Communication studies Books
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Filmanalyse
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch vermittelt in kompakter Weise die Grundlagenterminologie zur Analyse filmischer Inszenierung. Ausgehend von den zentralen Gestaltungsebenen des Films - der visuellen Organisation des Bildfeldes durch die Kamera, der auditiven Gestaltung auf der Tonspur und der Synthese des Materials im Schnitt - wird Schritt für Schritt ein Vokabular zur Erfassung und Beschreibung der Filmform entwickelt. Dabei werden zentrale Gestaltungsmittel wie Kameraarbeit, Lichtsetzung und Bildgestaltung ebenso berücksichtigt wie Sounddesign und Filmmusik, Schnitt und Montage, Raumgestaltung und Filmarchitektur. Darauf aufbauend wird dieses Grundgerüst in einem abschließenden Teil mit dramaturgischen Organisationsmustern und narrativen Strategien des filmischen Erzählens verknüpft und um grundlegende Kategorien zur Beschreibung von Schauspielstilen und filmischen Gattungen ergänzt.Table of ContentsVisuelle Analyse.- Auditive Analyse.- Schnitt und Montage.- Narrative Analyse.- Schauspiel und Körperinszenierung.- Makroanalyse der formalen Gestaltungsstrategien.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die trügerische Akzeptanz von Islam,
Book SynopsisAndrea Brassel-Ochmann hinterfragt in diesem Buch die unbedingte und unbeschränkte Rede- und Meinungsfreiheit unserer vermeintlich tabulosen Gesellschaft. Sie legt das herrschende hegemoniale Meinungsklima offen und enthüllt Prozesse und Diskurse um Zugehörigkeit und Ausschluss, Abweichung und Normalität, Fremdheit und Alterität in den drei Untersuchungsfeldern Islam, Homosexualität und Suizid. Deutlich werden die gegenwärtigen Grenzen der Akzeptabilität in Deutschland, die sich in einem doppelten Meinungsklima, einer verlogenen Akzeptanz, offenbaren.Table of ContentsInhalt.- Einleitung.- Aufbau der Untersuchung.- Methodische Vorgehensweise und Einordnung der Untersuchung.- Zur Akzeptanz von Homosexualität.- Zur Akzeptanz des Islam.- Zur Akzeptanz von Suizid.- Zusammenfassung: An den Grenzen der Alltagswirklichkeit.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Risikokommunikation und Krisenkommunikation: Kommunikation von Behörden und die Erwartungen von Journalisten
Book SynopsisJulia Drews untersucht die Bedeutung von Risiko- und Krisenkommunikation bei deutschen Behörden. Sie analysiert die Erwartungen von Journalisten an diese Kommunikationsprozesse und inwiefern Behörden diese Erwartungen erfüllen. Das Thema wird am Beispiel der Kritischen Infrastruktur Lebensmittelversorgung eruiert. Zur Beantwortung der aus der Theorie resultierenden Forschungsfragen nutzt die Autorin ein szenariobasiertes Mehrmethodendesign mit vier einzelnen empirischen Untersuchungen.Table of ContentsIntegration von Risiko- und Krisenkommunikation.- Behördliche Logik bei Risiken und Krisen.- Interorganisationale Risiko- und Krisenkommunikation, One-voice-policy.- Mediale Logik bei Risiken und Krisen.- Organisationskommunikation und Journalismus im Kontext von Risiken und Krisen.- Journalistische Erwartungen und Ziele.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Ernährungskommunikation: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven – Theorien – Methoden
Book SynopsisDer Band bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über den Stand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Ernährungsforschung: von interdisziplinären Perspektiven, über Kontexte und theoretische Bezüge bis hin zu verschiedenen methodischen Ansätzen, die an exemplarischen Studien veranschaulicht werden. Damit ist der Band in seiner wissenschaftlichen Ausrichtung sowie seiner thematischen Fokussierung auf Ernährungskommunikation einzigartig und bezieht aktuelle gesellschaftliche Diskurse und Herausforderungen mit ein.Table of ContentsModernes Kommunikations- und Gesellschaftsverständnis.- Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Ernährung und Ernährungskommunikation.- Ausgewählte Kontexte und theoretische Bezüge gesellschaftlicher Ernährungskommunikation.- Ausgewählte methodische Ansätze im Forschungsfeld Ernährungskommunikation.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Kollaborative Stückentwicklung in der Schule
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Springer Vieweg Der Transfer populärkulturellen Wissens
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Grin Publishing From the personalization of politics to the interactive policy on social media The change of the communication paradigm
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Brill I Fink Lautbilder Und Maschinenschrift
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Nonverbale Kommunikation beim Verkauf
Table of ContentsA. Ziel und Aufbau der Arbeit.- B. Grundlagen der Nonverbalen Kommunikation.- 1. Begriffliche Grundlagen.- 1.1. Interaktion — Kommunikation.- 1.2. Verbale Kommunikation — Nonverbale Kommunikation.- 1.3. Kodierung kommunikativer Zeichen.- 1.4. Klassifikation kommunikativer Zeichen.- 2. Funktionen des nonverbalen Verhaltens.- 2.1. Kommunikation von Emotionen.- 2.1.1. Erklärung von Emotionen.- 2.1.2. Messung von Emotionen.- 2.1.2.1. Psychobiologische Indikatoren.- 2.1.2.2. Messung des subjektiven Erlebens.- 2.1.2.3. Beobachtung des Ausdrucksverhaltens.- 2.1.3. Die Bedeutung von Emotionen im Verkaufsgespräch.- 2.2. Kommunikation von Einstellungen.- 2.2.1. Erklärung von Einstellungen.- 2.2.2. Messung von Einstellungen.- 2.2.3. Die Bedeutung von Einstellungen im Verkaufsgespräch.- 2.2.3.1. Produktbezogene Einstellungen.- 2.2.3.2. Interpersonale Einstellungen.- 3. Nonverbale Kommunikationselemente im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.1. Die Gesichtssprache.- 3.1.1. Die Mimik als Kommunikator von Emotionen.- 3.1.1.1. Dekodierungsstudien.- 3.1.1.2. Enkodierungsstudien.- 3.1.1.3. Die Bedeutung der Mimik im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.1.2. Das Blickverhalten zur Beeinflussung des Kommunikationsablaufes.- 3.1.2.1. Das visuelle Verhalten als Informationssuche.- 3.1.2.2. Der Einfluß des visuellen Verhaltens auf die Interaktion.- 3.1.2.3. Visuelles Verhalten als Grundlage für Attributionen.- 3.1.2.4. Die Bedeutung des Blickverhaltens im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.2. Die Körpersprache.- 3.2.1. Die Gestik als Ausdruck der Intensität von Emotionen.- 3.2.1.1. Handbewegungen.- 3.2.1.2. Körperkontakt.- 3.2.1.3. Die Bedeutung der Gestik im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.2.2. Die Körperhaltung, -orientierung und -bewegung als Ausdruck von interpersonalen Einstellungen.- 3.2.2.1. Die emotionale Komponente der Körpersprache.- 3.2.2.2. Die Einstellungskomponente der Körpersprache.- 3.2.2.3. Distanzverhalten.- 3.2.2.4. Lokalisation.- 3.2.2.5. Die Bedeutung der Körperhaltung, -orientierung und -bewegung im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.3. Die vokale Kommunikation.- 3.3.1. Die vokale Kommunikation von Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen.- 3.3.2. Die vokale Kommunikation von Emotionen.- 3.3.3. Die Bedeutung der vokalen Kommunikation im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.4. Die Objektkommunikation.- 3.4.1. Die äußere Erscheinung.- 3.4.2. Objekte des persönlichen Gebrauches.- 3.4.3. Die Umwelt.- 3.4.4. Die Bedeutung der Objektkommunikation im Verkaufsgespräch.- C. Die Erfassung der Gesichts- und Körpersprache.- 1. Das Facial Action Coding System zur Erfassung der Gesichtssprache.- 1.1. Der Aufbau des Systems.- 1.2. Die Zuordnung von Emotionen zu Action Units.- 1.3. Auswertungs- und Berechnungsmöglichkeiten.- 2. Eine empirische Studie zur Validierung des Systems.- 2.1. Zielsetzung und Aufbau des Experimentes.- 2.2. Der Dekodierungsansatz.- 2.2.1. Herkunft des Datenmaterials.- 2.2.2. Der Versuchsablauf.- 2.2.3. Die Kodierung der Selbsteinschätzung.- 2.2.4. Analyse der Daten.- 2.3. Der Enkodierungsansatz.- 2.3.1. Die Kodierung der Fremdeinschätzung.- 2.3.2. Die Kodierung mit FACS.- 2.4. Analyse der Daten.- 2.4.1. Hypothese 1.- 2.4.2. Hypothese 2.- 2.4.3. Hypothese 3.- 2.4.4. Güte der Daten.- 2.5. Zusammenfassung und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- 2.6. Folgerungen für die Marketingpraxis.- 2.6.1. Beurteilung des Meßansatzes.- 2.6.2. Entwicklung von EmFACS.- 2.7. Die Bedeutung des Facial Action Coding Systems für Verkaufsgespräche.- 3. Das Berner System zur Erfassung der Körpersprache.- 3.1. Die Positions-Zeitreihen-Notation als Basis der Transkriptionsanalyse.- 3.2. Auswertungs- und Berechnungsmöglichkeiten.- 3.2.1. Die Auswertung der Datenmatrix.- 3.2.2. Die Auswertung der Zeitreihen.- 4. Eine empirische Studie.- 4.1. Zielsetzung und Aufbau des Experimentes.- 4.2. Graphische Datenanalyse.- 4.3. Quantitative Datenanalyse.- 4.4. Zusammenfassung und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- 4.5. Die Bedeutung des Berner Systems für Verkaufsgepräche.- D. Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Grundlagen.- 1. Der Verkaufsvorgang als sozialer Prozeß.- 1.1. Die Aktivierungstheorie.- 1.1.1. Grundlagen der Aktivierungstheorie.- 1.1.2. Die Bedeutung der Aktivierungstheorie für Verkaufsgespräche.- 1.2. Die Interaktionstheorie.- 1.2.1. Grundlagen der Interaktionstheorie.- 1.2.2. Die Bedeutung der Interaktionstheorie für Verkaufsgespräche.- 1.3. Theorien der beeinflussenden Kommunikation.- 2. Die Phasen des Verkaufsgespräches.- 2.1. Die Eröffnungsphase.- 2.2. Die Verhandlungsphase.- 2.3. Die Abschlußphase.- E. Exploration des Verkäuferverhaltens.- 1. Zielsetzung der Studie.- 2. Erhebung der Daten.- 2.1. Auswahl der relevanten Produktgruppe und des Verkaufspersonals.- 2.2. Die Beobachtung der Verkäufer.- 2.3. Die Erfassung des verbalen Verhaltens.- 2.4. Die Befragung der Kunden.- 3. Analyse der Daten.- 3.1. Die Ergebnisse der Kundenbefragung.- 3.2. Die Ergebnisse der Verhaltensbeobachtung.- 3.3. Die Ergebnisse des verbalen Verhaltens.- 3.4. Güte der Daten.- 4. Zusammenfassung und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- 5. Folgerungen für die Verkaufspraxis.- F. Ableitung Erfolgreicher Kommunikations Trategien.- 1. Der Zusammenhang zwischen verbaler und onverbaler Kommunikation.- 1.1. Vermeidung von Reaktanz.- 1.2. Ansprache sozialer Motive.- 1.3. Die zweiseitige Argumentation.- 2. Ziele im Verkaufgespräch.- 2.1. Die Eröffnungsphase.- 2.2. Die Verhandlungsphase.- 2.3. Die Abschlußphase.- 3. Sympathie und Vertrauen als Basis einer effizienten Bedarfsanalyse.- 3.1. Kontakt mit dem Kunden herstellen.- 3.2. Informationen über den Kunden und seinen Bedarf sammeln.- 4. Die Entwicklung eines bedarfsgerechten Angebotes.- 4.1. Motivansprache durch nutzenorientierte Information und Argumentation.- 4.2. Die Produktdemonstration.- 4.3. Das Preisgespräch.- 5. Der erfolgreiche Abschluß.- 5.1. Herbeiführen der Kaufentscheidung.- 5.2. Die Verabschiedung.- 6. Verbale und nonverbale Strategien zur Konflikbewältigung und Einwandbehandlung.- 7. Zusammenfassende Schlußbetrachtung.- G. Literaturverzeichnis.
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Universitatsverlag Winter A Drillbook of English Phonetics
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Lit Verlag Perspectives on Competition in Transportation:
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Westend Mediensystem und öffentliche Sphäre in der Krise
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Blume Leer a Las Personas: Comprenda El Comportamiento.
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Nordic Academic Press Circulation of Knowledge: Explorations into the
Book SynopsisHistorians have long been interested in knowledge - its nature and origin, and the circumstances under which it was createdbut it has only been in recent years that the history of knowledge has emerged as an academic field in its own right. In Circulation of Knowledge, a group of Nordic scholars explore a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to this new and exciting area of historical research. The question of knowledge in motion is central to their investigations, and especially how knowledge is transformed when it circulates between different societal arenas, literary genres, or forms of media. Reflecting on twelve empirical studies, from sixteenth-century cartography to sexology in the 1970s, the authors make a significant contribution to the growing international research on the history of knowledge.
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Springer Nature Singapore Being Present Mobile Cinema in Kham Tibetan Areas
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Ethics in the Digital Domain
Book SynopsisRobert S. Fortner is a research professor of communication at the University of Illinois. He has published widely on international communication, global public diplomacy, the history of international media, media ethics, and media theory. He has extensive experience teaching, lecturing, and interacting with media practitioners in various countries around the world from Moscow to Nairobi and Abidjan to Ulaanbaatar.
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The University of Chicago Press Telling About Society
Book SynopsisExplores the unconventional ways we communicate what we know about society to others. This book explores the many ways knowledge about society can be shared and interpreted through different forms of telling including fiction, films, photographs, maps, mathematical models, many of which remain outside the boundaries of conventional social science.Trade Review"Telling About Society should carry a warning label: 'Do not start reading unless you're prepared to spend the next few hours having your horizons broadened and your understanding of social sciences deepened. Further, prepare to abandon any belief that insight and originality are incompatible with clarity, accessibility, and plain good writing.' This book will immediately take its place on my shelves and my students' reading lists alongside Becker's Tricks of the Trade as an indispensable introduction to thinking about social science theory and research." - Larry Gross, professor and director, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California"
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The University of Chicago Press Economy of Words
Book SynopsisWorking at the intersection of anthropology, linguistics, and economics, the author shows how central bankers have been engaging in communicative experiments that predate the financial crisis and continue to be refined amid its unfolding turmoil - experiments that do not merely describe the economy, but actually create its distinctive features.Trade Review"This remarkable ethnography of monetary policy making by central bankers, and the academics with whom they engage intellectually, sets a new standard for the anthropology of finance. Up to now, we have lacked a careful, detailed account of how economic facts are performed that is rigorous and empirical enough to convince those whose intellectual propensities lie elsewhere. Economy of Words is such a book." (Annelise Riles, author of Collateral Knowledge)"
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The University of Chicago Press Crafting Equality Americas AngloAfrican Word New
Book SynopsisPhilosophers and historians often treat fundamental concepts like equality as if they existed only as fixed ideas found solely in the canonical texts of civilization. In Crafting Equality, Celeste Michelle Condit and John Louis Lucaites argue that the meaning of at least one key wordequalityhas been forged in the day-to-day pragmatics of public discourse. Drawing upon little studied speeches, newspapers, magazines, and other public discourse, Condit and Lucaites survey the shifting meaning of equality from 1760 to the present as a process of interaction and negotiation among different social groups in American politics and culture. They make a powerful case for the critical role of black Americans in actively shaping what equality has come to mean in our political conversation by chronicling the development of an African-American rhetorical community. The story they tell supports a vision of equality that embraces both heterogeneity and homogeneity as necessary for maintaining the ba
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The University of Chicago Press Handbook for Science Public Information Officers
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The University of Chicago Press To Dwell among Friends
Book SynopsisAn analysis of the influence of urban life on society compares and contrasts personal relationships in large cities with those in small towns.
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The University of Chicago Press Rhetorical Memory A Study of Technical
Book SynopsisInstitutions have regimes-policies that typically come from the top down and are meant to align the efforts of workers with the goals and mission of an institution. Institutions also have practices-day-to-day behaviors performed by individual workers attempting to interpret the institution's missives. Taken as a whole, these form a company's memory regime, and they have a significant effect on how employees analyze, mix, translate, sort, filter, and repurpose everyday information in order to meet the demands of their jobs, their customers, their colleagues, and themselves. In Rhetorical Memory, Stewart Whittemore demonstrates that strategies we use to manage information-techniques often acquired through trial and error, rarely studied, and generally invisible to us-are as important to our success as the end products of our work. First, he situates information management within the larger field of rhetoric, showing that both are tied to purpose, audience, and situation. He then dives i
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The University of Chicago Press To Dance is Human A Theory of Nonverbal
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The University of Chicago Press Political Style The Artistry of Power
Book SynopsisThis study analyzes four dominant political styles: realist; courtly; republican; and bureaucratic. It examines political artistry in figures from antiquity to the modern day, and discusses the problems faced by each style, as well as the social and moral consequences of each style's success.
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The University of Chicago Press News
Book SynopsisFor over thirty years, News: The Politics of Illusion has not simply reflected the political communication field it has played a major role in shaping it. Today, the familiar news organizations of the legacy press are operating in a fragmenting and expanding mediaverse that resembles a big bang of proliferating online competitors that are challenging the very definition of news itself. Audience-powered sites such as the Huffington Post and Vox blend conventional political reporting with opinion blogs, celebrity gossip, and other ephemera aimed at getting clicks and shares. At the same time, the rise of serious investigative organizations such as ProPublica presents yet a different challenge to legacy journalism. Lance Bennett's thoroughly revised tenth edition offers the most up-to-date guide to understanding how and why the media and news landscapes are being transformed. It explains the mix of old and new, and points to possible outcomes. Where areas of change are clearly established
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The University of Chicago Press Bad News Good News Conversational Order in
Book SynopsisUncovering the verbal and nonverbal patterns in the bearing of news on everyday conversations, as well as hospitals and other settings, Maynard shows how people give and receive good or bad news, how they come to realize the news and share it with others.
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The University of Chicago Press Gesture and Thought
Book SynopsisThe shape and timing of gestures depends not only on what speakers see but on what they take to be distinctive; this, in turn, depends on the context. Those who remembered the same context saw the same distinctions and used similar gestures. This book presents a study of how we communicate and how language is connected to thought.Trade Review"David McNeill's book is a momentous contribution to our understanding of kinetic and visual expression.... McNeill's detailed descriptions of how gestures represent ideas contribute greatly to our understanding of images as carriers of abstractions." - Rudolf Arnheim, Leonardo"
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The University of Chicago Press Politics for Everybody Reading Hannah Arendt in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Animated not just by a theoretical and academic interest in Arendt’s work, but also by a practical intent to change the current manner of seeing politics and improve the quality of citizenship and freedom, as well as the daily art of living together. . . Written not only from the scholar’s but also from the citizen’s perspective and with the critical responsibility of the public intellectual for the values and culture of his society. . . . In a sense, the main message of O’Gorman’s book is that, if we are to properly rise to the challenges of the twenty-first century, in a world that is increasingly characterized by change and uncertainty and where strangers are, literally, at our doors, we need to relearn the art of living together, as strangers and across our differences, and of imagining and creating together “new, relatively stable political orders."" * The Review of Politics *"An unusually learned and layered treatise on the current state of US democratic society. It deserves to be engaged widely—within rhetorical studies, alongside exemplary works on Arendt from scholars like Ronald Arnett, and in multiple scholarly and civic communities beyond. Indeed, O'Gorman's intellectual work in Politics for Everybody is dexterous yet broadly accessible, suited to a contemporary revival of interest in Arendt among academic as well as bestseller lists amid fears of democratic erosion and creeping authoritarianism." * Quarterly Journal of Speech *“In Politics for Everybody, O’Gorman presents a concise and engaging argument for why political participation, leadership, and judgment are honorable and essential practices for a free society. His prose is clear and accessible, and at times truly eloquent. More than just a superb introduction to Arendt, this book could directly improve civic life in the United States.” * Robert Hariman, Northwestern University *“Politics for Everybody is a brave and successful attempt to introduce readers to Arendt’s ideas of politics in the face of the distorted examples in contemporary political thinking and acting. O’Gorman’s assumes—rightly, I think—that people are ready to hear a new case made for politics and the political, terms which here refer to an activity and an attitude, an ethic and an ethos. All those interested in contemporary politics will profit from meditating on O’Gorman’s rethinking of what politics should be about.” * Richard H. King, University of Nottingham *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction. Prodigal Politics Chapter 1. Untwisting Politics Chapter 2. Phenomenal Politics Chapter 3. Judging Politics Chapter 4. Lies, Damned Lies, and Politics Chapter 5. Why We Need Rhetoric Chapter 6. The Political Imagination (or, Freedom!) Conclusion. Politics Reborn Acknowledgments Artist Statement Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Politics for Everybody
Book SynopsisIn this age of nearly unprecedented partisan rancor, you'd be forgiven for thinking we could all do with a smaller daily dose of politics. In his provocative and sharp book, however, Ned O'Gorman argues just the opposite: Politics for Everybody contends that what we really need is to do is engage more deeply with politics, rather than chuck the whole thing out the window. In calling for a purer, more humanistic relationship with politics--one that does justice to the virtues of open, honest exchange--O'Gorman draws on the work of Hannah Arendt (1906-75). As a German-born Jewish thinker who fled the Nazis for the United States, Arendt set out to defend politics from its many detractors along several key lines: the challenge of separating genuine politics from distorted forms; the difficulty of appreciating politics for what it is; the problems of truth and judgment in politics; and the role of persuasion in politics. O'Gorman's book offers an insightful introduction to Arendt's thought
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The University of Chicago Press Institutional Literacies
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book will inform a diverse array of readers and stakeholders on university campuses about the need to develop a set of literate practices to better understand the impact of technology on teaching and learning. Altogether, it is a phenomenal contribution to conversations in rhetoric and composition and beyond that, like so much of Selber’s work, will become canonical in a range of disciplines.” * Kristine L. Blair, Duquesne University *"In arguing that writing and communication teachers should strategically engage with academic IT, Selber has done the field an important service, providing both grounds and methods for future pedagogical, administrative, and research projects that engage these powerful institutional entities." * Journal of Business and Technical Communication *"A must-read for a diverse array of readers, such as academic IT specialists, teachers, students, school administrators, university stakeholders, and all of those in academia who are increasingly spending more time online, relying more on IT resources, and contributing more content to digital environments." * International Journal of Communication *"In conclusion, Selber’s Institutional Literacies expands our understanding of how academic IT units function to enable, constrain, and shape literacy practices. This understanding is particularly useful for teachers in the pandemic context that has significantly increased the need for online education as well as reliance on and collaboration with information technology for teaching and learning purposes." * Composition Forum *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Situating Academic IT 2 Historicizing Academic IT 3 Spatializing Academic IT 4 Textualizing Academic IT 5 Engaging Academic IT References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Fear of Diversity The Birth of Political Science
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book will inform a diverse array of readers and stakeholders on university campuses about the need to develop a set of literate practices to better understand the impact of technology on teaching and learning. Altogether, it is a phenomenal contribution to conversations in rhetoric and composition and beyond that, like so much of Selber’s work, will become canonical in a range of disciplines.” * Kristine L. Blair, Duquesne University *"In arguing that writing and communication teachers should strategically engage with academic IT, Selber has done the field an important service, providing both grounds and methods for future pedagogical, administrative, and research projects that engage these powerful institutional entities." * Journal of Business and Technical Communication *"A must-read for a diverse array of readers, such as academic IT specialists, teachers, students, school administrators, university stakeholders, and all of those in academia who are increasingly spending more time online, relying more on IT resources, and contributing more content to digital environments." * International Journal of Communication *"In conclusion, Selber’s Institutional Literacies expands our understanding of how academic IT units function to enable, constrain, and shape literacy practices. This understanding is particularly useful for teachers in the pandemic context that has significantly increased the need for online education as well as reliance on and collaboration with information technology for teaching and learning purposes." * Composition Forum *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Situating Academic IT 2 Historicizing Academic IT 3 Spatializing Academic IT 4 Textualizing Academic IT 5 Engaging Academic IT References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Political Perversion Rhetorical Aberration in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The problem Gunn takes up here is the current status of political discourse in the time of the Trump presidency. In my opinion, no rhetorical problem could be more significant to examine for the future of what we might become as a nation. It is both timely and timeless."--Thomas S. Frentz, University of ArkansasTable of ContentsPreambling toward Profligacy Introduction: Eating Poorly, or Ketchup on a Steak 1. On Critical Violence 2. The Psychoses of Speed, with the Example of Social Networking 3. The Perverse Style, with Eventual Reference to Pee-wee Herman 4. Showmancing the Presidency: Perverse Genres and the Problem of Judgment Conclusion: Don’t Play (with) That Acknowledgments Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press Political Perversion Rhetorical Aberration in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The problem Gunn takes up here is the current status of political discourse in the time of the Trump presidency. In my opinion, no rhetorical problem could be more significant to examine for the future of what we might become as a nation. It is both timely and timeless."--Thomas S. Frentz, University of ArkansasTable of ContentsPreambling toward Profligacy Introduction: Eating Poorly, or Ketchup on a Steak 1. On Critical Violence 2. The Psychoses of Speed, with the Example of Social Networking 3. The Perverse Style, with Eventual Reference to Pee-wee Herman 4. Showmancing the Presidency: Perverse Genres and the Problem of Judgment Conclusion: Don’t Play (with) That Acknowledgments Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press Microsociology Discourse Emotion and Social
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The University of Chicago Press 911 The Culture of Commemoration
Book SynopsisConsidering the ways the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have been aestheticized, exploited, and appropriated, this title examines the complex and paradoxical character of American public discourse since then. Calling for a sustained cultural and theoretical analysis, it considers these events with a perspective grounded in the humanities.Trade Review"Simpson's book is a necessary attempt to critically engage what we call '9/11' as a singular moment in the history of memory, as a cultural event. Its major contribution resides in that it forces us to reflect on the monumental imprint of 9/11 and on its dissemination and circulation in public mourning and remembrance, in architecture and memorialization. The book articulates a passionate and ethical call for cultural and theoretical analysis." - Gil Anidjar, Columbia University"
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The University of Chicago Press The Architectonics of Meaning Foundations of the
Book SynopsisThe Architectonics of Meaning is a lucid demonstration of the purposes, methods, and implications of philosophical semantics that both supports and builds on Richard McKeon's and other noted pluralists' convictions that multiple philosophical approaches are viable. Watson ingeniously explores ways to systematize these approaches, and the result is a well-structured instrument for understanding texts. This book exemplifies both general and particular aspects of systematic pluralism, reorienting our understanding of the realms of knowing, doing, and making.
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McGill-Queen's University Press Sound and Noise
Book SynopsisThis book is about how you listen and what you hear, about how to have a dialogue with the sounds around you. Marcia Jenneth Epstein gives readers the impetus and the tools to understand the sounds and noise that define their daily lives in this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study of how auditory stimuli impact both individuals and communities. Epstein employs scientific and sociological perspectives to examine noise in multiple contexts: as a threat to health and peace of mind, as a motivator for social cohesion, as a potent form of communication and expression of power. She draws on a massive base of specialist literature from fields as diverse as nursing and neuroscience, sociology and sound studies, acoustic ecology and urban planning, engineering, anthropology, and musicology, among others, synthesizing and explaining these findings to evaluate the ubiquitous effects of sound in everyday life. Epstein investigates speech and music as well as noise and explores their physical anTrade Review"Personal, descriptive, and filled with anecdotes and everyday life examples, Sound and Noise often addresses the reader in the second person, posing ethical questions and dilemmas and raising controversial issues. An excellent and provocative book." Barry Truax, Simon Fraser University and editor of Handbook for Acoustic Ecology
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McGill-Queen's University Press Eyewitness Textures UserGenerated Content and
Book SynopsisJournalists are increasingly incorporating user-generated content into news stories. Tracing recent shifts in journalism practice around the world, Eyewitness Textures examines the creative adaptation and strategies of journalists and news organizations in the face of transformative technological change.Trade Review“This book explores the breadth of new dimensions crucial to understanding the implications of user-generated content today. While this kind of content has become commonplace, the blurred distinctions between it and citizen witnessing, or between witnessing in general and the processes of publication, are not easily resolved. The global case studies and dialogues in Eyewitness Textures constitute a particularly thoughtful and enriching discussion that moves beyond the familiar accounts of user-generated content we are so used to hearing.” Scott A. Eldridge II, University of Groningen and author of Online Journalism from the Periphery: Interloper Media and the Journalistic Field
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Columbia University Press The Press Presidents and Crises
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Columbia University Press Parchment Printing and Hypermedia
Book SynopsisThis text considers the ebb and flow of political power and authority as a function of changes in modes of communication. It examines the emergence of printing and its impact on the transformation of medieval to the modern order and then considers the impact of digital electronic communications.
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Columbia University Press Journalistic Authority Legitimating News in the
Book SynopsisWhen we encounter a news story, why do we accept its version of events? Matt Carlson weaves together journalistsâ relationships with their audiences, sources, technologies, and critics to present a new model for understanding journalism as a relationship while advocating for practices we need in an age of fake news and shifting norms.Trade ReviewThe most comprehensive statement about journalistic authority I have ever read-bar none. Journalistic Authority fills a gaping hole in the scholarship and will be cited as an important and significant work in the field going forward. -- Sue Robinson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Matt Carlson unpacks the historical, philosophical, and embodied linkages between professionalism and authority, and, in what amounts to a major contribution, assesses the present state of journalistic authority. Among the book's many strengths is its very generous and catholic embrace of literatures from a broad swath of disciplines-sociology, political science, philosophy, history, and, of course, communication, journalism, and media studies. -- Linda Steiner, University of MarylandTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Many Relationships of Journalism Part I. Foundations of Journalistic Authority 1. Professionalism as Privilege and Distance: Journalistic Identity 2. Texts and Textual Authority: Forms of Journalism 3. Telling Stories About Themselves: Journalism's Narratives Part II. Journalistic Authority in Context 4. Recognizing Journalistic Authority: The Public's Opinion 5. Legitimating Knowledge Through Knowers: News Sources 6. Mediating Authority: The Technologies of Journalism 7. Challenging Journalistic Authority: The Role of Media Criticism Conclusion: The Politics of Journalistic Authority Notes Index
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Columbia University Press American Eloquence
Book SynopsisThis book examines a wide swath of political discourse to shed new light on the meaning and significance of eloquence. Roderick P. Hart, a leading scholar of political communication, develops new ways of measuring persuasiveness and rhetorical power through the use of computer-based methods.Trade ReviewThis brilliant book was like taking a walk through US history with a good (and smart!) friend by my side. I was excited to see where many of my favorites, like Barbara Jordan, would land in Hart’s assessment. I truly enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to all who care about our democracy and where it is going. -- Terri Givens, author of Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial DividesIn this eloquent analysis of eloquence, Roderick Hart pulls out all the stops to diagnose, to redeem, and even to measure. Eloquence can be unsafe and even illegal, but it can also save us. Itself a compendium of eloquent remarks by others (and the author), this book might be just what is needed as American democracy hangs in the balance. -- John Durham Peters, coauthor of Promiscuous Knowledge: Information, Image, and Other Truth Games in HistoryAmerican Eloquence marshals Hart’s decades of experience as a rhetorical critic, bolstered by the calculative capacity of the digital humanities, to illustrate why “eloquence is an abiding human need.” Readers will find his Eloquence Index stimulating, and the author’s rapid-fire wit should keep everyone engaged. -- Celeste Michelle Condit, author of Angry Public Rhetorics: Global Relations and Emotion in the Wake of 9/11Democracy at once depends upon eloquence and treats eloquence suspiciously. The label can serve as praise, as denigration, even as a backhanded compliment or a self-own. Using a remarkable range of method, American Eloquence presents a compelling, sophisticated, and approachable account of what makes eloquence work and how it animates political discourse in the United States. -- Andrew Perrin, author of American Democracy: From Tocqueville to Town Halls to TwitterOne of our most adroit scholars of American political speech, Rod Hart wrests eloquence from all its contradictions--from its power to inspire the better angels of our nation to the dangers of disinformation, demonization and demagoguery. American Eloquence is thought provoking, fun, nostalgic, sometimes scary but always bracing. -- Charlton McIlwain, author of Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives MatterTable of Contents1. Eloquence: Why?2. Eloquence: When and Where?3. Eloquence: How?4. Cultural Resonance5. Personal Investment6. Poetic Imagination7. Eloquence Assessed8. Eloquence TomorrowAppendix: “Importance” Versus “Eloquence” Rankings for Twentieth-Century SpeechesAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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University of Illinois Press Normative Theories of the Media
Book SynopsisA contemporary analysis of mass media and modern democracyTrade ReviewAwarded the Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for best research-based book on journalism/mass communication, 2010. "[The contributors] see four roles for the press: a monitor of events in the world, a facilitator of democratic decision making, a radical communicator free of any restraint, and a collaborator with those in power. Each of these four is explained in detail, with many excellent examples. . . . Highly recommended.”--Choice"A deeper and more satisfactory approach to tackling many of the issues first raised in Four Theories [of the Press]."--Australian Journalism Review"This long-awaited book by a group of the most distinguished scholars of journalism and the media will define the terms of discussion of normative theory for the next generation."--John C. Nerone, coauthor of The Form of News: A HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction: Beyond Four Theories of the Press; Part One: Normative Theory; Chapter 1. Evolution of Normative Traditions; Chapter 2. Characteristics of Normative Theory; Part Two: Democracy; Chapter 3. Principles and Practice of Democracy; Chapter 4. Roles of News Media in Democracy; Part Three: Roles; Chapter 5. Monitorial Role; Chapter 6. Facilitative Role; Chapter 7. Radical Role; Chapter 8. Collaborative Role; Prospects; Conclusion; References
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University of Illinois Press Radios Hidden Voice
Book SynopsisA detailed study of American public radio's early historyTrade ReviewWinner of the Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2010. "Undergirding this discussion with prodigious research in primary sources, Slotten provides an ambitious history of public broadcasting in the US. . . . Recommended."--Choice"This is a masterful work. It is for anyone interested in exploring the ways in which education institutions helped develop broadcast policy in the United States."--Journalism History"A gem of a look a the birth of public broadcasting."--Jhistory"An important contribution to the histories of both radio and higher education."--The Annals of Iowa"Impressively researched and clearly written, Radio's Hidden Voice recovers a lost and important chapter in American broadcasting history."--James L. Baughman, author of Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961"This thoroughly researched and engaging account constitutes an important contribution to the growing shelf of scholarship on public radio, early radio history, and on questions of how the 'public interest' has been defined in broadcast and communication policy in the twentieth century."--Jason Loviglio, author of Radio's Intimate Public: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated DemocracyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Prologue 1 1. Public-Service Experimentation, Land-Grant Universities, and the Development of Broadcasting in the United States, 1900-1925 9 2. University Stations, Extension Ideals, and Broadcast Practices during the 1920s 40 3. Public-Service Broadcasting and the Development of Radio Policy, 1900-1927 80 4. The Federal Radio Commission and the Decline of Noncommercial Educational Stations, 1927-34 113 5. Education and the Fight to Reform Radio Broadcasting, 1930-36 152 6. Broadcast Practices and the Stabilization of Noncommercial Stations during the 1930s and 1940s 178 7. Network Practices, Government Oversight, and Public-Service Ideals: The University of Chicago Round Table 216 Epilogue 239 Abbreviations 251 Notes 257 Index 305
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University of Illinois Press We Are the Union Democratic Unionism and Dissent
Book SynopsisA timely account of workers taking back their unionTrade Review"Provides readers with the authentic voices of workers struggling to be heard."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review"[A] detailed and well-researched study. . . . Makes a case for a more aggressive, more democratic labor movement that could reverse declining union membership density. Recommended."--Choice"Cloud poignantly portrays the exhausting costs of activism—personal, financial, and political."--Journal of American History"Dana Cloud explores how rank-and-file workers used their union both to advance their interests and to challenge the company. The author and her narrators together shape a history of a strong intra-union protest movement and expose the narrators' disagreements with one another about strategy along the way."--Oral History Review"The book connects the subterranean intellectual tradition of militant worker history. . . . with struggles unfolding in the current political conjuncture. . . . An exceptional contribution to labor movement and rhetorical scholarship and the promise that the insights of this scholarship can impact the world beyond the walls of the academy."--Rhetoric Society Quarterly"Highly recommended."--Labour/Le Travail"We Are the Union offers an excellent cautionary tale to union educators, activists, and leaders for finding ways to reinvigorate the American labor movement in the face of union bureaucracy and hostile employers and their political supporters."--Labor Studies Journal"Dana Cloud's We are the Union demonstrates the importance of local actors in union change and renewal. . . . [and] how workers are aware of the various types of discrimination and their agency in navigating the spaces of discrimination. Various audiences. . . . could benefit from this text including labor scholars and activists, communications scholars and qualitative researchers."--Work, Employment and Society "Dana L. Cloud raises vital, critical questions: Why have union reformers had so little success in the last thirty-five years? To what extent have their own analyses, actions, and choices contributed to the shortfalls or outright failures of their efforts? Given the deepening crisis of the U.S. labor movement, it is well past time to ask these questions. This will be a widely read and passionately contested contribution to contemporary labor history."--Peter Rachleff, author of Hard Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement "We Are the Union is an important record and analysis of rank-and-file voices during a key period in the union democracy movement at Boeing. The depth of the conversations Dana L. Cloud documents, along with her engagement with workers' stories, disputes media propaganda that workers are selfish and think only of themselves rather than the greater common good."--Deepa Kumar, author of Outside the Box: Corporate Media, Globalization, and the UPS Strike
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University of Illinois Press The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine
Book SynopsisRadically revising literary history by revisiting periodicalsTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2013 EBSCO host-Research Society for American Periodicals (RSAP) Book Prize, 2013 Notable Title, Annual Book Award, Society for US Intellectual History, 2013. "Essential… The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture deserves to be dubbed In dispensable. As the most sustained and persuasive analysis of the early American magazine's cultural significance that we possess,and as the most detailed account of its repeated failure to prosper, Gardner's book is notable for its ability to draw broad conclusions and strong claims from the material it treats."--Amerikastudien / American Studies "The book offers much food for thought in depicting an 18th-century version of an inclusive public sphere, where semi-anonymous voices engaged in an ongoing virtual conversation without seeking recognition or profits."--Journal of Magazine & New Media Research "An eloquent picture of magazine journalism's place in literary history as the seminal contributor to the beginnings of the great American novel."--American Journalism"Jared Gardner provides an innovative account of the place of the magazine in U.S. literary history that allows for a reimagining of a large part of the conventional wisdom of the field. His well-written, original book situates magazine culture between and against the newspaper press on one hand and the novel on the other, and he usefully explains both the curious career trajectories of a number of familiar writers and the reasons why intelligent men and women continued to produce magazines without rational expectation of commercial success or viability."--John C. Nerone, coauthor of The Form of News: A History"Gardner demonstrates that early American periodicals constitute a coherent genre and play a more central role in the formation of an early American literary imagination than is generally recognized. . . . Essential."--Choice"Stimulating and highly readable. . . . fizzes with ideas, offered as answers to a question glossed over by established literary histories."--H-Net Reviews"Smoothly written and well researched. . . . an important contribution to the University of Illinois Press's valuable History of Communication series."--The Journal of American History"This erudite, incisive, and important book traces the history of magazine culture in America from its eighteenth-century origins through the early nineteenth-century. . . . A nuanced and illuminating account of a tradition we have ignored, to our detriment, for far too long."--American Periodicals "The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture is an ambitious reimagining of magazine culture in the early national period, which largely has been viewed not only as a failure but also as less important and less rich than the so-called golden age of nineteenth-century periodicals. Under Gardner's careful attention, however, the early national period emerges as a time of extraordinary periodical experimentation and worthy, in its own right, of a study such as this."--Patricia Okker, author of Social Stories: The Magazine Novel in Nineteenth-Century America
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University of Illinois Press Saving the World
Book SynopsisInvigorating global social change through communicationTrade Review"It presents in-depth policy analyses to outline a vision for how communication technologies have--and still can--impact social change and economic/cultural development. . . . McAnany builds an historical paradigm that melds technology with social entrepreneurship. "-- Communication Booknotes Quarterly "Saving the World offers a judicious integration of Emile G. McAnany's own first-hand experience with many of the seminal people and projects in communication for development. McAnany provides a very valuable understanding of the underlying structure of the field and how these ideas have been implemented and theorized."--Joseph Straubhaar, author of Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology "All students who are just beginning will find this book an excellent introduction not only to the ideas and theories but also to the key thinkers who have helped frame the debate over the last 30 or 40 years. . . . Knowing the people and their histories gives an invaluable background to our knowledge."--Communication Research Trends "A comprehensive, ambitious history and policy analysis of the field of development communication. McAnany's grasp of the major developments, issues, and advances of this field will appeal to scholars of communication, sociology, political science, and economics."--Robert Huesca, professor of communication, Trinity University "Savings the World provides a strong history for understanding the context of efforts to use communication to spur development. McAnany's continuing push for measures that will demonstrate success or failure is welcome. This volume will be most valuable to those seeking historical context as they delve into the role of information and communication technologies for development."--International Journal of Communication "Saving the World is a fascinating examination of how earlier technologies were applied to foster social change. An easy-to-read, well-organized document; while McAnany carefully relays theory, he does it in a concise way that anyone will find accessible."--Technical Communication Table of ContentsCoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Communication in the Lives of the Globe1. Saving the World: Beginnings of Communication for Development2. Globalization, Discourse, and Development Communication: UNESCO as Prime Mover3. Commuunication for Development: Does It Work?4. Rethinking the Paradigm: The Dependency Phase5. Another Paradigm: Participatory Communication6. Paradigm for a New Millennium: Social Entrepreneurship7. Past, Present, and Future: An Agenda for 2015 and Beyond8. The Future: Some Final ThoughtsReferencesIndexBack Cover
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University of Illinois Press Advertising at War
Book SynopsisThe advertising industry's rise to power, in war and peaceTrade Review"Terrific new study of the advertising industry's role in silencing capitalism's most outspoken critics."--Consumption, Markets & Culture"Can spark an interesting debate about advertising's role in society and its relationship to consumer demand and desire. . . . well written, highly readable."--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"Inger L. Stole provides a well-researched study of the advertising industry's political maneuvers during World War II and their implications for the postwar era. Stole's study is the most detailed account to date of the wartime advertising industry as a whole."--The Journal of American History"Stole weaves a thought-provoking tale of corporate power and government collusion drawn from the archives of the Ad Council, the Consumer's Union, the Federal Trade Commission, the Offices of War Programs and Information, and numerous federal officials and corporate big-wigs. The result is a lucid, top-down discussion."--Journal of American Culture"An excellent case study of a business during the war. . . . Stole shows us that the advertising industry was carefully and craftily navigating the potentially hazardous waters of the war economy, and thus laying the groundwork for its postwar efflorescence."Journal of American Studies"Well conceived and judiciously argued, Advertising at War shows how the World War II years were critical to solidifying advertising's place as one of the basic institutions of American society and economy. Stole provides insight into the advertising industry's campaign to defend itself and free enterprise as well as the wartime consumer movement."-- Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, author of Waves of Opposition: Labor and the Struggle for Democratic RadioTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vi Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1. Prelude to War 17 Chapter 2. Advertising Navigates the Defense Economy 35 Chapter 3. The Initial Year of the Advertising Council 56 Chapter 4. The Consumer Movement's Return 71 Chapter 5. Advertising, Washington, and the Renamed War Advertising Council 94 Chapter 6. The Increasing Role of the War Advertising Council 121 Chapter 7. Peace and the Reconversion of the Advertising Council 153 Epilogue 176 Notes 189 Index 255
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