. Luurs/ 9781799891253/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Social norms are valuable because they help us to understand guidelines for appropriate and ethical behavior. However, as part of that process, cultures develop taboo behaviors and topics for group members to avoid. Failure to discuss important topics, such as sex, drug use, or interpersonal violence, can lead to unwanted or unintended negative outcomes. Improving communication about forbidden topics may lead to positive social and health outcomes, but we must first develop the communication and coping skills to handle these difficult conversations.
The Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics seeks both quantitative and qualitative research to provide empirical evidence of the negative social and health outcomes of avoiding taboo conversations and provides communication and coping strategies for dealing with difficult topics. Covering a range of issues such as grief and forgiveness, this major reference work is ideal for academicians, practitioners, researchers, counselors, sociologists, professionals, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBusiness Communication
¡ECommunication Strategies
¡ECyberbullying
¡EFamily Communication
¡EForgiveness
¡EGrief
¡EMental Illness Discourse
¡EPet Loss
¡EProfanity
¡ERacism
¡ESafe Spaces
¡ESocial Customs |
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Ageing and the Media: International Perspectives |
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Virpi Ylanne/ 9781447362036/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Media representations of ageing play a role in stereotype formation and even reinforce them. Encountering these stereotypes can negatively impact the self-esteem, health status, physical wellbeing and cognitive performance of older people.
This international collection examines different dimensions of ageing and ageism in a range of media. Chapters include explorations of the UK media during the COVID-19 pandemic; age, gender and mental health in Ghana; advertising in Brazil; magazines in Canada; Taiwanese newspapers; comics, graphic novels and more.
Bringing together leading scholars, this book critically considers differences in media portrayals and how older adults use and interact with the media. |
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Handbook of Research on Connecting Philosophy, Media, and Development in Developing Countries |
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Desmond Onyemechi Okocha/ 9781668441077/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Developing nations have been experimenting with different models and theories in their quest for development for decades but are missing some critical elements when mirrored or judged via a Westernized lens. In order for these countries to successfully establish their identity and address issues that have held them back in the past, further study on the use of media and philosophy in correlation with development must be conducted.
The Handbook of Research on Connecting Philosophy, Media, and Development in Developing Countries examines how media can be utilized to bridge the gap between the past and the future for developing countries and drive sustainable development. The book also seeks to reimagine development within developing regions through the prism of their unique cultures, religions, media, and philosophies so they can take hold of their identity and portrayals within the international arena. Covering topics such as human development, new media, language, and culture, this major reference work is ideal for government officials, policymakers, scholars, researchers, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAdvocacy Journalism
¡ECulture
¡ECybersecurity
¡EDemocracy
¡EFilm
¡EHuman Development
¡ELanguage
¡ELiterature
¡EMedia Ethics
¡ENew Media
¡EPhilosophy
¡ESocial Media |
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Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society's Perception of Medical Information |
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Hacer Aker/ 9781799886303/ Price:US$ 305.00
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The Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society¡¦s Perception of Medical Information covers a wide range of topics from the characteristics and prevalence of cyberchondria to the pandemic policy response and cybersecurity issues relating to eHealth initiatives and pandemic-related surges in cybercrime. Therefore, this publication has transdisciplinary relevance to professionals from healthcare, government, law enforcement, academia, the technology sector, media, cybersecurity, and education. Graduate and undergraduate students may also find it to be a beneficial resource, not only in terms of the study of cyberchondria but also in terms of the psychological and sociological implications of global crisis events. One of the key messages of this book is as follows: All stakeholders must work together strategically to disseminate authentic public health messages during any global health crisis. They must work to reduce health-related anxiety mediated by technology and seek to improve critical thinking skills and global health literacy.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECOVID-19 Pandemic
¡ECyberchondria
¡ECybersecurity
¡EDigital Literacy
¡EHealth Literacy
¡EHealth-Related Internet Searches
¡EKnowledge Gap
¡ELeadership
¡EMedical Information
¡EPatient Compliance
¡EPolicy Makers
¡EPrivacy
¡EPublic Good
¡ESelf-Help
¡ESocial Media
¡ETherapeutic Tools |
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Research Anthology on Usage, Identity, and Impact of Social Media on Society and Culture, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781668463079/ Price:US$ 1205.00
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Much of the world has access to internet and social media. The internet has quickly become a new hub for not only communication, but also community development. In most communities, people develop new cultural norms and identity development through social media usage. However, while these new lines of communication are helpful to many, challenges such as social media addiction, cyberbullying, and misinformation lurk on the internet and threaten forces both within and beyond the internet.
The Research Anthology on Usage, Identity, and Impact of Social Media on Society and Culture is a comprehensive resource on the impact social media has on an individuals¡¦ identity formation as well as its usage within society and cultures. It explores new research methodologies and findings into the behavior of users on social media as well as the effects of social media on society and culture as a whole. Covering topics such as cultural diversity, online deception, and youth impact, this major reference work is an essential resource for computer scientists, online community moderators, sociologists, business leaders and managers, marketers, advertising agencies, government officials, libraries, students and faculty of higher education, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBehavioral Studies
¡ECommercial Use
¡ECommunication Studies
¡ECultural Diversity
¡ECyberbullying
¡EIndigenous Communities
¡EOnline Deception
¡EOnline Identity
¡EOnline Romantic Relationships
¡ESocial Media Addiction
¡ESocietal Impact
¡EYouth Impact |
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Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Isil Tombul/ 9781799871804/ Price:US$ 515.00
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The Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond shows how both new media and traditional media deal with orientalism today through the presentation of gender, race, religion, and culture that make up orientalist theory. The chapters focus on how orientalism is presented in the media, cinema, TV, photography, and more. This book is ideal for communications theorists, media analysts, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students working in fields that include mass media, communications, film studies, ethnic studies, history, sociology, and cultural studies.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArt
¡ECinema
¡ECulture and Orientalism
¡EDigital Games
¡EFilm
¡EGender and Orientalism
¡EMedia and Communications
¡EMedia Representation
¡EMuseum Exhibitions
¡EOrientalism
¡EPhotography
¡ERace and Orientalism
¡EReligion and Orientalism |
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Handbook of Research on Representing Health and Medicine in Modern Media |
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Gulsah Sari/ 9781799868255/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The Handbook of Research on Representing Health and Medicine in Modern Media is a crucial reference that discusses health communication within two contexts: in terms of the media and journalists presenting critical health information and in terms of media literacy and information retrieval methods of media consumers through modern digital channels. The main purpose of these chapters is the development of critical thinking about health presentations and health communication issues in the media by presenting a discussion of the issues that will contribute to this vital view of health, medicine, and diseases in the media. The primary topics highlighted in this book are infectious diseases in the media, campaigning, media ethics, digital platforms such as television and social media in health communication, and the media¡¦s impact on individuals and society. This book is ideal for journalists, reporters, researchers, practitioners, public health officials, social media analysts, researchers, academicians, and students looking for information on how health and medicine are presented in the media, the channels used for information delivery, and the impact of the media on health and medicine.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunication Studies
¡ECOVID-19 Pandemic
¡EDisinformation
¡EHealth Campaigns
¡EHealth Communication
¡EHealth Literacy
¡EHealthcare Services
¡EInfectious Diseases
¡EMarketing Communications
¡EMass Media
¡EMedia Ethics
¡EPost-Truth
¡EPublic Health
¡ERisk Communication
¡ESocial Media
¡EStigma |
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Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781799872917/ Price:US$ 375.00
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The Research Anthology on Fake News, Political Warfare, and Combatting the Spread of Misinformation is a compilation of the most comprehensive, previously published, and highly cited research from prestigious institutions including Columbia University and Stanford University, USA, which focuses on understanding fake news, how it spreads, its negative effects, and current solutions being investigated. While highlighting topics such as fake news, trending conspiracy theories, media distrust, political warfare, and detection methods, this book is ideally intended for practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the continuing surge of fake news and its, at times, dangerous results.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAlternative Facts
¡EDigital Governance
¡EDisinformation
¡EFake News
¡EFake News Detection
¡EJournalism
¡EMedia
¡EMedia Bias
¡EMedia Literacy
¡EPolitical Warfare
¡EPolitics
¡EPropaganda
¡EResponsible Consumption
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Handbook of Research on Narrative Interactions |
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Recep Yilmaz/ 9781799849032/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Our understanding of the concept of narrative has undergone a significant transformation over time, particularly today as new communication technologies are developed and popularized. As new narrative genres are born and old ones undergo great change by the minute, a thorough understanding can shed light on which storytelling elements work best in what format. That deep understanding can then help build strong, satisfying stories.
The Handbook of Research on Narrative Interactions is an essential publication that examines the relationships between types of narratives in a shifting and widening scope of storytelling forms. While highlighting a wide range of topics including contemporary culture, advertising, and transmedia storytelling, this book is ideally designed for media professionals, content creators, advertisers, entrepreneurs, researchers, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAdvertising
¡EArchetypes
¡EContemporary Culture
¡ECross-Media Storytelling
¡EDaily Life
¡EDigital Narratives
¡EHistorical Narratives
¡EIdentity
¡EMusic
¡ENational Narratives
¡ETransmedia Storytelling |
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Universal Codes of Media in International Political Communications: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Mykola Borysovych Yeromin/ 9781799838081/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Much like different lenses will give a camera a different view, different forms of media portray different aspects of political relations. Without conveyed messages through audiovisual media, individuals would lose those conveyed messages through sub-textual means.
Universal Codes of Media in International Political Communications: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of audiovisual media and applications within political science. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as media representation, political studies, and international communications, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, administrators, and government officials.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECultural Codes of Communication
¡EDigital Media
¡EInternational Communication
¡EMass Culture
¡EMass Media
¡EMedia Consumption
¡EMedia Representation
¡EPolitical Studies
¡ESocial Media
¡EVirtual Democracy
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Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism |
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Sadia Jamil/ 9781799866862/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Today, a variety of gender-based threats and discrimination continue to characterize journalism. Both male and female journalists are prone to online and offline threats, casual stereotypes in their routine work, and discrimination (especially in terms of job opportunities, promotion, and pay-scale). Working in a safe and non-discriminatory environment is the right of all journalists, regardless of their gender.
The Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism is a critical reference book that highlights equal rights in journalism to ensure the safety of women and men. The book investigates the level and nature of threats, both online and offline, faced by journalists as well as gender discrimination in journalism. Best practices and examples that can promote a safe working environment and gender equality in journalism are also presented. Highlighting important themes such as online harassment, sexism, and gender-based violence, this book is ideal for journalists, reporters, media organizations, professionals, researchers, academicians, and students working or studying in the fields of journalism, media and communications, human rights, and women¡¦s studies.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EFreedom of Expression
¡EGender Equality
¡EGender Mainstreaming
¡EGender-Based Violence
¡EMental Health
¡EOnline Harassment
¡ESexism
¡EWomen Studies
¡EWorkplace Safety |
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Handbook of Research on Contemporary Storytelling Methods Across New Media and Disciplines |
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Lorena Clara Mihaes/ 9781799866053/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The Handbook of Research on Contemporary Storytelling Methods Across New Media and Disciplines is a comprehensive reference book that provides the relevant theoretical framework that concerns storytelling in modern society, as well as the newest and most varied analyses and case studies in the field. The chapters of this extensive volume follow the construction and interpretation of stories across a plethora of contemporary media and disciplines. By bringing together radical forms of storytelling in traditional disciplines and methods of telling stories across newer media, this book intersects themes that include interactive storytelling and narrative theory across advertisements, social media, and knowledge-sharing platforms, among others. It is targeted towards professionals, researchers, and students working or studying in the fields of narratology, literature, media studies, marketing and communication, anthropology, religion, or film studies. Moreover, for interested executives and entrepreneurs or prospective influencers, the chapters dedicated to marketing and social media may also provide insights into both the theoretical and the practical aspects of harnessing the power of storytelling in order to create a cohesive and impactful online image.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAdvertisement
¡EBranding
¡EInteractive Storytelling
¡EKnowledge-Sharing Platforms
¡EMedia Representation
¡ENarrative Theory
¡EPolitical Discourse
¡ERhetoric
¡ESocial Media
¡ETransmedia Storytelling |
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Analyzing Global Social Media Consumption |
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Patrick Kanyi Wamuyu/ 9781799847182/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Social media has revolutionized how individuals, communities, and organizations create, share, and consume information. Similarly, social media offers numerous opportunities as well as enormous social and economic ills for individuals, communities, and organizations. Despite the increase in popularity of social networking sites and related digital media, there are limited data and studies on consumption patterns of the new media by different global communities.
Analyzing Global Social Media Consumption is an essential reference book that investigates the current trends, practices, and newly emerging narratives on theoretical and empirical research on all aspects of social media and its global use. Covering topics that include fake news detection, social media addiction, and motivations and impacts of social media use, this book is ideal for big data analysts, media and communications experts, researchers, academicians, and students in media and communications, information systems, and information technology study programs.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EConsumer Culture
¡ECybersecurity
¡EFake News
¡EJob Performance
¡EMachine Learning
¡EMotivations
¡ESentiment Analysis
¡ESocial Learning Networks
¡ESocial Media Addiction
¡ESocial Networks |
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Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising |
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Elif Esiyok/ 9781799832010/ Price:US$ 295.00
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As competition between companies increases, the need for effective public relations and advertising campaigns becomes imperative to the success of the business. However, with the introduction of new media, the nature of these campaigns has changed. Today¡¦s consumers have more awareness and diversified ways to obtain knowledge, and through new media, they can provide feedback. An understanding of how to utilize new media to promote and sustain the reputation of an organization is vital for its continued success.
The Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of new media tools for running successful public relations and advertising campaigns. While highlighting topics such as digital advertising, online behavior, and social networking, this book is ideally designed for public relations officers, advertisers, marketers, brand managers, communication directors, social media managers, IT consultants, researchers, academicians, students, and industry practitioners.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAugmented Reality
¡ECorporate Social Responsibility
¡EDigital Advertising
¡EDigital Storytelling
¡EJournalism
¡EOnline Behavior
¡EPolitical Advertising
¡EPolitical Consumerism
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocial Networking |
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Advertising Concepts and Applications (Book With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984646927/ Price:US$ 90.00
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The role of advertising in society has often been a subject of much debate.
This book introduces the reader to the basics of advertising in a single textbook.
Introduces the fast changing world of marketing communication, with strong emphasis on integrated marketing perspective to students. |
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Foundation Course for Broadcast Technician (Book With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984646651/ Price:US$ 90.00
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A broadcast technician sets up equipment that controls video clarity, signal strength, and audio quality.
This course will teach you how to set up, operate, and maintain the electronic equipment used to transmit radio and television programs.
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Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema |
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Santosh Kumar Biswal/ 9781799835110/ Price:US$ 260.00
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Cinema in India is an entertainment medium that is interwoven into society and culture at large. It is clearly evident that continuous struggle and conflict at the personal as well as societal levels is depicted in cinema in India. It has become a reflection of society both in negative and positive ways. Hence, cinema has become an influential factor and one of the largest mass communication mediums in the nation.
Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema is an essential reference source that discusses cultural and societal issues including caste, gender, oppression, and social movements through cinema and particularly in specific language cinema and culture. Featuring research on topics such as Bollywood, film studies, and gender equality, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, film studies students, and industry professionals seeking coverage on various aspects of regional cinema in India.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBollywood
¡EConsumer Behavior
¡ECultural Studies
¡EEco-Cinema
¡EFilm Studies
¡EGender Equality
¡ERegional Filmmaking
¡ESocial Movements
¡ETamil Cinema
¡EVisual Media |
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Handbook of Research on the Political Economy of Communications and Media |
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Serpil Karlidag/ 9781799832706/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The political economy deals with the structure of production and the social relations of people in production. With its focus on structures and practices, the political economy also analyzes the contradictions of capitalism and suggests resistance and intervention strategies using methods from history, economics, sociology, and political science. The dominant commercial media in capitalism operates both as a product of economic and political structure and as an industrial institution with economic and political functions.
Current Theories and Practice in the Political Economy of Communications and Media is a collection of innovative research on new approaches in the political economy of communication in the process of globalization. While highlighting topics including consumer behavior, news production, and public relations, this book is ideally designed for newscasters, broadcasters, journalists, marketers, advertisers, production managers, researchers, industry professionals, academics, and students seeking to extend the border of standard political economy of communication studies into relatively undiscovered areas.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAlternative Media
¡EConsumer Behavior
¡EContent Analysis
¡ECyber Racism
¡EJournalism
¡EMainstream Media
¡EMass Communication
¡ENews Production
¡EPublic Relations
¡ESocial Media |
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Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World |
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Kimiz Dalkir/ 9781799825432/ Price:US$ 215.00
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In the current day and age, objective facts have less influence on opinions and decisions than personal emotions and beliefs. Many individuals rely on their social networks to gather information thanks to social media¡¦s ability to share information rapidly and over a much greater geographic range. However, this creates an overall false balance as people tend to seek out information that is compatible with their existing views and values. They deliberately seek out ¡§facts¡¨ and data that specifically support their conclusions and classify any information that contradicts their beliefs as ¡§false news.¡¨
Navigating Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Misinformation in a Post-Truth World is a collection of innovative research on human and automated methods to deter the spread of misinformation online, such as legal or policy changes, information literacy workshops, and algorithms that can detect fake news dissemination patterns in social media. While highlighting topics including source credibility, share culture, and media literacy, this book is ideally designed for social media managers, technology and software developers, IT specialists, educators, columnists, writers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, newscasters, researchers, policymakers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDigital Environments
¡EInformation Overload
¡EInformation Verification
¡EKnowledge Management
¡EMedia Literacy
¡EOnline Deception
¡EPerceived Bias
¡EShare Culture
¡ESocial Media
¡ESource Credibility |
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Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts and Roles of Immersive Media |
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Jacquelyn Ford Morie/ 9781799824336/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The world is witnessing a media revolution similar to the birth of the film industry from the early 20th Century. New forms of media are expanding the human experience from passive viewership to active participants, surrounding and enveloping us in ways film or television never could. New immersive media forms include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (XR), fulldome, CAVEs, holographic characters, projection mapping, and mixed experimental combinations of old and new, live, and generated media. With the continued expansion beyond the traditional frame, practitioners are crafting these new media to see how they can influence and shape the world.
The Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts and Roles of Immersive Media is a collection of innovative research that provides insights on the latest in existing and emerging immersive technologies through descriptions of case studies, new business models, philosophical viewpoints, and scientific findings. While highlighting topics including augmented reality, interactive media, and spatial computing, this book is ideally designed for media technologists, storytellers, artists, journalists, designers, programmers, developers, manufacturers, entertainment executives, content creators, industry professionals, academicians, researchers, and media students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAugmented Reality
¡EDigital Influence
¡EDigital Technology
¡EImmersive Marketing
¡EInteractive Media
¡EMedia Technology
¡ENarrative Strategy
¡ESocial Networking
¡ESpatial Computing
¡EVirtual Reality |
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Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety |
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Sadia Jamil/ 9781799812982/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The freedom of expression and the freedom of information are the indispensable components of free media. Without these two basic rights, an informed, active, and participatory citizenry is impossible. Members of the media require special protections to enable them to operate freely in order to advocate for human rights, public discourse, and the plurality of ideas.
The Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety is an essential reference source that evaluates how diverse threats impact on journalists¡¦ wellbeing, their right to freedom of expression, and overall media freedoms in various contexts and assesses inadequacies in national security policies, planning, and coordination relating to the safety of journalists in different countries. Featuring research on topics such as freedom of the press, professional journalism, and media security, this book is ideally designed for journalists, news writers, editors, columnists, press, broadcasters, newscasters, government officials, lawmakers, diplomats, international relations officers, law enforcement, industry professionals, academicians, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDigital Journalism
¡EFreedom of the Press
¡EGlobal Media
¡EJournalism Laws
¡EJournalistic Freedom
¡EMass Communication
¡EMedia Security
¡EMultifaceted Censorship
¡ENews Media
¡EProfessional Journalism |
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Deconstructing Images of the Global South Through Media Representations and Communication |
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Floribert Patrick C. Endong/ 9781522598213/ Price:US$ 215.00
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The human condition has continued to improve phenomenally in today¡¦s world with the development of technology and medicine. This includes developing countries in areas such as Africa, Asia, and South America. Despite the emergence of economy, education, and infrastructure in these regions, media outlets continue to forego their advancements in favor of the negativities that plague these states such as poverty, hunger, and corruption. There is a need to research international media portrayals of the less developed world to ascertain the myth that these areas are still struggling.
Deconstructing Images of the Global South Through Media Representations and Communication provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of how global media analyzes developing countries. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural affirmation, online platforms, and audience perception, this book is ideally designed for communications specialists, journalists, broadcasters, newscasters, conflict photographers, media practitioners, policymakers, international relation experts, column writers/editors, students, politicians, government officials, researchers, and academicians seeking current research on the world¡¦s perception of developing countries through media coverage.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAudience Perception
¡ECultural Affirmation
¡EDeveloping Countries
¡EEmerging Economies
¡EGlobal Media Coverage
¡EMedia Representation
¡EOnline Platforms
¡EPan-Africanism
¡EPoverty and Epidemics
¡EWestern Media |
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Media and Its Role in Protecting the Rights of Children in Africa |
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Olusola Oyero/ 9781799803294/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Many international and national charters and declarations have sought to define and protect the rights of children and ensure their safety. Although many African countries subscribe to these international conventions and charters, rights violations against children have not diminished, and negative actions against children are still carried out daily. Though the media have been charged with the responsibility of active involvement in protecting the interest of the child, it is important to examine how well they have fared in the performance of this duty and the challenges that occur in the process, as well as identify future pathways to ensure that the media succeeds in this assignment.
Media and Its Role in Protecting the Rights of Children in Africa is an essential research publication that examines media roles, challenges, theories, and strategies to ensuring the realization of the rights of children. Featuring a range of topics such as cyber-ethics, media studies, and sustainable development, this book is essential for reporters, journalists, newscasters, broadcasters, communication specialists, government officials, activists, humanitarians, sociologists, psychologists, social workers, professionals, researchers, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EChild Rights
¡ECommunication Techniques
¡ECorporate Social Responsibility
¡ECyber-Ethics
¡EEducation
¡EFilm Industry
¡EMedia Studies
¡EPhotojournalism
¡ESocial Media
¡ESustainable Development |
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Toward an Integrated Approach to Narrative Generation: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Takashi Ogata/ 9781522596936/ Price:US$ 240.00
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The concept of narrative has exerted a strong influence on a wide range of fields, from the humanities such as literature (and art and entertainment) to social studies, psychiatry, and psychology. The framework that allows access to narratives across a wide range of areas, from science to the humanities, has the potential to be improved as a fusion of cognitive science and artificial intelligence.
Toward an Integrated Approach to Narrative Generation: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly book that focuses on the significance of narratives and narrative generation in various aspects of human society. Featuring an array of topics such as philosophy, narratology, and advertising, this book is ideal for software developers, academicians, philosophy professionals, researchers, and students in the fields of cognitive studies, literary studies, and digital content design and development.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAdvertising
¡EGeneration Phenomena
¡EGenres
¡EIntegrated Approaches
¡ENarrative Analyses
¡ENarrative Generation
¡ENarratology
¡EPhilosophy
¡EPost-Narratology
¡ETheory
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Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Literacy in the Digital Age |
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Nurdan Oncel Taskiran/ 9781799815341/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The fast pace of technology in this day and age has made it difficult for individuals to stay informed without becoming lost in the folds of an information overload. Methods used to narrow down information are becoming just as important as providing the information to be discovered.
The Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Literacy in the Digital Age is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the significance of being literate in the age of speed and technology. While highlighting topics such as e-advertising, mobile computing, and visual culture, this publication explores the major issues society has in the information age and the methods of innovative achievements of public or private institutions. This book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, teachers, and business managers seeking current research on a variety of social sciences in terms of the digital age.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBusiness Media
¡EE-Advertising
¡EFilm Language
¡EInternational Marketing
¡EMobile Computing
¡EMultimedia Technology
¡EReligious Culture
¡EResearch Strategies
¡EUniversal Health
¡EVisual Culture |
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Handbook of Research on the Global Impact of Media on Migration Issues |
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Nelson Okorie/ 9781799802105/ Price:US$ 310.00
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In today¡¦s culture, media outlets have as much influence on the general public as ever. Migration is an issue that has sparked commentary throughout the globe, leading to many dissimilar viewpoints. These news systems have the ability to convey mass messages regarding these disputes, which could lead to a wide range of socio-cultural implications depending on the intent and nature of these reports.
The Handbook of Research on the Global Impact of Media on Migration Issues provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of media structures and implications of media institutions tackling migration issues and related problems. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as human trafficking, global peace, and modern slavery, this book is ideally designed for reporters, journalists, policymakers, government officials, communication specialists, industry professionals, students, and scholars seeking current research on the modern development of migration.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EEthno-Religious Diversity
¡EGlobal Peace
¡EHuman Trafficking
¡EMedia Structures
¡EMigration Networks
¡EModern Slavery
¡ETerrorism
¡ETranscontinental Migration
¡EWomen and Migration
¡EXenophobic Attacks |
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Political Propaganda, Advertising, and Public Relations: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Samet Kavoglu/ 9781799817345/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Public opinion is an important factor affecting the political decision-making process. In almost every community, the ones in power¡Xno matter what type of political system is established¡Xwant to be aware of the ideas and opinions of the rules regarding policies that they have implemented. The factors that take part in the determination of public opinion must be explored further.
Political Propaganda, Advertising, and Public Relations: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that discusses public opinion on policies as well as political communication activities. Featuring research on topics such as campaign management, branding, and political marketing, this book is ideally designed for campaign managers, social media mangers, government officials, advertisers, media consultants, public relations specialists, researchers, politicians, academicians, and students seeking coverage on current technological trends and political communication.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBiased Media
¡EBranding
¡ECampaign Management
¡EContent Creation
¡ECrisis Management
¡ELeadership Roles
¡EOnline Engagement
¡EPolitical Marketing
¡EPolitical Science
¡ESocial Media |
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New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks |
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Serpil Kir/ 9781799810414/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Social media and new social facilities have made it necessary to develop new media design processes with different communication strategies in order to promote sustainable communication. Visual communication emphasizes messages that are transmitted through visual materials in order to effectively communicate emotions, thoughts, and concepts using symbols instead of words. Social networks present an ideal environment for utilizing this communication technique.
New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks is a pivotal scholarly publication that examines communication strategies in the context of social media and new digital media platforms and explores the effects of visual communication on social networks, visual identity, television, magazines, newspapers, and more. Highlighting a range of topics such as consumer behavior, visual identity, and digital pollution, this book is essential for researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and educators.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunication
¡EConsumer Behavior
¡ECorporate Identity
¡EDigital Pollution
¡EJournalism
¡EMarketing Strategies
¡ENew Media
¡ESocial Networks
¡EUser Privacy
¡EVisual Communication
¡EVisual Identity |
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Media Controversy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522598695/ Price:US$ 655.00
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Media is rapidly evolving. From social media to news channels, individuals are being bombarded with headlines, new technologies, and varying opinions. Consequently, it has become pivotal to develop new approaches for information processing, understanding, and redistributing.
Media Controversy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the effect of conflicting opinions and views of news outlets and other mass media outlets on cultures, individuals, and groups. It also examines the role of the internet, mobile phones, and other digital platforms in creating an environment for discussing and sharing the latest controversial news. Highlighting a range of topics such as censorship, media ethics, and media transparency, this publication is an ideal reference source for government officials, leaders, activists, professionals, policymakers, media specialists, academicians, and researchers interested in the various facets of media controversy.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EActivism
¡ECensorship
¡EFreedom of Expression
¡EMass Media
¡EMedia Ethics
¡EMedia Influence
¡EMedia Literacy
¡EMedia Transparency
¡EPropaganda
¡EViral News |
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Gender and Diversity Representation in Mass Media |
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Gulsah Sari/ 9781799801283/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Perspectives on gender and gender expectations can vary from culture to culture. These perspectives are variable and can change over time or due to a societal crisis. Media representations of gender identities portray essential patterns and definitions that help define the culture they are presented within, as well as influence perceptions and stereotypes on gender and gender roles.
Gender and Diversity Representation in Mass Media is an essential research book that examines social gender representations in mass media with respect to cultural variety and is indicative of expectations and stereotypes of specific genders or gender identities within a specific culture. Featuring a wide range of topics such as gender politics, transmedia, and masculinity, this book is essential for academics, sociologists, communications practitioners, industry professionals, producers, editors, marketers, students, researchers, social activists, and policymakers.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBody Policies
¡EComputer Games
¡EFeminism
¡EFilm
¡EGender Politics
¡EGender Representation
¡EMasculinity
¡EMedia
¡ESocial Gender
¡ETransmedia
¡EViolence |
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The SAGE Handbook of Propaganda |
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Paul Baines/ 9781526459985/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Propaganda unpacks the ever-present and exciting topic of propaganda to explain how it invades the human psyche, in what ways it does so, and in what contexts.
As a beguiling tool of political persuasion in times of war, peace, and uncertainty, propaganda incites people to take, often violent, action, consciously or unconsciously. This pervasive influence is particularly prevalent in world politics and international relations today. In this interdisciplinary Handbook, the editors have gathered together a group of world-class scholars from Europe, America, Asia, and the Middle East, to discuss leadership propaganda, war propaganda, propaganda for peace marketing, propaganda as a psychological tool, terror-enhanced propaganda, and the contemporary topics of internet-mediated propaganda.
Unlike previous publications on the subject, this book brings to the forefront current manifestations and processes of propaganda such as Islamist, and Far Right propaganda, from interdisciplinary perspectives.
In its four parts, the Handbook offers researchers and academics of propaganda studies, peace and conflict studies, media and communication studies, political science and governance marketing, as well as intelligence and law enforcement communities, a comprehensive overview of the tools and context of the development and evolution of propaganda from the twentieth century to the present:
Part One: Concepts, Precepts and Techniques in Propaganda Research
Part Two: Methodological Approaches in Propaganda Research
Part Three: Tools and Techniques in Counter-Propaganda Research
Part Four: Propaganda in Context
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Moulding the Socialist Subject: Cinema and Chinese Modernity (1949-1966) |
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Xiaoning LU/ 9789004423510/ Price:EUR 113.00
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What role did cinema play in the Chinese Communist Party¡¦s political project of shaping ideal socialist citizens in the early People¡¦s Republic? In Moulding the Socialist Subject, Xiaoning Lu deploys case studies from popular film genres, movie star culture and rural film exhibition practices to argue that Chinese cinema in 1949¡V1966, at once an important political instrument, an enjoyable yet instructive form of entertainment, and a specific manifestation of the socialist society of the spectacle, was an everyday site where the moulding of the new socialist person unfolded. While painting a broad picture of Chinese socialist cinema, Lu credits the human agency of film professionals, whose self-reflexivity and individual adaptability played an intrinsic role in the Party¡¦s political project. |
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Locally Led Peacebuilding: Global Case Studies |
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Stacey L. Connaughton/ 9781538114094/ Price:US$ 95.00
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LEGOfied: Building Blocks as Media |
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Nicholas Taylor/ 9781501354045/ Price:GBP 85.00
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Introduction to Communication Media (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636737/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Presents the theory, nature, function, and impact of current communication technologies, and the state of the media, their functioning, development, programmes and professionalism.
Includes various media and auxiliary industries, such as journalism, radio, television, film, recordings, advertising, and public relations. |
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Communication Theory (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636799/ Price:US$ 90.00
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The objective is to apply communication theory and evaluate communication situations.
The basic theories of human communication, mass communication, and new media and technology are explored.
Provides a thorough analysis of the scientific, critical, and cultural questions at the foundation of theory-building in communication and other social sciences.
Offers an introduction to communication theory that is appropriate to our post-broadcast, interactive media environment. |
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3G Handy Guide: Acting and TV Presentation (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984637796/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Introduces students to some of the fundamental skills and tools required for developing the acting process.
In addition, students learn how to behave as a professional actor as they demonstrate the focus and respect necessary in an acting class, on stage, or on set.
The book will also cover a range of topics discussing interview techniques, camera presentation and more. |
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3G Handy Guide: Dramatics (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984637802/ Price:US$ 75.00
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In this book, students will be introduced to the basic concepts of theatre arts.
Students will use various creative drama techniques to build confidence and trust, stimulate imagination, movement, and role-play.
Introduces and explores theater from page to stage as a live performing art.
Topics include the relationship between theater and society (historical and contemporary), dramatic structure, theatrical representation, and the crafts of theater artists such as directors, designers, playwrights, and actors. |
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3G Handy Guide: Film Direction (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984637819/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Cinematography is the art and technique of camera and lighting in the making of a motion picture film.
Explores the skills and traits of a successful director not simply by studying the fundamentals of filmmaking, but by actually becoming familiar with all aspects of movie production. |
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3G Handy Guide: Television Production (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984637826/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Covers an introduction to the basic principles, procedures, and techniques of television production.
Includes video control, special effects, operation of cameras and editing machines, composition, lighting, staging, and directing, on-camera announcing and interviewing. |
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Mass Communication and National Security |
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Sandra M. Martinez/ 9781774071489/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Mass Communication and National Security gives an introduction to the subject of mass communication to the readers and the role of media in influencing the society. It talks about the relation of mass communication to politics and national security and the relation of mass communication with the spread of terrorism and its reporting. Also discussed in the book are the various technical advancements and their relation in threat to national security policies regarding mass communication and the role of video games in the subject of national security. The book also gives insights on the strategic communication for national security. |
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Politics and the Mass Media |
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Sandra M. Martinez/ 9781773614434/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Politics And The Mass Media is a book that gives the readers a lot of insight into the role of mass media in shaping up the politics of a region or the global politics for that matter as it informs the readers about the various incidences that have been there in the past involving mass media, which have transformed the politics of the world. It gives the readers with all the necessary information on the relation between the media and its effects on the political developments across the world. This book also discusses about the relation between media and politics, the political debates on the mass media platforms, the shaping up of public opinion by mass media, limitation of media and its effect on the political processes and the role of media in various other factors that affect politics. |
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Elicitation Strategies for Interviewing and Fieldwork: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Rodney J. Clarke/ 9781522563440/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Genre theory has been used to describe patterns within certain types of mass media, especially patterns associated with written and spoken language. These same methods can be applied to interviewing and the planning and creation of focus groups.
Elicitation Strategies for Interviewing and Fieldwork: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of textual strategies associated with initiating or eliciting texts and strategies for keeping responders on task. While highlighting topics such as microgenre, interview protocol, and cultural context, this publication explores interview techniques as well as the methods of using these strategies to keep interviews relevant. This book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, journalists, communication specialists, and interviewers seeking current research on interview strategies and textual strategies important to recognizing and evaluating patterns within responses.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunication Theory
¡ECultural Context
¡EFieldwork Techniques
¡EGenre Retrieval Networks
¡EInterview Protocol
¡EMacrogenre
¡ENon-Text Situations
¡EQualitative Research
¡EQuestioning Procedure
¡ESocial capital |
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Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications |
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Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A./ 9781522576013/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Media and communication advancements allow individuals across the globe to connect in the blink of an eye. Individuals can share information and collaborate on new projects like never before while also remaining informed on global issues through ever-improving media outlets and technologies.
Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications provides emerging research on the modern effects of media on cultures, individuals, and groups. While highlighting a range of topics such as social media use and marketing, media influence, and communication technology, this book explores how these advancements shape and further the global society. This book is an important resource for media researchers and professionals, academics, students, and communications experts seeking new information on the effective use of modern technology in communication applications.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAudience Engagement
¡ECommunication Technology
¡ECommunication Theory
¡EEntertainment
¡EGaming
¡ELanguage Studies
¡EMedia Influence
¡EMultimedia Technology
¡EOnline Communications
¡ESocial Media |
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Handbook of Research on Examining Cultural Policies Through Digital Communication |
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Betul Onay Dogan/ 9781522569985/ Price:US$ 265.00
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Culture is one of the most important elements for explaining individuals' behaviors within the social structure. It meets the various social needs of members of a society by directing how individuals must react to various events and how to act in specific circumstances. A planned and systematic process is required for disseminating this cultural accumulation as a policy, which is produced collectively by all members within their everyday life practices.
The Handbook of Research on Examining Cultural Policies Through Digital Communication provides emerging research on this aspect of cultural policy, which is formed within the framework of this systematic process in a strategic manner and can be defined as various activities of the state intended for art, human sciences, and cultural inheritance. Creating such cultural policies involves the establishment of measures and organizations required for the development of each individual, providing economic and social facilities, all of which are actions intended for directing society. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as long-distance education, digital citizenship, and public diplomacy, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, sociologists, international and national organizations, and government officials.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EConsumer Culture
¡ECultural Diversity
¡ECultural Policies
¡EDigital Citizenship
¡EDigital Storytelling
¡EICTs
¡ELanguage Literacy
¡ELong-Distance Education
¡EMuseum Communication
¡EPublic Diplomacy
¡ESocial Memory |
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Analytical Frameworks, Applications, and Impacts of ICT and Actor-Network Theory |
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Markus Spohrer/ 9781522570271/ Price:US$ 175.00
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In a globalized world, one of the most prominent developments in technology has been the advancement of non-human entities. The applications of these entities in media as well as other fields of science have been looked upon as irrelevant for understanding human agency.
Analytical Frameworks, Applications, and Impacts of ICT and Actor-Network Theory provides innovative insights into human and non-human roles (e.g., physical objects, technology, animals, or even beliefs, scientific facts, or discourses) and their influence on this theory and to each other. The content within this publication represents the work of consumer culture, technology, and the arts. It is designed for researchers, students, and professionals as it covers topics centered on a multidisciplinary reading of actor-network theory for a variety of fields.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡E3D Printing
¡EAuditory Environments
¡EConsumer Culture
¡EFilm Production
¡EGame Studies
¡EHealthcare Applications
¡EMedia Studies
¡ENonhuman Actors
¡ENonhuman Relations
¡ETechnological Advancements |
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Handbook of Research on Transmedia Storytelling and Narrative Strategies |
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Recep Yilmaz/ 9781522553571/ Price:US$ 245.00
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Transmedia storytelling is defined as a process where integral elements of fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels to create a unified and coordinated entertainment experience. This process and its narrative models have had an increasing influence on the academic world in addressing both theoretical and practical dimensions of transmedia storytelling.
The Handbook of Research on Transmedia Storytelling and Narrative Strategies is a critical scholarly resource that explores the connections between consumers of media content and information parts that come from multimedia platforms, as well as the concepts of narration and narrative styles. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics such as augmented reality, digital society, and marketing strategies, this book explores narration as a method of relating to consumers. This book is ideal for advertising professionals, creative directors, academicians, scriptwriters, researchers, and upper-level graduate students seeking current research on narrative marketing strategies.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAesthetics and Ethics
¡EAugmented Reality
¡EDigital Society
¡EDigital Storytelling
¡EMarketing Strategies
¡ENarrative Models
¡ETransmedia Narration
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Gender and Popular Culture, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Katie Milestone/ 9781138848436/ Price:GBP 875.00
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The interconnections of gender and popular culture are multiple and varied, and serious scholarly work that examines gender through the lens of popular culture¡Xand vice versa¡Xis of central and growing significance in the academy. This is not only because battles about gender roles, rights, and ideologies are often fought in popular-cultural forms, but also because there is a growing realization that gender inequality stubbornly persists despite the existence of formal legal parity in many jurisdictions.
Now, this timely new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series brings together a well-considered balance of foundational and cutting-edge scholarship. With a focus on examples drawn from digital culture, fashion, music, mass and new media¡Xand an intersectional approach to gender¡XGender and Popular Culture provides a comprehensive and exciting ¡¥one-stop¡¦ compendium. With a full index and introductions newly written by the editors, it is an indispensable reference resource for researchers and students.
Volume 1: Key Concepts in Gender and Popular Culture
Volume 2: Gender and Popular Cultural Production
Volume 3: Representation and Discourse
Volume 4: Gender identity and Popular Culture |
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Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines |
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Melda N. Yildiz/ 9781522592617/ Price:US$ 265.00
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The digital age has made it easy for anyone, even those with limited technology proficiency, to create some form of media. With so many different types of media and the sheer volume of information coming from a wide array of sources, media literacy has become an essential skill that can be very difficult to learn and teach.
The Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines aims to present cross-disciplinary examinations of media literacy, specifically investigating its challenges and solutions and its implications for P-20 education. An assemblage of innovative findings centered on national and international perspectives, with topics including critical thinking and decision-making processes, smart consumerism, recognizing point-of-view, media influence, responsible media creation, cyber threats, media literacy instruction, among others, this book is ideally designed for educators, researchers, activists, instructional designers, media specialists, and professionals.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAvatar Therapy
¡EData Privacy
¡EData Visualization
¡EDigital Technology
¡EInstructional Systems
¡ENews Credibility
¡EOnline Reading
¡EPersonalized Learning
¡ESocial Media
¡ETelepsychology
¡EUniversal Design for Learning (UDL)
¡EVirtual Reality |
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Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media |
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Floribert Patrick C. Endong/ 9781522593126/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Much of what the world knows about the United States of America is constructed and spread through global media. One can hardly find a country where news events involving the U.S.A. do not attract media attention, controversy, or at least invoke some level of critical thought.
Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media provides emerging research exploring how non-American media covers and represents the U.S.A. through a critical review that demonstrates how foreign media representations of the country have varied according to periods in history, political leadership, and current ideological and socio-cultural affinities. The publication also conversely examines Americans¡¦ perceptions of foreign media representations of their country. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as neocolonialism, political science, and popular culture, this book is ideally designed for students, scholars, media specialists, policymakers, international relation experts, politicians, and other professionals seeking current research on different perspectives on non-American media¡¦s representation of the U.S.A. and Americans.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECritical Discourse
¡EDigital Media
¡EGlobal Media
¡EInternational Policy
¡EMass Communications
¡ENeocolonialism
¡ENollywood
¡EPolitical Science
¡EPopular Culture
¡ETelecommunication |
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Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online |
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Innocent E. Chiluwa/ 9781522585350/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The growing amount of false and misleading information on the internet has generated new concerns and quests for research regarding the study of deception and deception detection. Innovative methods that involve catching these fraudulent scams are constantly being perfected, but more material addressing these concerns is needed.
The Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online provides broad perspectives, practices, and case studies on online deception. It also offers deception-detection methods on how to address the challenges of the various aspects of deceptive online communication and cyber fraud. While highlighting topics such as behavior analysis, cyber terrorism, and network security, this publication explores various aspects of deceptive behavior and deceptive communication on social media, as well as new methods examining the concepts of fake news and misinformation, character assassination, and political deception. This book is ideally designed for academicians, students, researchers, media specialists, and professionals involved in media and communications, cyber security, psychology, forensic linguistics, and information technology.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArtificial Intelligence
¡EBehavior Analysis
¡ECyber Terrorism
¡EData Analysis
¡EDeceit Detection
¡EInvestment Scams
¡ENetwork Security
¡EOnline Engagement
¡EPolitical Deception
¡EReligious Deception
¡ESmear Campaigns
¡ESocial Media |
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Myth in Modern Media Management and Marketing |
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Jan Kreft/ 9781522591009/ Price:US$ 215.00
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The development of communication technology and the proliferation of centers that collect, interpret, and transmit information does not mean that communities have become a more transparent and enlightened environment. If anything, the pioneering research of modern communication signifies the ambiguity of individual and collective existence.
Myth in Modern Media Management and Marketing is an essential reference source that discusses the analysis of the role of myth and mythical thinking in the operation of media organizations and their functioning on the media market. Featuring research on topics such as social media, brand management, and advertising, this book is ideally designed for social media analysts, media specialists, public relations managers, media managers, marketers, advertisers, students, researchers, and professionals involved with media and new media management.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAdvertising
¡EBig Data
¡EBlogosphere
¡EBrand Management
¡EDigital Era
¡EMass Communications
¡EOnline Campaigning
¡ESocial Media
¡EStorytelling Marketing
¡EVirtual Media |
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Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age |
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Ozlen Ozgen/ 9781522584919/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The mass production and diversification of media have accelerated the development of popular culture. This has started a new trend in consumerism of desiring new consumption objects and devaluing those consumption objects once acquired, thus creating a constant demand for new items. Pop culture now canalizes consumerism both with advertising and the marketing of consumerist lifestyles, which are disseminated in the mass media.
The Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age discusses interdisciplinary perspectives on media influence and consumer impacts in a globalizing world due to modern communication technology. Featuring research on topics such as consumer culture, communication ethics, and social media, this book is ideally designed for managers, marketers, researchers, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡E3D Printing
¡ECommunication Ethics
¡EConsumer Culture
¡EHashtivism
¡EMarketing Sustainability
¡EMobile Technology
¡EMulticulturalism
¡EMultimedia Influence
¡EPeer Effects
¡ESocial Media |
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Post-Narratology Through Computational and Cognitive Approaches |
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Takashi Ogata/ 9781522579793/ Price:US$ 225.00
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Studying narratives is an ideal method to gain a good understanding of how various aspects of human information are organized and integrated. The concept and methods of a narrative, which have been explored in narratology and literary theories, are likely to be connected with contemporary information studies in the future, including those in computational fields such as AI, and in cognitive science. This will result in the emergence of a significant conceptual and methodological foundation for various technologies of novel contents, media, human interface, etc.
Post-Narratology Through Computational and Cognitive Approaches explores the new possibilities and directions of narrative-related technologies and theories and their implications on the innovative design, development, and creation of future media and contents (such as automatic narrative or story generation systems) through interdisciplinary approaches to narratology that are dependent on computational and cognitive studies. While highlighting topics including artificial intelligence, narrative analysis, and rhetoric generation, this book is ideally designed for designers, creators, developers, researchers, and advanced-level students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EArtificial Intelligence
¡ECognitive Science
¡EComputational Narrative
¡EDigital Storytelling
¡ELinguistics
¡ENarrative Analysis
¡ENarrative Generation Systems
¡ENarrative Genres
¡ERhetoric Generation
¡EWeb Business Models |
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Nachgefragt: Medienkompetenz in Zeiten von Fake News: Basiswissen zum Mitreden. |
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Manfred Theisen/ 9783743201613/ Price:EUR 8.95
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Movements in Organizational Communication Research: Current Issues and Future Directions |
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Jamie McDonald/ 9781138304468/ Price:GBP 38.99
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Social Media and Ourselves |
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/ 9781984624819/ Price:US$ 90.00
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Social networking is one of the most common online activities, and integral to the lives of people around the world.
This book offers a comprehensive new analysis of the contemporary media landscape, looking at the central theories of the digital society, and the hot topics in the field. |
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Visual Communication and Society |
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Offers an involved theoretical perspective regarding the study of visual communication and expands the academic arena for debate concerning the visual.
Integrates the latest topics on visual communication with the best managerial practices in a wide range of businesses that provides the latest information available. |
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| SB04-479 |
Advancing Media and Communication Research Methods |
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Devin Holden/ 9781682505571/ Price:US$ 150.00
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This book focuses on how audience perception of media consumption has changed and the changes that marketing professionals have faced over the past 50 years. It is intended to provide a wide-ranging overview of the current media and communication research studies. A valuable guide to academic, research, and professional audiences engaged in the design, development, and distribution of effective communications technologies in educational, social, and linguistic contexts. |
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Methods in Electronic Media and Communication Research |
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Viviana Richard/ 9781682505588/ Price:US$ 145.00
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The widely available media services are changing the ways in which we live and work and also altering our perceptions and beliefs. Intended to provide insightful and up-to-date examinations of theorizing and research that informs our current understanding of the role of media in our social lives, this book also explains different kinds of discourses and different principles, theories, and conceptual models of the society along with the role of digital media as one of the most effective tools of information and culture. |
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Media and Politics in contemporary world |
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JeYoung Le/ 9781682505595/ Price:US$ 145.00
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New technologies have transformed the campaign media system and in the process altered the ways in which campaigns are waged by candidates, reported on by journalists, and experienced by voters.. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive framework to analyze the relation between media and politics by investigating the power of the internet and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse. This book will appeal to students and scholars in media and communications, internet studies, and political science, as well as general readers keen to understand our contemporary media and political contexts. |
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Social Media and Politics |
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Marcus Eckert/ 9781682505601/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Social media which was once created for personal interaction among people has broadened its scope to include different activities of life. These new channels have also drastically changed the political world. This book is intended to analyze the relation between social media and politics by investigating the power of the internet and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse. An appealing reference tool for students and scholars in media and communications, internet studies, and political science, as well as general readers keen to understand our contemporary media and political contexts. |
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Dynamics of Mass Communication: Theory and Practice |
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Scinda Nicholas/ 9781682505618/ Price:US$ 145.00
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It is transforming all sectors of activity and is bringing about far-reaching mutations in the economic, social and cultural fields alike. This book is intended to provide media outfit, journalists and would-be journalists with higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all journalists and politicians a spirit of understanding, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among people, and to help lessen obstacles and threats to democracy. The book presents emphasis on theory, clear-cut explanation of findings, in-depth discussion of persuasion processes and effects, and easy-to-follow real-world applications. |
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Women and Media: International Perspectives |
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Valeen Dalton/ 9781682505625/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Over the years, the female gender is said to have come under-represented in various fields of human endeavor. This book explores the career transitions of women from the mass communication industry to academia using theory of transition. Focusing on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to women in media and mass communication, the relationship between how sex stereotypes are presented in advertisements and the value women attach to themselves in the society with regards to their self-esteem is also examined. |
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Communicating Across Cultures. |
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Stella Ting-Toomey/ 9781462536474/ Price:US$ 57.00
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This highly regarded text¡Xnow revised and expanded with 50% new material¡Xhelps students and professionals mindfully build their knowledge and competencies for effective intercultural communication in any setting. The authors' comprehensive, updated theoretical framework (integrative identity negotiation theory) reveals how both verbal and nonverbal communication are affected by multilayered facets of identity. Written in a candid, conversational style, the book is rich with engaging examples illustrating cultural conflicts and misunderstandings that arise in workplace, educational, interpersonal, and community contexts. Readers learn how to transform polarized conversations into successful intercultural engagements by combining knowledge about culture with mindful listening and communication skills. |
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Career Guide: Digital Production and Editing |
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/ 9781984624314/ Price:US$ 65.00
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Advices on key educational steps toward the career.
This is the source for everything you need to bring your ideas from the page to the screen.
With new and updated content, our Career Guide shows middle-school and high-school students how they can make the world a better place through a career in Digital Production and Editing. |
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| VB04-94 |
Social Media Studies, 2-Vols/Set. |
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DUAN Peng/ 9789352806638/ Price:GBP 375.00
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Communication is a cornerstone of social interaction, and the study of communication and media has always moved across academic fields in the social sciences and humanities. Today it is a critical focus of study in cultural studies, business, organizational development, health, philosophy, international policy, literary criticism and psychology. SAGE Benchmarks in Communication is an exciting new series that will bring together the best of the best from across the disciplines - both classics and material previously difficult to access.
Social Media Studies aims to bring together different approaches on social media studies, ranging from theoretical to empirical explorations. Through the mapping of this rapidly changing academic field, this Work is designed to reflect the intertwining relationship between social media studies and various disciplines, including media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics and history. It also adopts global/regional perspectives to document the academic and cultural works on social media in different societies and countries. In fact, the internet has transcended both geographical and social boundaries so profoundly that it keeps meeting resistance in all kinds of social terrain, which has also inspired considerable research work.
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Reconceptualizing New Media and Intercultural Communication in a Networked Society |
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Bilge, Nurhayat/ 9781522537847/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Over one billion people access the internet worldwide, and new problems of language, security, and culture accompany this access. To foster productive and effective communication, it becomes imperative to understand people¡¦s different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, as well as their value systems.
Reconceptualizing New Media and Intercultural Communication in a Networked Society is a critical scholarly resource that addresses the need for understanding the complex connections between culture and new media. Featuring a broad range of topics such as social presence, crisis communication, and hyperpersonal communication model, this book is geared towards academicians, researchers, professionals, practitioners, and students seeking current research on the discipline of intercultural communication and new media.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECrisis Communication
¡EHyperpersonal Communication Model
¡EOnline Identity
¡ERisk Communication
¡ESlacktivism
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocial Presence
¡EStereotypes
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Content Generation Through Narrative Communication and Simulation |
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Ogata, Takashi/ 9781522547754/ Price:US$ 215.00
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From literature and film to advertisements, storytelling is an important aspect of daily life. To create an impactful story, it is important to analyze the creation and generation of a storyline.
Content Generation Through Narrative Communication and Simulation is a critical research publication that explores story and the application of story in various forms of media as well as the challenges of automated story. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics such as narrative or story generation systems, the film and movie narrative generation, and narrative evaluation, this book is geared toward researchers, students, and professionals seeking current and relevant research on the influence and creation of story in media.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EApplying Novel Techniques
¡EContent Generation
¡EFilm and Movie Narrative Generation
¡ENarrative Evaluation
¡ENarrative or Story Generation
¡EPost-Narratology
¡EText and Dialogue Generation |
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Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age |
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Gambarato, Renira Rampazzo/ 9781522537816/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Since the advent of digitization, the conceptual confusion surrounding the semantic galaxy that comprises the media and journalism universes has increased. Journalism across several media platforms provides rapidly expanding content and audience engagement that assist in enhancing the journalistic experience.
Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age provides emerging research on multimedia journalism across various platforms and formats using digital technologies. While highlighting topics, such as immersive journalism, nonfictional narratives, and design practice, this book explores the theoretical and critical approaches to journalism through the lens of various technologies and media platforms. This book is an important resource for scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, and media professionals seeking current research on media expansion and participatory journalism.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDesign Practice
¡EImmersive Journalism
¡EInvestigative Journalism
¡EJournalism Project Design
¡ENewsworthiness Criteria
¡ENonfictional Narratives
¡EPlanned Event Journalism
¡ESerial Podcast
¡EUrban Fabric
¡EViral News
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Empirical Research on Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric |
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Danesi, Marcel/ 9781522556220/ Price:US$ 195.00
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The study of symbols has long been considered a necessary field to unravel concealed meanings in symbols and images. These methods have since established themselves as staples in various fields of psychology, anthropology, computer science, and cognitive science.
Empirical Research on Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric is a critical academic publication that examines communication through images and symbols and the methods by which researchers and scientists analyze these images and symbols. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics, such as material culture, congruity theory, and social media, this publication is geared toward academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on images, symbols, and how to analyze them.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECongruity Theory
¡ECreative Environment
¡ELearning Theory
¡EMaterial Culture
¡ESemiosis
¡ESocial Media
¡ESociolinguistics
¡EVisual Culture
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Media Influence: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522539292/ Price:US$ 325.00
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In the digital era, users from around the world are constantly connected over a global network and they can connect, share, and collaborate like never before. To make the most of this new environment, researchers and software developers must understand the influence of the global network on users.
Media Influence: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on the effect of media on cultures, individuals, and groups. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as social media, media ethics, and audience engagement, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, professionals, students, and practitioners interested in media influence.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAudience Engagement
¡EDigital Activism
¡EMedia Ethics
¡EOnline Behavior
¡EPolitical Marketing
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocial Networking |
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Selfies as a Mode of Social Media and Work Space Research |
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Hai-Jew, Shalin/ 9781522533733/ Price:US$ 185.00
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The Western cultural trend of self-representation is transcending borders as it permeates the online world. A prime example of this trend is selfies, and how they have evolved into more than just self-portraits.
Selfies as a Mode of Social Media and Work Space Research is a comprehensive reference source for the latest research on explicit and implicit messaging of self-portraiture and its indications about individuals, groups, and societies. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics including dating, job hunting, and marketing, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and professionals interested in the current phenomenon of selfies and their impact on society.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDating
¡EIdentity Verification
¡EJob Hunting
¡EMarketing
¡EProduct Placement
¡ESelf-Actualization
¡ESelf-Expression
¡ESocializing
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Exploring Journalism Practice and Perception in Developing Countries |
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Salawu, Abiodun/ 9781522533764/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Media outlets play a pivotal role in fostering the positive and beneficial development of countries in modern society. By properly informing citizens of critical national concerns, the media can help to transform society and promote active participation.
Exploring Journalism Practice and Perception in Developing Countries is a crucial reference source for the latest scholarly material on the impacts of development journalism on contemporary nations and the media¡¦s responsibility to inform citizens of government and non-government activities. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as media regulation, freedom of expression, and new media technology, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, professionals, policy makers, and students interested in the role of journalist endeavors in developing nations.
Topics Covered
¡ECommunity Radio
¡EConflict-Sensitive Journalism
¡EElections
¡EFreedom of Expression
¡EMedia Engagement
¡EMedia Regulation
¡ENew Media Technology
¡EPublic Health Communication
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| VB04-80 |
Disability and the Media, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Katie Ellis/ 9781138848047/ Price:GBP 1000.00
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Scholars have long recognized the media¡¦s role in shaping and reflecting the way we see the world, ourselves, and others. In particular, they have understood that the media plays a vital part in the social and cultural construction of disability. Moreover, as new types of media proliferate, and become increasingly important in our daily lives, addressing the sometimes difficult questions surrounding the relationship between disability and the media is more important than ever. In particular, what is the media¡¦s role in the disablement of people with impairments and can it also act as a powerful agent of change? And how are attitudes towards people with disabilities constantly reinscribed through media such as television, film, and the Internet?
Now, this new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series enables users readily to access and make sense of the essential texts of disability-and-media scholarship. The collection is organized into four principal parts: Disability and the Mass Media; Disability and Film; Disability and Popular Culture; and Disability, the Internet, and New Media.
Fully indexed and with an introduction newly written by the editors, Disability and the Media is an indispensable reference resource for researchers and students.
Volume I: Disability Studies Meets Media Studies
Volume II: Film and Television
Volume III: Culture
Volume IV: New Technology, New Media |
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Corporate Communication: Principles and Practice |
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Jaishri Jethwaney/ 9789352806874/ Price:GBP 30.00
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Social Media and Internet for Everyday Life. |
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Illustrated Dictionary of Media and Information Literacy. |
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/ 9781984600745/ Price:US$ 95.00
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This illustrated dictionary provides concise definitions and explanations of media and information literacy related terms together with state-of-the-art scientific and practical terms, presented in an easy-to-use, A-Z order with pictures and figures as well as examples are given to clarify the terms.
Packed with special full-page features on this subject and developed in close consultation with team of experts, this is the ultimate reference tool for students. |
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Basic Communication Skills. (With DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680947670/ Price:US$ 130.00
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This edition guides reader from theory and basic principles to practical skills development to the application of those skills in everyday encounters.
Each chapter in this edition is designed to layout a step by step process in learning and applying basic assertive communication skills.
This book will meet the demands brought about by the changes in role from the student to managerial responsibilities. |
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Theory, Practice and Techniques in Public Relations. |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680947847/ Price:US$ 75.00
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Provides an engaging overview and in-depth exploration of a dynamic and ever evolving industry.
Examines in detail the theory behind the principles and practice of public relations.
Providing a comprehensive overview of PR practices, this text outlines standard PR communication tools and addresses the particular communication challenges faced by public relation managers. |
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Communicating Across Cultures. |
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Stella Ting-Toomey/ 9781462536481/ Price:US$ 117.00
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This highly regarded text¡Xnow revised and expanded with 50% new material¡Xhelps students and professionals mindfully build their knowledge and competencies for effective intercultural communication in any setting. The authors' comprehensive, updated theoretical framework (integrative identity negotiation theory) reveals how both verbal and nonverbal communication are affected by multilayered facets of identity. Written in a candid, conversational style, the book is rich with engaging examples illustrating cultural conflicts and misunderstandings that arise in workplace, educational, interpersonal, and community contexts. Readers learn how to transform polarized conversations into successful intercultural engagements by combining knowledge about culture with mindful listening and communication skills. |
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Allen, Mike/ 9781483381435/ Price:GBP 585.00
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Communication research is evolving and changing in a world of online journals, open-access, and new ways of obtaining data and conducting experiments via the Internet. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods contains entries that cover every step of the research process, accompanied by engaging examples from the literature of communication studies.
Key features include:
¡E652 signed entries spanning four volumes
¡EA Reader¡¦s Guide groups entries thematically to help students interested in a specific aspect of communication research to more easily locate directly related entries
¡EBack matter includes a Chronology of the development of the field of communication research; a Resource Guide to classic books, journals, and associations; a Glossary introducing the terminology of the field; and a detailed Index
¡EEntries conclude with References/Further Readings and Cross-References to related entries to guide students further in their research journeys |
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Online Communities as Agents of Change and Social Movements |
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Gordon, Steven/ 9781522524953/ Price:US$ 195.00
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The growing presence of social media and computer use has caused significant changes to community engagement. With the ubiquity of these technologies, there is increasing engagement in social and political policies and changes.
Online Communities as Agents of Change and Social Movements is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on relevant theoretical and practical frameworks regarding online communities and social media as agents of social and political change. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant areas such as computer use, online engagement, and collective action, this publication is an ideal resource for researchers, academics, practitioners, and students in the fields of social psychology, social network analysis, media studies, information systems, and political science.
Topics Covered
¡EAdvocacy
¡ECollective Action
¡EForum Use
¡EFundraising
¡EOnline Engagement
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocial Movement Organizations |
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Media. |
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Burgess, Jean/ 9781412962292/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The world is in the midst of a social media paradigm. Once viewed as trivial and peripheral, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WeChat have become an important part of the information and communication infrastructure of society. They are bound up with business and politics as well as everyday life, work, and personal relationships.
This international Handbook addresses the most significant research themes, methodological approaches and debates in the study of social media. It contains substantial chapters written especially for this book by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary perspectives, covering everything from computational social science to sexual self-expression.
Part 1: Histories And Pre-Histories
Part 2: Approaches And Methods
Part 3: Platforms, Technologies And Business Models
Part 4: Cultures And Practices
Part 5: Social And Economic Domains |
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Cultural Policy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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O'Brien, Dave/ 9781138889859/ Price:GBP 1000.00
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Specialists in cultural policy draw on many scholarly literatures and traditions, including but not limited to, media and communication studies, history, sociology, politics, arts management, geography, and cultural studies. Now, this new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the key texts that form the background, context, and basis for a sophisticated understanding of the topic, materials that have hitherto been scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books. Cultural Policy offers advanced students and established researchers alike a comprehensive and carefully ordered ¡¥mini library¡¦ of the subject¡¦s major works. |
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Film and Religion, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Plate, S. Brent/ 9781138647497/ Price:GBP 500.00
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The four volumes of 'Film and Religion' will present a range of scholarly articles, mainly since 1990, which offer a critical overview of the interdisciplinary field from a number of perspectives. It is an international collection that includes attention to popular Hollywood and 'arthouse' films and filmmakers, as well as documentaries, Bollywood, Nollywood, and other international pockets of film production and reception. Readings are primarily from scholars of religious studies, theology, and biblical studies, but the collection will also include work by film studies scholars and filmmakers themselves. The selections will indicate how cinema reflects religious and theological interests of filmmakers and the cultures within which they operate. Moreover, it will show how films impact those same cultures, including religious beliefs and practices. The relationship is not one-way, but entails multiple directions of influence.
Volume One: Religion in Film
Volume Two: Film as Religion
Volume Three: Film in Religion
Volume Four: Biblical and Theological Connections to Film |
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Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age |
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Mhiripiri, Nhamo A./ 9781522520955/ Price:US$ 195.00
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The growing presence of digital technologies has caused significant changes in the protection of digital rights. With the ubiquity of these modern technologies, there is an increasing need for advanced media and rights protection.
Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age is a key resource on the challenges, opportunities, issues, controversies, and contradictions of digital technologies in relation to media law and ethics and examines occurrences in different socio-political and economic realities. Highlighting multidisciplinary studies on cybercrime, invasion of privacy, and muckraking, this publication is an ideal reference source for policymakers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, government officials, and active media practitioners.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECybercrime
¡EFreedom of Information
¡EInvasion of Privacy
¡EMedia Ownership Policy
¡EMedia Regulatory Models
¡EMuckraking
¡EUser Generated Content |
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Political Scandal, Corruption, and Legitimacy in the Age of Social Media |
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Demirhan, Kamil/ 9781522520191/ Price:US$ 190.00
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The way in which social media is utilized has changed over the years, making it a growing forum for political discussion. Due to this, analyzing relationships between social media and politics can lead to an increased awareness of current political affairs.
Political Scandal, Corruption, and Legitimacy in the Age of Social Media is an essential research source for the latest information on national and international political propaganda and opinions spread by technological forums. Featuring expansive coverage on a number of relevant topics and perspectives, such as environmental justice, alternative ideology, and information and communication technologies (ICTs), this publication is ideally designed for researchers, students, and professionals seeking current research on the connection between social media and politics and its impact on modern society.
Topics Covered
¡EAlternative Ideology
¡EDigital Interactive Media
¡EE-Government
¡EEnvironmental Justice
¡EInformation and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
¡ENon-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
¡EWikiLeaks |
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Social Media Performance Evaluation and Success Measurements |
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Brown, Michael A./ 9781522519638/ Price:US$ 185.00
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There are many different social media platforms that provide a wide array of services. Exploring the results yielded by these platforms can enhance their usefulness and impact on society¡¦s advancement.
Social Media Performance Evaluation and Success Measurements is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on social networking participation expectations and values to examine individual performance in digital communication activities. Featuring coverage across a range of topics, such as crisis communication, social networking engagement, and return on investments, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on the benefits of utilizing the social network environment of today.
Topics Covered
¡EComputer Mediated Communications (CMC)
¡ECrisis Communication
¡EReturn on Investments
¡ESocial Networking and Individual Performance (SNIP)
¡ESocial Networking Engagement
¡EWeb 2.0 |
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Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility |
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Folk, Moe/ 9781522510727/ Price:US$ 200.00
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With the wealth of information that you can find on the internet today, it is easy to find answers and details quickly by entering a simple query into a search engine. While this easy access to information is convenient, it is often difficult to separate fallacy from reality when dealing with digital sources.
Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility features strategies and insight on how to determine the reliability of internet sources. Highlighting case studies and best practices on establishing protocols when utilizing digital sources for research, this publication is a critical reference source for academics, students, information literacy specialists, journalists, researchers, web designers, and writing instructors.
Topics Covered
¡EE-Health
¡EInteractive Websites
¡EMemetic Agents
¡EOnline Dating
¡EOnline Debates
¡ESurveillance and Privacy
¡EThird-Party Review Sites |
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Applying the Actor-Network Theory in Media Studies |
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Spohrer, Markus/ 9781522506164/ Price:US$ 175.00
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Actor-Network Theory (ANT), originally a social theory, seeks to organize objects and non-human entities into social networks. Its most innovative claim approaches these networks outside the anthropocentric view, including both humans and non-human objects as active participants in a social context; because of this, the theory has applications in a myriad of domains, not merely in the social sciences.
Applying the Actor-Network Theory in Media Studies applies this novel approach to media studies. This publication responds to the current trends in international media studies by presenting ANT as the new theoretical paradigm through which meaningful discussion and analysis of the media, its production, and its social and cultural effects. Featuring both case studies and theoretical and methodical meditations, this timely publication thoroughly considers the possibilities of these disparate, yet divergent fields. This book is intended for use by researchers, students, sociologists, and media analysts concerned with contemporary media studies.
Topics Covered
¡EAnaphoric Trajectories of Creative Processes
¡EAssociology
¡EFilm Production Networks
¡EHip-Hop Authenticity
¡ELocal Television
¡EOperativity
¡EPost-essentialist Media Studies |
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Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts |
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Silton, Nava R./ 9781522505044/ Price:US$ 210.00
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The use of imagination can lead to greater outcomes in problem solving, innovation, and critical thinking. By providing access to creative outlets, productivity increases in schools, businesses, and other professional settings.
Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the stimulation and implementation of creative thinking in academic and professional environments. Highlighting the foundations of creativity from theoretical and neuroscientific perspectives, this book is ideally designed for academics, professionals, educators, and practitioners.
Topics Covered
¡EAnimation Industry
¡EArt Therapy
¡EArt Traditions
¡EChildhood Development
¡EChildren¡¦s Media
¡EPsychological Considerations
¡EStudents with Disabilities
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Gender and the Media, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Mendes, Kaitlynn/ 9781138827516/ Price:GBP 1035.00
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Scholars have long recognized the media¡¦s role in shaping and reflecting the way we see the world, ourselves, and others. In particular, they have understood that ¡¥the media¡¦ plays a vital part in the policing and construction of gender. Moreover, as new types of media proliferate, and become increasingly important in our daily lives, addressing the sometimes difficult questions surrounding the relationship between gender and the media is more important than ever.
Now, this new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series enables users readily to access and make sense of the essential texts of gender-and-media scholarship. The collection is organized into four parts. Volume I (¡¥Body Counts¡¦) assembles research on women¡¦s absence in a range of media from around the world. Volume II (¡¥Representing Gender¡¦) gathers together crucial texts on gender representations and stereotypes in the media. Volume III (¡¥Gender and Media Uses¡¦), meanwhile, brings together the best research which, rather than surveying what the media does to people, explores how they use, navigate, and contest it. The final volume (¡¥Occupational Status, Experience, and Ownership¡¦) presents key research which seeks to examine where men and women are placed in media organizations, how they experience these positions, and what impact they might have on media content.
Fully indexed and with an introduction newly written by the editor, Gender and the Media is an indispensable reference resource for researchers and students. |
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Religion and Media, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Kirby, Danielle L./ 9781138954250/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Drawing together formative works from across the interrelated disciplines of religion and media, this collection will articulate the field of religion and media. Incorporating both historical and contemporary concerns, and a range of methodological approaches, this major work will focus upon the variety of ways in which religion and media impact, facilitate, and imbricate with each other.
The field encompassed by this collection is constantly changing and diverse. It covers a range of inquiry, from the age old questions regarding traditional human mediation of religious experience to the emerging problems associated with the study of religion and digital media and other developing technologies. Religion is mediated in a multitude of ways, including through the written word, artistic expression, electronic and digital technologies such as television and internet, as well as more evanescent modes such as ritual and performance. This series recognises the role that diverse media play in the interpretation and understanding of religion in the work of scholars and in the lives of religious individuals and communities.
The intersection of media and communication studies and religious studies is woefully under-representative of the relationship that media and religion has in theory, history and lived experience. The two disciplines have recently begun to address this, increasingly bringing together subjects from both fields. Thus a collection that compiles both foundational as well as recent scholarship on religion and media is a welcome addition, representing where the interest began but also moving scholarship in future directions. The work¡¦s interpretation of ¡¥religion¡¦ is broad, and encompasses not just religions traditionally recognised as such (eg. ¡¥world religions¡¦) but also a more fluid recognition of religious behaviour (such as religions based on fiction or more abstract religious themes such as death). |
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Digital Media and Communication. |
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Orellano, Jericka/ 9781680959338/ Price:US$ 145.00
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This book explores how digital media use affects attitudes and behavior, and how this relationship is shaped by organizational and political environments across countries. Digital media is any media that is encoded in a machine-readable format. Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified and preserved on digital electronics devices. Computer programs and software; digital imagery, digital video; video games; web pages and websites, including social media; data and databases; digital audio, such as mp3; and e-books are examples of digital media. Digital media are frequently contrasted with print media, such as printed books, newspapers and magazines, and other traditional or analog media, such as pictures, film or audio tape. |
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Electronic Media and Broadcasting. |
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Martinez, Sandra M./ 9781680959345/ Price:US$ 145.00
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This book covers an extensive range of topics like news broadcasting, electronic media and communication theories, television journalism, etc. Electronic Media is the media that one can share on any electronic device for the audiences viewing, unlike static media (Printing) electronic media is broadcasted to the wider community. They may include television, radio, Internet, fax, CD-ROMs, DVD, and any other medium that requires electricity or digital encoding of information. There is a wide range of Electronic media that broadcast a variety of different things like advertisements and promotions. |
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Mass Media and Communication. |
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Martinez, Sandra M./ 9781680959369/ Price:US$ 145.00
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Mass media is a significant force in modern culture and society. Mass media is communication¡X whether written, broadcast, or spoken¡X that reaches a large audience. This includes television, radio, advertising, movies, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, and so forth. Mass media means technology that is intended to reach a mass audience. It is the primary means of communication used to reach the vast majority of the general public. The mass media has evolved significantly over time. This textbook covers the different platforms for mass media and the influence that mass media has on society. |
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Mass Media Education in Transition. |
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PRENTISS, ALEXANDRA/ 9781680945034/ Price:US$ 145.00
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Mass media is the means that are used to communicate to the general public. This book provides a broad view of the major issues affecting all aspects of media education print and broadcast journalism, advertising, public relations, and media studies. |
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Human Rights and Mass Communications. |
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PRENTISS, ALEXANDRA/ 9781680945041/ Price:US$ 145.00
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Communication rights involve freedom of opinion and expression, democratic media governance, media ownership and media control, participation in one?s own culture, linguistic rights, rights to education, privacy, assemble, and self-determination. They are also related inclusion and exclusion, quality and accessibility to means of communication. This book examines the role of the media in promoting human rights. This book is an effort to find out why the media decide to include human rights coverage as part of their programs as well as the portrayal of human rights elements in such programs. |
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The Media, Journalism and Democracy. |
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PRENTISS, ALEXANDRA/ 9781680945058/ Price:US$ 145.00
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Media is the collective communication outlets or tools that are used to store and deliver information or data. This book offers original insights into the relationship between media and democratic theory, it brings together a renowned collection of international specialists who examine media and democracy, professional journalism, the anatomy of journalism. It is essential reading for students and scholars of journalism and new media. |
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Mass Media and Political Issues. |
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PRENTISS, ALEXANDRA/ 9781680945096/ Price:US$ 145.00
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This book provides an overview on the social scientific process by asking if theories exists to explain personal observations in politics and the media and if there is evidence to support the theories. The role of the mass media (MM) in influencing mass and class behavior has been a central concern among critical writers, especially since the turn of the Twentieth century. Debates and studies on the MM have focused on its political bias, ownership and links to big business, relationships and ties to the state, relative openness and diversity, promotion of wars and corporate interests among other major issues affecting the relations of power, wealth and empire. |
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Global Media and Communication Policy. |
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PRENTISS, ALEXANDRA/ 9781680945126/ Price:US$ 145.00
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Global Media and Communication Policy offers new conceptual frameworks and new methodologies for mapping the contours of emergent global media and communication policy, drawing on theory and empirical research to offer multiple perspectives on the local, national, regional and global forums in which policy debate occurs. This book provides insights into the boundaries of this field of study, assesses why it is important, who is affected, and with what political, economic, social and cultural consequences. The book aims to enhance the reader?s knowledge and understanding of policy and regulatory issues, particularly at global level. |
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Media and Communications: Laws and Regulations. |
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PRENTISS, ALEXANDRA/ 9781680945133/ Price:US$ 145.00
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This book aims to generate and disseminate knowledge about communication, and the way in which it operates and affects individuals and nations. Media regulation is the control or guidance of mass media by governments and other bodies. This regulation, via law, rules or procedures, can have various goals, for example intervention to protect a stated ?public interest?, or encouraging competition and an effective media market, or establishing common technical standards. |
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Public Relations Strategy. |
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Cinti, Veronica/ 9781680957037/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Public relations involves the cultivation of favorable relations for organizations and products with its key publics through the use of a variety of communications channels and tools. Developing a public relations strategy is instrumental to influencing the public image of an organization. A good strategy can help build rapport with customers, employees and the general public. This book establishes the importance of strategy in developing public relations plans and in implementing and managing public relations activities. |
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Primer of Public Relations Research. |
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Stacks, Don W./ 9781462522705/ Price:US$ 69.00
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Thousands of public relations (PR) students and professionals have relied on this authoritative text to understand the key role of research in planning and evaluating PR campaigns. Revised and expanded to reflect today's emphasis on standards-based practice, the third edition has a heightened emphasis on setting baselines, creating benchmarks, and assessing progress. Stacks presents step-by-step guidelines for using a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to track output, outtakes, and outcomes, and shows how to present research findings clearly to clients. Every chapter features review questions and a compelling practice problem. PowerPoint slides for use in teaching are provided at the companion website. Instructors requesting a desk copy also receive a supplemental Instructor's Manual with a test bank, suggested readings, and case studies.
New to This Edition:
Chapter on standardization, moving beyond the prior edition's focus on best practices.
Chapter on different types of data sets, with attention to the advantages and disadvantages of using Big Data.
Addresses the strategic use of key performance indicators.
Covers the latest content analysis software.
Pedagogical Features:
Each chapter opens with a chapter overview and concludes with review questions.
End-of-chapter practice problems guide readers to implement what they have learned in a PR project.
Appendix provides a dictionary of public relations measurement and research terms.
Supplemental Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides. |
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Contemporary Conflict Resolution |
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Novais, Paulo/ 9781522502456/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Since the dawn of human speech and interaction, there have been conflicts among individuals, regions, and whole nations. Disagreements, miscommunications, no matter the name they take; conflicts will continue to be present in every field of work or study. New technologies such as social media have extended people¡¦s ability to communicate, and therefore dispute, making additional research and practical solutions for resolving conflict all the more necessary.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Contemporary Conflict Resolution presents theoretical perspectives on the causes of diverse conflicts, approaches novel disputes and the technology associated therein, and provides readers with multifaceted solutions to the myriad of potential arguments and disagreements that arise as part of the human condition. This interdisciplinary publication is a critical resource for researchers, legal practitioners, policy makers, government officials, and students and educators in the fields of political science, communication studies, and business.
Topics Covered
¡EAgreement Technologies
¡EData Protection
¡EE-Government Conflict Resolution
¡EEnvironmental Conflicts
¡EOnline Argumentation
¡EOnline Dispute Resolution
¡EOrganizational Conflict
¡EQuality of Judgement
¡ERestorative Justice |
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Video Games and Gaming Culture, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Wolf, Mark J P/ 9781138811256/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Video and interactive computer games now constitute an enormous industry that rivals television and film. Moreover, gaming is of growing importance in spheres beyond mere entertainment; games and gaming technology are increasingly applied to other ends, including for educational, political, and military purposes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, therefore, the cultural, social, and economic significance of games and gaming is now profound, and ripe for scholarly scrutiny and study.
As research continues to flourish as never before, this major new reference resource from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series offers a multi-dimensional overview of games and gaming culture and brings together in four volumes the very best foundational and cutting-edge scholarship.
Edited by the field¡¦s leading scholar, Mark J. P. Wolf, the collection encompasses the socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives. The materials gathered explore issues of game design and development, provide close analysis of games as cultural artefacts, and address issues of policy, such as those related to race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Video Games and Gaming Culture is supplemented by a comprehensive index and includes a full introduction, newly written by the editor.
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Islam and the Media, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Piela, Anna/ 9781138923010/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This collection aims to illustrate the variety of different Islamic mediated expressions, both in Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts. The study of the myriad of ways in which Islam is mediated in today¡¦s world is important, because the media (both traditional, i.e print and broadcast, and ¡¥new¡¦/social/online) are a battleground for the meaning and nature of Islam. Different discourses about Islam are vying for public attention, because to be in the spotlight means to be influential. From everyday accounts of religious experience, through reformist, conservative, and reactive narratives, it is possible to observe many claims to religious authority as well as different Islamic religious identities.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Islam and the Media is a crucial work of reference. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital resource. |
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The Public Communication of Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bucchi, Massimiano/ 9780415718042/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This is a new title from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Sociology series. Compiled by the editorial team behind the acclaimed International Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology (Routledge, 2008), this four-volume ¡¥mini library¡¦ provides an easy-to-use, one-stop collection of the best foundational and cutting-edge scholarship from the fast-growing¡Xand increasingly important¡Xscholarly domain that is the public communication of science.
As well as bringing together the major works that have shaped this field of research, the collection will be welcomed as the first mapping of an area that to date has rather lacked an authoritative interdisciplinary synthesis. The collection assembles contributions from a variety of subjects (including media and journalism studies, sociology, and the history of science), and it contrasts the perspectives of different geographical and cultural contexts. Together with the editors¡¦ introductions, the gathered materials allow users to make sense of the wide range of approaches, theories, and concepts that have informed the public communication of science. |
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Global Perspectives on Media Events in Contemporary Society. |
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Fox, Andrew/ 9781466699670/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Media events have been described as broadcasts that involve an engaged audience viewing the same event simultaneously; though this definition is still relevant, the way media outlets interact with and react to their audiences has greatly changed. This is in part due to the emergence of social media platforms which allow a participatory audience, something that genre-specific television channels now rely on. Because these genre-specific, 24-hour channels seek to hook viewers with hyperbolic presentation and the illusion of large media events, the original definition must be adapted.
Global Perspectives on Media Events in Contemporary Society seeks to re-define the role of the media in relaying information about current events within a modern context. Determining what constitutes as and the proper presentation of a media event is of great importance given the ubiquity of media consumption. This book approaches the topic from historical, ceremonial, and globally cultural perspectives while addressing news, sports, and other significant current events. It is a vital resource for students and teachers of communication, media, and journalism, professionals in the media industry, policy makers, and sociologists.
Topics Covered
¡ECeremonial Media Events
¡EHistorical Crises
¡EHumanitarian Media Events
¡ELive News Events
¡ENews Media
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocial Movements
¡ESporting Events
¡EUser-Generated Content |
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The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism. |
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Witschge, Tamara/ 9781473906532/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The production and consumption of news in the digital era is blurring the boundaries between professionals, citizens and activists. Actors producing information are multiplying, but still media companies hold central position. Journalism research faces important challenges to capture, examine, and understand the current news environment. The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism starts from the pressing need for a thorough and bold debate to redefine the assumptions of research in the changing field of journalism. The 38 chapters, written by a team of global experts, are organised into four key areas:
Section A: Changing Contexts
Section B: News Practices in the Digital Era
Section C: Conceptualizations of Journalism
Section D: Research Strategies
By addressing both institutional and non-institutional news production and providing ample attention to the question ¡¥who is a journalist?¡¦ and the changing practices of news audiences in the digital era, this Handbook shapes the field and defines the roadmap for the research challenges that scholars will face in the coming decades.
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Power, Surveillance, and Culture in YouTube's Digital Sphere. |
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Crick, Matthew/ 9781466698550/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Over the last several years, YouTube? has become a public forum for creative, informative, and political endeavors around the globe. As the website¡¦s influence and appeal continues to grow, questions regarding the legal usage of material, as well as potential governance issues regarding surveillance and political sway, are becoming more relevant.
Power, Surveillance, and Culture in YouTube?¡¦s Digital Sphere examines the imaginative, socioeconomic, and innovative features of the video sharing community of YouTube? and how these areas traverse the digital world. Highlighting theoretical concepts and empirical research, as well as in-depth discussions on cultural studies, participatory experience, and media theory, this publication will appeal to professionals, practitioners, researchers, and students interested in the use of video sharing as a means of surveillance, communication, or personal promotion.
Topics Covered
¡EAdvertising
¡EDemocracy
¡EOnline Participatory Culture
¡ESocial Media
¡ESurveillance Theory
¡EVideo Sharing |
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Political Influence of the Media in Developing Countries. |
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Mukhongo, Lynete Lusike/ 9781466696136/ Price:US$ 200.00
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The media plays an intricate role in the political economy of developing nations as it conveys the social issues and impacts of a government¡¦s legislation and policy. However, information is often miscommunicated or biased in emergent economies as media owners often tailor news and advertisements to promote their own agendas rather than meet the needs of citizens.
Political Influence of the Media in Developing Countries analyzes the use and structure of media in political forums in developing nations. Featuring research on the effects of the media on news consumption and the professional and ethical difficulties journalists and editors face in the dissemination of political messages, this publication is an essential reference source for policy makers, academicians, politicians, students, and researchers interested in the adoption of various media formats used to promote the political environment and civic engagement within developing countries.
Topics Covered
¡EDemocracy
¡EElections
¡EGendered Media
¡EMedia Ethics
¡EParticipatory Radio
¡EPolitical Economy
¡EPress Freedom
¡ESocial Media
¡EYouth Participation
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Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in the Digital Age. |
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Yildiz, Melda N./ 9781466696679/ Price:US$ 295.00
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With the current ubiquity of technological tools and digital media, having the skillset necessary to use and understand digital media is essential. Integrating media literacy into modern day education can cultivate a stronger relationship between technology, educators, as well as students.
The Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in the Digital Age presents key research in the field of digital media literacy with a specific emphasis on the need for pre-service and in-service educators to become familiar and comfortable with the current digital tools and applications that are an essential part of youth culture. Presenting pedagogical strategies as well as practical research and applications of digital media in various aspects of culture, society, and education, this publication is an ideal reference source for researchers, educators, graduate-level students, and media specialists.
Topics Covered
¡ECross-Cultural Issues
¡EEdutainment
¡EGlobal Competencies
¡EMedia Education
¡EMultimedia Technologies
¡EProject-Based Learning
¡ETeacher Education |
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Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict. |
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Gibson, Steven/ 9781466697287/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Throughout the world, cultural and racial clashes remain a major hurdle to development and progress. Though some areas are experiencing successful intercultural communications which pave the way for peaceful negotiations, there are still many regions experiencing severe turmoil.
Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict focuses on both the positive and negative outcomes of communication and media usage, as well as the overall perceptions of these elements, within conflicting populations. Featuring theoretical perspectives on various intergroup interaction experiences within contemporary ethnic controversies, this publication will appeal to scholars, researchers, professors, and practitioners interested in ethnic studies, conflict resolution, communications, and global peace building.
Topics Covered
¡EAutoethnographic Research
¡EConflict Intervention
¡EGenocide
¡EInter-Ethnic Violence
¡EPeace Building
¡EPostracial Justice
¡ESocial Media |
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Restricted Access: Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation |
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Elizabeth Ellcessor/ 9781479853434/ Price:US$ 29.00
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Inhuman Networks. |
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Bollmer, Grant/ 9781501316159/ Price:GBP 120.00
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| VB04-65 |
Bollywood, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dwyer, Rachel/ 9780415530552/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Serious research on Bollywood¡Xperhaps the most well-known and vital aspect of contemporary Indian culture¡Xhas flourished in recent decades. This new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for an authoritative anthology to enable users to navigate and make sense of the subject¡¦s large body of scholarship, and the continuing explosion in research output. Edited by Rachel Dwyer, a leading expert in the field, this new Routledge title is a ¡¥mini library¡¦ of foundational and the very best cutting-edge work.
Bollywood provides an indispensable one-stop resource on the development of popular cinema within India, with, of course, an emphasis on Hindi films produced in Bombay. Tracing the development of Indian popular cinema from the early twentieth century onwards, the collection allows users fully to comprehend the role of film and popular culture in colonial and independent India, the evolution and nature of different film genres, the importance of film music, and the great regional diversity 'Bollywood' encompasses. The collection also brings together the best and most influential scholarly works on topics that include: the silent era; the studio period; the ¡¥Golden Age¡¦; and the so-called ¡¥segmentation¡¦ of cinema. The contribution of major stars and directors is also assessed.
Bollywood includes a full index and a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students as a vital research tool. |
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Environmental Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cox, Robert/ 9781473902527/ Price:GBP 725.00
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Environmental communication is a rapidly expanding field of study, encompassing a wide range of topics such as social-discursive constructions of ¡§nature,¡¨ journalism and media coverage of the environment, climate change communication, analyses of environmental rhetoric, public participation in environmental decisions and environmental risk communication to name but a few.
This Major Work draws on a wide and varied range of sources to construct a comprehensive overview of the key issues in this fast-developing and highly topical area of research.
Volume One: Origins, Approaches and Principles
Volume Two: Media and Environmental Journalism
Volume Three: Environmental Risk and Climate Change Communication
Volume Four: Environmental Publics: Citizens, Corporations and Non-Governmental Organizations
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Contemporary Research Methods and Data Analytics in the News Industry. |
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Gibbs, William J./ 9781466685802/ Price:US$ 195.00
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The advent of digital technologies has changed the news and publishing industries drastically. While shrinking newsrooms may be a concern for many, journalists and publishing professionals are working to reorient their skills and capabilities to employ technology for the purpose of better understanding and engaging with their audiences.
Contemporary Research Methods and Data Analytics in the News Industry highlights the research behind the innovations and emerging practices being implemented within the journalism industry. This crucial, industry-shattering publication focuses on key topics in social media and video streaming as a new form of media communication as well the application of big data and data analytics for collecting information and drawing conclusions about the current and future state of print and digital news. Due to significant insight surrounding the latest applications and technologies affecting the news industry, this publication is a must-have resource for journalists, analysts, news media professionals, social media strategists, researchers, television news producers, and upper-level students in journalism and media studies.
This timely industry resource includes key topics on the changing scope of the news and publishing industries including, but not limited to, big data, broadcast journalism, computational journalism, computer-mediated communication, data scraping, digital media, news media, social media, text mining, and user experience.
Topics Covered
¡EBig Data
¡EBroadcast Journalism
¡EComputational Journalism
¡EComputer-Mediated Communication
¡EData Scraping
¡EDigital Media
¡ENews Media
¡ESocial Media
¡EText Mining
¡EUser Experience |
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The SAGE Guide to Key Issues in Mass Media Ethics and Law, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Babcock, William A./ 9781452274355/ Price:GBP 345.00
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This two-volume, issues-based reference set, surveys varied views on many of the most contentious issues involving mass media ethics and the law. The focus is on matters that regularly provide front-page headlines concerning rights and responsibilities of both speech and press, libel, technological threats to privacy, paparazzi and celebrities, sensationalism in media coverage of high-profile trials, cameras in the courtroom, federal and state freedom of information and ¡§sunshine¡¨ laws, checkbook journalism, use of confidential sources, national security concerns and the press, digital duplication and deception, fair use, rights of celebrities, plagiarism and more.
Collectively, this guide assesses key contentious issues and legal precedents, noting current ethical and legal trends and likely future directions.
Topics explored in each section include:
¡EEthical responsibilities versus legal rights
¡ENewsgathering and access
¡EPrivacy
¡ELibelous reporting
¡EBusiness considerations
¡EChanging rules with social media and the internet
Features include:
¡ESix thematic sections that consist of approximately a dozen chapters each written by eminent scholars and practitioners active in the field.
¡ESections open with a general Introduction by the volume editors and conclude with a wrap-up "Outlook" section to highlight likely future trends.
¡EChapters follow a common organizational outline of a brief overview of the issue at hand, historical background and precedent, and presentation of various perspectives (pro, con, mixed) to the issue.
¡E"See Also" cross references guide readers to related chapters and references and further readings guide users to more in-depth resources for follow-up.
¡EThe two-volume set concludes with an extensive Index. |
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The SAGE Handbook of Risk Communication. |
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Cho, Hyunyi/ 9781452258683/ Price:GBP 165.00
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In this comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of risk communication, the field's leading experts summarize theory, current research, and practice in a range of disciplines and describe effective communication approaches for risk situations in diverse contexts, such as health, environment, science, technology, and crisis. Offering practical insights, the contributors consider risk communication in all contexts and applications-interpersonal, organizational, and societal-offering a wider view of risk communication than other volumes. Importantly, the handbook emphasizes the communication side of risk communication, providing integrative knowledge about the models, audiences, messages, and the media and channels necessary for effective risk communication that enables informed judgments and actions regarding risk.
Editors Hyunyi Cho, Torsten Reimer, and Katherine McComas have significantly contributed to the field of risk communication with this important reference work-a must-have for students, scholars, and risk and crisis communication professionals.
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Japanese Cinema, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Lee, Nikki J. Y./ 9780415530392/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Japanese cinema is historically one of the world's most important national film industries and one that continues to have a significant global influence. From the Golden Age of the 1930s and the 1950s art-house success of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu to the 1960s New Wave of Imamura and Oshima and the ubiquitous contemporary presence of sci-fi and anime, Japan has produced directors and genres of central importance to the development of cinema as both art and industry. Indeed, no college or university course on international film history or modern world cinema is complete without substantial reference to Japan's mighty achievements.
Edited by two leading scholars in the field, this major new reference resource offers a multi-dimensional overview of one hundred years of filmmaking in Japan. It explores the subject from all key angles, encompassing production and the role of commercial film studios, distribution, exhibition, issues of critical reception, fandom, and the cultural status of cinema as aesthetic medium. Every major period is represented, including early and silent cinema, the years of empire and war, postwar resurgence and political strife, globalization and multimedia reconfiguration. In addition, the collection includes consideration of key films and filmmakers, alongside approaches to Japanese cinema's perceived uniqueness and debates on its relation to society, as well as to Hollywood and other film industries. Contributions are drawn from the various disciplines where the most important work on Japanese cinema has been produced, including Film Studies, Japan Studies, Asian Studies, and Cultural Studies.
Japanese Cinema is supplemented by a comprehensive index. It also includes a full introduction, newly written by the editors, which outlines the various historical contexts for the emergence of mature scholarly approaches to the subject. |
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Reality TV. |
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Hill, Annette/ 9780415691758/ Price:GBP 120.00
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Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture and Society on the Entertainment Industry. |
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Ozturk, R. Gulay/ 9781466661905/ Price:US$ 345.00
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In the age of ubiquitous media and globalization, the entertainment industry has changed dramatically to accommodate a more comprehensive and diverse audience. As such, research into the influence of culture on entertainment and the media is necessary in order to facilitate further developments in the industry.
Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture and Society on the Entertainment Industry provides a review of the academic and popular literature on the relationship between communications and media studies, cinema, advertising, public relations, religion, food tourism, art, sports, technology, culture, marketing, and entertainment practices. Founded on international research, this publication is essential for upper-level students, researchers, academicians, business executives, and industry professionals seeking knowledge on the current scope of the entertainment industry.
Topics Covered
¡EArt
¡ECinema and Media
¡ECultural Studies
¡EEntertainment Industry
¡EPopular Culture
¡EPublic Relations
¡EReligious Studies
¡ESports Industry
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The SAGE Handbook of Television Studies. |
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Alvarado, Manuel/ 9780761947417/ Price:GBP 135.00
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Bringing together a truly international spread of contributors from across the UK, US, South America, Mexico and Australia, this Handbook charts the field of television studies from issues of ownership and regulation through to reception and consumption.
Separate chapters are dedicated to individually examining the roles of journalists, writers, cinematographers, producers and manufacturers in the production process, whilst others explore different formats including sport, novella and soap opera, news and current affairs, music and reality TV. The final section analyses the pivotal role played by audiences in the contexts of gender, race and class, and spans a range of topics from effects studies to audience consumption.
The SAGE Handbook of Television Studies is an essential reference work for all advanced undergraduates, graduate students and academics across broadcasting, mass communication and media studies. |
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Strategic Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Heath, Robert L/ 9781446275832/ Price:GBP 745.00
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The roots of strategic communication lie in public relations, which has been a well-established concept in countries around the globe for more than 100 years. In the United States, for instance, this concept has been associated with publicity, promotion, and public policy battles. At times, especially in the early years of the 20th Century, it was seen as inseparable from propaganda and a means for promoting and protecting democracy. The field has developed immeasurably in the past few decades, but strategic communication is still a topic with strong, influential links to a variety of different disciplines, and increasingly relevant in both a professional and academic capacity.
This Major Work captures the definitions, key developments and future of the field through a carefully-selected collection of seminal papers on the topic.
Volume One: Defining Strategic Communication: Groundings, Forewarnings, and Calls to Action
Volume Two: Public Arena: Input, Power, Converging/Diverging Voices, and Tensions
Volume Three: Discursive and Dialogic Organizations and the Stakeholder View: Social Constructions and Functionalist Perspectives
Volume Four: The Future of Strategic Communication: Organizational and Societal Well-being, Influences, Measures, and New Directions
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Encyclopedia of Health Communication, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Thompson, Teresa L./ 9781452258751/ Price:GBP 535.00
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From the dynamics of interpersonal communication between health professionals and clients to global command-and-control during public health emergencies that cross international borders, the field of health communication bridges many disciplines and involves efforts from the micro to the macro. It involves navigating personal, cultural, and political complexities and an ability to distill complex technical science into quickly and easily understood terms for ready distribution by the mass media--or to an individual patient or to the parent of an ailing child.
Despite an abundance of textbooks, specialized monographs, and academic handbooks, this is the first encyclopedic reference work in this area, covering the breadth of theory and research on health communication, as well as their practical application.
Features:
¡E Nearly 600 original articles are organized A-to-Z within a three-volume set to provide comprehensive coverage of this exciting field, including such topics as theories and research traditions; evaluation and assessment; cultural complexities; high risk and special populations; message design and campaigns; provider/patient interaction issues; media issues; and more.
¡E All articles were specifically commissioned for this work, signed and authored by key figures in the field, and conclude with cross reference links and suggestions for further reading.
¡E Appendices include a Resource Guide with annotated lists of classic books and articles, journals, associations, and web sites; a Glossary of specialized terms; and a Chronology offering an overview and history of the field. |
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Encyclopedia of Humor Studies, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Attardo, Salvatore/ 9781412999090/ Price:GBP 360.00
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The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies explores the concept of humor in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. This work's scope encompasses the humor of children, adults, and even nonhuman primates throughout the ages, from crude jokes and simple slapstick to sophisticated word play and ironic parody and satire. As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, child development, social psychology, life style history, communication, and entertainment media. Readers will develop an understanding of the importance of humor as it has developed globally throughout history and appreciate its effects on child and adult development, especially in the areas of health, creativity, social development, and imagination.
Features & Benefits:
¡EThe General Editor also serves as Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research for The International Society for Humor Studies.
¡EThe book's 335 articles are organized in A-to-Z fashion in two volumes (approximately 1,000 pages).
¡EThis work is enhanced by an introduction by the General Editor, an invited Foreword, a list of the articles and contributors, and a Reader's Guide that groups related entries thematically.
¡EA Chronology of Humor, a Resource Guide, and a detailed Index are included.
¡EEach entry concludes with References/Further Readings and cross references to related entries.
This two-volume, A-to-Z set provides a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers in such diverse fields as communication and media studies, sociology and anthropology, social and cognitive psychology, history, literature and linguistics, and popular culture and folklore.
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Communication and Language Analysis in the Public Sphere. |
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Hart, Roderick P./ 9781466650039/ Price:US$ 190.00
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Although, language is certainly individualized, most people conform to linguistic norms because of their surroundings. Over time, particular words and phrases are popularized by the media, social trends, or world events; and with emergence of internet technologies, the communication between all types of people is much easier.
Communication and Language Analysis in the Public Sphere explores the influence of the World Wide Web on the relationships between ordinary citizens and the ability to communicate with politicians, celebrities, and the media. As some words may gain popularity worldwide, and others may begin to define a specific discipline. This book is essential for linguistics researchers, scholars, and professionals interested in determining these patterns and how they affect groups and individuals.
Topics Covered
¡EAutomated Content Analysis
¡ECommunication in Public Affairs
¡EInstitutions¡¦ Rhetoric
¡ELanguage Policy Argumentation and Rhetoric
¡EMedia Innovations
¡EPolitical Rhetoric and Communication |
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Crisis Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Coombs, Timothy/ 9781446276075/ Price:GBP 710.00
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Crisis communication is a rapidly evolving field which is producing an increasing amount of research globally. The study of crisis communication is of interest to scholars and researchers from across the board of disciplines; such as in public relations, corporate communication, organizational communication, health communication, rhetoric, marketing, and information sciences. Because communication is instrumental to all phases of a crisis, the term captures a broad range of aspects: pre-crisis, the crisis response, and post-crisis. For the first time, the most influential papers on this multidisciplinary and complex topic have been brought together in this 4-volume major work, which also includes an introductory chapter to the work, written by editor Timothy Coombs.
Volume One: Origins of Crisis Communication
Volume Two: Theory Development in Crisis Communication
Volume Three: Crisis Communication Connects with Other Strategic Communication Fields
Volume Four: Crisis Communication Evolves: Digital Channels, Globalization, and Critiques
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British Cinema, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Murphy, Robert/ 9780415525671/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Serious scholarly writing and research on British cinema has burgeoned to a dizzying degree in recent decades, and this new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for an authoritative reference work to enable users to navigate and make sense of the subject¡¦s large body of scholarship, and the continuing explosion in research output. Edited by Robert Murphy, the leading expert in the field, this new title is a ¡¥mini library¡¦ of the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship on British cinema.
British Cinema provides an indispensable one-stop resource on the major periods, genres, studios, filmmakers, and debates in British cinema from the nineteenth century to the present day. The collection addresses a wide range of issues and topics including: British cinema as a ¡¥national¡¦ cinema; its often difficult relationship with Hollywood; censorship; gender representation; distinctively British genres (not least, horror, comedy, and costume film); and the output of studios and directors (including immortals such as Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Alexander Mackendrick, and Michael Powell).
British Cinema includes a full index and a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students of film studies as a vital research tool.
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Media and the Environment, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hansen, Anders/ 9780415525626/ Price:GBP 89.99
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Media and the Environment is a new title from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed Critical Concepts in the Environment series. Edited by Anders Hansen, it is a four-volume collection of foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship. The collection brings together core texts charting the history and development of environmental communication, along with research examining the three major strands of the communication process: the sources and production of communication about the environment; the study of representations of the environment in news, entertainment media, advertising, film, and popular culture; and the study of how communication about the environment impacts on and interacts with public and political beliefs about the environment, as well as political action regarding the environment. The collection¡¦s final part provides a series of case studies from the field of environmental communication praxis, examining how activists, NGOs, local government, and large corporations have sought to use communication as a key tool in the political processes of environmental change.
Supplemented with a full index, and including an introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the assembled texts in their historical and intellectual context, Media and the Environment is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource.
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Encyclopedia of Media Violence. |
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Eastin, Matthew S./ 9781412936859/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Does violence on a movie, TV, or computer screen or in a song lyric beget violence in the streets? What about aggression and violence in televised sporting events? What are the known effects of violence in the media on the developing mind of a young child? Do rating systems and warning labels help in the effort to keep overtly violent materials out of the hands of children¡Xor do they act as magnets? Where does violence in the media cross a line from legitimate entertainment and plot development to gratuitousness and even pornography? How do we define media violence, and just how much is there? What methodologies do behavioral scientists use to assess content and draw conclusions about effects, and how do we separate valid inferences from entrenched myths and assumptions? How should findings from research studies be translated into public policy? Students are able to explore these questions and more in the Encyclopedia of Media Violence. Entries examine theory, research, and debates as they relate to media violence in a manner that is accessible and jargon-free to help readers better understand questions from varied perspectives. From ¡§Aggression¡¨ and ¡§Animated Cartoons¡¨ to ¡§V-chips¡¨ and ¡§War Toys,¡¨ this work provides balanced, comprehensive coverage of this hot-button issue.
Features & Benefits:
¡E 134 signed entries are available.
¡E Entries conclude with Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Readings to guide users to related entries and resources for further research.
¡E Although organized in A-to-Z fashion, a thematic Reader¡¦s Guide in the front matter groups related entries by topic to make it easier for users to locate related entries of interest. In the electronic version, the Reader's Guide combines with the Cross-References and a detailed Index to facilitate search-and-browse. |
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French Cinema, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Powrie, Phil/ 9780415530651/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Of all European cinema, the most important is French. France annually produces more films than any other European nation, and throughout its history it has been the key competitor to Hollywood; it is Cannes that matters most after the Oscars. Moreover, the study of film as an academic discipline emerged from France during the 1950s, and was shaped by the work of French intellectuals during the 1960s and 1970s. And in the broad field of international scholarship that is Film Studies, after Hollywood, there are more scholars working in French cinema than any other national cinema.
As serious research on French cinema continues to flourish, this new four-volume collection from Routledge meets the need for an authoritative anthology to enable users to navigate and make sense of the subject¡¦s large body of scholarship, and the continuing explosion in research output. Edited by Phil Powrie, Chief General Editor of the only academic journal specifically devoted to French cinema, and chair of the Association for Studies in French Cinema, this new Routledge title is a ¡¥mini library¡¦ of foundational and the very best cutting-edge work. The gathered major works bring together the best and most influential writing on French cinema. Volume I engages with two different forms of scholarship: popular cinema (genres and stars) and influential conceptualizations of French cinema. Volume II adopts the more canonical¡Vhistorical approach for the period up to the New Wave, assembling the best work on the silent period, the Golden Age of the 1930s and early 1940s, and the New Wave of the early 1960s. Volumes III and IV, meanwhile, focus on the post-New Wave period from the mid-1960s onwards.
Each volume includes a helpful introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the gathered materials in their historical and intellectual context. Indeed, French Cinema is an essential work of reference, and is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students as a vital research tool.
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Film and Gender, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Thornham, Sue/ 9780415672931/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Since at least the early 1970s, when Claire Johnston observed that despite ¡¥the enormous emphasis placed on woman as spectacle in the cinema ¡K woman as woman is largely absent¡¦, the relationship of cinema to the construction of gender identities and gendered pleasures has been a central concern within Film Studies. Bringing together the political concerns of second-wave feminism and the dizzying developments in theorizing about representation, culture, and society, early work¡Xas exemplified by Johnston¡¦s writing¡Xchanged radically the nature of Film Studies and the issues which it would address. Later scholars attended to concerns about sexuality, drawing on queer theory; and race and ethnicity, often influenced by postcolonialism. Most recently, Global Cinema Studies has sought to refocus these concerns yet again, whilst ¡¥postfeminism¡¦ has questioned many of the assumptions on which Film Studies work on gender has rested.
Film and Gender is a new title in Routledge¡¦s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. It meets the need for an authoritative reference work to enable users to navigate and make sense of the subject¡¦s large literature, its history, and its continuing centrality within Film Studies. Compiled by Sue Thornham, whose work includes Passionate Detachments: An Introduction to Feminist Film Theory (1997) and Feminist Film Theory: A Reader (1999), and Niall Richardson, author of The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman (2009) andTransgressive Bodies: Representations in Film and Popular Culture (2010), this eagerly awaited collection brings together in four volumes the foundational and the very best and most provocative scholarship on film and gender.
Film and Gender includes a full index and comprehensive introductions, newly written by the editors, which place the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students as a vital research tool. |
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Chinese Media, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Keane, Michael/ 9780415623544/ Price:GBP 875.00
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From an area of specialist research a decade ago China¡¦s media has become now an important element of research and teaching worldwide, not only in specific Chinese cultural studies courses at the university level but increasingly in post-graduate research and in the domain of business consultancy.
Edited by Michael Keane and Wanning Sun, leading experts in the field, this new title is a ¡¥mini library¡¦ of the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship on Chinese media
Volume I: Politics and Communication
Volume II: Culture, Identity, and Place
Volume III: Media institutions and commercial industries
Volume IV: Methods and approaches to China¡¦s media and communications |
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Early Cinema, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Abel, Richard/ 9780415576086/ Price:GBP 1250.00
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Especially over the past thirty years, serious research on early cinema has blossomed as never before. This rapid growth has included the establishment of international organizations such as Domitor (founded in 1987), with its biannual conferences; film festivals such as Le Giorante del cinema muto (established in Pordenone, Italy, in 1984); the centenary celebrations of cinema¡¦s emergence (in 1994¡V6); and a host of publications, culminating with the release by Routledge of the Encyclopedia of Early Cinema (2005) (reissued in a revised paperback edition in 2010).
Early Cinema is a new title in Routledge¡¦s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. It meets the need for an authoritative reference work to enable users to navigate and make sense of the subject¡¦s large literature and the continuing explosion in research output. Edited with the assistance of an international board of consultants by Richard Abel, a leading scholar in the field, this collection brings together in four volumes the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship on early cinema.
Early Cinema includes a full index and a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students of film studies as a vital research tool.
Volume I: Theory and Methodology
Volume II: Industry Developments
Volume III: Filmic Developments
Volume IV: Primary sources |
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Sound Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bull, Michael/ 9780415597333/ Price:GBP 1250.00
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Sound Studies is the primary theoretical and empirical alternative to our understanding of media and culture by visual means. The field is now well established as a serious area of research and study. Concentrating on the history of audio media, Sound Studies explores the nature of sound and listening, and its role in modern experience and perception.
Furthermore, the subdiscipline questions the adequacy of previous¡Xvisually based¡Xepistemologies of media and culture to offer a comprehensive understanding and interpretation of central facets of everyday life, historically, comparatively and in terms of present-day experience. Sound Studies investigates the different ways in which people experience the world of sound and how sound is embedded in culture, history, institutions, design, architecture, and technologies.
If Sound Studies incorporates the sonic turn in Media Studies and coheres around Cultural Studies, it also extends into Urban Studies, Aesthetics, History, Architecture, and Anthropology. It looks at the wide array of sonic experiences in society to include sound, music, and silence. In so doing it goes beyond the traditional disciplines of Ethnomusicology, History of Music, and the Sociology of Music.
As research in and around Sound Studies flourishes as never before, this new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of interdisciplinary literature. Edited by a leading scholar, Sound Studies gathers foundational and canonical work, together with innovative and cutting-edge applications and interventions. |
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Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader. |
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Levina, Marina/ 9781441178398/ Price:GBP 34.99
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A History of Journalism in China, 10-vols/set. |
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Hanqi, Fang/ 9789814339827/ Price:US$ 1017.00
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Provides a comprehensive commentary on the history of journalism in China
Chronicles two millennia of journalistic history from the 2nd century B.C. to the 1990s, and includes coverage of newspapers, periodicals, news agencies, broadcast television, photography, documentary film, journal cartoons, journal education, as well as information about reporters, journalists, and other aspects of journalism
Rectifies several errors in previously published monographs, and fills in gaps in the research of China¡¦s journalism history |
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International Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Thussu, Daya Kishan/ 9780857029874/ Price:GBP 710.00
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International communication plays a multifaceted role in the social, political, economic and cultural constellations of power. Research abounds in this dynamic field ranging from areas like international informational and cultural flows and the geopolitics of information to communication and development and the role of media and propaganda in conflict and international military interventions. This four-volume set brings together classic publications with less-accessible articles to trace the foundations and development of international communication as a field of inquiry. It reflects the growing internationalization of the field - with clearly defined volumes covering key aspects of international communication - from historical literature to regional perspectives and cultural and political writings on communication from across the globe.
Volume One: International Communication in Context
Volume Two: Theoretical Pluralism and International Communication
Volume Three: The Political Economy of International Communication
Volume Four: Cultures of International Communication
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Chinese Cinema, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Berry, Chris/ 9780415603232/ Price:GBP 1250.00
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Chinese cinema is the only non-English language cinema to have a significant global presence. From multiplex blockbusters like Ang Lee¡¦s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to festival hits such as Jia Zhangke¡¦s Still Life, Chinese cinema succeeds like no other foreign-language cinema. The interdisciplinary field of Chinese Cinema Studies has boomed alongside these developments and, today, no Asian Studies, Chinese Studies, or Film and Media Studies programme is complete without courses that cover Chinese cinema, including the cinemas of the People¡¦s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the wider Chinese diaspora.
While research in and around Chinese cinema flourishes as never before, not least because of its highly interdisciplinary nature, much of the relevant literature remains inaccessible or is highly specialized and compartmentalized, so that it is difficult for many of those who are interested in the subject to obtain an informed, balanced, and comprehensive overview. This new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed series, Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, addresses that problem and meets the need for a reference work to help make sense of the subject¡¦s vast and widely dispersed literature, and the continuing explosion in research output.
The materials gathered by the editor, a leading scholar in the field, include major works that explore: aesthetics through key films and directors; film cultural practices, such as consumption, distribution, exhibition, reception and criticism; production practices, for instance, genres, stars, studio structures, and marketing; and cinema¡¦s connection to society and its relationship to issues such as the nation-state, revolution, and gender. The collection¡¦s temporal scope extends from the arrival of cinema via the Lumiere Brothers in 1895 to the present day, and it ranges widely across all territories to include full coverage of the films produced by the ethnic Chinese diaspora.
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Documentary Film, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Aitken, Ian/ 9780415579018/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Documentary film is cinema's oldest form, dating back to the medium's invention at the turn of twentieth century. From cinema's earliest days, important documentary films and film-makers have emerged continuously and, today, interest in documentary film remains substantial, and is rapidly growing. Standing conferences have been instituted, and new scholarly journals and festivals devoted to the genre are blossoming. Indeed, documentary film culture flourishes, particularly in the developing world and in non-democratic states. China's burgeoning underground documentary film movement, for example, has garnered much critical attention in recent years.
Documentary Film is a new title in Routledge's Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. It meets the need for an authoritative reference work to enable users to navigate and make sense of the subject's large literature and the continuing explosion in research output. Compiled by Ian Aitken (who also edited Routledge's landmark Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film (2006)), this collection brings together in four volumes the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship on documentary film.
Documentary Film includes a full index and comprehensive introductions, newly written by the editor, which place the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students as a vital research tool.
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Advertising, 4-Vols/Set. |
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MacRury, Iain/ 9780415577113/ Price:GBP 910.00
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With the economics of media cultures in flux, the four volumes bring together a comprehensive collection of the best scholarship on advertising communication, tracking the evolution of the essential themes in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The collection is also attentive to the global development of advertising, and incorporates various academic responses to advertising in, for example, Japan, India, China, Latin America, and Africa.
Advertising qua commercial pop art form, and as professional practice, cuts through crucial questions in the history and theory of modern media. Advertising exists as the pre-eminent object for the critical scrutiny of media culture, and presents a high-profile everyday cultural site for the emergence and rehearsal of questions around, for example, gender, cultural value, ethnicity, and representation. This Routledge collection gives ready access to the major landmark and cutting-edge work engaged in such dizzying debates.
In the near future, the industry dismissed by George Orwell as ¡¥the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket¡¦ will confront intense pressure to change and redevelop. There will, it is widely thought, be a complex restructuring in the provision and reception of commercial¡Vcultural brand communications. Navigating this terrain will demand a heightened alertness to a wider range of thinking than has typically informed the advertising business to date. Both inside and without the academy, old questions will be posed anew, and this collection will enable users to draw on a unique database of the very best canonical and contemporary scholarship.
With a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Advertising is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and practitioners as a vital work for research and reference.
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The Mnemonic Imagination: Remembering as Creative Practice. |
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Keightley, Emily/ 9780230243361/ Price:GBP 56.00
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Encyclopedia of Sports Films. |
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Edgington, K/ 9780810876521/ Price:US$ 105.00
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Whether chronicling an athlete's rise, fall, and redemption or following a team's improbable triumph on the field, sports have been a favorite theme of filmmakers almost since movies were first produced. And whether focusing on soccer (Bend It Like Beckham), boxing (Rocky and its sequels), hockey (Slap Shot), baseball (Bull Durham), football (The Longest Yard), basketball (Hoosiers), cycling (Breaking Away), or tennis (Wimbledon), such films capture the competition and thrill of sport. All major films with a primary focus on athletic endeavor are contained in Encyclopedia of Sports Films. In this volume, more than 200 fictional feature-length movies released between 1925 and 2010 are described, including comedies, dramas, and biopics. While the focus is on Hollywood productions, independent films and foreign releases are also represented. Though boxing and baseball films have tended to dominate the genre, many other sports are also included here, including skiing, curling, and cricket.
Arranged alphabetically by title, each main entry contains a synopsis of the film, principal production information, and a critical analysis. In addition to the main entries, credits and brief descriptions for more than 200 films are also provided. DVD and VHS distributors are included, if available. Appendixes include made-for-television movies, documentaries, and films based on or inspired by true events and persons. For teachers who wish to incorporate films into their lesson plans, as well as librarians ordering titles for their patrons, Encyclopedia of Sports Films will be a valuable resource.
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Cultural Identity and New Communication Technologies: Political, Ethnic and Ideological Implications. |
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Wachanga, D. Ndirangu/ 9781609605919/ Price:US$ 180.00
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The intersection of new communication technologies and the ideological hegemony is one area that has not been adequately examined. Existing literature on NCTs shows that most studies have been focusing on NCTs¡¦ potential to alter existing social-political categories that border on economic class, social status, race, gender, and ethnicity.
Cultural Identity and New Communication Technologies: Political, Ethnic and Ideological Implications presents a careful blend of conceptual, theoretical and applied research in NCTs. This book examines content that places new communication technologies in a context that recognizes their seamless co-option into the designs of politics and culture, as well as the ideological hegemony of non-Western societies and interrogates the diagnostic degree to which the use of new communication technologies is demonstrative of the users¡¦ imaginary relations to imaginary reality, their thoughts and perceptions. The role NCTs play is significant in so far as they are avenues through which the progression towards the hegemonic (or nationalistic) normative can be catalyzed.
Topics Covered
¡E Identity and New Communication Technologies
¡E Ideology, Power and the New Media
¡E New Media and Civic Education
¡E New Media and Culture
¡E New Media and Ethnicity
¡E New Media and Media Ethics
¡E New Media and Politics
¡E New Media, Community and Community Development
¡E New Media, Nationalism and Ideological Hegemony
¡E New Media, Political Reform and Transformation |
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Popular Culture, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rojek, Chris/ 9780415577045/ Price:GBP 94.99
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Research in and around popular culture continues to flourish. And its study is, more than ever, a key component of Media and Communications Studies courses, and a vital part of Cultural Studies and Cultural Sociology curricula.
The sheer scale of the available research exploring popular culture-and the breadth and complexity of the canon on which it draws-makes this new four-volume Routledge collection especially timely. It answers the urgent need for a wide-ranging collection which provides ready access to the key items of scholarly literature, material that is often inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books from a broad range of disciplines.
Volume I ('History and Theory') brings together the best work on the rise of popular culture as a subject for serious academic study, uncovering its roots and exploring its rapid development in the years after the Second World War. Key debates (e.g. between base and superstructure, hegemony and control, colonialism and postcolonialism) are traced to provide users with a clear understanding of the foundational approaches that inform the more applied examinations of popular culture in the succeeding volumes.
Volume II assembles the most important thinking on 'Ideology and Representation', including work drawn from feminism, structuralism, post-structuralism, and postmodernism. Volume III gathers crucial work on 'Fissures and Fusions', while the last volume in the set is organized around 'Critical Departures'.
Popular Culture is supplemented with a full index, and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is destined to be valued by scholars and advanced students as a vital research and reference resource.
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Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics, The., 2-Vols/Set. |
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Fortner, Robert S./ 9781405188128/ Price:US$ 475.25
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This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the ethical dimensions of communication in a global setting. Both theoretical and practical, this important volume will raise the ethical bar for both scholars and practitioners in the world of global communication and media.
*Brings together leading international scholars to consider ethical issues raised by globalization, the practice of journalism, popular culture, and media activities
*Examines important themes in communication ethics, including feminism, ideology, social responsibility, reporting, metanarratives, blasphemy, development, and "glocalism", among many others
*Contains case studies on reporting, censorship, responsibility, terrorism, disenfranchisement, and guilt throughout many countries and regions worldwide
*Contributions by Islamic scholars discuss various facets of that religion's engagement with the public sphere, and others who deal with some of the religious and cultural factors that bedevil efforts to understand our world
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The Net Effect: The Limits of Digital Freedom. |
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Glanville, Jo/ 9781446203217/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Advertising: User Generated Content Consumption. |
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Eastin, Matthew S./ 9781605667928/ Price:US$ 265.00
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Media professionals today are facing numerous changes within mass media that will continue to impact the creation and delivery of persuasive messages.
The Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Advertising: User Generated Content Consumption bridges the gap between professional and academic perceptions of advertising in new media environments through defining the evolution of consumerism within the context of media change. Containing findings from international experts, this Handbook of Research provides coverage of practical issues related to consumer power shifts, economic issues related to media exposure, and definitions to understand the dynamics involved with consumerism.
Topics Covered
*Media regulation
*Product placement effectiveness
*Media and Web 2.0
*Audience engagement
*Virtual environments and virtual identities
*Marketing in virtual worlds
*Digital metrics
*Consumer-generated blog advertising
*In-game ad placement
*Web advertising
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Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Priest, Susanna Hornig/ 9781412959209/ Price:GBP 380.00
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¡ETwo volumes (approximately 1,100 pages) include information pertinent not only to journalism and communication studies but also to all the social, behavioral, physical, and biomedical sciences.
¡EFrom A-to-Z, approximately 325 signed entries with bibliographies and references for further reading cover such general topics as: advocacy, policy, and research organizations; environmental and health communication; philosophy of science; media theory and science communication; informal science education; science journalism as a profession; risk communication theory; public understanding of science; pseudo-science in the news; special problems in reporting science and technology; and science communication ethics.
¡ETo help readers locate related entries of interest, cross-references follow each entry and a "Reader's Guide" in the front matter groups entries by broad themes.
¡EAppendices provide readers with a selected annotated bibliography, an annotated listing of relevant academic and professional organizations and their web addresses, and (tentatively) a directory of academic programs with a focus on science communication. |
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Communication Theory, 4-Vols/set. |
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Schulz, Peter J/ 9781848601130/ Price:GBP 645.00
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The nature of communication has been argued about since the beginning of Western culture and the debate still rages in academic circles as to what actually constitutes communication. Currently, many definitions of communication are used to conceptualize the processes by which people navigate and assign meaning. Communication is also understood as the exchanging of understanding. This set of four volumes provides a range of essays both canonical in, and at the cutting edge of, communication theory. The essays included represent communication theory in a fashion cognisant with the breadth of communication - theories from humanities as well as from social sciences - that takes place in the universe. The collection is thematic, dealing with intra-individual, interpersonal, organization (group-level) and macroscopic (society-level) approaches across the volumes. |
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Get Me a Murder a Day!: A History of Media and Communication in Britain. |
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Williams, Kevin/ 9780340983256/ Price:GBP 21.99
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'Get Me A Murder A Day!' the famous motto of Lord Northcliffe, founder of the Daily Mail, says it all. Murder, sex and scandal seem to be the mass media's staple diet in Britain. Now we have 24-hour news television, podcasts and blogs enabling constant communication and consumer comment. To understand how we got to this, we need to start from the beginning. Tracing the history of the print, broadcast and film industries, this book offers a concise and enjoyable introduction to mass communication in Britain. It outlines the main landmarks in the development of the media, the changing nature of their industrial organisation and the resulting impact on audiences. This new edition discusses all the key events and developments of the last decade, including the changing content of TV, the growth of 'spin', the Hutton inquiry and the establishment of the BBC Trust. Get Me A Murder A Day! is an essential read for media and journalism students and anyone with an interest in understanding the media landscape in the UK. |
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Mass Communication Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hansen, Anders/ 9781412930048/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Mass communication research is a sprawling and multidisciplinary field of research approaches and theories, drawing inspiration from a range of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences, and even from such science disciplines such as mathematics, computing and engineering. It continually develops and adapts to the changing nature and application of media technologies as well as changing political and social concerns with 'the media'.
This major work combines 'pure' methods articles or discussions with a range of 'exemplary' applications - within particular theoretical frameworks - of each particular method or approach. The content is divided into five sections:
" Section I: Asking the right questions
" Section II: Researching media institutions, organisations, professionals and production
" Section III: Researching media content and representation
" Section IV: Researching media and communication in society: consumption, audiences, politics, problems and pleasures
" Section V: Doing communication research |
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Social Interactive Television: Immersive Shared Experiences and Perspectives. |
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Cesar, Pablo/ 9781605666563/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Television, since its invention, has been considered to be a social link between people. Continually enhanced by innovation, the next frontier for this technological phenomenon will focus on the actual natural capabilities of the medium.
Social Interactive Television: Immersive Shared Experiences and Perspectives combines academic and industry research to provide the first publication of its kind to discuss the future emergence of experiences and services through interactive television. Concentrating on system and interaction design, as well as evaluation methods that focus on social experiences around interactive television, this book provides practitioners, academicians, researchers, and developers with the most relevant, current, and interesting findings on the topic. |
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Encyclopedia of Communication Theory, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Littlejohn, Stephen W./ 9781412959377/ Price:GBP 380.00
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The Encyclopedia of Communication Theory provides students and researchers with a comprehensive two-volume overview of contemporary communication theory. Reference librarians report that students frequently approach them seeking a source that will provide them with a quick overview of a particular theory or theorist - just enough to help them grasp the general concept or theory and its relation to the discipline as a whole. Communication scholars and teachers also occasionally need a quick reference for theories. Edited by the co-authors of the best-selling textbook on communication theory and drawing on the expertise of an advisory board of 10 international scholars and nearly 200 contributors from 10 countries, this work finally provides such a resource.
More than 300 entries address topics related not only to paradigms, traditions, and schools, but also metatheory, methodology, inquiry, and applications and contexts. Entries cover several orientations, including psycho-cognitive; social-interactional; cybernetic and systems; cultural; critical; feminist; philosophical; rhetorical; semiotic, linguistic, and discursive; and non-Western. Concepts relate to interpersonal communication, groups and organizations, and media and mass communication. In sum, this encyclopedia offers the student of communication a sense of the history, development, and current status of the discipline, with an emphasis on the theories that comprise it.
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Encyclopedia of Journalism, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Sterling, Christopher H./ 9780761929574/ Price:GBP 850.00
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Journalism permeates our lives and shapes our thoughts in ways that we've long taken for granted. Whether it's National Public Radio in the morning or the lead story on the Today show, the morning newspaper headlines, up-to-the-minute Internet news, grocery store tabloids, Time magazine in our mailbox, or the nightly news on television, journalism is woven throughout our day. The six-volume Encyclopedia of Journalism will cover all significant dimensions of journalism including: print, broadcast, and Internet journalism; U.S. and international perspectives; and history, technology, legal issues and court cases, ownership, and economics. The set will contain approximately 3,000 pages in all and approximately 350 signed entries from scholars, experts, and journalists, under the direction of leading editor Christopher Sterling of The George Washington University. |
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Media Audiences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gunter, Barrie/ 9781847875792/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The relationship between the media and viewers, readers and listeners is complex and consequently 'audiences' have become a key area in media and communications research in the social sciences and humanities. This major reference collection brings together a range of theoretical, methodological and thematically diverse articles and chapters that comprehensively map the most important kinds of work and ideas in international audience studies.
Volume I overviews the history of audience research and the ways that audiences have been conceptualised. It includes papers that consider how debates and discussions about audiences have changed in the context of different media developments. Volume II deals with different ways that audiences and their responses/uses of media have been measured. This volume pays particular attention to the way that audience studies have responded to the challenges of different media. Volume III focusses on specific genres of entertainment, specific media, or on specific media groups. Finally, Volume IV looks specifically at audience research that has tested the way that the media influence society, attitudes and behaviours. The papers reflect a range of the different topics that have been tested and also to give a sense of different methodologies used to test these. |
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21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Eadie, William F./ 9781412950305/ Price:GBP 360.00
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Via 100 entries or "mini-chapters," the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series volumes on Communication will highlight the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of communication ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st Century. The purpose is to provide undergraduate majors with an authoritative reference source that will serve their research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries but not as much jargon, detail or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter.
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New Media, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Livingstone, Sonia/ 9781412947107/ Price:GBP 675.00
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In the past 20 years, 'new media' has emerged as one of the most dynamic research fronts in media and communication, addressing the diversity and proliferation of new information and communication technologies and their social contexts. This growing field is both international and transdisciplinary. The editors have mined a rich collection of published material covering the historical, economic, social and behavioural issues at stake to trace the development and implications of new media.
Vol 1. Visions & Histories
The first volume offers an historical overview, as well as the 'visions' of a society influenced by new media put forward by such influential scholars as McLuhan, Innis and Debord.
Vol. 2 Technology: Artefacts, Systems, Design
The second evolume introduces new media as comprised of artifacts (technologies, hardware, systems themselves & how they're designed and made
Vol. 3 Social Institutions, Structures, Arrangements
The third volume covers the social 'arrangements' behind new media: institutions, social structures, and culture broadly conceived)
Vol. 4 Practices: Interaction, Identity, Organizing, Culture
The fourth volume focuses on practices, or what people do, covering human interaction, organizing, identity and cultural practices |
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Morning Drive: Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking. |
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Smerconish, Michael A./ 9781599215174/ Price:US$ 24.95
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Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication, 12-Vols/Set. |
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Donsbach, Wolfgang/ 9781405131995/ Price:US$ 3260.50
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The International Encyclopedia of Communication represents the definitive reference work in this interdisciplinary and dynamic field. This authoritative twelve-volume set is jointly published by Wiley-Blackwell and the International Communication Association (ICA), the leading academic association of the discipline in the world.
¡EDEFINITIVE - A ground-breaking collection of 1,339 original entries within a 12 volume set, spanning the scholarship, evidence, and methodology of communication research
¡EREPUTABLE - Jointly published by Blackwell Publishing and the prestigious International Communication Association (ICA)
¡EAUTHORITATIVE - Newly-commissioned entries divided into 29 editorial areas representing major fields of inquiry within communication, each of which is headed by a leading expert in their respective field
¡EINTERDISCIPLINARY - Editorial areas include: communication theory and philosophy, interpersonal communication, journalism, intercultural and intergroup communication, media effects, strategic communication/PR, communication and media law and policy, media systems in the world, and communication and technology
¡EWIDE-RANGING - Spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas within this dynamic and interdisciplinary field
¡EINTERNATIONAL - Brings together new entries written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers, representing the international character of the ICA
¡EACCESSIBLE - Reader-friendly A-Z entries ranging from extended explorations of major topics to short descriptions of key concepts, with sophisticated cross-referencing and search facilities, lexicon by subject area, and a comprehensive index
¡EMULTI-FORMAT - The Encyclopedia will publish simultaneously in print and electronic formats, both of which will be fully accessible and searchable. |
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SAGE Handbook of Film Studies, The. |
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Donald, James/ 9780761943266/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Written by a team of veteran scholars and exciting emerging talents, the Handbook of Film Studies maps the field internationally, drawing out regional differences in the way that systematic intellectual reflection on cinema and film has been translated into an academic discipline.
It examines the conversations between Film Studies and its contributory disciplines that not only defined a new field of discourse but also modified existing scholarly traditions. It reflects on the field's dominant paradigms and debates and evaluates their continuing salience. Finally, it looks forward optimistically to the future of the medium of film, the institution of cinema and the discipline of Film Studies at a time when the very existence of film and cinema are being called into question by new technological, industrial and aesthetic developments. |
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Radio, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Crisell, Andrew/ 9780415448642/ Price:GBP 220.00
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Over the last sixty years or so academic interest in the mass media has burgeoned. It is not, perhaps, surprising that this interest at first focused principally on the visual media of film and television, where it has remained intensive. Nevertheless, serious thinking about radio soon followed. Despite its apparent limitations, were there some advantages that radio enjoyed over the visual media? Scholars have also examined radio¡¦s use of words in comparison with both the image-dominated media of film and television, and the spatial, stable medium of print. Questions in radio studies also abound about the special qualities of sound per se¡Xsuch as the meaning and functions of music and the ontology of pure sound artefacts known as ¡¥soundscapes¡¦, a mainstay of much experimental radio.
Other lines of inquiry in the field have included investigations into the social, political, and cultural contexts of radio, prompted by questions about. And, more recently, radio researchers have grappled with notions of ¡¥community¡¦, whether defined by geographical proximity or by commonality of identity or interest. Furthermore, the growth of new media technologies has profound implications for sound broadcasting. How will webcasting and podcasting modify or even transform radio? Indeed, does the growth of interactivity, including audience-generated content, and of time-shifted listening, mean the end of radio as we currently know it?
As research on and around these kinds of question continues to flourish as never before, this new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature, and to provide a map of the area as it has emerged and developed. |
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SAGE Sourcebook of Advanced Data Analysis Methods for Communication Research, The. |
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Hayes, Andrew F./ 9781412927901/ Price:GBP 90.00
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This sourcebook provides an introductory treatment of various advanced statistical methods applied to research in the field of communication. Written by authors who use these methods in their own research, each chapter gives a nontechnical overview of what the method is and how it can be used to answer communication-related questions or aide the researcher in dealing with difficult data problems. Most chapters include an example based on real data to illustrate basic concepts. Students and faculty interested in diving into a new statistical topic, such as latent growth modeling, multilevel modeling, propensity scoring, or time series analysis, will find each chapter an excellent springboard for acquiring the background needed to jump into more advanced, technical readings.
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International Handbook of Children, Media & Culture. |
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Livingstone & Drotner/ 9781412928328/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This essential volume brings together the work of internationally-renowned researchers, each experts in their field, in order to capture the diversity of children and young people's media cultures around the world.
Why are the media such a crucial part of children's daily lives? Are they becoming more important, more influential, and in what ways? Or does a historical perspective reveal how past media have long framed children's cultural horizons or, perhaps, how families - however constituted - have long shaped the ways children relate to media?
In addressing such questions, the contributors present detailed empirical cases to uncover how children weave together diverse forms and technologies to create a rich symbolic tapestry which, in turn, shapes their social relationships. At the same time, many concerns - even public panics - arise regarding children's engagement with media, leading the contributors also to inquire into the risky or problematic aspects of today's highly mediated world.
Deliberately selected to represent as many parts of the globe as possible, and with a commitment to recognizing both the similarities and differences in children and young people's lives - from China to Denmark, from Canada to India, from Japan to Iceland, from - the authors offer a rich contextualization of children's engagement with their particular media and communication environment, while also pursuing cross-cutting themes in terms of comparative and global trends.
Each chapter provides a clear orientation for new readers to the main debates and core issues addressed, combined with a depth of analysis and argumentation to stimulate the thinking of advanced students and established scholars. Since children and young people are a focus of study across different disciplines, the volume is thoroughly multi-disciplinary. Yet since children and young people are all too easily neglected by these same disciplines, this volume hopes to accord their interests and concerns they surely merit. |
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Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State. |
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Semati, Mehdi/ 9780415583190/ Price:GBP 42.99
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Medien - Diversitat - Ungleichheit: Zur medialen Konstruktion sozialer Differenz. |
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Wischermann, Ulla/ 9783531153858/ Price:EUR 42.05
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Film, Media and Popular Culture in Ireland: Cityscapes, Landscapes, Soundscapes. |
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McLoone, Martin/ 9780716529361/ Price:US$ 32.50
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Jouralism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Tumber, Howard/ 9780415380874/ Price:GBP 280.00
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This new Major Work from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series is a four-volume set of key theoretical, empirical, and historical writings on journalism. Adopting a pluralist theoretical approach, the collection brings together the very best foundational and cutting-edge scholarship from the various disciplines that make up the field to comprise an internationally oriented reference work which contributes significantly to the social, economic, political, cultural, and practical understanding of journalism. The editorial scope of the collection is wide and inclusive and incorporates diverse perspectives from both current developments and historical changes within journalism and journalism studies.
The collection is divided into ten parts. Parts 1 (¡¥Histories¡¦), 2 (¡¥Definitions¡¦), and 3 (¡¥Socialization and the Newsroom¡¦) are contained in Volume I. Volume II consists of Parts 4 (¡¥Theories and Models¡¦) and 5 (¡¥Journalist¡XSource Models¡¦) while Parts 6 (¡¥Professionalism and Occupation¡¦), 7 (¡¥Education¡¦), and 8 (¡¥Ethics and Objectivity¡¦) make up Volume III. Finally, Parts 9 (¡¥Global News and Global Journalism¡¦) and 10 (¡¥Journalism and its Futures¡¦) can be found in Volume IV.
Journalism is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource. |
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Media Literacies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Mackey, Margaret/ 9780415422673/ Price:GBP 270.00
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The volumes in the collection gather both canonical and the finest cutting-edge scholarship on media literacies, exploring media technologies from a variety of perspectives. As well as focusing on the theoretical questions and the practical educational issues arising out of the constantly changing nature of the technological revolution, Media Literacies also examines the behaviours of media users themselves, from their first tacit understandings of how to make sense of a new kind of text to their later articulated and critical responses. This attention to users is reflected in the organization of the volumes. The editor, a leading scholar in the field, has organized the collection under the ¡¥verbs¡¦ of media behaviour: viewing, listening, game-playing, using the Internet, interacting with other people, information-seeking, and reading and writing in new times. The set also comprises a general introductory section and a final section exploring some of the engines that have driven media change (such as aesthetic developments, corporate priorities, political pressures, and a few select ¡¥global accelerators¡¦ of change: sports, religion, and the movement of people across national boundaries). |
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Language of Advertising, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cook, Guy/ 9780415412155/ Price:GBP 975.00
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Advertising is one of the most prominent, powerful, and ubiquitous contemporary uses of language. Its seductive and controversial quality has attracted consistent and intense attention across a range of academic disciplines including linguistics, media studies, politics, semiotics, and sociology.
The reasons for this academic interest are far from superficial. The study of advertising brings together many of the key social and political issues of our time: the new capitalism; globalization; overconsumption and the environment; cultural and individual identities; and the communications revolution. It provides insight into the ideologies and values of contemporary societies.
Advertising's creative use of language makes it a particularly rich site for language and discourse analysis. Operating in all media and exploiting the interaction between word, sound, and image, it provides a key location for studies of multimodal communication. Simultaneously poetic and commercial, it raises questions about the nature of creativity and art.
Ever since the intensification of advertising in the 1950s, leading scholars have analysed its use of language. This new four-volume Routledge Major Work brings together for the first time the most seminal and controversial works, allowing users to obtain a wide and inclusive view of this rewarding topic. It will be welcomed by scholars and other researchers in the field as an invaluable 'mini library' on the language of advertising. |
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Mass Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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McQuail, Denis/ 9781412922418/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Denis McQuail's Major Work in Mass Communication is another essential part of the SAGE Benchmark series. Drawing on both classic and contemporaneous sources, McQuail guides us through the central defining papers that anchor this field. Taken together, the four volumes will provide access to the key debates within the field and all the main lines of research that have emerged.
Denis McQuail's credentials as editor are impeccable - McQuail's Mass Communication is a central text now into its 5th edition, translated, used and respected globally. |
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The Art of Public Speaking. |
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Lucas, Stephen E./ 9780077220631/ Price:US$ 84.69
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Fundamentals of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication and the Biometric Issue. |
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Esposito, Anna/ 9781586037338/ Price:EUR 126.00
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The main theme of this publication is the fundamental features of verbal and nonverbal communication and their relationships with the identification of a person, his/her socio-cultural background and personal traits. The problem of understanding human behaviour in terms of personal traits, and the possibility of an algorithmic implementation that exploits personal traits to identify a person unambiguously, are among the great challenges of modern science and technology. On the one hand, there is the theoretical question of what makes each individual unique among all others that share similar traits, and what makes a culture unique among various cultures. On the other hand, there is the technological need to be able to protect people from individual disturbance and dangerous behaviour that could damage an entire community. As regards to the problem of understanding human behaviour, one of the most interesting research areas is that related to human interaction and face-to-face communication. It is in this context that knowledge is shared and personal traits acquire their significance. |
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Rise of American Radio, The., 6-Vols/Set. |
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Sterling, Christopher/ 9780415380836/ Price:GBP 105.00
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SAGE Handbook of Political Advertising, The. |
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Kaid, Lynda Lee/ 9781412917957/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The contributors to this Handbook examine the differences as well as the similarities of political advertising among the electoral processes of democracies globally. For each country or region, chapter authors provide an overview of research on political advertising and address political advertising history, political and regulatory systems related to political advertising, the effects of media system structures and the effects of new technologies on political advertising. The editors provide overview and comparative chapters and address the effects of political advertising on the voters and the systems of which it is a part. |
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SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication, The. |
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Manusov, Valerie/ 9781412904049/ Price:GBP 155.00
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This first of its kind handbook provides an up-to-date discussion of the central issues in nonverbal communication and examines the research that informs these issues. Editors Valerie Manusov and Miles Patterson bring together preeminent scholars, from a range of disciplines, to reveal the strength of nonverbal behavior as an integral part of communication. |
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| VA05-210 |
Sage Handbook of Gender and Communication, The. |
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Dow, Bonnie/ 9781412904230/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The Handbook of Gender and Communication begins from the premise that gender is, at once, an aspect of both individual identity and of social structure that dramatically and relentlessly shapes individual and collective life. Communication is central to this process, and the Handbook brings together leading scholars in the area who review and evaluate the state of research on gender and communication through discussion of existing theories and research as well as through identification of important directions for future scholarship. The Handbook includes a general introduction and five sections that focus on primary contexts in which gender and communication are shaped, reflected and expressed: interpersonal; organizational; rhetoric; media; and intercultural/global. |
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Cybercultures, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bell, David/ 9780415343985/ Price:GBP 79.99
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This impressive set provides a historical contextualization and up-to-date overview of 'cyberculture' - a term understood as the cultural perspective on new information and communications technologies. Presenting a comprehensive account of the evolution, current forms, uses and theories of cyberculture, it brings together a wide range of case studies and thought to create a unique, broad-based resource.
Divided into four volumes, each with three sections, the collection maps out key thinking, and features landmark publications as well as cutting-edge interventions. Reflecting the past, present and future developments of cyberculture studies, the selection of articles included in this important work highlight the diversity of approaches, subjects and methods of inquiry involved in this fascinating area. |
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Communication Theories, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cobley, Paul/ 9780415331975/ Price:GBP 280.00
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This collection provides a range of essays both canonical in, and at the cutting edge of, communication theory. Selections included provide in-depth theoretical analysis and theoretical overviews rather than specific study of phenomena within a given theoretical tradition. The set represents communication theory in a fashion cognisant with the breadth of communication - nonverbal and verbal - that takes place within the universe. However, there are also special sections devoted to language and media.
The four volumes provide academics and students with access to a free-standing body of theoretical work which is applicable to a range of different topics within communications, media and cultural studies. The set includes an introduction by the editor, a chronological table of articles and an index. |
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Visual Research Methods, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hamilton, Peter/ 9781412901512/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The use of visual evidence in social and cultural research is an exciting and stimulating area of growing interest bridging the social sciences and humanities. The burgeoning use of the internet has given a massive boost to use of, and interest in, varieties of visual information for research purposes. At the same time, these visual technologies themselves raise all sorts of methodological questions.
This collection brings together the contributions of key writers within both the symbolic and empirical research traditions, presenting the most influential statements on visual research methods and the central debates about visual culture in a diversity of fields. These range from art history, to history of photography, film studies, and aesthetics to media and communications studies, sociology and cultural studies, and social anthropology, social psychology and educational research.
Part I: Classical Historical Statements
Part II: The Objectivity of the Visual
Part III: Visual Technologies
Part IV: The Visual as Method |
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Asian Englishes, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Bolton, Kingsley/ 9780415374866/ Price:GBP 1100.00
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In recent decades, the cultural and linguistic legacies of the colonial era have been superseded by the globalization of English through the international mass media, particularly via satellite television and the Internet. In many societies that were previously the colonies of Anglophone powers, 'new Englishes' have appeared, visible most dramatically in the 'new literatures' of India, Singapore, the Philippines etc. However, many of these new Englishes are much older in provenance than many linguists have previously recognized. The process of British and American imperial expansion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries took the English language to many parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China and Japan. Indeed, it is typically in these initial stages of political, historical and cultural contact that we can identify the dynamics of 'languages in contact', and the origins of 'World Englishes', in a range of settings, including South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
This Major Work from Routledge, a new title in the History and Development of World Englishes series, is a unique reference collection. It brings together a range of sources, reprinted in facsimile, charting the spread of English throughout Asia and the development of 'Asian Englishes' from the eighteenth century through to the 1960s. |
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Coversation Analysis, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Drew, Paul/ 9781412918480/ Price:GBP 675.00
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It is now widely agreed that in latter part of the 20th century sociology has taken a 'linguistic turn'. One of the approaches to emerge out of the linguistic turn is conversation analysis, which is now recognized as one of the most distinctive and genuinely original approaches to the study of language, communication and social interaction to have emerged during the last forty years.
Research in conversation analysis over the past 30 years has shown how these and other technical aspects of talk-in-interaction are structured, socially organized resources - or methods - whereby participants perform and coordinate activities through talking together. Conversational interaction is the primordial site of human sociality. Thus these methods are the technical bedrock on which people build their social lives, and construct their social relations with one another.
This comprehensive collection, brought together by two of the leading figures in conversation analysis, will be indispensable to researchers in not only linguistics but sociology, social psychology, communications, and health sciences whose work involved the language and linguistic features of social action. |
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Cross-Cultural Communication. (DVD) |
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Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Frith, Simon/ 9780415299053/ Price:GBP 1200.00
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Popular music studies is a rapidly expanding field with changing emphases and agendas. The music industry has changed in recent years, as has governmental involvement in popular music schemes as part of the culture industry. The distinction between the major record labels and the outsider independents has become blurred over time. Popular music, as part of this umbrella of the culture industry, has been progressively globalized and globalizing. The tensions within popular music are now no longer between national cultural identity and popular music, but between the local and the global.
This four volume collection examines the changing status of popular music against this background. Simon Frith examines the heritage of popular music, and how technology has changed not only the production but the reception of this brand of sound. The collection examines how the traditional genres of rock, pop and soul have broken down and what has replaced them, as well as showing how this proliferation of musical styles has also splintered the audience of popular music. |
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Marshall McLuhan, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Genosko, Gary/ 9780415321693/ Price:GBP 825.00
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This collection contains key critical essays and assessments of the writings of Canadian communications thinker Marshall McLuhan selected from the voluminous output of the past forty years. McLuhan's famous aphorisms and uncanny ability to sense megatrends are once again in circulation across and beyond the disciplines. Since his untimely death in 1980, McLuhan's ideas have been rediscovered and redeployed with urgency in the age of information and cybernation.
Volume I: Fashion and Fortune
Part 1: What the fuss was about
Part 2: French Faction
Part 3: Canadiana
Volume II: Theoretical Elaborations
Part 1: Media, Matters, Bodies
Part 2: Communication, Culture, and Critical Theory
Part 3: Before and After the Letter: (Pre)Postmodern
Volume III: Renaissance for a Wired World
Part 1: Rise of the Cybernation
Part 2: Second Comings |
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SAGE Handbook of Media Studies, The. |
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Downing, John D. H./ 9780761921691/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies provides a state-of-the-art overview of media research and examines the theories, practices, and future of media studies. Editors John D.H. Downing, Denis McQuail, Philip Schlesinger, and Ellen Wartella have brought together a variety of U.S. and international contributors to provide a universal viewpoint of the increasingly diverse and globalized media studies field. The Handbook offers a comprehensive review of today's burgeoning field of media studies and examines five distinct areas including basic approaches to date, methods of media research, perspectives on media in society, the media mosaic, and the audience. It is an ideal resource for graduate courses in media studies, as well as an excellent addition to any academic library. |
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History of Early Television, A. 3-Vols/Set. |
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Herbert, Stephen/ 9780415326650/ Price:GBP 230.00
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This three volume collection reprints two important 1920s/30s books relating to television, and a collection of short articles covering the social, aesthetic and technical aspects of the medium. Items range from 1870s prophecies, experiments and cartoons, to 1930s accounts of the first public broadcasting systems in Britain, Germany, and the USA. The pieces are from newspapers, specialist journals of the period, and popular magazines. Technical articles included are chosen for their accessibility to non-specialists with limited technical knowledge. The selection comments on the progress of television in many parts of the world. |
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Literacy: Major Themes in Education, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Wray, David/ 9780415277082/ Price:GBP 825.00
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There can be few areas of education which have been more controversial than the teaching of literacy. In an increasingly information-dense society, the ability to make sense of and to produce text is crucial to success, and literacy has understandably assumed the burden of the benchmark of 'educatedness'.
This four-volume collection covers the major debates about exactly what it means to be literate and how literacy can best be taught. Rather than centering on the emotional reaction of mass media debates, this set focuses on research findings into processes and pedagogy. |
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Women, Islam and Cinema. |
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Donmez-Colin, Gonul/ 9781861892201/ Price:GBP 16.00
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This is the first book to examine the troubled relationships between women, Islam and cinema. Film critic and author Gonul Donmez-Colin explores the role of women as spectators, images and image constructors in the cinemas of the countries where Islam is the predominant religion, focusing on Iran and Turkey from the Middle East, drawing parallels from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the two Central Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union, and Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia, the prominently Muslim Asian countries with a challenging film industry. Some of the relevant films made in India by and for Muslim Indians are also explored. |
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Film Theory: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Simpson, Philip/ 9780415259712/ Price:GBP 290.00
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The last thirty years of the twentieth century saw the establishment of film studies as a major discipline in higher education throughout the world. Not only did film become a subject discipline in its own right, it also became a focus of study within the emergent fields of cultural studies, media studies and gender studies.
This major new collection:
¡P identifies the critical and theoretical concepts which have been most significant in the study of film
¡P presents chronologically the most influential and important writing on these concepts
¡P provides an historical and intellectual context for the material presented. |
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Hollywood: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Schatz, Tom/ 9780415281317/ Price:GBP 270.00
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'Hollywood' as a concept applies variously to a particular film style, a factory-based mode of film production, a cartel of powerful media institutions and a national (and increasingly global) 'way of seeing'. It is a complex social, cultural and industrial phenomenon and is arguably the single most important site of cultural production over the past century.
This collection brings together journal articles, published essays, book chapters and excerpts which explore Hollywood as a social, economic, industrial, aesthetic and political force, and as a complex historical entity. |
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Manuel Castells, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Webster F./ 9780761940432/ Price:GBP 500.00
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These volumes bring together major critical responses to, and engagement with, the work of Manuel Castells. Arguably the leading analyst of the current age, Castells' magnum opus, The Information Age, has been compared to the work of Karl Marx and Max Weber. His concept of `the network society' has influenced much recent social science and his ideas have been adopted in political and policy circles.
The volumes provide an unparalleled guide to the work of Castells. They demonstrate the roots of his thinking in Marxism and the shifts in his perspective. The selection if based along two principles: the chronological development of his thought and the sequence of his major publications.
Included here are critical engagements with Castells' work on the urban question, the city and grassroots; Marxism; the Information Age; the network society; power and identity; the new economy; and the sociology of social movements. |
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Encyclopedia of New Media, The: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology. |
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Jones, Steve/ 9780761923824/ Price:GBP 185.00
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From Amazon.com to virtual communities, the Encyclopedia of New Media presents more than 250 entries that place new communication technology, multimedia, entertainment and e-commerce within their social context. Each subject is examined in depth in a single, coherent article and the Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive, A-Z reference on the ongoing revolution in communications.
The Encyclopedia is edited by Steve Jones, one of the most renowned scholars of new media studies, and editor of two SAGE texts in this area Cybersociety 2.0 (1998) and Doing Internet Research (1999).
The 275 entries are balanced between information technology and the social landscape, include entries on both themes and theorists, and the volume includes 25 photographs.
Unlike many encyclopedias that provide short, fragmented entries, the Encyclopedia of New Media examines each subject in depth in a single, coherent article. Many articles span several pages and are presented in a large, double-column format for easy reading.
The Encyclopedia of New Media includes a comprehensive index as well as a readers guide that facilitates browsing and easy access to information.
Each entry includes a bibliography and suggestions for further reading, together with links to related topics in the Encyclopedia, making this an indispensable resource for students and academics in media and cultural studies and a must for both public and university libraries. |
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Auditioning for The Camera: Where Should You Look During an Audition? What Makes a Good Headshot? What Should You Wear? (DVD) |
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Awad, Paul/ F1121DVD/ Price:NT$ 5940.00
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Paul Awad, professional director and acting teacher, guides students through workshop exercises created to help actors make the most of their audition time, bring out their unique qualities and give them a solid grasp of the auditioning process and the skills necessary to get the part.
Subjects covered include: Head shots. The audition. Call-backs. Working with the camera. How to rehearse. Face time. |
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Cinemas of the World. |
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Chapman, James/ 9781861892287/ Price:GBP 12.95
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The cinema has been the pre-eminent popular art form of the 20th century. In Cinemas of the World, James Chapman examines the relationship between film and society in the modern world: film as entertainment medium, film as a reflection of national cultures and preoccupations, film as an instrument of propaganda. He also explores two interrelated issues that have recurred throughout the history of cinema: the economic and cultural hegemony of Hollywood on the one hand, and, on the other, the attempts of film-makers elsewhere to establish indigenous national cinemas drawing on their own cultures and societies.
Chapman examines the rise to dominance of Hollywood cinema in the silent and early sound periods. He discusses the characteristic themes of American movies from the Depression to the end of the Cold War especially those found in the western and film noir ¡V genres that are often used as vehicles for exploring issues central to us society and politics. He looks at national cinemas in various European countries in the period between the end of the First World War and the end of the Second, which all exhibit the formal and aesthetic properties of modernism. The emergence of the so-called ¡¥new cinemas¡¦ of Europe and the wider world since 1960 are also explored. |
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Entertainment and Media Law Reports Bound Volume 2002. |
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Arnold, Richard/ 9780421838109/ Price:GBP 540.00
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Entertainment and Media Law Reports is the first dedicated reporter of entertainment and media law cases, carrying many cases not currently published in full in any other law reports.
* Since its launch in 1993 it has rapidly established itself as the key point of reference for the courts and practitioners alike
* A fast and economical way of keeping abreast of the expanding case law in the area
* The Entertainment and Media Law Reports are essential to all those having to research, advise or litigate in these fields |
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Auditioning For Commercials. (DVD) |
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Awad, Paul/ F1120DVD/ Price:NT$ 5940.00
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Learn the process of auditioning for commercials and how to put your best foot forward. Through a relaxed workshop dialogue with professional director and acting teacher Paul Awad, students discuss and work through exercises designed to give them the techniques and skills necessary for a successful commercial audition.
Subjects covered include: Types of commercials. The cold reading. Breaking down the script. The audition. Selling the product. |
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Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Miller, Toby/ 9780415255028/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Television is a global phenomenon. This collection demonstrates its significance, as a field of study, to disciplines across both the humanities and social sciences. It brings together the most important writings on television in theoretical, historical, empirical and political terms. While the majority of material comes from the USA and Europe, there is also significant coverage of other international works. |
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Social Networks: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Scott, John/ 9780415251075/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Social networks as a concept was developed through social psychological work on the communication and leadership structures of small groups, and in sociological and anthropological work on kinship and community relations. From the 1960s, this idea came to be extended to a wider range of social relations (especially economic and political relations) through the formulation of mathematical models of networks. Advances in computing technology allowed the construction of more systematic and more powerful network methods.
The aim of this collection is to bring together the principal sources in the development of the techniques of social network analysis, from early metaphorical statements in Simmel and Radcliffe-Brown, through the more systematic explorations in sociology and social anthropology to contemporary formalizations.
A new introduction explores the history of social networks and highlights the arguments of those who treat social network analysis as a loose, qualitative approach, as well as those who see potential in its technical, mathematical uses. |
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Semiotics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Boklund-Lagopoulou, Karin/ 9780761974161/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Semiotics, the study of the sign systems that constitute human culture, has since its discovery in the late 19th century and early 20th century, transformed the ways in which we think about culture and communication. It has opened new areas of study and made fruitful connections between established disciplines. This four-volume set offers the most extensive, systematic and in-depth survey of the foundations and development of semiotics as a field. It covers foundational texts in semiotics, from the constitution of the field in the early 20th century, through its blossoming with the advent of structuralism in the 1960s and `70s and the formative dialogue between structuralism and Marxism. It goes on to present a representative selection of central essays in literary semiotics, narratology and poetics, the semiotics of anthropology, myth, art, architecture, music, theatre, film, fashion and other aspects of contemporary culture. Special attention is paid to the development of a poststructuralist, semiotically aware discourse in the analysis of culture and history, to the related areas of deconstruction and psychoanalysis, and to the current controversy over the possibilities and issues raised by a postmodernist semiotics.
The anthology offers a unique and valuable research tool for students and scholars alike in all areas of the social sciences and humanities, including linguistics, social and cultural anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, psychology, literature, and media and communication studies. |
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Consumption: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Miller, Daniel/ 9780415242660/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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These volumes comprise the most extensive guide to past and current research on the topic of consumption ever created. Ranging from the classic discussions of a century and more ago to the latest evidence for the diversity of consumption as it is actually practiced, this set is an essential foundation for one of the most rapidly growing areas of contemporary academic study.
The contents are highly inter-disciplinary, with approaches ranging from anthropology and media studies, to geography and business studies. Each discipline provides its own theories, perspectives and methodologies for studying this topic. These volumes also make use of the rapid increase in studies of actual consumption across the globe, with examples from China, Japan, India and South America. |
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Strange Sounds: Music, Technology and Cultu re |
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Timothy D. Taylor/ 9780415936842/ Price:GBP 36.99
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Foundations of Communications Policy: Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media. |
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Napoli, Philip M./ 9781572733435/ Price:US$ 27.50
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Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook: A Manual of Techniques and Practices. |
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Kalbfeld, Brad/ 9780071363884/ Price:US$ 30.00
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The Business of Children's Entertainment. |
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Pecora, Norma Odom/ 9781572302808/ Price:US$ 59.00
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For over 20 years, the development of children's television programming has been subsidized by toy manufacturers. The result has been an increased commercialization of children's popular culture - the creation of a "material world" of childhood characterized by brand-name toys, games, clothing, and television characters. Drawing on historical background and case studies, this book presents a unique look at the development of children as targets of the media and commercial industries, and examines the economic and social forces that have defined the evolution of children's entertainment. |
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Communications Policy and the Public Interest: The Telecommunications Act of 1996. |
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Aufderheide, Patricia/ 9781572304253/ Price:US$ 45.00
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The passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 inaugurated a new and highly volatile era in telecommunications. The first major overhaul of U.S. communications law since 1934--when no one had a television set, a cordless phone, or a computer--the Act was spurred into being by broad shifts in technology use. Equally important, this book shows, the new law reflects important changes in our notions of the purpose of communications regulation and how it should be deployed. Focusing on the evolution of the concept of the public interest, Aufderheide examines how and why the legislation was developed, provides a thematic analysis of the Act itself, and charts its intended and unintended effects in business and policy. An abridged version of the Act is included, as are the Supreme Court decision that struck down one of its clauses, the Communications Decency Act, and a variety of pertinent speeches and policy arguments. Readers are also guided to a range of organizations and websites that offer legal updates and policy information. |
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Communication Theory: Epistemological Foundations. |
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Anderson, James A./ 9781572300835/ Price:US$ 49.00
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This book provides a thorough analysis of the scientific, critical, and cultural questions at the foundation of theory-building in communication and other social sciences. Any claim to knowledge, the author explains, can be analyzed in terms of a series of characteristics: the object of its explanation, the explanatory form and evidentiary method employed, its characteristic explanations, the scope of its performance, and its consequences of value. From identifying basic epistemological questions to exploring the impact of the "knowledge industry" on society, the volume offers readers the analytical tools to understand, compare, and evaluate theories and their use both inside and outside the classroom. The book also includes a systematic analysis of communication's most influential theories and traces their genealogies across different content fields and disciplines. |
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Agents Tell it Like it is.(DVD) |
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Award winning director and distinguished acting coach Joel Asher interviews top commercial film and TV agents who candidly reveal what every actor should know. Subjects covered include: what agents look for in actors, which actors get signed, what should actors look for in agents and what makes a good agent. |
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Casting Directors Tell it Like it is. (DVD) |
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The Drama Teacher's Companion CDROM. |
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This text was written, not to teach people to teach, but rather to give teachers materials to make their teaching easier and to save them preparation time. Includes lesson plans, games, scripts and other materials designed for secondary drama students. The material is written in Adobe Acrobat and can be printed the way they are, or it can be copied and pasted into a word processor and edited. |
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Directors On Acting.(VHS/NTSC) |
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The relationship between Actor and Director is crucial. When it works "Magic" can happen on the screen. When it doesn't, careers can be ruined. This program presents five prominent film and television directors who explain how this collaboration works. |
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Directors On Acting.(DVD) |
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The relationship between Actor and Director is crucial. When it works "Magic" can happen on the screen. When it doesn't, careers can be ruined. This program presents five prominent film and television directors who explain how this collaboration works. |
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Movement for the Actor.(DVD) |
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Movement For The Actor.(CD-ROM) |
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Getting the Part.(DVD) |
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Building a Character.(CD-ROM) |
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Building a Character.(DVD) |
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