Communication studies Books

Book SynopsisMost communication research and most applications of that research acknowledge the process nature of communication. However, the material following that acknowledgment confirms to traditional linear and static approaches treating communication as little more than printed text. This Print Paradigm persists despite repeated calls to explore the more dynamic nature of communication. In this second edition, the author updates and expands his argument that communication is a process analogous to the complexity in other living systems. Complexity theory models biological principles similar to how chaos theory treats chemical and physical processes. The book begins with a review of philosophical and social psychological thought as a basis for explaining the mathematical and natural science models. The volume reviews a remarkable range of material stretching over three centuries. The author explains complicated concepts in a simple and often whimsical way and uses practical as well as research examples to bring technical ideas to a wide audience. The author develops paradigmatic principles and then describes the process of information and a model of communication as a socially emergent process. The early chapters are a foundation for disputing current thinking across a range of topics such as communication and self, stories and storytelling, communication and trust, and conflict. The author concludes by sketching theoretical, methodological, practical, and ethical challenges. The volume is as dynamic and intricate as the complexity of human communication.

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Book SynopsisCommunication and language play a foundational role in the overall pursuit of equity and social justice in education. This volume does not take up the majority and dominant views which are especially visible in developments in the field of linguistic education and English language instruction. Rather, it travels the path less followed, to attend to the language and communication concerns of populations that possess little political and economic power and whose academic and social needs are often neglected. The volume attends to the role of language acquisition in “levelling the playing field” to enable ALL students to develop into contented family members, good neighbours, and productive citizens in an increasingly diverse and global society.The issue takes on far greater importance, as it gradually comes to light that the capacity for language corresponds to and even implements the ability to interrelate with others. Far from being a mere utilitarian tool this is now appreciated as constituting the realm of abilities to take the position of the other, to share a field of meaning, and to project and pursue truly humane and indeed inter-humane attitudes and goals. In this light communication and language, whether verbal or preverbal, constitute the field in which one first attains and progressively evolves one’s humanity.In this volume, scholars from ten different countries examine issues related to the influence of language and communication patterns on equity and social justice in the lives of disadvantaged and marginalized populations around the globe (i.e., educational opportunities, community stability, economic prospects, and political power). Critical issues addressed include: education in traditional, national, or Western languages; language integration through dialects and code switching; non-verbal academic engagement through art, signing, and photography; cross-cultural engagement through language equity in higher education; and the influence of Western language acquisition on the self-concepts of disadvantaged students. As the succession of sections in this volume makes clear, success in the realization of language and communication abilities is not simple. Rather it reflects human life and interaction in all its complexity.

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Book SynopsisCommunication and language play a foundational role in the overall pursuit of equity and social justice in education. This volume does not take up the majority and dominant views which are especially visible in developments in the field of linguistic education and English language instruction. Rather, it travels the path less followed, to attend to the language and communication concerns of populations that possess little political and economic power and whose academic and social needs are often neglected. The volume attends to the role of language acquisition in “levelling the playing field” to enable ALL students to develop into contented family members, good neighbours, and productive citizens in an increasingly diverse and global society.The issue takes on far greater importance, as it gradually comes to light that the capacity for language corresponds to and even implements the ability to interrelate with others. Far from being a mere utilitarian tool this is now appreciated as constituting the realm of abilities to take the position of the other, to share a field of meaning, and to project and pursue truly humane and indeed inter-humane attitudes and goals. In this light communication and language, whether verbal or preverbal, constitute the field in which one first attains and progressively evolves one’s humanity.In this volume, scholars from ten different countries examine issues related to the influence of language and communication patterns on equity and social justice in the lives of disadvantaged and marginalized populations around the globe (i.e., educational opportunities, community stability, economic prospects, and political power). Critical issues addressed include: education in traditional, national, or Western languages; language integration through dialects and code switching; non-verbal academic engagement through art, signing, and photography; cross-cultural engagement through language equity in higher education; and the influence of Western language acquisition on the self-concepts of disadvantaged students. As the succession of sections in this volume makes clear, success in the realization of language and communication abilities is not simple. Rather it reflects human life and interaction in all its complexity.

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Book SynopsisIn his televised and widely watched speech to the nation on November 3, 1969, Pres. Richard M. Nixon introduced a phrase—“silent majority”—and a policy—Vietnamization of the war effort—that echo down to the present day. Nixon’s appearance on this night framed the terms in which much of the subsequent civil conflict and military strategy would be understood.Rhetorical scholar Karlyn Kohrs Campbell analyzes this critically important speech in light of the historical context and its centrality to three other speeches–two earlier and one the following spring, when the announcement of the US invasion of Cambodia brought a far different response. She also sheds light on a discourse that generated much heat in a nation already seriously divided in its support of the war in Vietnam.The first single volume dedicated to this speech, this addition to the distinguished Library of Presidential Rhetoric provides the speech text, a summary of its context, its rhetorical elements, and the disciplinary analyses that have developed.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Peace Cultures is exceptionally practical as well as theoretically grounded. As Elise Boulding tells us, culture consists of the shared values, ideas, practices, and artifacts of a group united by a common history. Rebecca Oxford explains that peace cultures are cultures, large or small, which foster any of the dimensions of peace – inner, interpersonal, intergroup, international, intercultural, or ecological – and thus help transform the world. As in her earlier book, The Language of Peace: Communicating to Create Harmony, Oxford contends here that peace is a serious and desirable option.Excellent educators help build peace cultures. In this book, Shelley Wong and Rachel Grant reveal how highly diverse public school classrooms serve as peace cultures, using activities and themes founded on womanist and critical race theories. Yingji Wang portrays a peace culture in a university classroom. Rui Ma’s model reaches out interculturally to Abraham’s children: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth, who share an ancient heritage. Children’s literature (Rebecca Oxford et al.) and students’ own writing (Tina Wei) spread cultures of peace.Deep traditions, such as African performance art, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism and Islam, give rise to peace cultures, as shown here by John Grayzel, Sister Jewel (a colleague of Thich Nhat Hanh), Yingji Wang et al., and Dian Marissa et al. Peace cultures also emerge in completely unexpected venues, such as gangsta rap, unveiled by Charles Blake et al., and a prison where inmates learn Lois Liggett’s “spiritual semantics.” Finally, the book includes perspectives from Jerusalem (by Lawrence Berlin) and North Korea and South Korea (by Carol Griffiths) to help us envision – and hope for – new, transformative peace cultures where now there is strife.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Peace Cultures is exceptionally practical as well as theoretically grounded. As Elise Boulding tells us, culture consists of the shared values, ideas, practices, and artifacts of a group united by a common history. Rebecca Oxford explains that peace cultures are cultures, large or small, which foster any of the dimensions of peace – inner, interpersonal, intergroup, international, intercultural, or ecological – and thus help transform the world. As in her earlier book, The Language of Peace: Communicating to Create Harmony, Oxford contends here that peace is a serious and desirable option.Excellent educators help build peace cultures. In this book, Shelley Wong and Rachel Grant reveal how highly diverse public school classrooms serve as peace cultures, using activities and themes founded on womanist and critical race theories. Yingji Wang portrays a peace culture in a university classroom. Rui Ma’s model reaches out interculturally to Abraham’s children: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth, who share an ancient heritage. Children’s literature (Rebecca Oxford et al.) and students’ own writing (Tina Wei) spread cultures of peace.Deep traditions, such as African performance art, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism and Islam, give rise to peace cultures, as shown here by John Grayzel, Sister Jewel (a colleague of Thich Nhat Hanh), Yingji Wang et al., and Dian Marissa et al. Peace cultures also emerge in completely unexpected venues, such as gangsta rap, unveiled by Charles Blake et al., and a prison where inmates learn Lois Liggett’s “spiritual semantics.” Finally, the book includes perspectives from Jerusalem (by Lawrence Berlin) and North Korea and South Korea (by Carol Griffiths) to help us envision – and hope for – new, transformative peace cultures where now there is strife.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book is a new and valuable resource for students, teachers, and practitioners, providing a detailed exploration of how qualitative research can be applied in the field of peace and conflict studies. This book explores considerations and components of designing, conducting, and reporting qualitative research in this field, and also provide exemplars of recent empirical research in peace and conflict studies that employed qualitative methods. Scholars and researchers in peace and conflict studies and peace education face unique challenges in teaching, designing, and conducting qualitative research in these fields. This edited book discusses tips in designing qualitative studies in this area and for teaching emerging peace researchers best practices of qualitative inquiry. In addition, the book discusses some of the trends, challenges, and opportunities associated with research in peace and conflict studies and peace education.Written at a level appropriate for both graduate students and active researchers, the primary audience for this book is those teaching and learning about the application of qualitative methods to peace and conflict studies, as well as those conducting research in this field. There are currently approximately 230 graduate programs in peace and conflict studies. This book also provides a useful tool for researchers and students in other academic disciplines who are interested in qualitative research. Such disciplines might include education, sociology, criminology, gender studies, psychology, political science, and others.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book is a new and valuable resource for students, teachers, and practitioners, providing a detailed exploration of how qualitative research can be applied in the field of peace and conflict studies. This book explores considerations and components of designing, conducting, and reporting qualitative research in this field, and also provide exemplars of recent empirical research in peace and conflict studies that employed qualitative methods. Scholars and researchers in peace and conflict studies and peace education face unique challenges in teaching, designing, and conducting qualitative research in these fields. This edited book discusses tips in designing qualitative studies in this area and for teaching emerging peace researchers best practices of qualitative inquiry. In addition, the book discusses some of the trends, challenges, and opportunities associated with research in peace and conflict studies and peace education.Written at a level appropriate for both graduate students and active researchers, the primary audience for this book is those teaching and learning about the application of qualitative methods to peace and conflict studies, as well as those conducting research in this field. There are currently approximately 230 graduate programs in peace and conflict studies. This book also provides a useful tool for researchers and students in other academic disciplines who are interested in qualitative research. Such disciplines might include education, sociology, criminology, gender studies, psychology, political science, and others.

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Book SynopsisIn the moments before his weekly radio address hit the airwaves in 1984, Ronald Reagan made an off-the-record joke: 'I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.' As reports of the stunt leaked to the press, many Americans did not find themselves laughing along with the president. Long a fervent warrior against what he termed the 'Evil Empire,' by the mid-1980s, Reagan confronted growing domestic opposition to his revival of the Cold War. While numerous histories of the era have glorified the 'Decade of Greed,' historian Andrew Hunt instead explores the period's robust political and cultural dissent.We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes focuses on a striking array of protest movements that took up issues such as the nuclear arms race, U.S. intervention in Central America, and American investments in South Africa. Hunt's new history of the eighties investigates how film, television, and other facets of popular culture critiqued Washington's Cold War policies and reveals that activists and cultural rebels alike posed a more meaningful challenge to the Cold War's excesses than their predecessors in the McCarthy era.

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Book SynopsisThe Thong Principle has little to do with beachwear and everything to do with effective communication. It's about ensuring messages are successful for the sender – and the receiver.The book delves into the elements that comprise successful communications – conciseness, clarity, concreteness, and much more. It also puts those elements into context. Communications that miss the mark confuse and annoy. They fail to deliver their message. They damage our credibility and erode goodwill.The Thong Principle overflows with real-world examples to help us understand why we fail to get our messages across as intended.Then it explains how we can anticipate, identify, and correct errors and oversights. This is both at the highest level – including building and maintaining trust – and down in the weeds where even one word makes a difference.The Thong Principle will draw you in and keep you reading with: Examples Exercises Information that resonates. It's also funny. Laughter and learning are wonderful partners.

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Book SynopsisThis new resource introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of information technology using easy-to-understand language that provides both a solid background and a deeper understanding and appreciation of this important and evolving subject. As a broad field that encompasses many of the key technologies of the early twenty-first century, information technology is poised to remain a major field of study and professional practice for years to come.As a broad field that encompasses many of the key technologies of the early twenty-first century, infor­mation technology is poised to remain a major field of study and professional practice for years to come. The field will continue to evolve as new developments in the current tech­nologies are discovered. Information technologies are also highly dependent on human beings who design, operate, and benefit from them. As such, students and practitioners in the field need to develop both a deep knowledge of the technologies used to store, retrieve, and send information and a strong understanding of humankind’s complex rela­tionships with information and with the technologies themselves.Over 120 topics are explored in-depth, including: Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages Cloud Computing Software Architecture Debugging Speech-Recognition Software Encryption Virtual Reality Each entry includes an Abstract that provides a brief, concrete summary of the topic and its significance; a detailed Essay that provides extensive background on the topic and explores its significance to the field of information technology; and a list of Further Reading for those who wish to pursue the topic in more depth. This volume will be an important addition to high school and undergraduate libraries, especially those focused on technology, science, and information studies.With over 120 essays, this new volume gives readers an overview of the major concepts and contemporary issues surrounding the study of information technology. Designed for students and researchers, this volume provides new ways to think about and study issues, policies, and practices in this field. This will be a helpful addition to science and technology programs at the high school, community college, and university levels, and is a must for STEM students at the high school and undergraduate levels.

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Book SynopsisThe authoritative text on augmentative and alternative communication, this classic bestseller is now in its fifth edition—revised and updated for a new generation of SLPs, teachers, occupational therapists, and other professionals in clinical and educational settings. Partnering with a team of distinguished contributors, renowned experts David Beukelman and Janice Light deliver today's most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to AAC interventions and technologies for children and adults with complex communication needs. Future service providers will get in-depth coverage of essential AAC topics, enhanced by helpful study questions, valuable perspectives from people who use AAC, and case examples that illustrate key principles.Significantly expanded with new chapters on critical topics, more practical information on how AAC systems work, and new online companion materials, this definitive text will expertly prepare readers to support communicative competence–and quality of life–for children and adults with complex communication needs.WHAT’S NEWProfessionals will prepare for their work in the field with critical new information on:Collaborating with family members and other communication partnersMaking the most of mobile technologies and AAC appsSelecting an AAC system and tailoring it to individual needsWorking effectively with families from diverse cultural backgroundsSupporting inclusion across the lifespan (including education, employment, and community life)Ensuring efficient patient-provider communication in medical settingsProviding communication supports to people with autism spectrum disorderPLUS: Enhance your teaching with a package of online companion materials, including a resource guide to help practitioners and students learn more about AAC; sample responses to chapter study questions; and a sample syllabus.Table of Contents Proposed Annotated Table of Contents DRAFT 7-17-17 Augmentative and Alternative Communication 5th Edition PART I People who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication Overview of people with complex communication needs who benefit from AAC and their experiences, introduction to AAC systems, overview of AAC assessment and intervention People who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication Formerly Chapter 1 - updated and revised Provides an overview of individuals with complex communication needs and their experiences, including their needs, skills, disabilities, cultural and linguistic diversity, etc.; the purposes of communication; the breadth of communication modalities (including Internet, social media, as well as face to face and written communication); an overview of AAC systems including key terms; and the knowledge, judgment and skills required for communicative competence; importance of advocacy AAC Assessment Formerly Chapters 5 & 6 -combination of former chapters 5 & 6 updated and revised Provides an overview of the principles of assessment including assessment teams, approaches to assessment, assessment domains and tools, including the assessment of communication needs /participation patterns of the individual with CCN, his/her skills (seating and positioning, motor skills, vision and hearing, expressive communication, receptive language, symbol representation, literacy, cognitive /linguistic organization), partner and environmental supports, and opportunity barriers that limit communication of individuals with CCN; also discusses issues of diversity and culturally competent assessment. Case examples of AAC assessment with a child and an adult Overview of intervention to build communicative competence Formerly chapter 7 -updated and revised Provides an overview of AAC intervention with emphasis on a two-pronged approach to address the needs and skills of the individual with CCN (selection and customization of AAC systems, instruction in linguistic, operational, social, and strategic skills to build communicative competence) and the family / other communication partners (instruction in interaction strategies to support communication and in AAC systems). Includes discussion of goal setting and intervention approaches with case examples of a child and an adult with CCN to illustrate. Also discusses evaluation of intervention effectiveness and the importance of advocacy. Working with families and other communication partners New chapter Includes discussion of the importance of consumer / family centered services; professional skills required to deliver consumer / family centered services; approaches to fostering consumer and family involvement; and approaches to teaching families /partners to support the communication of individuals with CCN Case examples of a consumer /family centered services for a child and an adult with CCN to illustrate key principles PART II Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems Importance of multimodal communication including unaided and aided systems; introduction to the components of AAC systems (i.e., vocabulary / messages, representation, organization and layout, selection /production techniques, output); selection, customization, and integration of AAC systems Vocabulary selection Message management Formerly Chapter 2 - updated and revised Discusses the importance of vocabulary selection as a key component of AAC intervention; factors that impact vocabulary needs; types of vocabulary; core vocabulary approaches (strengths and limitations); vocabulary selection tools; validation of vocabulary; and ongoing maintenance /update of vocabulary. Highlights the importance of cultural and linguistic considerations /diversity Case examples of vocabulary selection for a child and adult with CCN to illustrate key principles Representation of vocabulary /Organization and layout Formerly Chapter 3 & part of Chapter 4 -updated and revised Discusses components of AAC systems; includes an overview of unaided and aided symbols/ representations, organization of aided AAC systems, and layout of AAC displays (e.g., grid displays, visual scene displays, video VSDs) as well as word / message codes & prediction Selection /Production Techniques, Alternative Access, and Output Formerly Chapter 4 - updated and revised Provides an overview of selection /production techniques, alternative access, and the customization of these techniques to meet the needs of individuals with CCN (e.g., direct selection, scanning, multimodal); also provides an overview of output including synthesized and digitized speech, print output, multimedia output (photos, symbols, video), etc. Selection, customization, and integration of AAC systems New chapter Includes discussion of the importance of multimodal communication, framework for selecting and customizing AAC systems driven by the needs and skills of the individual and his /her partners, customization of AAC systems, AAC systems as tools and the need for skill instruction to support their use; highlights the importance of considering cultural /linguistic needs /diversity Case examples of the selection, customization, and integration of AAC systems for a child and adult with CCN to illustrate key principles PART III Augmentative and Alternative Communication Interventions for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Intervention for children and adults with developmental disabilities who require AAC including intervention to build language and communication skills with those who are preintentional, intentional but not symbolic, developing early symbolic skills, and developing more advanced language skills; intervention to build literacy skills; intervention to maximize participation in education, family life, community living, employment, and medical care. AAC Intervention for People with Developmental Disabilities Formerly Chapter 8 - updated and revised Provides an overview of a range of developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, intellectual /developmental disabilities; discusses special considerations for AAC intervention; discusses considerations across the life span as well as issues of cultural and linguistic diversity Case examples to illustrate key principles Intervention to supporting participation and communication for beginning communicators Formerly Chapter 9- updated and revised Defines beginning communicators and provides an overview of AAC intervention to support the participation of beginning communicators including developmentally appropriate AAC systems, targeted skills, and partner strategies. Case examples of beginning communicators (e.g., a young child and an adult with severe disabilities) to illustrate key principles Intervention to build more advanced language and communication skills Formerly Chapters 10 & 11 - updated and combined into one chapter Discusses the process of language development for individuals with developmental disabilities with CCN, including pragmatic, semantic, syntactic and morphological development; provides an overview of AAC interventions to build more advanced language and communication skills including appropriate AAC systems, skill development, and partner strategies /supports Case example to illustrate key principles Literacy Intervention for Individuals who require AAC Formerly Chapter 12 - updated and revised Provides an overview of the importance of literacy development; factors that impact literacy development; interventions to support the development of emergent literacy skills; interventions to support the development of conventional literacy skills (basic and advanced skills); assistive technologies to support literacy Case examples of a child at the early stages of literacy learning and of an adolescent /adult developing advanced literacy skills Participation in Education, Employment, and Community for Individuals who require AAC New chapter to replace former Chapter 13 Discusses the WHO ICF /participation model; intervention to support the participation of individuals who have developmental disabilities and CCN in society including education, family, community, leisure, medical care, employment, and volunteer activities. PART IV Augmentative and Alternative Communication Interventions for Individuals with Acquired Disabilities Intervention for individuals with acquired disabilities who benefit from AAC, including those with acquired motor impairments, severe aphasia and apraxia of speech, degenerative cognitive and linguistic disorders, and traumatic brain injury as well as issues of patient-provider care in medical settings. Includes consideration of issues of cultural and linguistic diversity. Adults with Acquired Physical Conditions (with Laura Ball) Formerly Chapter 14 - updated and revised Provides an overview of a range of acquired physical disabilities, including ALS, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's; discusses special considerations for AAC intervention Case examples to illustrate key principles Adults with Severe Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech (Kathryn Garrett and Joanne Lasker) Formerly Chapter 15- updated and revised Provides an overview of AAC intervention for adults with severe aphasia including partner-dependent communicators, transitional communicators, and independent communicators as well as specific need communicators; discusses special considerations for AAC intervention Case examples to illustrate key principles Adults with Degenerative Cognitive and Linguistic Disorders (with Elizabeth Hanson) Formerly Chapter 16-updated and revised Provides an overview of a range of degenerative cognitive and linguistic disabilities, including primary progressive aphasia, dementia, Huntington disease; discusses special considerations for AAC intervention Case examples to illustrate key principles Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (with Susan Fager) Formerly Chapter 17-updated and revised Provides an overview of traumatic brain injury; discusses special considerations for AAC intervention Case example to illustrate key principles Patient -Provider /Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Intensive, Acute, and Long term Acute Medical Settings New chapter /Revised from former Chapter 18 PART V Final Thoughts /Closing This brief final chapter provides a summary of the key principles with a focus on consumer and family responsive services for individuals with CCN and their families. Vision for the 5th edition We envision that the 5th edition, like prior editions, will primarily serve as a required textbook for graduate courses in AAC in communication sciences and disorders/ speech language pathologists. As is apparent from the customer feedback on the 4th edition, the 5th edition may also be used in graduate courses in related disciplines (e.g., special education). Overall the customer reviews on the 4th edition are very positive and we intend to preserve the strengths highlighted by these customers, including: Reading level and writing style, Range of topics covered, Depth of topics covered Translation of research to evidence-based practice, and Use of figures and textbooks to illustrate key content. Based on feedback from customers, networking in the field, and our own experience, we propose the following revisions for the 5th edition as outlined in the annotated table of contents (see above). Reorganization of the first part of the former 4th edition to put the emphasis on people with complex communication needs who require AAC first in Part I with information on AAC systems following in Part II Customer feedback on this proposed change was overwhelmingly positive Integration of the two assessment chapters from the 4th edition (former Chapters 5 & 6) into a single chapter (Chapter 2 in the 5th edition) Several customers suggested integrating these chapters and we agree that it will provide better coherence and cohesion to have all of the assessment content in one chapter. It should be noted that the chapter will be a long one, but the advantages outweigh this concern. Addition of a new chapter (Chapter 4) on consumer /family-centered services as well as greater emphasis on these issues in the chapters on individuals with developmental and acquired disabilities (Parts III & IV) The majority of customers supported the addition of a new, separate chapter on this topic; many suggested also infusing the content into Parts III and IV to illustrate specific instances. Addition of a new chapter on the selection, customization, and integration of AAC systems (proposed Chapter 8) In our experience, students and new clinicians often struggle to select, customize, and integrate AAC systems to meet the needs and skills of individuals with CCN. Several customers also noted this problem and suggested adding more discussion of these issues, including feature matching etc. This new chapter will address the gap. Organization of Part III according to the stages of communication development rather than specific diagnoses (see Chapters 10, 11, and 12 in the proposed TOC for the 5th edition) Although some customers liked the idea of organizing Part III by diagnosis /disability, the majority felt that there would be too much redundancy across chapters with this change and we agree; intervention decisions are based on function, not diagnosis and the proposed organization by stage of development better reflects this principle. Several customers suggested that there should be greater attention to ASD within the text. We will provide an overview on ASD in Chapter 9 in the 5th edition along with special considerations for this population. We also intend to incorporate some case examples that illustrate intervention with individuals with ASD throughout the text. We will also refer readers to the new book (Ganz & Simpson) in the AAC series on individuals with ASD who require AAC for further details. Ultimately the textbook is intended. Revision of former Chapter 13 from the 4th edition on educational inclusion to cover a broader range of issues across the life span, including not only education, but also employment/ volunteer work, family, leisure, community living, and medical care (Chapter 13 in the 5th edition). Customers rated Chapter 13 in the 4th edition as the least useful compared to the other chapters in the textbook; we propose revising this chapter significantly to cover a broader range of issues across the life span to increase the scope and application of this chapter. Update of Part IV (formerly Part III) on Individuals with Acquired Disabilities; addition of a chapter on patient-provider care In general customers confirmed that the conditions included were appropriate and comprehensive. Several customers noted that they were pleased to see the addition of a chapter specifically on patient-provider care. Inclusion of case examples A number of customers requested case studies. We intend to include 1-2 page case examples in many of the chapters to illustrate key principles; across the textbook, these case examples will cover a range of ages, disabilities, and cultural backgrounds. Greater attention to diversity /multicultural issues A number of customers indicated that the textbook should include greater consideration of diversity. We agree with this point and will revise accordingly to include discussion of the diversity of individuals with CCN and the importance of culturally competent assessment and intervention as well as case examples to illustrate. Greater attention to mobile technologies and AAC apps Many customers requested more indepth discussion of AAC apps. We will discuss mobile technology and AAC apps throughout the text (especially in Chapters 1 and 8); however we do not plan to provide a discussion or review of specific AAC apps as these apps will be outdated quickly. Rather we will focus on general principles for selection, customization, and use. Discussion of core vocabulary Several customers requested more discussion of core vocabulary. There has been considerable interest /debate about core vocabulary in recent years and we plan to incorporate more discussion of the strengths and limitations of core vocabulary approaches in Chapters 5, 10, and 11.

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Book SynopsisHow do you tell the story of a feminist education, when the work of feminism can never be perfected or completed? In A Sentimental Education, Hannah McGregor, the podcaster behind Witch, Please and Secret Feminist Agenda, explores what podcasting has taught her about doing feminist scholarship not as a methodology but as a way of life.Moving between memoir and theory, these essays consider the collective practices of feminist meaning-making in activities as varied as reading, critique, podcasting, and even mourning. In part this book is a memoir of one person’s education as a reader and a thinker, and in part it is an analysis of some of the genres and aesthetic modes that have been sites of feminist meaning-making: the sentimental, the personal, the banal, and the relatable.Above all, it is a meditation on what it means to care deeply and to know that caring is both necessary and utterly insufficient. In the tradition of feminist autotheory, this collection works outward from the specificity of McGregor’s embodied experience – as a white settler, a fat femme, and a motherless daughter. In so doing, it invites readers to reconsider the culture, media, political structures, and lived experiences that inform how we move through the world separately and together.Trade ReviewA Sentimental Education is a generous work of unfolding. From Pamela to podcasts, scholar Hannah McGregor troubles the white woman sentimentalism that informed her childhood and later transformed her approach to scholarship. A queer, shapeshifting bunny emerges from a well-loved bedtime book. A fat girl podcast episode you loved once, doesn’t really see you after all. Intimate, vulnerable, pointy and kind, this is where personal memories and embodied experiences exist in relation with the ideas and arguments of queer, BIPOC, and feminist theory. This book is a journey, a reminder that “stories don’t interpret themselves, they unfold in relation to the reader”.— Chantal Gibson, author of with/holding In a pointedly powerful yet lyrical voice, McGregor offers us a timely and valuable series of insights that will resonate for many. McGregor demonstrates an acute ability to evaluate and comment on her own reflexivity as a white feminist scholar. A Sentimental Education is a love letter for those who have long awaited a discussion on the complex relationship between care, theory, love, and loss.— Minelle Mahtani, author of Mixed Race Amnesia In A Sentimental Education Hannah McGregor extends generosity on each page. The essays in this collection are deeply insightful, citational, and conversational. They are unwavering in their critique of the myriad boundaries that oppress us, and they offer ideas for collective resistance. A Sentimental Education made me laugh, cry, and reach for my pen to write everything down. This book is necessary, luminous, and crackling with joy and kindness. What is the collective noun for a group of essays that teaches, gives care, critiques repressive systems, and offers both humor and friendship? A companionship of essays? A feminist provocation of essays? An education of essays. – Erin Wunker, author of Notes from a Feminist Killjoy McGregor, host of the podcast Secret Feminist Agenda, delivers a stirring collection of essays exploring sentimentality and the use of emotion in reading and storytelling. ... With verve and insight, McGregor underscores the contradictions of contemporary narratives that seek out the harrowing details of societal marginalization while offering no solutions to its problems. ... McGregor draws on the works of feminist thinkers including Sara Ahmed, Lauren Berlant, and Jia Tolentino, and her work will surely take its place among them. This radiates with intelligence. "[A Sentimental Education] is a rich and extended meditation on what a feminist education looks like, and on the complex issues of sentimentality and care in literature and in life." — Tom Sandborn, Vancouver Sun "Given her success as a podcaster, it’s not surprising that McGregor’s writing is powerfully conversational — not in the sense of being informal or casual, but instead in the sense that it engages very thoughtfully and thoroughly with other people’s words and ideas. McGregor is a highly collaborative thinker, and A Sentimental Education benefits from both her curiosity and her generosity." – Vanessa Warne, The Winnipeg Free Press “Words with Friends and “Getting to Know You” provide a fascinating insider’s perspective on podcasting. Along with her friend Marcelle Kosman, McGregor prepared her first podcast in 2015, an experience which drew her into the “pleasures and risks of digital life-writing.” Although these two essays are replete with the rhetorical questions we have come to expect from this author, they also exude a quiet confidence and a joy in recounting the delights, challenges and learning experiences of creating several successful podcast series." – Suzanne James, The British Columbia ReviewTable of Contents Preface Territory Acknowledgement A Sentimental Education Caring Ferociously #Relatable Words with Friends Horizons of the Podcastable Coming Back to Care Works Cited

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Book SynopsisIn North America and elsewhere, communities are fractured along ideological lines as social media and algorithms encourage individuals to seek out others who think like they do and to condemn those that don't. An essential guide for surviving in our polarized society, this book offers concrete strategies for refining how values and ideas are communicated.

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Book SynopsisIn this candid and concise volume, Kyle Conway, author of The Art of Communication in a Polarized World, considers how we can open ourselves to others and to ideas that scare us by reading difficult texts. Conway argues that because we resist ideas we don’t understand, we must embrace confusion as a constitutive part of understanding and meaningful exchange, whether between a reader and a text or between two people.Building on the work of hermeneutics scholar Paul Ricoeur, Conway evaluates the recurring paradox of miscommunication that results in deeper understanding and proposes strategies for reading that will allow individuals give up the illusion of certainty. In elegant and compelling prose, Conway introduces readers to the idea that it is through uncertainty that we can gain access to new and meaningful worlds—those of texts and other people. Table of ContentsPreface: How to Read this BookIntroduction: What Is Reading?1 To Read Is to Feel Lost2 To Read Is to Wander3 To Read Is to Feel Love4 To Read Is to Be FreeConclusion: To Read Is to Live with Other PeopleReferences

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Book SynopsisWritten to reflect a diverse Canada, Intercultural Communication is a practical guide that provides readers with effective approaches to intercultural communication theories and strategies. Situating readers in real, complex, and extraordinary intercultural scenarios, each chapter walks students through examples of how to manage conversations in appropriate and meaningful ways, while exploring how social and cultural practices might present common and uncommon implications. Key topics include verbal and non-verbal communication, cultural values, self-awareness, stereotypes, and digital communications. Packed with Canadian content, current examples, and tools for learning, this core text is ideal for students enrolled in intercultural communication or cross-cultural communication courses, including studies in business, education, social work, health care, and law enforcement.Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Text Boxes List of Pause for Thought Questions Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Are Intercultural Communication Skills Optional? Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Communication Chapter 3: History, Dominant Paradigm, and Foundational Theories Chapter 4: Continuing Issues and Evolving Theories Chapter 5: Studying Intercultural Communication from a Canadian Perspective Chapter 6: The Roles of Identity in Intercultural Communication Chapter 7: Canadian Legislation and International Mandates Chapter 8: The Formation of Attitudes, Assumptions, and Presumptions Chapter 9: Biases, Stereotypes, Prejudices, and Discrimination Chapter 10: A Multidisciplinary Strategy for Intercultural Communication Chapter 11: Reviewing the Argument Advocating Intercultural Communication Chapter 12: Beyond Our Borders—Intercultural Communication for a Global Context Epilogue Author Biographies

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Book SynopsisThe first text of its kind, Communication for Kinesiology serves as a communication primer for undergraduate students in kinesiology and sport studies, preparing them for successful written and oral scholarly communication within the field.Assuming a contextual approach to communication, the text focuses on formal writing and presentations in scholarly and professional settings. The author provides a wealth of pedagogical features including chapter overviews outlining the topics to be discussed, brief recap lists at the end of each chapter, examples, definitions, tips, and techniques, as well as an end-of-text glossary. Structured with both instructors and students in mind, the modular chapters allow for fluid and flexible application and contain practical and theoretically grounded advice to encourage students to hone their writing and presentation skills by changing how they think about the process and engaging with the rules and conventions of the field.Written to address the needs of undergraduate kinesiology students in North America, Communication for Kinesiology is an invaluable introductory resource for the classroom and beyond.Table of Contents AcknowledgementsNote to InstructorsPrefaceChapter 1: Basic Theory Chapter 2: Composing Messages Chapter 3: Communicating Responsibly Chapter 4: Justifying Claims Chapter 5: Writing Essays Chapter 6: Documenting Sources Chapter 7: Usage Issues Chapter 8: Grammar Guidance Chapter 9: Punctuation Pointers Chapter 10: Style Matters Chapter 11: Giving Presentations Chapter 12: Speech AnxietyNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTo date, there has been no published textbook which takes into account changing sociolinguistic dynamics that have influenced South African society. Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication breaks new ground in this arena. Its scope ranges from macro-sociolinguistic questions pertaining to language policies and their implementation (or non-implementation), to microsociolinguistic observations of actual language use in verbal interaction, mainly in multilingual contexts of Higher Education (HE). There is a gradual move for the study of language and culture to be taught in the context of (professional) disciplines in which they would be used. This book caters for this growing market. Because of its multilingual nature, it caters to English and Afrikaans language speakers, as well as the Sotho and Nguni language groups. It brings together various interlinked disciplines such as Sociolinguistics and Applied Language Studies, Media Studies and Journalism, History and Education, Social and Natural Sciences, Law, Human Language Technology, Music, Intercultural Communication and Literary Studies. The unique crosscutting disciplinary features of the book will make it a must-have for twenty-first century South African students and scholars and those interested in applied language issues.Trade Review"Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication places valuable emphasis on a language implementation plan that will encourage the intellectualisation of indigenous African languages." - Linda Kwatsha, Department of Language and Literature, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. "This book offers a unique South African perspective, offering practical solutions to address the language deficit characterising South Africa institutions of Higher Education". - Somikazi Deyi, Department of African Languages, University of Cape Town.

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Book SynopsisNew Research in Information Behaviour, co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Jannica Heinstrom provides an understanding of the new directions, leading edge theories and models in information behaviour. Information behaviour is conceptualized as complex human information related processes that are embedded within an individual's everyday social and life processes. The book presents chapters by a range of scholars who show new research directions that often challenge the established views and paradigms of information behaviour studies. Beginning with an evolutionary framework, the book builds our understanding of information behaviours over various epochs of human existence from the Palaeolithic Era and within pre-literate societies, to contemporary behaviours by 21st century humans. Drawing upon social and psychological science theories the book presents a more integrated and holistic approach understanding of information behaviours. This book is directly relevant to information scientists, information professionals and librarians, social and evolutionary psychologists, social scientists and people interested in understanding more about their own information behaviours.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction: New Directions in Information Behaviour. Chapter 2 The Emergence of Conceptual Modelling in Information Behaviour Research. Chapter 3 Meta-Synthesis with Information Behaviour Research. Chapter 4 Weaving the Threads of Experience into Human Information Interaction (HII): Probing User Experience (UX) for New Directions in Information Behaviour. Chapter 5 Into the Land of Adolescent Metacognitive Knowledge During the Information Search Process: A Metacognitive Ethnography. Chapter 6 Individual Differences in Information-Related Behaviour: What Do We Know About Information Styles?. Chapter 7 The Theory of Information Worlds and Information Behaviour. Chapter 8 Towards Agency–Structure Integration: A Person-in-Environment (PIE) Framework for Modelling Individual-Level Information Behaviours and Outcomes. Chapter 9 Understanding Casual-Leisure Information Behaviour. Chapter 10 Information Behaviour Development in Early Childhood. Chapter 11 Impacts of Information: An Analysis of Spiritual Messages. Chapter 12 Conclusions and Further Research. About the Authors. Subject Index. New Directions in Information Behaviour. Library and Information Science. Library and Information Science. Copyright page. Editorial Advisory Board.

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Book SynopsisTechnology, politics and entertainment have merged to the point of confusion. Politactics, the third book from the Everyday Analysis collective, is a set of conversations about how to sift through this organized but disordered mess and create a framework which could enact change against political and corporate hegemony. An internationalist collection of essays, articles, responses and letters, the book argues that we need a 'politactical' mindset in order to develop tactical and practical responses to the situations in which we are politically finding ourselves (in every sense of the phrase).

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Book SynopsisMedia coverage of scientific issues is a highly complex process. It involves making a specialized field accessible to the general public, without necessarily disseminating the associated scientific terms or knowledge. The terminological interactions between press discourses and scientific knowledge are presented within the field of agroecology. The analysis of textual data focuses on articles in the general press in French and English, devoted to plant protection practices using natural mechanisms (biological control). This book provides a terminological and cognitive overview of the issues involved in popularizing science in a rapidly expanding field, and of the challenges to be met in the constantly evolving environmental communication sector.

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Book SynopsisPolitics continues to evolve in the digital era, spurred in part by the accelerating pace of technological development. This cutting-edge Handbook includes the very latest research on the relationship between digital information, communication technologies and politics.Written by leading scholars in the field, the chapters explore in seven parts: theories of digital politics, government and policy, collective action and civic engagement, political talk, journalism, internet governance and new frontiers in digital politics research. The contributors focus on the politics behind the implementation of digital technologies in society today.All students in the fields of politics, media and communication studies, journalism, science and sociology will find this book to be a useful resource in their studies. Political practitioners seeking digital strategies, as well as web and other digital practitioners wanting to know more about political applications for their work will also find this book to be of interest.Contributors include: E. Amnå, N. Anstead, N. Benn, W.L. Bennett, C. Birchall, L. Bode, A. Bruns, S. Coleman, N. Couldry, K.B. Culver, P. Dahlgren, E. Dubois, W.H. Dutton, S. Edgerly, D. Freelon, C. Fuchs, S. González-Bailon, T. Graham, T. Hall, A. Hanna, T. Highfield, F. Hirzalla, Y. Kim, D. Kreiss, T. Mcafee, G. Moss, B. O'Loughlin, K. Parry, R. Petchler, J. Schradie, A. Segerberg, D.V. Shah, K. Thorson, N. Thurman, E. Vraga, C. Wells, S. Wright, M.A. Xenos, J. Yang, L. van ZoonenTrade Review'Coleman and Freelon have deftly edited a series of essays that help us transition to the next big thing in political communication - an internet connecting many people over many kinds of devices making large volumes of data. Digital politics is no longer so much about what happens in your browser, but about what happens when your devices talk to each other on their own. This collection helps us get ready to understand the new infrastructure of political life.' --Philip N. Howard, University of Washington'The Handbook of Digital Politics edited by Stephen Coleman and Deen Freelon is an incredibly rich and outstanding collection of essays on the ideologies, theories and methodologies that currently inspire the field of political science and communication. The editors brilliantly succeed in guiding us through this fascinating world - avoiding any rhetoric, or either a dystopian or utopian perspective on the subject. The articles collected here represent the golden section of the contemporary debate on digital politics.' --Leopoldina Fortunati, Head of the Ph.D program in Multimedia Communication, University of Udine, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Digital Politics Stephen Coleman and Deen Freelon PART I THEORIZING DIGITAL POLITICS 2. The Internet as a Civic Space Peter Dahlgren 3. The Social Foundations of Future Digital Politics Nick Couldry 4. The Fifth Estate: A Rising Force of Pluralistic Accountability William H. Dutton and Elizabeth Dubois 5. Silicon Valley Ideology and Class Inequality: A Virtual Poll Tax on Digital Politics Jen Schradie PART II GOVERNMENT AND POLICY 6. Online Voting Advice Applications: Foci, Findings and Future of an Emerging Research Field Fadi Hirzalla and Liesbet van Zoonen 7. Internet Voting: The State of the Debate Thad Hall 8. Digital Campaigning Daniel Kreiss 9. e-Petitions Scott Wright 10. Argumentation Tools for Digital Politics: Addressing the Challenge of Deliberation in Democracies Neil Benn PART III COLLECTIVE ACTION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 11. The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and The Personalization of Contentious Politics W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg 12. Youth Civic Engagement Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson, Stephanie Edgerly and Leticia Bode 13. Internet Use and Political Engagement in Youth Yunhwan Kim and Erik Amnå PART IV POLITICAL TALK 14. Everyday Political Talk in the Internet-Based Public Sphere Todd Graham 15. Creating Spaces for Online Deliberation Christopher Birchall and Stephen Coleman 16. Computational Approaches to Online Political Expression: Rediscovering a “Science of the Social” Dhavan V. Shah, Kathleen Bartzen Culver, Alex Hanna, Timothy Mcafee, and JungHwan Yang 17. Two-screen Politics: Evidence, Theory and Challenges Nick Anstead and Ben O’Loughlin PART V JOURNALISM 18. From News Blogs to News on Twitter: Gatewatching and Collaborative News Curation Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield 19. Research on the Political Implications of Political Entertainment Michael A. Xenos 20. Journalism, Gatekeeping and Interactivity Neil Thurman PART VI INTERNET GOVERNANCE 21. Internet Governance, Rights and Democratic Legitimacy Giles Moss 22. Social Media Surveillance Christian Fuchs PART VII EXPANDING THE FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL POLITICS RESEARCH 23. Visibility and Visualities: ‘Ways of Seeing’ Politics in the Digital Media Environment Katy Parry 24. Automated Content Analysis of Online Political Communication Ross Petchler and Sandra González-Bailon 25. On the Cutting Edge of Big Data: Digital Politics Research in the Social Computing Literature Deen Freelon Index

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and is freely available to read online. Crises pose an immediate risk to life, health, and the environment and require urgent action. The public’s use of social media has important implications for contingency policies and practices. Social media have the potential for risk reduction and preventive interaction with the public. This book is about how different communicators - whether crisis managers, first responders, journalists, or private citizens and disaster victims - have used social media to communicate about risks and crises. It is also about how these very different actors can play a crucial role in mitigating or preventing crises. How can they use social media to strengthen their own and the public’s awareness and understanding of crises when they unfold? How can they use social media to promote resilience during crises and the ability to deal with the after-effects? Chapters address such questions by presenting new research-based knowledge on social media use during different crises: the terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011; the central European floods in Austria in 2013; and the West African Ebola-outbreak in 2014. The collection also presents research on the development of a tool for gathering social media information, based on a user-centered design. Social Media use in Crisis and Risk Communication presents cutting-edge research on the use of social media in crisis communication and reporting. It gives recommendations about how different crisis communicators (information officers, crisis managers, journalists) can improve their ability to gather information, communicate and raise people’s crisis awareness by using social media.Trade ReviewScholars of journalism look at how different communicators-whether professionals such as crisis managers, first responders, and journalists or private citizens and disaster victims-have used social media to communicate about risks and crises. They also suggest how these very different actors can play a crucial role in mitigating or preventing crises. Among their topics are tweeting terror: an analysis of the Norwegian Twitter-sphere during and in the aftermath of the 22 July 2011 terrorist attack, social media in the management of the terror crisis in Norway: experiences and lessons learning, old wine in new bottles: the use the established British news media use of Twitter during the 2014-15 West African ebola outbreak, tailoring tools to the rescue: lessons from developing a social media information gathering tool, and when the levee breaks: recommendations for social media use during environmental disasters. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Social Media Use in Crises and Risks: An Introduction to the Collection; Klas Backholm and Harald Hornmoen Part One: Using Social Media in Risks and Crises; 1. Tweeting Terror. An Analysis of the Norwegian Twitter-Sphere During and in the Aftermath Of The 22 July 2011 Terrorist Attack; Steen Steensen; 2. Victims' Use of Social Media During and After the Utøya Terror Attack: Fear, Resilience, Sorrow and Solidarity; Elsebeth Frey; 3. Blood and Security During the Norway Attacks: Authorities' Twitter Activity and Silence; Rune Ottosen and Steen Steensen; 4. Social Media in Management of the Terror Crisis in Norway: Experiences and Lessons Learned; Harald Hornmoen and Per Helge Måseide; 5. News Workers' Reflections on Digital Technology and Social Media After a Terror Event; Maria Konow-Lund; 6. Old Wine in New Bottles? Use of Twitter by Established UK News Media During The 2014-15 West African Ebola Outbreak; Colin Mcinnes; 7. Flows of Water and Information: Reconstructing Online Communication During the 2013 European Floods in Austria; Susanne Sackl-Sharif, Eva Goldgruber, Julian Ausserhofer, Robert Gutounig and Gudrun Reimerth; Part Two: Developing A Tool for Crisis Communicators; 8. Tailoring Tools to the Rescue: Lessons Learned from Developing a Social Media Information Gathering Tool; Klas Backholm, Joachim Högväg, Jörn Knutsen, Jenny Lindholm and Even Westvang; 9. What Eye Movements and Facial Expressions Tell Us About User-Friendliness: Testing a Tool for Communicators and Journalists; Jenny Lindholm, Klas Backholm and Joachim Högväg; Part Three: Recommendations for Social Media Use in Risks and Crises; 10. "When The Levee Breaks": Recommendations for Social Media Use During Environmental Disasters; Eva Goldgruber, Susanne Sackl-Sharif, Julian Ausserhofer and Robert Gutounig; 11. Social Media Communication During Disease Outbreaks: Findings and Recommendations; Harald Hornmoen and Colin Mcinnes ; 12. Social Media and Situation Awareness During Terrorist Attacks. Recommendations for Crisis Communication; Steen Steensen, Elsebeth Frey, Rune Ottosen, Harald Hornmoen, and Maria Konow-Lund

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes.International contributors assess a variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies, including contextual variations related to geography and infrastructure, as well as individual differences related to age, income, health and disability status. Chapters explore how variations emerge across the life course, illustrating the effects of digital disparities on personal wellbeing. Intervening in critical debates relating to the digital divide, this Handbook offers key insights into privacy and trust issues that affect technological usage.Employing both quantitative and qualitative investigations into the relationship between social inequality and the Internet, this Handbook is crucial reading for scholars and researchers in both communication and sociology, particularly those focusing on digital inequalities and human-computer interaction. It will also benefit policymakers in need of innovative approaches to understanding, challenging and addressing the digital divide.Trade Review‘This collection is deeply needed amid the hype of digital equity and inclusion. Not only does it focus attention on areas, topics, and communities that demand greater understanding (the elderly, hardware access, disability, and privacy) but it adds crucial nuance and context to the present public and political conversation on digital equity and inclusion, especially given the IIJA’s digital equity programs. It reminds us that money will not solve these issues without deeper understanding and community-driven approaches. In addition to being a must-read for policy makers, this collection would be welcome in senior undergraduate or graduate courses on digital policy, broadband policy, the digital divide, digital media, health communication, media and disability, and research methods, among many others.’ -- Christopher Ali, International Journal of Communication‘Eszter Hargittai's edited volume, Handbook of Digital Inequality, is an important addition to the communication and technology literature. Digital inequalities are very real and significantly impactful, and this volume shines a bright light on the areas to which we should be giving more attention. Hargittai has compiled a thoughtful collection of chapters that collectively create a robust resource that readers will likely find themselves revisiting frequently for references, data points, and interesting ideas for research directions.’ -- James Jarc, Communication Research Trends‘At the dawn of the Internet age, digital inequality was a central concern. But then a combination of triumphalism (in the developed nations) and spiraling complexity (rapid proliferation of ways to go online and things to do there) led attention to shift away from this topic. As work and schooling moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the world rediscovered that inequality in access to digital platforms and resources remains high and is ever more central to social inequality overall. Eszter Hargittai has identified the scholars who have sustained a research focus on digital inequality and have found ways to cast empirical light on such complex issues as the impact of different ways of accessing the Internet and variation in online skills, and has produced a Handbook that will be invaluable to anyone who cares about social inequality – just when we need it the most.’ -- Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University, US‘This is a must-have book for any social scientist concerned with the digital age for, as its multiple authors clearly demonstrate, not only is almost every dimension of our lives now digital, but everything digital is, in one way or another, unequal. The task is to transcend early ideas of the digital divide to develop a complex and contextual understanding of digital inequality that can, potentially, help us to ameliorate or overcome its excesses and adverse consequences.’ -- Sonia Livingstone, LSE, UK and author, Parenting for a Digital Future‘The pandemic highlighted the critical and persistent need for widespread and equitable use of the internet in societies throughout the world. This timely Handbook provides a roadmap forward, with a comprehensive view of leading research, written by an international and stellar set of authors who have shaped the field and continue to innovate with new insights.’ -- Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Digital Inequality 1 Eszter Hargittai PART I INFRASTRUCTURES AND GEOGRAPHIES 2 What’s missing? How technology maintenance is overlooked in representative surveys of digital inequalities 9 Amy L. Gonzales, Harry Yan, Glenna L. Read and Allison Brown 3 Geographic inequality and the Internet 28 Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein 4 Infrastructure and instance: how rural communities approach short- and long-term solutions to access 43 Alexis Schrubbe and Sharon Strover 5 Digital inequality and mobiles: opportunities and challenges of relying on smartphones for digital inclusion in disadvantaged contexts 59 Teresa Correa, Isabel Pavez and Javier Contreras 6 Network and neighborhood effects in digital skills 72 Ellen Helsper PART II DIGITAL INEQUALITY THROUGHOUT THE LIFECOURSE 7 Mobile media in teen life: information, networks and access 95 junoh kimm and Jeffrey Boase 8 Looking back at millennials’ mobile transitions: differentiated patterns of mobile phone use among a diverse group of young adults 111 Su Jung Kim and Eszter Hargittai 9 Smartphone pervasiveness in youth daily life as a new form of digital inequality 128 Marco Gui and Tiziano Gerosa 10 Avoiding Facebook: low-income youths’ (negative) discourses about Facebook 145 Marina Micheli 11 Inequality in access to information about college: how low-income first-year college students use social media for seeking and sharing information about college 162 Michael G. Brown and Nicole B. Ellison 12 Digital skills inequality in the context of an aging society: the case of Poland 179 Tomasz Drabowicz 13 Digital inequality among older adults: how East Yorkers in Toronto navigate digital media 191 Anabel Quan-Haase, Barry Wellman and Renwen Zhang 14 Online social connectedness and well-being among older adults in the USA 206 Travis Kadylak and Shelia R. Cotten PART III HEALTH AND DISABILITY 15 Digital inequalities in health communication 217 Heinz Bonfadelli 16 Inequalities in digital health behaviors in American disadvantaged communities 233 Xiaoqian Li and Wenhong Chen 17 Disability, internet, and digital inequality: the research agenda 252 Gerard Goggin 18 The closing skills gap: revisiting the digital disability divide 271 Kerry Dobransky and Eszter Hargittai PART IV PRIVACY AND TRUST 19 Why privacy matters to digital inequality 281 Yong Jin Park 20 Digital inequalities in online privacy protection: effects of age, education and gender 293 Moritz Büchi, Noemi Festic, Natascha Just and Michael Latzer 21 How feelings of trust, concern, and control of personal online data influence web use 308 Elissa M. Redmiles and Cody L. J. Buntain 22 Inequalities in online political participation: the role of privacy concerns 323 Christoph Lutz and Christian Pieter Hoffmann 23 Algorithmic literacy and platform trust 338 Bianca C. Reisdorf and Grant Blank 24 Drills and spills: developing skills to protect one’s privacy online 355 Ashley Marie Walker and Eszter Hargittai Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Over the past 20 years, the concept of creative industries has become a widely recognised policy paradigm adopted in numerous countries, agencies and educational institutions around the world. A Research Agenda for Creative Industries probes the key issues that will help to advance research into creative industries as a productive and innovative intervention in public policy. Issues addressed include how much should a research agenda for creative industries be policy-oriented? How workable is the so-called triple bottom line rationale for creative industries? What innovative theories, research approaches and methods are called for in advancing a creative industries agenda? With contributions from leading scholars, policy and industry specialists, this interdisciplinary Research Agenda will be a vital resource for students and academics working in the fields of communication, culture, film and media, geography, business and policy studies, and Internet and social media studies.Trade Review'A Research Agenda for Creative Industries is a worthwhile read for everyone interested in both developing background knowledge on, and exploring the potential future research directions of, creative industries research and policy. The work enriches an understanding of the outline of research agendas that have shaped countries, regions and cities. I would recommend this book not only to academic scholars and industry leaders in the creative and cultural industries fields, but also to political leaders who can innovate the business and cultural world by evaluating and collaborating with a range of unique and diverse sectors that have intrinsic, innovative characteristics.' --Stefania Romano, Cultural TrendsStuart Cunningham and Terry Flew have brought together an impressive and diverse group of contributors from the academic, industry, and policymaking sectors to illuminate research directions for a field of inquiry that is characterized by inherent tensions between economic and cultural perspectives; between the needs and interests of scholars and those of the industry and policymaking sectors; and between the variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives that characterize the wide range of disciplines that contribute to creative industries research. This is a complex and difficult field for researchers to navigate. Fortunately, this volume clearly lays out a number of valuable paths forward.' --Philip M. Napoli, Duke University, US'Cunningham and Flew have assembled an A-list team of international scholars, industry leaders and policy makers to crystalize a future research agenda for creative industries. It addresses difficult issues in marking the distinction between economic and cultural value, and illuminates complex questions of intellectual property in an increasingly digital and globalized environment. It considers platforms and cities, on the one hand, and the different social and intellectual challenges in UK, Europe, Pacific Rim, and China, on the other. What will be the impact of Web3 and blockchain; how can industrial policy be rethought to sensibly encompass the creative economy; what data do we need to understand the continually morphing object that is the creative industries? This is an essential contribution to the field that not only provides answers but defines the new questions that we have to ask.' --Jonathan Potter, Rutgers University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: A forward agenda for creative industries research Stuart Cunningham and Terry Flew 1. The Creative Economy – where did it come from and where is it going? John Newbigin 2. The creative industries and industrial policy: The UK case Hasan Bakhshi 3. Complexity thinking as a coordinating theoretical framework for creative industries research Roberta Comunian 4. Creative industries: Between cultural economics and cultural studies Terry Flew 5. Creative industries research requires a new approach to data analysis John Davies 6. Web3 and the creative industries: How blockchains are reshaping business models Jason Potts and Ellie Rennie 7. Creative industries and higher education: What curriculum, what evidence, what impact? Ruth Bridgstock 8. Subsidies, copyright and incentives: A European perspective on the film industry Paul Stepan 9. Creative industries around the world Stuart Cunningham and Adam Swift 10. Creative industries in China: The digital turn Terry Flew, Xiang Ren and Yi Wang Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing together key frameworks and disciplines that illuminate the importance of communication around climate change, this Research Handbook offers a vital knowledge base to address the urgency of conveying climate issues to a variety of audiences.International scholars survey the key disciplinary foundations of climate change communication including: climate science, audience studies, sociology, and the efficacy of diverse communication forms ranging from science communication, political communication and visual communication to film, theatre and the novel. Featuring key ideas critical to the contemporary climate discussion, such as climate denial, psychology, the use of images, journalism, campaigns, health, justice and climate change fiction, this timely Research Handbook intervenes in the global debate to offer a pathway for researchers and communicators to stimulate new methods of conceptualising and communicating climate mitigation.Presenting an in-depth exploration of climate change messaging in relation to interpretive communities, this book is crucial reading for scholars and students of media and communications, climate science and environmental studies. Its key practical insights will also benefit practitioners of climate communication and science.Trade Review'This book takes a fiercely needed leap forward to systematically improve climate change communication. We're well acquainted with intersectional challenges associated with 21st century climate change, but work remains to improve how we talk about climate change. Interdisciplinary contributions here guide productive discussions as pathways to improved engagement and action.' -- Max Boykoff, University of Colorado, Boulder, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change 1 David C Holmes THEME I COMMUNICATING CLIMATE SCIENCE 2 Introduction to communicating climate science 22 Simon Torok and Ailie JE Gallant 3 Confidence and certainty in climate science 24 Ailie JE Gallant and Sophie C Lewis 4 Communicating climate change science with different audiences 33 Simon Torok, Karen Pearce and Susan Joy Hassol THEME II CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL 5 Introduction to climate science denial 47 John Cook 6 Sources and amplifiers of climate change denial 49 Riley E Dunlap and Robert J Brulle 7 Deconstructing climate science denial 62 John Cook 8 Responding to climate science denial 79 Emily Vraga and Sander van der Linden THEME III THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION 9 Introduction to the psychology of climate change communication 93 Kelly S Fielding 10 The role of psychological variables in developing effective climate change message frames 95 Anna Klas and Edward JR Clarke 11 The role of social norms in communicating about climate change 106 Kelly S Fielding and Winnifred R Louis 12 Communication to change climate-related behaviour 116 Christian A Klöckner THEME IV VISUALIZING CLIMATE CHANGE 13 Introduction to visualizing climate change 127 Mike S Schäfer 14 Stakeholders’ visual representations of climate change 131 Antal Wozniak 15 News media images of climate change: reviewing the research 143 Mike S Schäfer 16 Climate change visuals: a review of their effects on cognition, emotion and behaviour 153 Julia Metag THEME V CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTING 17 Introduction to climate reporting 162 Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius 18 Climate reporting: challenges and opportunities 164 Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius 19 Reporting extreme weather events 183 James Painter and Susan Joy Hassol 20 Reporting from vulnerable countries in the Global South 196 Goretti L Nassanga and Mofizur Rhaman THEME VI CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS 21 Introduction to climate change communication campaigns 212 Lucy M Richardson 22 Climate change audience segmentation: an international review 214 Benjamin H Detenber and Sonny Rosenthal 23 Designing theory-based interventions to change behaviour effectively 230 Sebastian Bamberg and Maxie Schulte 24 Practitioner engagement with communication and behavioural science research 242 Lucy M Richardson THEME VII HEALTH COMMUNICATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE 25 Introduction to health communication of climate change 257 Anneliese Depoux 26 Communicating the public health implications of climate change 259 Melinda R Weathers, Marceleen M Mosher and Edward Maibach 27 A few points that communication on climate change could learn from the COVID-19 crisis 272 Anneliese Depoux and François Gemenne 28 Communicating the health co-benefits of climate change mitigation to households and policy makers 279 Alina Herrmann, Dorothee Amelung, Helen Fischer and Rainer Sauerborn THEME VIII CLIMATE JUSTICE COMMUNICATION 29 Introduction to climate justice communication 291 Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg 30 The importance of the matters, geographies, and mediations of justice 293 Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg 31 The unearthed and contagious logics of pluralist climate justice in the Russian Arctic 305 Dmitry Yagodin THEME IX CLIMATE CHANGE FICTION 32 Introduction to climate change fiction 317 Roman Bartosch 33 Beyond communication: climate change fiction 320 Axel Goodbody 34 Popularizing climate change: cli-fi film and narrative impact 330 Alexa Weik von Mossner 35 (In)attention to global drama: climate change plays 340 Julia Hoydis 36 Reading and teaching fictions of climate 349 Roman Bartosch Index 353

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Book SynopsisTimely and original, Rethinking Communication Geographies explores the human condition under digital capitalism, depicting an environment in which digital logistics have taken centre stage in day-to-day life. The book responds to a pressing need to address the key questions of human autonomy and security, as well as the social power relations of the platform economy, in a world in which media and space have become increasingly entangled. Establishing a framework for understanding ‘geomedia’ as an environmental regime that shapes human subjectivity, André Jansson advances a humanistic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of communication geographies, arguing that human activities are accommodated to sustain the circulation of digital data. The book examines concrete examples related to audio-streaming, transmedia tourism, and platform urbanism, ultimately demonstrating how digital skills and logistical expertise have become forms of capital in contemporary society. Mapping ongoing transitions related to how digitalization affects spatial processes, the unique perspectives explored in this book will be of equal interest to postgraduates and researchers in the fields of human geography and media and communication studies. The innovative concepts and approaches to the study of digital geography introduced throughout will also enhance the dialogue between a vast range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.Trade Review‘This book offers a deep and stimulating insight into how geographies of communication are changing with contemporary digital media and data infrastructures, and why we need to rethink questions of geography, media and communication with today's geomediatization.’ -- Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, Germany‘This book offers an innovative and exciting framework for understanding how the digitally mediated world is increasingly experienced: logistically. Its sustained attention to the entanglement of spatiality and communicative media, as well as to the differentiated possibilities for everyday human agency that then emerge, is particularly insightful and welcome.’ -- Gillian Rose, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Rethinking communication geographies 2. Dwelling under geomedia 3. The culture of streamability 4. Transmedia travel 5. Guidance landscapes 6. Geomedia as the human condition Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis incisive Handbook critically examines the role and place of media and communication in development and social change, reflecting a vision for change anchored in values of social justice. Expert contributors discuss and evaluate the roles and outcomes of media and communication for social mobilization, media mobilization, community mobilization, advocacy, participation, empowerment, capacity-building, resistance, networking, and action for progressive social change.Chapters explore communicative actions involved in social, economic, political, and cultural integration and the transformation of individuals, communities, places, and societies in the processes of development and social change. Outlining the genealogy and history of the field, the Handbook investigates the possible new directions and objectives in the area. Key conclusions include an enhanced role for development communication in participatory development, active agency of stakeholders of development programs, and the operationalization of social justice in development.Comprehensive yet accessible, this Handbook will be a key resource for students and scholars of media and communication, political science, development studies, social work, critical education, community organization, and anthropology. It will also be of value to professionals working in associations and organizations dealing with development and social change.Trade Review'When two of the leading scholars in the field come together to edit a Handbook, the result, as expected, is this valuable resource. It is a comprehensive volume that brings together different theoretical, methodological, and conceptual traditions for advocacy, mobilization, engagement, and empowerment, through a holistic understanding of culture-specific communicative actions, tools, and approaches. This Handbook is a must have reference for all students, teachers, scholars, consultants, and practitioners in this discipline.' -- Sundeep Muppidi, University of Hartford, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Communication in development and social change: a genealogy of the field 1 Srinivas Raj Melkote and Arvind Singhal PART I BROAD CONCEPTUAL, THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES 2 Communication for development through dialogue, deliberation and civic media: how deliberative democracy and civic capital support social justice 15 Elesha L. Ruminski, Justin Reedy and Laura W. Black 3 Media and public communication for social mobilization toward social justice: a review of the capabilities approach 40 Tom Jacobson 4 Emerging issues in post-development and development communication for social justice: critical analysis of power, local place and networks 59 Aman Luthra and Clayton Rosati 5 Communication and development: Participatory Action Research and praxis for social justice 83 Srinivas Raj Melkote and H. Leslie Steeves 6 Culture-centered approach to communication for social change 100 Mohan J. Dutta, Pooja Jayan and Christine Elers 7 Participatory Communication for Social Change 120 Lisa Servaes and Jan Servaes 8 Participatory communication and action for a sustainable environment 142 Elske van de Fliert 9 Endogenous wisdom in action—the positive deviance approach: an alternative conceptualization of communication and social change praxis 154 Arvind Singhal, Monique Sternin, Shafique Muhammad and Lucía Durá 10 Advocacy communication for social justice 172 Karin G. Wilkins and Michael D. Kim 11 Community radio for social change: restoring decentralized democratic discursive spaces 189 Vinod Pavarala and Kanchan K. Malik 12 Multidimensional model for change: a comprehensive C4D-based framework for sustainable development 212 Paolo Mefalopulos 13 Putting people first: participatory development communication and sustainable development in agriculture and natural resource management 232 Guy Bessette 14 Health communication research and practice for progressive social change: a case study of COVID-19 244 Pradeep Krishnatray, Srinivas Melkote and H. Leslie Steeves 15 Building capacity in communication for development and health promotion 261 Rafael Obregón and Charlotte Lapsansky PART II COMMUNITY AND MEDIA MOBILIZATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE 16 Participatory and intersectionality approaches for gender equity and maternal health promotion in sub-Saharan Africa 284 Emrakeb A. Woldearegay, Elinam Amevor and H. Leslie Steeves 17 Transforming gender norms through communication: Minga Perú’s communicative actions in the Amazon 301 Ami Sengupta and Arvind Singhal 18 The dialectical praxis of organizing for social change in digital hashtag movements: #MeToo and the Kavanaugh hearings 321 Wendy H. Papa, Michael J. Papa and Tisha Dejmanee 19 Communication design and co-creation of information solutions for sustainable social change at the margins 339 Uttaran Dutta 20 Experiences in feminist movement building in South Africa 358 Shereen Usdin, Ntombohlanga Mqushulu, Lebohang Letsela, Mari Lotvonen and Matokgo Makutoane PART III CONCLUSION 21 Communication for development and social change: reflections from theory and practice 375 Srinivas Raj Melkote and Arvind Singhal Index

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Book SynopsisAuthors Joann Keyton and Stephenson J. Beck present a communicative framework—one that emphasizes the creation and management of messages as well as the reception and perception of meaning— for the investigation of groups and teams. The book also elaborates on the strategic and contextual nature of group interaction. The book is structured around five key elements of groups, all pieces of a puzzle, that can be used to evaluate group effectiveness. These are: group size, interdependence of members, group identity, group goals, and group structure.Throughout the book, and in pedagogical features, skills are grounded in a solid research base (and further highlighted in Skill Builder and Theory Standout boxes). Examples are extensive and true-to-life, with many utilizing transcripts of group dialogues so students can see the communication process unfold (Message and Meaning boxes). A wide range of group types is presented, from family and social groups, to work teams and task groups, to discussion and decision-making groups. Whether students' experiences are with groups that are formal or informal, personal or professional, task oriented or relationally oriented, they need communication skills to build and maintain relationships that support effective problem solving and decision making.Building on the strengths of previous editions, robust enhancements to this edition include new chapter opening stories; examples of a wider variety of group types from in-person to hybrid to virtual; the inclusion of new trends and research; and updated instructor and Active Learning resources.

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Book SynopsisBefore Crisis: The Practice of Effective Risk Communication provides theoretically grounded, data-driven, and research-based recommendations for communicating about risks before they manifest into full-blown crises. Authors Timothy and Deanna Sellnow explore strategies for communicating risk in diverse contexts through theories, best practices, extended applications and examples, and ethical considerations.Part I of the text describes the role of risk communication in preventing and recovering from crises, ethical questions to consider when doing so, and the role of dialogue in learning. Part II provides a detailed explanation for creating effective risk messages. The chapters clarify how to operationalize each component of the IDEA model: internalization, distribution, explanation, and action. Part III presents strategies for overcoming challenges to effective risk communication rooted in audience diversity, such as rhetorical sensitivity, crisis denial, and competing narratives.Timely and essential, Before Crisis is an exemplary text for courses and programs in crisis communication, strategic communication, public relations, and management. It is also a practical and valuable reference for communication professionals.

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Book SynopsisCommunication Ethics: Promoting Truth, Responsibility, and Civil Discourse in a Polarized Age is intended to teach students how to ethically communicate in a world where it has become difficult to navigate the strains of perceived difference. Disinformation, dishonesty, denials of responsibility and a lack of accountability are just some of the factors that are compromising our ability to engage in civil discourse. For a student to understand how to better communicate given these challenges, it is necessary for them to understand the theoretical foundation for ethics and to practice applying ethical communication strategies to situations they will increasingly face in their everyday lives.The text equips readers with the practical skills they need to deal with difficult communication situations they face in a complex world. It features a case study approach that affords students experience in constructing arguments using a combination of traditional ethical theory with an updated focus on how to apply those principles in a challenging and ever more polarized society.The book highlights the need to promote truth, speaks to the impact of technology on ethics and communication, addresses current controversies in the field, and more.A timely and essential resource for today's modern students, Communication Ethics is an excellent textbook for courses and programs in ethical communication.

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Book SynopsisSynthesising diverse research avenues for politics, discourse, and political discourse, this cutting-edge Handbook examines the formative traditions, current theoretical and methodological landscape, and genres and domains over which political discourse extends.Drawing on rich and dynamic models in critical cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, metaphor analysis, context, and multimodality studies, leading scholars provide tools to analyse a broad range of traditional and modern genres of political communication. Taking a historical dive into formative traditions in political discourse, including rhetoric and social and poststructuralist theories, this Handbook revises these classical models of political communication against new empirical contexts to offer the most fruitful, objective, and universal methodologies to date. Examining propaganda, advertising, political speeches and election campaigns, this Handbook pays particular attention to newly arising genres and discourses which reflect the momentous changes in the public domain, fuelled by recent and developing events including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine war.Drawing diverse insights from a wide array of disciplines, this Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars of political theory, sociology, philosophy, linguistics, discourse analysis, and communication studies who are looking for innovative methodologies with which to analyse political discourse.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Political Discourse 1 Piotr Cap PART I FORMATIVE TRADITIONS 1 Language and politics, politics and language: democracy and demagoguery 6 Paul Chilton 2 Rhetoric as the art of persuasion in the Greek and Roman worlds 23 Sara Rubinelli 3 Niccolò Machiavelli: language, power and leadership 36 Anthony R. Brunello 4 From Marx to the Frankfurt School: discourse, ideology, and critical theory 50 Chad Kautzer 5 Poststructuralist theories: making space for a linguistic analysis of political discourse 66 Dirk Nabers 6 The French school of discourse analysis 79 Dominique Maingueneau 7 Laclau and Mouffe, Bourdieu, neo-liberalism, and the mass media 93 Jeremy F. Lane PART II METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS 8 Political discourse analysis and critical discourse studies: scope, relations, commitments 109 Patricia Dunmire 9 Language, space and politics 128 Bertie Kaal 10 Metaphorical framing in political discourse 145 Andreas Musolff 11 Context: theoretical analysis and its implications for political discourse analysis 164 Anita Fetzer 12 The analysis of discursive subjects 180 Johannes Angermuller 13 Narratives and storytelling processes in the analysis of political discourse 204 Anna De Fina 14 Propaganda theory and analysis 219 John Oddo 15 Multimodality toolkit for political discourse analysis: a focus on visual rhetoric 235 Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska and Agnieszka Kampka PART III DOMAINS AND GENRES 16 Political speeches: interactive and heteroglossic elements 251 Helmut Gruber 17 Parliamentary sessions: interlocking genres of law-making 266 Răzvan Săftoiu 18 Political advertising and election campaigns 288 Glenn W. Richardson Jr. 19 Media discourses of public participation 301 Jan Chovanec 20 Political discourse as institutional communication 317 Geert Jacobs, Thomas Jacobs and Sofie Verkest 21 Environment, climate and health at the crossroads: a critical analysis of public policy and political communication discourse in the EU 328 Cinzia Bevitori and Katherine E. Russo 22 Public policy discourse: anti-terrorism and migration 345 Maureen Duffy 23 Protocols of political forgiveness: forgetting and forgiving antisemitism in Greek right-wing politics 360 Salomi Boukala Index 374

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Over the past 20 years, the concept of creative industries has become a widely recognised policy paradigm adopted in numerous countries, agencies and educational institutions around the world. A Research Agenda for Creative Industries probes the key issues that will help to advance research into creative industries as a productive and innovative intervention in public policy. Issues addressed include how much should a research agenda for creative industries be policy-oriented? How workable is the so-called triple bottom line rationale for creative industries? What innovative theories, research approaches and methods are called for in advancing a creative industries agenda? With contributions from leading scholars, policy and industry specialists, this interdisciplinary Research Agenda will be a vital resource for students and academics working in the fields of communication, culture, film and media, geography, business and policy studies, and Internet and social media studies.Trade Review'A Research Agenda for Creative Industries is a worthwhile read for everyone interested in both developing background knowledge on, and exploring the potential future research directions of, creative industries research and policy. The work enriches an understanding of the outline of research agendas that have shaped countries, regions and cities. I would recommend this book not only to academic scholars and industry leaders in the creative and cultural industries fields, but also to political leaders who can innovate the business and cultural world by evaluating and collaborating with a range of unique and diverse sectors that have intrinsic, innovative characteristics.' --Stefania Romano, Cultural TrendsStuart Cunningham and Terry Flew have brought together an impressive and diverse group of contributors from the academic, industry, and policymaking sectors to illuminate research directions for a field of inquiry that is characterized by inherent tensions between economic and cultural perspectives; between the needs and interests of scholars and those of the industry and policymaking sectors; and between the variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives that characterize the wide range of disciplines that contribute to creative industries research. This is a complex and difficult field for researchers to navigate. Fortunately, this volume clearly lays out a number of valuable paths forward.' --Philip M. Napoli, Duke University, US'Cunningham and Flew have assembled an A-list team of international scholars, industry leaders and policy makers to crystalize a future research agenda for creative industries. It addresses difficult issues in marking the distinction between economic and cultural value, and illuminates complex questions of intellectual property in an increasingly digital and globalized environment. It considers platforms and cities, on the one hand, and the different social and intellectual challenges in UK, Europe, Pacific Rim, and China, on the other. What will be the impact of Web3 and blockchain; how can industrial policy be rethought to sensibly encompass the creative economy; what data do we need to understand the continually morphing object that is the creative industries? This is an essential contribution to the field that not only provides answers but defines the new questions that we have to ask.' --Jonathan Potter, Rutgers University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: A forward agenda for creative industries research Stuart Cunningham and Terry Flew 1. The Creative Economy – where did it come from and where is it going? John Newbigin 2. The creative industries and industrial policy: The UK case Hasan Bakhshi 3. Complexity thinking as a coordinating theoretical framework for creative industries research Roberta Comunian 4. Creative industries: Between cultural economics and cultural studies Terry Flew 5. Creative industries research requires a new approach to data analysis John Davies 6. Web3 and the creative industries: How blockchains are reshaping business models Jason Potts and Ellie Rennie 7. Creative industries and higher education: What curriculum, what evidence, what impact? Ruth Bridgstock 8. Subsidies, copyright and incentives: A European perspective on the film industry Paul Stepan 9. Creative industries around the world Stuart Cunningham and Adam Swift 10. Creative industries in China: The digital turn Terry Flew, Xiang Ren and Yi Wang Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This Research Agenda documents and establishes the thinking of leading scholars in the field of political marketing and related sub-fields, also encompassing additional social science disciplines that intersect at the crossroads of political marketing. Chapters address the complexity of how politicians and political parties leverage trust, credibility, and expertise across their policy positions, and how citizens formulate their attitudes and opinions. Contributors focus on the new challenges and opportunities for political parties and politicians around the globe when communicating about complex issues, such as science and technology. This Research Agenda will be an essential resource for political marketing researchers and practitioners looking to explore how marketing tactics may be used to shape, guide, and manage public opinion and policy discourse.Trade Review‘Expertly curated by Bruce and Todd Newman, this collection of articles by leading international scholars elegantly encapsulates the principles and practices of political marketing in the early twenty-first century. Particularly noteworthy is the topical focus on digital populism, political branding, and the role of scandal in electoral campaigns.’ -- Richard Tempest, University of Illinois, US‘Understanding contemporary politics is to understand marketing. Bruce and Todd Newman have edited a volume that can instruct modern princes on the virtue needed to gain and hold power. But democracy can prevail only if research in this arcana imperii is used also to educate and empower citizens as voters.’ -- Dejan Vercic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia‘This fascinating book, with contributions from leading political marketing scholars worldwide, comes at a sadly propitiously time, as democracy is imploding amid the growth of ideologically extreme groups untethered to truth, ferociously marketing their political ideas. Co-editors Bruce Newman and Todd Newman, and their assemblage of assiduous scholars, have produced a book that addresses the multitude of issues facing contemporary political marketing, offering luminous insights on issues spanning digital populism, political disaffection, issues management, branding, ethical chasms, and the bête noire of political campaigning: propaganda. Students and researchers will come away with new perspectives from this stimulating book.’ -- Richard M. Perloff, Cleveland State University, US and author of The Dynamics of Political Communication (3rd. edition)Table of ContentsContents: 1 A triangle of influence: researching political power and social media in the wake of the 2020–21 U.S. succession crisis 1 Michael Cornfield 2 Political marketing from an ideological marketing perspective 21 Wojcieh Cwalina and Andrzej Falkowski 3 Stratified electioneering: the political marketing century 37 Dominic Wring 4 Issues management in science and technology: contestable matters of fact, value and policy, and areas for future research 53 Matt VanDyke and Nicole Lee 5 The management of political campaigns 69 Jody Baumgartner 6 The role of social media in political campaigns: a review and research agenda 85 Christine Williams 7 Political branding: a research agenda for political marketing 107 Christopher Pich 8 The continued relevance of mass media in campaigns: a critical review and research agenda 129 Daniel E. Bergan 9 Challenging political communication and marketing research: the measurement of implicit attitudes in the age of scandals 143 Roberto de Miguel Pascual and Rosa Berganza 10 The dark arts of political marketing: use of propaganda in political campaigns 159 Greg Simons Index

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Book SynopsisStrategic communication as a research field and a professional practice is becoming increasingly relevant for organizations. Bringing together contributions from almost 60 leading international scholars, this dynamic Research Handbook on Strategic Communication is a timely contribution to a vivid and developing academic field. Divided into three key parts – fundamentals, perspectives, and processes – the Research Handbook provides a holistic overview of target-oriented communication in and between organizations and society. The Handbook begins by addressing core issues in the discipline, introducing theories of communication, strategy, propaganda, and the public sphere. Chapters further explore strategic communication from a range of institutional, democratic, spatial, gendered, professional, and technological perspectives. The final section covers an extensive array of strategic communication processes, from corporate branding, communication management, and public diplomacy to corporate social responsibility, political communication, and social media. Offering an advanced overview of relevant theories, concepts, and methods in strategic communication, this comprehensive Research Handbook will be an essential resource for graduate students and scholars of communication studies, sociology, social psychology, organizational theory, marketing, and public relations. Practitioners will benefit from its combination of theoretical and practical insights.Trade Review‘Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide have been at the forefront of theory development in strategic communication for many years now. The Research Handbook on Strategic Communication is another example of their ability to keep up with new and emerging topics in the field. For this endeavor they have collected an outstanding and international group of strategic communication experts to address challenges in the field and offer new perspectives and solutions. Falkheimer and Heide’s Research Handbook should become a worldwide staple in graduate classes and in academic research in the field of strategic communication well into the future.’ -- Derina Holtzhausen, Lamar University, US‘The Research Handbook on Strategic Communication provides a fresh and informed look at current research. The Research Handbook re-examines familiar contexts and questions such as the viability of the public sphere, the function of dialogue, and the role of culture in view of an ever-evolving communication landscape, while introducing perspectives in greater need of consideration, such as the influence of place, the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, and the importance of engagement. This is a must-read for scholars and graduate students studying strategic communication.’ -- Timothy Sellnow, University of Central Florida, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: the emergent field of strategic communication 1 Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide PART I FUNDAMENTALS 2 Strategic communication: a discipline in the making? 14 Finn Frandsen and Winni Johansen 3 The saying and the doing: when communication is strategic 33 Emma Christensen and Lars Thøger Christensen 4 Persuasion, promotion, spin, propaganda? 46 Jim Macnamara 5 Strategic communication: historical overview and concept development 62 Robert L. Heath 6 Dialogue as a tool of strategic communication? 83 Michael L. Kent 7 From strategy to strategizing 99 Ib T. Gulbrandsen and Sine N. Just 8 Understandings of organization in strategic communication research 117 Peter Winkler and Dennis Schoeneborn 9 Public sphere 132 Howard Nothhaft and Camilla Nothhaft PART II PERSPECTIVES 10 The institutional perspective on strategic communication: bringing culture and society back in 149 Swaran Sandhu 11 Democracy, strategic communication and lobbying 165 Øyvind Ihlen, Irina Lock and Ketil Raknes 12 Place matters: expanding the research agenda for strategic communication 177 Cecilia Cassinger and Åsa Thelander 13 Gender in strategic communication: feminization, stereotypes and a search towards excellence 187 Martina Topić 14 Communication professionals 198 Gemma Bridge and Ralph Tench 15 Artificial intelligence, big data and all change 208 Anne Gregory 16 Strategic organizational listening 220 Laurie Lewis PART III PROCESSES 17 Communication management: structures, processes, and business models for value creation through corporate communications 236 Ansgar Zerfass and Jeanne Link 18 Crisis communication as strategic communication: process and insights 258 Timothy Coombs and Sherry Holladay 19 The strategic role of internal crisis communication 273 Alessandra Mazzei and Silvia Ravazzani 20 Political communication 289 Bente Kalsnes and Anders Olof Larsson 21 The past, the present, and the future of public diplomacy research 300 Sarah Marschlich and Leysan Storie 22 Corporate responsibility and strategic communication 318 Ganga S. Dhanesh 23 Corporate branding between corporate, stakeholders, and society 334 Stefania Romenti, Elanor Colleoni, and Grazia Murtarelli 24 Ethical internal communication 347 Kevin Ruck 25 Leadership communication during turbulent times 365 Linjuan Rita Men, Jie Jin, Renee Mitson, and Marc Vielledent 26 Engagement as strategy: a framework for strategic communication 383 Kim A. Johnston and Maureen Taylor 27 Agile integrated communication: a content-based approach 399 Sabine Einwiller, Jens Seiffert-Brockmann, and Neda Ninova-Solovykh 28 Digital strategic communication through digital media-arenas 415 Mark Badham, Vilma Luoma-aho, Chiara Valentini and Laura Lumimaa 29 Internal social media: a promise of participatory communication and organizational transparency 430 Vibeke Thøis Madsen 30 Exploring the vertical communication chain in the light of post-bureaucracy 444 Charlotte Simonsson 31 Communicative coworkership 459 Rickard Andersson 32 Measurement and evaluation: framework, methods, and critique 474 Alexander Buhmann and Sophia C. Volk Index

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Book SynopsisOver the years, tech companies were accustomed to cheerleading coverage of product launches, but in recent years the long tech-press honeymoon ended. It was replaced by a new era of mounting criticism focusing on tech’s negative impact on society. This emerging tech backlash is a story of pendulum swings between tech-utopianism and tech-dystopianism. When and why did media coverage shift to corporate misdeeds, and how did tech companies respond? The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication provides an in-depth analysis of the evolution of tech journalism and reveals the “inside story” of the Techlash. Furthermore, it shows how Big Tech companies defend themselves from scrutiny by attempting to reduce their responsibility. From employee activism to political pushback, the ramifications are growing. Until now, the interplay between tech journalism and tech PR has been underexplored. Through analysis of both tech media and corporate crisis response, The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication examines the roots and characteristics of the Techlash. Insightful observations by tech journalists and tech PR professionals are added to the research data, illuminating the profound changes in the power dynamics between the media and the tech giants they cover. Nirit Weiss-Blatt explores theoretical and practical implications for both tech enthusiasts and critics.Trade ReviewIn this deeply researched work, Nirit Weiss-Blatt provides an invaluable record of tech media's mood swing as its portrayal of Silicon Valley lurched from utopian to dystopian. This is much more than a book about tech's PR problems. Weiss-Blatt's trenchant analysis of the news industry restores nuance to the debate over technology and society. -- Jeff Jarvis, Director, Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, The Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism Innovation, CUNYNirit's in-depth study of tech media chronicles the reputational rise and fall of an entire industry while providing valuable insights to those who work in it. The book provides PR professionals, journalists, and students with a comprehensive analysis of the Techlash's core issues. Whether you're working in tech journalism or tech PR, the book will broader your understanding of the media scrutiny, the tech clients, and, thus, help you define the future correspondence between the two. -- Fred Cook, Chairman of Golin, Professor of Professional Practice, Director of the USC Center for Public RelationsTable of ContentsTHE PRE-TECHLASH ERA Section Chapter 1. Tech News and Tech Public Relations THE TECHLASH ERA Section Chapter 2. Big Tech – Big Scandals Chapter 3. Tech Crisis Communication Chapter 4. Evolving Techlash Issues THE POST-TECHLASH ERA Section Chapter 5. Never-Ending Criticism?

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Book SynopsisThe volume brings together scholars from across the Americas to address the complex evolution of political and policy media spaces as they are studied from a range of perspectives.

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Book SynopsisThis unique book presents original concepts to characterize the current crisis of democracy. Offering a comparative study of original electoral data and analysis of contemporary trends, models and theoretical frameworks, Luigi Di Gregorio argues that democracy is affected by ‘demopathy’; it is sick and is in need of therapy.Luigi Di Gregorio explores how democratic malaise derives from the transition to postmodernity and the rise of individualization: the loss of social meaning, the end of meta-narratives, the crisis of knowledge and cognitive authorities, narcissism and new perceptions of time and space. The author argues that mass media and technological innovations are the main drivers of this change and have heightened the logic of the consumer society. The resulting psychological democracy is that of a permanent ‘pollcracy’, whose leaders are simply pursuers of public opinion. The book concludes that democracy must be defended by building a positive narrative to counterbalance the effects of these trends.Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book will be critical reading for scholars and students of political science, political sociology, political theory and political communication and marketing. Its broad perspective paints a big picture that will also be beneficial for political consultants and policy analysts.Trade Review‘This work offers a convincing analysis that stresses the mutual causation between political leadership, citizens, and the media. I am confident that promising (and achievable) cures follow logically from this analysis. Demopathy and the Democratic Malaise is an outstanding book that democrats anywhere should pay close attention to.’Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction to demopathy and the democratic malaise PART I SYMPTOMS 2. The contemporary crisis of democracy. Symptoms of the democratic malaise PART II DIAGNOSIS 3. The origin of the crisis. Individualized modernity and the narcissist syndrome 4. The communication and image society. The driver of the narcissist syndrome 5. Demopathy. Public emotion, pollcracy, followship PART III THERAPY 6. Towards a democracy of the imaginary. An evolutionary perspective 7. (Covid) Afterword Index

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Book SynopsisProviding new insights into the textual and paratextual character of brands and advertising, this innovative book showcases an extensive selection of vivid and topical case examples that assist the practical understanding of advertising paratexts. Chris Hackley and Rungpaka Amy Hackley draw on many examples of creative advertisements to illustrate the key features of paratextual advertising and all types of brand communication, practice, strategy and research. The book examines the idea of an advertisement as something that is read and interpreted as a text by an audience, drawing on some of the pioneering research literature that introduced literary forms of analysis into business, management and related fields of scholarship. The authors utilise ideas from literary theory to examine how advertising can be understood, as well as consider semiotic and anthropological perspectives on advertising and digital media. Aiming to change the way advertising is understood by students, scholars, and by media and management professionals, this book will be a valuable resource for those with an interest in advertising and promotion, marketing, communication, business management, and branding.Trade Review‘Rethinking Advertising as Paratextual Communication by Chris Hackley and Rungpaka Amy Hackley is that remarkable and rare book that compromises in neither theoretical sophistication nor contemporary practical relevance. It will delight those looking for new practical tools or “cool” examples to learn from. The book’s real gift is the concept of paratextual advertising itself, which has the potential to become the new preferred framework for understanding how advertising works in this messy digital age of ours. Buy this book.’ -- Henri Weijo, Aalto University School of Business, Finland‘People generally believe persuasion requires focused attention, something which is more difficult for advertising in the current age. However, high attention is only one way to consume an ad. The Hackley’s have hashed out the paratextual one, a way to consume advertising that is more inclusive of the collection of texts of which the ad is a member. It makes for a fascinating read of how consumers draw cultural meaning from advertising texts and paratexts.’ -- Tom van Laer, The University of Sydney, Australia‘Innovative, exemplary, outstanding, Hackley and Hackley are the Rolls and Royce, the Moët and Chandon, the Dolce and Gabbana of paratextual communication. Their book’s an investment you can’t afford to ignore.’ -- Stephen Brown, Ulster University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Advertising as paratextual communication 2. Reading advertising 3. Understanding advertisements as social texts 4. Paratexts and the meaning of the brand 5. How does advertising ‘work’? 6. Storytelling and paratextual advertising 7. Paratextual advertising strategy 8. Paratextual advertising and the future Index

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Book SynopsisThis informative Research Handbook brings together a unique combination of methodological, philosophical and theoretical perspectives to present a comprehensive overview of communication and prejudice research

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Book SynopsisThis forward-looking Research Handbook makes an insightful contribution to the emerging field of studies on communication of, by and with AI. Bringing together state-of-the-art research from over 50 leading international scholars across various fields, it provides a comprehensive overview of the complex intersections between AI and communication. The team of expert contributors explore key conceptual, theoretical and methodological approaches and examine a variety of ethical considerations, legal issues and policy implications of AI across diverse contexts. The Handbook spans a wide range of topics related to AI-empowered, immersed, mediated and integrated communications. These range from the role of news media and digital communication platforms in constructing, representing and framing AI across different countries and cultures, to the public understanding of, attitude towards and interaction with AI and its related technologies. Offering foundational guidance on AI and communication, the Research Handbook will stimulate further intellectual inquiry for future scholarship in this rapidly evolving area. Cross-disciplinary in scope, this dynamic Research Handbook will prove an essential reference for students and scholars in multiple fields, including communication, computer science, data and information science, sociology, business, and education. Policymakers and practitioners will also find it a valuable resource to help inform AI-related regulations and policies.Trade Review‘This is an essential and refreshing collection of work that examines some of the most crucial questions facing our communication and media systems. It is sure to help guide research over the next decade.’ -- Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Virginia, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xvi Introduction to the Research Handbook on Artificial Intelligence and Communication xvii Seungahn Nah PART I MAPPING RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION 1 A systematic review of scholarship in AI and communication research (1990–2022) 2 Sumita Louis and Seungahn Nah 2 AI-integrated communication: conceptualization and a critical review 29 Donghee Yvette Wohn and Mashael Almoqbel 3 Toward a sociology of machines: an interviewing methodology for human–machine communication 44 Cait Lackey 4 Discovering developmental trajectories and trends of conversational agent research using dynamic topic modeling 58 Hüseyin Özçinar and Aylin Sabanci Bayramoğlu 5 A systematic review of scholarship on metaverse 79 Jun Luo, Sumita Louis, and Seungahn Nah PART II FRAMING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 6 AI in schools and universities: mapping central debates through enthusiasms and concerns 94 Kristjan Kikerpill and Andra Siibak 7 How news organizations and journalists understand artificial intelligence: application of news language database to AI-related news stories 108 Jeongsub Lim 8 AI in Portugal: news framing, tone, and sources 125 Paulo Nuno Vicente 9 AI bias, news framing, and mixed-methods approach 145 Jun Luo, Seungahn Nah, and Jungseock Joo PART III PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGNECE 10 Risk perceptions and trust mechanisms related to everyday AI 163 Hichang Cho and Rosalie Hooi 11 Fearing the future: examining the conditional indirect correlation of attention to artificial intelligence news on artificial intelligence attitudes 176 Alex Kirkpatrick, Jay D. Hmielowski, and Amanda Boyd 12 A machine-learning approach to assessing public trust in AI-powered technologies 193 Poong Oh and Younbo Jung 13 Machine learning and deep learning for social science: a bibliometric approach 214 Jang Hyun Kim and Dongyan Nan 14 AI and data-driven political communication (re)shaping citizen–government interactions 231 Jérôme Duberry 15 AI folk tales: how nontechnical publics make sense of artificial intelligence 246 Barbara Pohl and Lauri Goldkind PART IV INTERACTING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 16 Facilitating stakeholder communication around AI-enabled systems and business processes 268 Matthew Bundas, Chasity Nadeau, Thanh H. Nguyen, Jeannine Shantz, Marcello Balduccini, Edward Griffor, and Tran Cao Son 17 The levels of automation and autonomy in the AI-augmented newsroom: toward a multi-level typology of computational journalism 284 Hannes Cools, Baldwin Van Gorp, and Michaël Opgenhaffen 18 AI as communicative other: critical relationality in human–AI communication 300 Marco Dehnert 19 Needs and practices for AI-mediated messaging in uncertain circumstances 315 Adam M. Rainear, Patric R. Spence, and Kenneth A. Lachlan 20 Why wasn’t I ready for that? Suggestions and research directions for the use of machine agents in organizational life 325 Patric R. Spence 21 The Media Are Social Actors paradigm and beyond: theory, evidence, and future research 337 Kun Xu, Fanjue Liu, Xiaobei Chen, and Matthew Lombard PART V POLICING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 22 Evaluating the self-disclosure of personal information to AI-enabled technology 355 Jessica K. Barfield 23 To reimagine more deeply: understanding what AI communicates 376 John S. Seberger, Hyesun Choung, and Prabu David 24 Automated inequalities: examining the social implications of artificial intelligence in China 391 Bibo Lin and Joanne Kuai 25 Design + power: policy for the ecology of influence 405 Jasmine McNealy Index 418

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Book Synopsis"Peter Cochrane is one of our most far-sighted visionaries, and brings brilliant clarity and focus to our understanding of ourselves and our technologies, and of how profoundly each is transforming the other." -Douglas Adams, Author, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy In Uncommon Sense, Peter Cochrane's follow up to the radical 108 Tips for Time Traveller, Peter explains how very simple analysis allows the prediction of such debacles as the 3G auction and the subsequent collapse of an industry, whilst simple-minded thinking is dangerous in the context of a world that is predominantly chaotic and out of control. People balked when Peter suggested a wholesale move to eWorking, the rise of email and text messaging, and the dotcom regime mirroring the boom and bust cycle of the industrial revolution. His predictions of the use and growth of mobile devices and communication, or use of chip implants for humans to replace ID cards, passports, and medical records, or iris scanners and fingerprint readers - were all seen as unlikely. Today they are a reality. How then will the world react to his predictions as set out in Uncommon Sense of a networked world of distributed ignorance and sharing overcoming an old world of concentrated skill and control? To everything becoming 'Napsterised' in every dimension, where storage and processing power cost nothing, and become connected without the help of the old network companies? A world where individuals create their own networks, where laws of copyright and resale, and old business models have to be changed as giant industries are dragged kicking and screaming out of the 19th Century and into the 21st? Peter Cochrane poses and answers questions, suggests solutions, and raises red flags on issues that need to be addressed. Tables, diagrams, pictures and illustrations generously support all of the text, with the most difficult aspects illustrated by simulations and other material on a CD and links to a web site with an ongoing expansion of the themes addressed.Trade Review"You will find it hard to put down..." (Reading Chronicle, 29/7/04) "A series of remarkable insights into work, communication, the family, communities and just about everything else touched by technology" (The Times, 23rd September, 2004) "You will find it hard to put down." (Institute of Directors, Autumn 2004) "...a man with something to say to a world that should listen." (City to Cities, November/ December 2004) "...his ideas are provocative, his opinions refreshing and his knowledge extensive...ideal for holiday reading..." (Library & Information Update, July 05) "...a series of challenging insights into work, communication and the family... a must-read for anyone..." (Long Range Planning, Number 38, 2005)Table of ContentsStandby xi Where Did This Book Come From? xv Byte 00 – Boot Up 1 Byte 01 – Education That Doesn’t Fit 8 Byte 02 – Conference Turnaround 13 Byte 03 – Salesmanship 17 Byte 04 – The Coming Oil Crisis 22 Byte 05 – Summits, Models and Machines 26 Byte 06 – Counter-Intuitive Networks 30 Byte 07 – Linear and Non-Linear 35 Byte 08 – Exponential Growth – So Misunderstood 40 Byte 09 – Don’t Make Life Harder Than It Already Is 48 Byte 10 – The 3G Chasm – Deeper Than We Thought 53 Byte 11 – Science and Belief 58 Byte 12 – Cochrane’s Law of Secretaries 63 Byte 13 – Control Freaks – Scales of Grey 67 Byte 14 – Butterfl yWings.com 72 Byte 15 – Short-Term Economics 78 Byte 16 – No Market Savvy 82 Byte 17 – How Was Christmas Online For You? 85 Byte 18 – Wrong Shopping Protocol 90 Byte 19 – Chips in Everything – Including Me 95 Byte 20 – The Cyborgs Are Here 99 Byte 21 – Web Realities 103 Byte 22 – Another Management Goof! 107 Byte 23 – Porno or No Porno? 111 Byte 24 – Uncontrollable Bits 115 Byte 25 – Who Goes There? 119 Byte 26 – Wireless Everything 123 Byte 27 – Communications Compromised 127 Byte 28 – Insecure Thinking 132 Byte 29 – Wear, Where, Were-ables 137 Byte 30 – How Many Mobile Phones Do You Need? 141 Byte 31 – The Right Technology For The Right Job 145 Byte 32 – Network Power 149 Byte 33 – DIY Networking 154 Byte 34 – Stupid Entertainment 159 Byte 35 – Net Police 164 Byte 36 – Who’d Be a Copyright Lawyer? 168 Byte 37 – Software Licensing – Time To Get Angry 172 Byte 38 – Technology Fatigue 176 Byte 39 – Circuit or Packet – Clean or Dirty? 180 Byte 40 – It’s Our Brains That Lack Bandwidth 184 Byte 41 – Save Everything – But Don’t Be Tidy 189 Byte 42 – The Blue Sack 193 Byte 43 – Being a Squirrel 197 Byte 44 – Reliability and Downtime 203 Byte 45 – Screen Tests 208 Byte 46 – G-Force 212 Byte 47 – Naturism in Engineering 216 Byte 48 – An Invisible Revolution 222 Byte 49 – The Lull Before – Smarter Machines? 227 Byte 50 – Sleep? 231 Index 235

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding and Interaction in Clinical and Educational Settings examines the interplay of interaction, reasoning, setting, and culture that affects the creation of understandings. By analyzing and comparing routine activities and information resources in clinics and classrooms, Barry Saferstein identifies the components of interactions that enhance or limit understanding. He shows how explanations intended to produce knowledge may also mobilize aspects of professional culture that limit its scope and use. Standard formats of explanations often lead to difficulty understanding medical information or scientific concepts.Understanding and Interaction in Clinical and Educational Settings explains how changes in the use of information resources can transform professional cultures in ways that improve understandings developed by patients and students. It will be of interest to medical practitioners, educators and scholars of social and cognitive sciences.

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Book SynopsisIn The Russian Press from Brezhnev to Yeltsin, John Murray charts and examines the main changes in the content and language of the Russian press over the last decade. This is the most up-to-date book covering the evolution of the post-Soviet press and makes an important contribution to scholarship through the inclusion of much original contemporary source material and a series of extensive interviews with leading Russian journalists. Following a general survey of the Russian press since 1917, the book examines in detail the workings of the press before Perestroika, during Gorbachev's period in office, and under Boris Yeltsin's presidency. The author looks in particular at the changing relationship between the press and politicians, the emergence of Western-style newspapers and the economic problems facing the post-Soviet newspaper world. The book also examines separately how the language of the press changed as a result of the political liberalization of the late 1980s and continues to change in the 1990s. Included in the book are twelve interviews with Russian journalists taken between 1987 and 1993 that illustrate the changing self-perception of journalists during that period.An award-winning journalist in his own right, Dr Murray has written a book that will be of interest both to academic researchers and working journalists concerned with analysing the language of political discourse in Soviet and Russian journalism.Trade Review'His book has no rival as a survey of the late years of the Soviet press, and its hesitant, chaotic birth into the freedoms of the market. He knows the press, the journalists, the culture and above all he understands the varied languages.' -- Martin Walker, Sunday Tribune'John Murray has explored a fascinating topic and his book is both thorough and thought-provoking.' -- Judith Devlin, Sunday Independent'This is a well written and easily read book. Murray provides a significant amount of information which gives the reader a clear picture of the function of the press in the ex-Soviet Union. The volume can equally attract the attention and interest not only of those social scientists who are interested in the ex-Soviet Union but of anyone interested in the function of the press.' -- Yannis A. Stivachtis, Europe-Asia Studies'Carefully selected and edited, these interviews are a good illustration to the events discussed in the book and the conclusions it reaches. The book is useful reading for specialists in Russian affairs and in the media in general.' -- Vera Tolz, Slavic Review

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on language and communication issues with older people with mental health problems. Radically revised and updated from the authors’ earlier book, “Communication Disability and the Psychiatry of Old Age”, this book recognizes that language and communication is not just the business of speech and language therapy but is relevant to all staff involved with people who have mental health difficulties. This book focuses on what older people with mental health difficulties require to maintain their independence and to minimize the effects of degenerative disease processes for as long as possible from a speech and language perspective. Relevant to all members of the multidisciplinary team involved within older people’s mental health services Each chapter is evidence-based and factual Reflects the substantial advances in the diagnosis and treatment of dementias Table of ContentsPreface. Contributors. Chapter 1: Health, ageing and the context of care (Karen Bryan and Jane Maxim). Population issues. Who are older people and where do they live? Attitudes to older people and their health. Overview of language and ageing. Recent approaches to older people with dementia. The evidence base for speech and language therapy intervention in dementia. Services for older people. Empowerment of older people. References. Chapter 2: Mental health in older age (Claire Nicholl). Background. Service provision. Evaluation of the older patient. Classification of psychiatric illnesses. Prevalence of psychiatric illness in older people. Specific disorders. Legal aspects. References. Useful web sites. Chapter 3: Managing dementias in primary care (Vari Drennan and Steve Iliffe). The features of the dementias. Recognition of dementia. Disclosing the diagnosis. Early interventions. Gateways to support, information and services. Joint working and people with a dementia. Informal carers of people with dementia. Caring for people at home as the dementia progresses. Addressing the knowledge and attitudes of primary health-care professionals. Primary health-care and care homes. Outlining a framework for practice in primary health care. References. Chapter 4: Language, communication and cognition in the dementias (Jane Maxim and Karen Bryan). Why is an accurate diagnosis necessary? Assessing communication in the dementias. Aphasia and the dementias. Alzheimer’s disease. Vascular dementia (multi-infarct dementia). Primary progressive aphasias, semantic dementia and Pick’s disease (frontotemporal dementia). Dementia with Lewy bodies. Huntington’s disease. Parkinson’s disease. Progressive supranuclear palsy. Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Depression, confusion and dementia. HIV-associated cognitive impairment. Dementia associated with alcoholism. Down’s syndrome and dementia. Conclusions. References. Chapter 5: Diagnosing semantic dementia and managing communication difficulties (Julie Snowden, Jackie Kindell and David Neary). Introduction and overview of semantic dementia. Overview of neuropathology. Diagnosing semantic dementia. Changes in behaviour. Neuropsychological testing. Managing communication difficulties in semantic dementia. Learning and forgetting. Conclusion. References. Chapter 6: Assessment of language and communication difficulties in the dementias (Susan Stevens). The assessment process. Assessing the dementias. Assessing depression. Late-onset schizophrenia and paraphrenia. Alcohol abuse and related conditions (Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome). Dementia in Parkinson’s disease. Down’s syndrome. Conclusion. References. Chapter 7: Environmental and team approaches to communication in the dementias (Kate Allan). Dementia, personhood and communication. The development of interest in communication in dementia. The idea of ‘person-centred care’. Moving forward. The environment and communication. Designing environments for people with dementia. Conclusion. References. Chapter 8: Speech and language therapy intervention for people with Alzheimer’s disease (Jackie Kindell and Helen Griffiths). Working within a wider context. Dementia care evaluation. Validation therapies. Multidisciplinary team working. Presentation of language and cognition. Role of the speech and language therapist. Referral. Assessment. Intervention. Training. Review and discharge. The future. References. Appendix 8.1: Questionnaires. Appendix 8.2: Schedule of strategies to promote communication use by carers. Chapter 9: Working with family and friends as carers (Colin Barnes). Communication partners and carers. Why work with carers? Understanding informal carers. The caring career. Contact with carers and carer needs. Interventions for carers. Future developments and research. Summary. References. Recommended resources for carers. Chapter 10: Developing speech and language therapy services in older age mental health (Victoria Ramsey, Mary Heritage and Karen Bryan). Speech and language therapy services in older age mental health. Developing a new service. Developing existing services. Developing services in an environment of change. References. Chapter 11: A survey of services for cognitively impaired elderly in the USA (Danielle Ripich and Jennifer Horner). Dementia: demographics and costs. Resources for elderly individuals. Agencies and organizations. Treatment and intervention for people with dementia. Caregiver training programs. How effective are interventions? Conclusion. References. Governmental and professional dementia resources in the United States. Chapter 12: Future directions (Jane Maxim and Karen Bryan). Where are we now? A service agenda for speech and language therapists. Towards evidence-based practice. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, a distinguished international cast of scholars discusses models of gesture and non-verbal communication as they apply to Greek and Roman culture, literature and art. Topics include dress and costume in the Homeric poems; the importance of looking, eye-contact, and face-to-face orientation in Greek society; the construction of facial expression in Greek and Roman epic; the significance of gesture and body language in the visual meaning of ancient sculpture; the evidence for gesture and performance style in the texts of ancient drama; the erotic significance of feet and footprints; and, the role of gesture in Roman law. The volume seeks to apply a sense of history as well as of theory in interpreting non-verbal communication. It looks both at the cross-cultural and at the culturally specific in its treatment of this important but long-neglected aspect of Classical Studies.Table of ContentsD. L. Cairns (Edinburgh), 'Introduction'; D. L. Cairns (Edinburgh), 'Bullish looks and sidelong glances: social interaction and the gaze in Greek antiquity'; F. Cairns (Florida), 'Lavinia's blush'; M. Clarke (Maynooth), 'On the semantics of ancient Greek smiles'; A. Corbeill (Kansas), 'Gesture in early Roman law: empty forms or essential formalities?'; G. M. Davies (Edinburgh), 'On being seated: gesture and body language in Hellenistic and Roman art'; D. B. Levine (Arkansas), 'Eraton Bama (her lovely footsteps): the erotics of feet in ancient Greece'; L. Llewellyn-Jones (Edinburgh), 'Body language and the female role player in Greek tragedy and Japanese Kabuki theatre'; C. Panayotakis (Glasgow), 'Nonverbal behaviour on the Roman comic stage'; I. Papadopoulou (Komotini), 'Sardanapallus' gesture'; H. van Wees (UCL), 'Clothes, class, and gender in Homer'.

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Book SynopsisLooking at the US, New Zealand, and Central America, this book considers how cultural politics has been deeply reworked in our contemporary media environment. The authors analyze how rampant technological convergence has allowed stories to spill across media platforms as well as geographical borders and how those stories reemerge as transmediated events. The authors explore the cultural politics that have developed within this new media environment by moving across the mediated landscapes of the first, third, and fourth (Indigenous people’s) worlds, which are deeply intertwined and interconnected under contemporary conditions of neoliberal globalization and emergent regimes of authoritarian postdemocracy. The book attends both to the platforms and digital networks of the new media environment and to the cultural forms and practices that have constituted television as the dominant medium of communication throughout the second half of the twentieth century. In the

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