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Diplomica Verlag Due Diligence and Risk Assessment of an
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Sustainable Production and Consumption Systems
Book SynopsisThis book opens up a critical dimension to the field of industrial ecology. The book discusses the post COVID-19 trends in the field of industrial ecology and evolving practices adopted by firms for betterment of environment and society. The authors identify valuable lessons to be learned and present conceptual frameworks to guide future industrial ecology applications. Transforming industrial systems into closed-loop industrial ecosystems dramatically reduces the negative impact of industrial activities on the environment. Therefore, this book is important not only for operation management scholars but also those who are interested in ensuring an environmentally sustainable future.Table of Contents- Chapter 1. Introduction to sustainable production and consumption systems - Chapter 2. Post COVID-19 development of sustainable production and consumption systems - Chapter 3. Evolution of practices in sustainable production - Chapter 4. Applications of Industrial Symbiosis - Chapter 5. Life Cycle Thinking and Analysis, and Industrial Ecology Frameworks - Chapter 6. Technological revolution in Industrial ecology - Chapter 7. Sustainable consumption trend in emerging economies - Chapter 8. Sustainable production and developed countries - Chapter 9. Innovative practices and advanced technologies application to balance triple bottom line - Chapter 10. Future of sustainable production and consumption
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Supply Chain Risk Management: Cases and Industry
Book SynopsisThis book provides a holistic and practical approach to managing supply chains risks and presents a new framework model for sustainable optimization of risk management. This framework includes supportive tools for risk mapping and strategic decision-making. Managers can apply tailored versions of this framework for the management process of their respective sector. The authors provide case studies in industries such as automotive, aviation, airport, and healthcare. Table of Contents1. Introduction to Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM).- 2. SCRM Strategy.- 3. Digitalization in Air Transportation & Reflections on SCRM.- 4. Global Supply Chains.- 5. Cultural Elements in SCRM.- 6. Lean Supply Chains and Lean Production.- 7. Upstream SCRM.- 8. Financial SCRM and Mitigation Management.- 9. SCRM in the Aviation Industry - “Risk Management Strategies to Resillience ReTakeoff”.- 10. SCRM in the Automotive Industry –AutoSCRM.- 11. Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in SCRM.- 12. Supply Chain Audits and Quality Management Systems (QMS).- 13. Outlook to SCRM 2030.
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University of Georgia Press Olive Growing in Palestine
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Pennwell Books Project Economics Decision Analysis
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Penguin Random House LLC Sunk Costs and Market Structure
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Newspaper Designers Handbook
Book SynopsisThroughout the seven editions of this book, Harrower has successfully deconstructed the process of laying out newspaper pages. For journalism students and professionals alike, countless designers have used this book to learn how to design and improve their skills as visual communicators. Harrowerâs unique voice and quirky sense of humor are still very much alive in the seventh edition.Table of ContentsIntroduction PrefaceQuick historyCurrent trendsDigital news designLooking aheadChapter 1: Fundamentals What it’s calledTools of the tradeBasic typographyFour basic elementsHeadlinesTextPhotosCutlinesDrawing a dummyA broadsheet dummyA tabloid dummyExercisesChapter 2: Story Stories without artMug shotsText shapesPhotos on the pageHorizontal photosVertical photosSquare photosDominant photosThe picture comboExercisesChapter 3. Page Design The gridPages without artPages with artModular page designFront page designDesigning Page OneMaking stories fitInside pagesDouble trucksBad juxtapositionsRules of thumbExercisesChapter 4. Photos Photo guidelinesPhoto constructsCompelling photosWeak photosFrom camera to pageProcessing digital imagesSizing photosHalftones & screensScanning imagesCropping photosStand-alone photosThe photo columnPhoto spreadsPhoto spread guidelinesStudio shotsPhoto illustrationsIllustrationsRisky businessExercisesChapter 5. Nuts & Bolts The flagLogos and sigsLiftout quotesDecks and summariesBylinesCredit linesSpacingRules and boxesRefers and promosBreaking up textJumpsChapter 6. Graphics Alternative Story FormsA.S.F. presentationsFast factsBio boxesListsChecklistsQ&A’sQuizzesSurveys and pollsQuote collectionsCharts and graphsTablesRatingsTimelinesStep-by-step guidesDiagramsMapsGraphics packagesPackage planningGraphics guidelinesGraphics galleryChapter 7. Special Effects Bending the rulesThe Stewart variationsWraparounds and skewsPhoto cutoutsMortises and insetsScreens and reversesDisplay headlinesColorAdding color to a pageColor guidelinesPrinting full colorChapter 8. The Redesign Redesigning your paperEvaluating your paperGathering examplesCompiling a shopping listBuilding prototypesTesting and promotionWriting a stylebookLaunching and following upRedesign galleryAppendix Exercise answersGlossaryIndexAcknowledgmentsCredits
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Open University Press The Media in Russia
Book Synopsis"Journalism is often said to be the first rough draft of history. The most interesting aspect of this book is that Anna Arutunyan, an American-trained journalist working in Moscow, provides an insiderâs view of Russian journalism from a valuable perspective. As a result, the book gives a level of detail and anecdote about media personalities and outlets that is both informative and interesting."Sarah Oates, Slavonic and East European Review April 2011.This book introduces readers to the Russian media, its current landscape, and its history by outlining the chief challenges faced by Russian journalists on their quest for media freedom. Focusing on how the Government has traditionally controlled the media through censorship, financial involvement, and relations between media moguls and the State, the book analyses to what extent the Russian media has become 'free' since the fall of Communism. The author questions whether freedom is possible at all in a society wheTable of ContentsIntroduction The current media playing field Media and power: ownership in the age of free marketFreedom in the Russian press The Russian newspaper, then and now Television and film The role of radio: a common ear The internet, blogging and the media of the futureConclusion
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Yale University Press Theory of Value
Book SynopsisThe contribution of this short book consists in a rigorous, axiomatic, and formal analysis of producer behavior, consumer behavior, general equilibrium, and the optimality of the market mechanism for resource allocation. "There can be no doubt that it is an important landmark of economic theory."-F.H. Hahn.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Settler Colonialism
Book SynopsisThis work analyzes the politics of anthropological knowledge from an critical perspective that alters existing understandings of colonialism. At the same time, it produces fresh insights into the history of anthropology.Table of ContentsText and context - anthropology and settler colonialism; white manAs flour - virgin birth in anthropology and Australian settler discourse; science, colonialism and anthropology - the logic of global transformation; mother-right - sex and property in Victorian anthropology; totemism yesterday, today and tomorrow - Victorian anthroplogyAs eternal dichtomy; survival in paradism shift - E.B. Taylor and the problem of text; repressive authenticity.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Advanced Industrial Economics
Book SynopsisThis updated and substantially revised 2nd edition, like its predecessor, integrates a discussion of the latest theoretical developments with a comprehensive review of empirical work. With a more cohesive writing style, reduced size, additional invaluable information, and new problems to solve, Advanced Industrial Economics, Second Edition is a key text in industrial economics.Trade Review"This is an outstanding textbook. It covers practically anything one would ever want to include in a lecture course in Advanced IO, and it does so with the perfect blending of rigorous theory and advanced empirical analysis." Gianni De Fraja, University of York, and CEPR "Stephen Martin's book is a marvellous effort. No other text provides such a comprehensive and updated overview of the literature of modern industrial economics. I wholeheartedly recommend it for graduate courses in the subject or as a reference for any professional economist.... The feature that most distinguishes Advanced Industrial Economics from competitors is the extended treatment of the literature on empirical tests of market structure and performance. This was long overdue, and Martin has to be commended for introducing new generations of students to empirical work int his field. As a teaching tool, there is much to admire in the book as well: many of the issues are given a histroical perspective so that students can better appreciate the direction in which both the theory and the empirical work has progressed. Martin also provides a wealth of material on the book's website, including an extended discussion of the theory of contestable markets as well as a solutions manual." Times Higher Education Supplement, October 2002Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction:. The Scope of the Field. Theory Versus Empiricism. Barriers to Entry and the Structure–Conduct–Performance. A Decade of High Theory. An Outline of the Book. 2. Foundations of Oligopoly Theory I:. Introduction. Cournot in his Own Words. The Classical Oligopoly Theory Formulation. Best-Response Functions. Existence. Stability. Comparative Statistics: The Number of Firms. Limiting Behavior. Conclusion. 3. Foundations of Oligopoly Theory II:. Introduction. Cournot Duopoly as a Static Game. Static versus Dynamic? (Nash versus Cournot?). Conjectural Variations. The Coefficient of Cooperation. Representative Consumer Models of Product Differentiation. Cournot with Product Differentiation. Bertrand with Product Differentiation. Prices versus Quantities. Supply Function Oligopoly. Two-stage Capacity-constrained Competition. Conclusion. Problems. 4. Foundations of Oligopoloy Theory III:. Hotelling. Beyond Hotelling. Vertical Product Differentiation. The Relation between Models of Horizontal and Vertical Differentiation. Conclusion. Problems. 5. Early Empirical Studies of Structure–Conduct–Performance Relationships:. Introduction. Bain and the Critics. Early Econometric Work. Summary. 6. Debates over Interpretation and Specification:. Introduction. Market Power versus Efficiency. Measurement Issues in the Diagnosis of Market Power. Identification. Firm Effects versus Industry Effects. Conclusion. Problems. 7. Empirical Studies of Market Performance:. Introduction. Conjectures. Time Series. Avoiding Cost Data I: NEIO. Avoiding Cost Data II: The Solow Residual. Validity Checks. Event Studies. Price Versus Rate of Return. The Persistence of Profits. Not the Last Word. 8. Strategic Behavior: Investment in Entry Deterrence:. Introduction. Excess Capacity. Switching Costs. Raising Rivals' Costs. Predatory Pricing. Limit Pricing. Advertising and Limit Pricing. Animal Farm. Conclusion. Problems. 9. Advertising:. The Dorfman–Steiner Condition and Generalizations. Advertising as a Signal of Quality. Welfare Consequences of Advertising. The Duration of Advertising Effects. The Advertising Response to Entry. Conclusion. Problems. 10. Collusion and Noncooperative Collusion:. Introduction. Noncooperative Collusion in a Static Model. Noncooperative Collusion in Repeated Games. Price Wars. Conscious Parallelism. Facilitating Practices. Empirical Studies of Collusion. Conclusion. Problems. 11. Market Structure, Entry, and Exit:. Introduction. The Measurement of Seller Concentration. Entry Conditions and Market Structure. Product Differentiation as a Barrier to Entry. Financial Markets. Empirical Studies of Market Structure. Entry. Exit. Empirical Studies of Entry and Exit. Conclusion. Problems. 12. Firm Structure, Mergers, and Joint Ventures:. Introduction. Why are There Firms?. Corporate Governance. Business Groups. X-inefficiency. Horizontal Mergers. Vertical Mergers and Vertical Foreclosure. Diversification and Conglomerate Mergers. The Market for Corporate Control. Joint Ventures and Equity Interests. Conclusion. Problems. 13. Vertical Restraints:. Introduction. Incentives to Impose Vertical Restraints. Empirical Evidence. Conclusion. 14. Research and Development:. Introduction. Stylized Facts. Deterministic Innovation. Stochastic Innovation. Absorptive Capacity. Patents. Empirical Studies of R & D. Final Remarks. Problems. References. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.
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Rowman & Littlefield Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2021–2031
Book SynopsisThe Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) is the premier, nationally recognized source for career information. Especially designed to provide valuable up-to-date information, the Handbook is great for all individuals making decisions about their future including students about to graduate from high school or college, recent graduates, individuals returning to the workforce after an absence, or anyone looking for a career change. It has been used by millions since the 1940s. The completely updated OOH reflects employment information released in September 2022. It includes information on the fastest-growing occupations, number of new jobs, and a summary of the highest-paying occupations.This Handbook contains numerous occupations profiles and includes information on: Duties required by the occupation Work Environment Education and training needed Median pay Important qualities for the job Licenses, certification, and registrations needed Contact information to learn more about the occupation Job outlook Special features include: Assumptions and methods used in preparing employment projections A comprehensive appendix summarizing the occupations Data for occupations not covered in detail Employment projections Glossary of terms used throughout the book Occupational information network coverage; and a detailed index
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Open University Press Game Cultures Computer Games as New Media
Book SynopsisThis book introduces the critical concepts and debates that are shaping the emerging field of game studies. Exploring games in the context of cultural studies and media studies, it analyses computer games as the most popular contemporary form of new media production and consumption. The book: Argues for the centrality of play in redefining reading, consuming and creating culture Offers detailed research into the political economy of games to generate a model of new media production Examines the dynamics of power in relation to both the production and consumption of computer games This is key reading for students, academics and industry practitioners in the fields of cultural studies, new media, media studies and game studies, as well as human-computer interaction and cyberculture.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Computer Games as New MediaThe Ludological Turn: What Play Theory Brings to the Analysis of New Media Why We Get the Games We Get: The Political Economy of GamesNetworks Of TechnicityUnderstanding Games as ‘Texts’Cyborg Spectatorship: Untying the Knots of GameplayInterventions and Recuperations
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Verlag Vittorio Klostermann A Global Community of Self-Defense: Norbert Elias
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e-artnow The Engineers and the Price System
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LEGARE STREET PR El Suelo En La Agricultura Estudio Fundamental Del Suelo Agrícola
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LEGARE STREET PR A Residence Among the Chinese
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Purdue University Press Productivity and Reliability-Based Maintenance
Book SynopsisProductivity and Reliability-Based Maintenance Management, Second Edition is intended to provide a strong yet practical foundation for understanding the concepts and practices of total productive maintenance (TPM) management—a proactive asset and resource management strategy that is based on enhancing equipment reliability and overall enterprise productivity. The book is intended to serve as a fundamental yet comprehensive educational and practical guide for departing from the wait-failure-emergency repair cycle that has plagued too many industries, instead advancing a proactive and productive maintenance strategy. It is not intended to be a how-to-fix-it manual, but rather emphasizes the concept of a world-class maintenance management philosophy to avoid the failure in the first place. Universities, junior and community colleges, and technical institutes as well as professional, corporate, and industrial training programs can benefit by incorporating these fundamental concepts in their technical and managerial curricula. The book can serve as a powerful educational tool for students as well as for maintenance professionals and managers. In addition to updating the previous historical and statistical data and tables, the second edition expands on and adds to case studies based on current maintenance-related events. Several numerical examples and explanations are revised in order to enhance the clarity of the methodology. The second edition introduces the readers to the state-of-the-art concepts of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart sensors, and their application to maintenance and TPM. Table of Contents About the Author Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Statistical Applications 3 Preventive Maintenance 4 Predictive Maintenance 5 Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 6 Implementing TPM 7 TPM Implementation and Process Improvement Tools 8 Facility Maintenance Projects Planning and Control 9 Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Case in Point: CMMS and ISO/QS Certification Solutions and Answers to Selected Questions Index
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McGraw-Hill Education Branding Between the Ears Using Cognitive Science
Book SynopsisBuild a âœcognitive brandâ that connects with your customers in the deepest, most meaningful waysSuccessful marketing is all about unlocking the door to peoplesâ thoughts, feelings, memories, and fantasies. Tap into one or more of these, and your brand will stick forever.In Branding Between the Ears, world-renowned marketing thought leader Sandeep Dayal explains how to leverage behavioral psychology, social anthropology, and neuroscience to decode what goes on in consumer mindsâand create effective marketing strategies to build the kind of loyalty that fuels todayâs iconic brands. Dayal reveals that most successful cognitive brands are architected around three questions consumers ask themselves: Does this brand give me good vibes? Does what this brand says make sense to me? Will I be happier if I buy this brand? These three factorsâgood brand vibes, brand sense, and brand resolveâare the hidden mantra that push cTable of ContentsPART ONEHOW BRAIN SCIENCE IS REVOLUTIONIZING BRANDINGCHAPTER 1 Brands That Rock CHAPTER 2 Beyond the Illusions of the Past CHAPTER 3 Right Between Your Ears PART TWOCOGNITIVE BRANDS: DESIGNCHAPTER 4 Brands That Work the Way the Brain Does CHAPTER 5 Brand Vibes: Tugging at the Heartstrings CHAPTER 6 Brand Sense: Using System 1 Easersto Go with the Flow CHAPTER 7 Brand Sense: Using System 2 Deliberatorsto Form New Brand Loyalties CHAPTER 8 Brand Resolve: A Mantra for Happiness CHAPTER 9 For the Love of Kids CHAPTER 10 Brands with Purpose PART THREECOGNITIVE BRANDS: EXECUTIONCHAPTER 11 Tales from the Trenches—Brand Execution CHAPTER 12 Brand Sensations CHAPTER 13 Minding Your Manners CHAPTER 14 Where Do We Go from Here? Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Rethinking Coal Chemicals and CarbonBased
Book SynopsisThe coal industry, and society's use of coal, is in a time of transition in many parts of the world. Rethinking Coal: Chemicals and Carbon-Based Materials in the 21st Century provides a discussion of the nature and properties of coal, how coal is currently used, environmental forces driving for change in the use of coal, and how coal could be used in cleaner, greener ways in the future.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Classification 3 Coalification 4 Structure 5 Minerals 6 Mining 7 Preparation 8 Electricity 9 Environment 10 Coke 11 Gasification 12 Synthesis 13 Liquefaction 14 Competition 15 Climate 16 Chemicals 17 Carbons 18 W(h)ither? Appendix Glossary Bibliographic Essay
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Amberley Publishing Anglesey at Work
Book SynopsisAnglesey at Work is a fascinating pictorial history of the working life of the island of Anglesey in the last hundred and more years.
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UCL Press The World Wide Web of Work: A History in the
Book SynopsisExploring links between labourers across the world, the book argues that globalisation and modern labour management originated in agriculture in the Global South. It highlights inequalities through which workers in wealthy countries benefit from exploitation of those in poor countries, and problematises workers'' resistance and aquiescence.
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Open University Press Television Globalization and Cultural Identities
Book Synopsis* Are cultural identities socially constructed?* How are race, nation, sex and gender constructed and represented on television?* What is the impact of globalization on television and cultural identities?This introductory text examines issues of television and cultural identities in the context of globalization. It is a wide-ranging volume, exploring many of the central cultural issues in contemporary cultural studies, such as media, globalization, language, gender, ethnicity, cultural politics and identity - perhaps the topic of cultural studies over the past decade. At the core of the book are two critical arguments - that television is a proliferating resource for the construction of cultural identity, and that cultural identity is not a fixed essential 'thing' but a contingent social construction to which language is central.The book will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on television and cultural identities in the fields of cuTrade Review"As an introduction to cultural studies, with very clear capsule reviews of complex interdisciplinary literatures, it will be a useful supporting text for many cultural geography courses. As a clear introduction to key debates about identity and cultural politics this book is highly successful" - James KnealeTable of ContentsSeries editor's forewordAcknowledgementsIntroductiontelevision, globalization and cultural identitiesDisturbing cultural identitiesGlobal television and global cultureThe construction and representation of race and nationThe construction and representation of sex and genderAudiences, identity and television talkTelevision and the cultural politics of identityTelevision and cultural identitiesa summaryGlossary of key conceptsBibliographyIndex.
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Open University Press Identity and Culture Narratives of Difference and
Book Synopsis Where does our sense of identity and belonging come from? How does culture produce and challenge identities? Identity and Culture looks at how different cultural narratives and practices work to constitute identity for individuals and groups in multi-ethnic, âpostcolonialâ societies. Uses examples from history, politics, fiction and the visual to examine the social power relations that create subject positions and forms of identity Analyses how cultural texts and practices offer new forms of identity and agency that subvert dominant ideologies This book encompasses issues of class, race, and gender, with a particular focus on the mobilization of forms of ethnic identity in societies still governed by racism. It a key text for students in cultural studies, sociology of culture, literary studies, history, race and ethnicity studies, media and film studies, and gender studies.Table of ContentsPreface IntroductionSubjectivity and IdentityHistory, Nation and IdentityHistory, Voice and Representation: Aboriginal Women's Life Writing Narratives of Identity and Difference: Voicing Black British History Identity, Origins and Roots Diasporic Identities: South Asian British Women's Writing Visualizing Difference: South Asians on Screen Competing Cultures, Competing ValuesConcluding ReflectionsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
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Open University Press CULTURES OF POPULAR MUSIC
Book Synopsis* What is the relationship between youth culture and popular music?* How have they evolved since the second world war?* What can we learn from a global perspective?In this lively and accessible text, Andy Bennett presents a comprehensive cultural, social and historical overview of post-war popular music genres, from rock 'n' roll and psychedelic pop, through punk and heavy metal, to rap, rave and techno. Providing a chapter by chapter account, Bennett also examines the style-based youth cultures to which such genres have given rise. Drawing on key research in sociology, media studies and cultural studies, the book considers the cultural significance of respective post-war popular music genres for young audiences, with reference to issues such as space and place, ethnicity, gender, creativity, education and leisure. A key feature of the book is its departure from conventional Anglo-American perspectives. In addition to British and US examples, the book refers to studies Trade Review"…commendably wide-ranging in scope and addresses a long-standing gap in the market.” – European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsSeries editor's forewordIntroductionPost-war youth and rock 'n' rollSixties rock, politics and the counter cultureHeavy metalPunk and punk rockReggae and Rasta cultureRap music and hip hop cultureBhangra and contemporary Asian dance musicContemporary dance music and club cultureYouth and music-makingWhose generation? Youth, music and nostalgiaReferencesGlossaryIndex.
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Open University Press ETHNIC MINORITIES and THE MEDIA
Book Synopsis* What are the latest developments in the production, representation and reception of media output, produced by, for or about ethnic minorities?* What informs the questions media researchers ask and pursue when examining the mass media and ethnic minorities?* What are the principal forces of change currently shaping the field?There are few media issues more pressing, or potentially more consequential, than the representation of ethnic minorities. This authoritative text therefore brings together leading international researchers who have examined some of the latest processes of change (and continuity) informing the field of ethnic minorities and the media. Numerous studies of 'race', racism and the mass media have been conducted in the past. However, both the media landscape and the cultural field of ethnic minorities are fast changing, and this book addresses the recent developments which have threatened to outpace our ability to map, understand and intervene in procesTable of ContentsSeries editor's forewordAcknowledgementsNotes on contributorsIntroductionEthnic minorities and media researchmapping the fieldPart one: Changing representationsNew(s) racisma discourse analytical approachWhite watchDreaming of a white...Part two: Changing contexts of productionThe paradox of African American journalistsA rock and a hard placemaking ethnic minority televisionBlack representation in the post network, post civil rights world of global mediaPart three: Changing cultures of identityIn whose image? TV criticism and black minority viewersEthnicity, national culture(s) and the interpretation of televisionTransnational communications and diaspora communitiesMedia and diasporic consciousnessan exploration amoung Iranians in LondonAfterword: On the right to communicateMedia and the 'public sphere' in multi-ethnic societiesGlossaryReferencesIndex.
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Open University Press Culture on Display
Book Synopsisâœa welcome addition to a growing body of scholarly writingâ a comprehensive critical survey of the literature on cultural heritage and tourism and associated issues in the fields of cultural and media studies over the previous decade. These concepts and issues are clearly presented and exemplified in the case studies of numerous sites of cultural displayââ Southern Review Why is culture so widely on display? What are the major characteristics of contemporary cultural display? What is the relationship between cultural display and key features of contemporary society: the rise of consumerism; tourism; âidentity-speakâ; globalization? What can cultural display tell us about current relations of self and other, here and there, now and then? Culture on Display invites the reader to visit culture. Reflecting on the contemporary proliferation of sites displaying culture in visitable form, it offers fresh ways of thinking about tTable of ContentsSeries editor's forewordIntroductionculture as somewhere to goA culture on displayViews through the hotel windowThe city on displayTheming culture/theming natureVisitable historyExhibiting the otherVirtual destinationsReferencesIndex.
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Open University Press MEDIA RISK AND SCIENCE
Book Synopsis* How is science represented by the media?* Who defines what counts as a risk, threat or hazard, and why?* In what ways do media images of science shape public perceptions?* What can cultural and media studies tell us about current scientific controversies?Media, Risk and Science is an exciting exploration into an array of important issues, providing a much needed framework for understanding key debates on how the media represent science and risk. In a highly effective way, Stuart Allan weaves together insights from multiple strands of research across diverse disciplines. Among the themes he examines are: the role of science in science fiction, such as Star Trek; the problem of 'pseudo-science' in The X-Files; and how science is displayed in science museums. Science journalism receives particular attention, with the processes by which science is made 'newsworthy' unravelled for careful scrutiny. The book also includes individual chapters devoted to how the media porTable of ContentsSeries editor's forewordIntroductionmedia, risk and scienceScience fictionsScience in popular cultureScience journalismMedia, risk and the environmentBodies at risknews coverage of AIDSFood scaresmad cows and GM foodsFigures of the humanrobots, androids, cyborgs and clonesGlossaryReferencesIndex.
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Open University Press Media and Audiences New Perspectives
Book Synopsis âœa simple yet excellent overview of the multilayered path of audience research, tracing its evolution over the last centuryââ European Journal of Communication*How has the concept of 'the audience' changed over the past 50 years?*How do audiences become producers and not just consumers of media texts?*How are new media affecting the ways in which audiences are researched?The audience has been a central concept in both in media and cultural studies for some considerable time, not least because there seems little point exploring forms of increasingly global communication in terms of their content if the targets of media messages are not also the focus of study. This book ranges across a wide literature, taking both a chronological as well as thematic approach, in order to explore the ways in which the audience, as an analytical concept has changed, as well as examining the relationships which audiences have with texts and the ways in which they Table of ContentsSeries editor's foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Audiences todayAudiences in historical perspectiveAudience commodities and audience activismCause and effect: Theories in flux The audience as citizen: Media, politics and democracyFan audiences: Identity, consumption and interactivity New media, new audience, new research? GlossaryReferencesIndex.
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Open University Press Materiality and Society
Book SynopsisThis book examines the relationships between society andmaterial culture: the interaction between people and things.Tim Dant argues that the traditional approach to materialculture has focused on the symbolic meanings of objects,largely overlooking the material impact that objects have oneveryday life in late modernity. Dant resists the now well-establishedmodel of consumption as the principal relationshipwith âthingsâ in our lives. Using the motor car as a recurringtheme, he shows how we confront our society through materialinteraction with the objects that surround us.Materiality and Society draws on debates with historical,philosophical and theoretical discourses that address materiality,from Braudel and Merleau-Ponty to Heidegger and Latour. Thebook opens up new lines of enquiry and makes a convincingcase for the closer study of the interaction between people andthings.This book is key reading for students and researchers in a varietyof disciplines concerned with sociaTable of Contents1.The sociality of things2.Material civilization3.Technology and society4.Agency, affordances and actor networks5.Being with materiality6.Material interaction7.Materiality and society
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Open University Press MORAL PANICS AND THE MEDIA
Book Synopsis"Chas Critcher's study is doubly welcome as it discusses theoretical underpinnings thoroughly, and also provides a set of illustrative case studies... This is an important and stimulating book for a range of audiences." VISTA Vol 8 no 3 How are social problems defined and responded to in contemporary society? What is the role of the media in creating, endorsing and sustaining moral panics? The term `moral panic' is frequently applied to sudden outbreaks of concern about social problems. Chas Critcher critically evaluates the usefulness of moral panic models for understanding how politicians, the public and pressure groups come to recognise apparent new threats to the social order, and he scrutinizes the role of the media, especially the popular press. Two models of moral panics are identified and explained, then applied to a range of case studies: AIDS; rave culture and the drug ecstasy; video nasties; child abuse; paedophilia. Examples of moraTable of ContentsSeries editor's foreword - Acknowledgements - Introduction: original thoughts - Part one: the models - Made in Britain: the processual model of moral panics - Notes from a big country: the attributional model of moral panics - Part two: case studies - Unhealthy preoccupations: AIDS - Out of their minds: ecstasy and raves - A rocky horror show: video nasties - Suffer the little children: child abuse in families - Monstrous ideas: paedophilia - Part three: implications - Universal pictures: international comparisons - No news is good news: the role of the media - Time for a make-over: the models revisited - Myth appropriation: the childhood theme - Underwriting risk: moral panics and social theory - Afterword - Glossary - References - Index.
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Open University Press A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader
Book SynopsisPraise for the first editionâœThe selection is judicious and valuably supplemented by thorough commentaries that contextualise and clarify the debates and issues and the importance of each excerpt. Though today there may be many readers in and around cultural and media studies, Easthope and McGowanâs remains vitalââ Times Higher Educational SupplementThis Reader introduces the key readings in critical and cultural theory. It guides students through the tradition of thought, from Saussureâs early writings on language to contemporary commentary on world events by theorists such as Baudrillard and ÅiÅek. The readings are grouped according to six thematic sections: Semiology; Ideology; Subjectivity; Difference; Gender and Race; and Postmodernism. The second and expanded edition of this highly successful Reader reflects the growing diversity of the field. Featuring thirteen new essays, including essays by Homi Bhabha, Simone de Beauvoir, Franz Fanon and JudiTable of ContentsSection 1: SemiologyIntroduction1.1 Ferdinand de Saussure, from Course in General Linguistics 1.2 Roland Barthes, from Mythologies 1.3 Pierre Macherey, from A Theory of Literary Production 1.4 Umberto Eco, from The Narrative Structure in Fleming 1.5 Colin MacCabe, from Realism and the Cinema Section 2: Ideology Introduction 2.1 Karl Marx, from Preface to the Cinema 2.2 Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, from The German Ideology 2.3 Louis Althusser, from Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus 2.4 Simone de Beauvoir, from The Second Sex 2.5 Edward Said, from Orientalism 2.6 Homi K. Bhabha, from The Other Question 2.7 Slavoj Zizek, from The Sublime Object of Ideology Section 3: Subjectivity Introduction 3.1 Sigmund Freud, from Beyond the Pleasure Principle 3.2 Jacques Lacan, the Mirror Stage from Ecrits 3.3 Franz Fanon, from Black Skins, White Masks 3.4 Julia Kristevea, from The System and the Speaking Subject 3.5 Michel Foucault, from Discipline and Punish 3.6 Michel Foucault, from The History of Sexuality 3.7 Roland Barthes, from The Pleasure of the Text Section 4: Difference Introduction 4.1 Jacques Derrida Differance Section 5: Gender Introduction5.1 Sigmund Freud, On the Universal Tendency... 5.2 Helene Cixous, from Sorties 5.3 Laura Mulvey, from Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema 5.4 Manthia Diawara, from Black Spectatorship 5.5 Kobena Mercer, from Reading Racial Fetishism 5.6 Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, from Real and Imagined Women 5.7 Judith Butler, from Gender Trouble 5.8 Homi K. Bhabha, from "Race", Time and the Revision of Modernity Section 6: Postmodernism Introduction 6.1 Jean-Francois Lyotard, from The Postmodern Condition 6.2 Jean Baudrillard, from Simulations 6.3 Jean-Francois Lyotard, from The Inhuman 6.4 Jacques Derrida, from The Gift of Death 6.5 Jean Baudrillard, from The Spirit of Terrorism 6.6 Slavoj Zizek, from Welcome to the Desert of the Real Summaries Biographies References and Index
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Open University Press Museums Media and Cultural Theory
Book SynopsisMuseums can work to reproduce ideologies and confirm the existing order of things, or as instruments of social reform. Yet objects in museums can exceed their designated roles as documents or specimens. In this wideranging and original book, Michelle Henning explores how historical and contemporary museums and exhibitions restage the relationship between people and material things. In doing so, they become important sites for the development of new forms of experience, memory and knowledge. Henning reveals how museums can be theorised as a form of media. She discusses both historical and contemporary examples, from cabinets of curiosity, through the avant-garde exhibition design of Lissitzy and Bayer; the experimental museums of Paul Otlet and Otto Neurath; to science centres; immersive and virtual museums; and major developments such as Guggenheim Bilbao, Tate Modern in London and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. Museums, Media and Cultural TheoryTable of ContentsSeries Editor's forewordIntroductionObjectDisplayMedia PublicArchive
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Open University Press ITV Cultures Independent Television Over Fifty
Book Synopsis âœThis exciting book goes to the heart of a creative commercialand public service culture - it shows why ITV matters and howit was made to work so well. A tremendous contribution.â Professor Jean Seaton, University of WestminsterâœThis is a valuable addition to studies of ITV's history andprogramming...âTom O'Malley, Professor of Media Studies, University of Wales, Aberyswyth, and Co-Editor of Media History. Since breaking the BBCâs monopoly in 1955, ITV has been at thecentre of the British television landscape. To coincide with thefiftieth anniversary of the first ITV broadcast, this accessible bookoffers a range of perspectives on the complex and multifaceted history ofBritainâs first commercial broadcaster.The book explores key tensions and conflicts which have influenced theITV service. Chapters focus on particular institutions, includingLondon Weekend Television and ITN, and programme forms, includingWho Wants to be a Millionaire?, UpsTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Histories From Start-up to Consolidation: Institutions, Regions and Regulation in the History of ITVA Prodigious Act of Memory: What Would an ITV Canon Look Like? And the Rest is History: Lew Grade, the Creation Myth and Television HistoriographyPart 2: Institutions The Transatlantic Adventures of British Television in the 1950s: Funding, Production, Programmes, Formats and the 'Official' History of ITVMammon’s Television? ITV in Wales, 1959-63From Newsreels to a Theatre of News: The Growth and Development of Independent Television NewsLWT in the 1980s: Factual Programmes, Public Service Obligations, Financial IncentivesPart 3: Texts and Intertexts Channeling Celebrity: ITV and the Construction of Television FameRooms Within Rooms: Upstairs Downstairs and the Studio Costume Drama of the 1970sWho Wants to be a Fan of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Television Criticism, “Popular Aesthetics” and the Question of Fan/Academic TastesReal People with Real Problems'?: Public Service Broadcasting, Commercialism and Trisha Conclusion Historical Timeline: The ITV Companies and the Broadcasting ActsIndex
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Open University Press Domestication of Media and Technology
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of a key concept in media and technology studies: domestication. Theories around domestication shed light upon the process in which a technology changes its status from outrageous novelty to an aspect of everyday life which is taken for granted. The contributors collect past, current and future applications of the concept of domestication, critically reflect on its theoretical legacy, and offer comments about further development. The first part of Domestication of Media and Technology provides an overview of the conceptual development and theory of domestication. In the second part of the book, contributors look at a diverse range of empirical studies that use the domestication approach to examine the dynamics between users and technologies. These studies include: Mobile information and communications techologies (ICTs) and the transformation of the relationship between private and the public spheres Home-based internet use: theTable of Contents1. Introduction Part I. Updating domestication: Theory and its history 2. What’s ‘home’ got to do with it? Contradictory dynamics in the domestication of technology and the dislocation of domesticity 3. Domestication: the enactment of technology 4. Domestication running wild. From the moral economy of the household to the mores of a culture 5. The triple articulation of ICTs. Media as technological objects, symbolic environments and individual texts 6. Empirical studies using the domestication framework II. Applying domestication: Empirical work < 7. “Fitting the internet into our lives” IT courses for disadvantaged users 8. The bald guy just ate an orange. Domestication, work and home 9. Making a ‘home’. The domestication of Information and Communication Technologies in single parents’ households 10. From cultural to information revolution. ICT domestication by middle-class Chinese families 11. Domestication at work in small businesses III. Outlook 12. Domesticating domestication. Reflections on the life of a concept
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Open University Press Key Themes in Media Theory
Book Synopsis"Key Themes in Media Theory is wonderfully wide-ranging and deservedly destined to become a key text for students of Media Studies." Professor John Storey, University of Sunderland, UK"The very best text books are not just summaries of complex ideas for a student audience or an introduction to a critical canon; the very best add something to the canon they reflect upon, and Dan Laugheyâs Key Themes in Media Theory is one such book. [It] is not a means to an end, as many such books can be. Rather it is a motivational primer, and one that should send both students and teachers heading to the library toread the theorists presented here again, for the first time." Richard Berger, Art, Design, Media; The Higher Education Academy, UK What is media theory? How do media affect our actions, opinions and beliefs? In what ways do media serve powerful political and economic interests? Is media consumerism unhealthy or is Table of ContentsList of figures and illustrationsAcknowledgementsWhat is media theory?Behaviourism and media effectsModernity and medium theoryStructuralism and semioticsInteractionism and structurationFeminisms and genderPolitical economy and postcolonial theoryPostmodernity and information societyConsumerism and everyday lifeDebating media theory GlossaryReferences
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Open University Press Global Crisis Reporting
Book Synopsis What are âglobal crises' and how do they differ from earlier crises? What do recent studies of global crises reporting tell us about the role of the news media in the global age? What are the current trends in the fields of journalism and civil society that are now re-shaping the public communication of crises? From climate change to the global war on terror, from forced migration to humanitarian disasters - these are just some of the global crises addressed in this accessible, ground-breaking book. For the first time, the author situates diverse threats to humanity in a global context and examines how, why and to what extent they are conveyed in today's news media. Global crises are conceived as the dark side of a globalizing world, but how they become reported and constituted in the news media can also help sustain emergent forms of global awareness, global citizenship and global civil society.The book: Draws on original research and scholarship in the fTable of Contents1. Global crisis, what crisis? 2. Journalism in the global age 3. (Un)natural disasters: The calculus of death and the ritualization of catastrophe4. Ecology and climate change: From science and sceptics to spectacle and…5. Forced migrations and human rights: Antinomies in the mediated ethics of care6. New wars and the global war on terror: On vicarious, visceral violence 7. The 'CNN effect' and 'compassion fatigue': Researching beyond commonsense8. Humanitarian NGOs, news media and the changing relations of communicative power 9. Global crisis reporting: Conclusions Glossary
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Open University Press Radical Consumption Shopping for Change in
Book SynopsisEthical consumption, fair trade, consumer protests, brand backlashes, green goods, boycotts and downshifting: these are all now familiar consumer activities - and in some cases, are almost mainstream. They are part of the expanding field of 'radical consumption' in a world where we are encouraged to shop for change.But just how radical are these forms of consumption? This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to examining contemporary radical consumption, analyzing its possibilities and problems, moralities, methods of mediation and its connections to wider cultural formations of production and politics. Jo Littler argues that we require a more expansive vocabulary and to open up new approaches of enquiry in order to understand the area's many contradictions, strengths and weaknesses. Drawing on a number of contemporary theories, terms and debates in media and cultural studies, she uses a range of specific case studies to bring theory to life.By analysing practices of radiTable of Contents1 Sanctimonious shopping? Ethical consumption as a ‘crisis of moralism’2 Cosmopolitanism caring:Globalisation, charity and the activist-consumer3 Greenwash, Whitewash, Hogwash?CSR and the media management of consumer concern 4 Interior economies: Anti-consumer activism and the limits of reflexivity5 Ecologies of green consumption
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Open University Press Keywords in News and Journalism Studies
Book Synopsis"The authors are familiar with the emerging jargon of media convergence and they define large parts of it well. They have also laboured impressively to gather and define useful examples of journalese âThis book is a labour of love that reflects immense care and learning. It makes a helpful contribution to a fledgling field of academia and to uniting the cultures of news and journalism studies."Tim Luckhurst, University of Kent, UKThis comprehensive glossary offers clear and insightful definitions of the most significant keywords in news and journalism studies.Ranging from 'above the fold' to 'zinger', and with over 400 terms in between, it covers words associated with newspapers, radio and television news, magazines, photojournalism and internet reporting. Other examples include 'agenda setting', 'libel', 'news values', 'objectivity,' 'scoop' and 'tabloidization'. Written by two of the field's leading scholars, it offers an informed perspective on the key terTable of ContentsRanging from 'above the fold' to 'zinger', and with over 400 terms in between, it covers words associated with newspapers, radio and television news, magazines, photojournalism and internet reporting. Other examples include 'agenda setting', 'libel', 'news values', 'objectivity,' 'scoop' and 'tabloidization'.
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Open University Press Rethinking Documentary New Perspectives and
Book SynopsisFrom a boom in theatrical features to footage posted on websites such as YouTube and Google Video, the early years of the 21st century have witnessed significant changes in the technological, commercial, aesthetic, political, and social dimensions of documentaries on film, television and the web. In response to these rapid developments, this book rethinks the notion of documentary, in terms of theory, practice and object/s of study. Drawing together 26 original essays from scholars and practitioners, it critically assesses ideas and constructions of documentary and, where necessary, proposes new tools and arguments with which to examine this complex and shifting terrain. Covering a range of media output, the book is divided into four sections: Critical perspectives on documentary forms and concepts The changing faces of documentary productionContemporary documentary: borders, neighbours and disputed territories Digital and online Table of ContentsPart 1: Critical perspectives on documentary forms and concepts 'Documentary studies': dimensions of continuity and transition by John CornerThe question of evidence, the power of rhetoric and documentary film by Bill NicholsFirst-person films: some theses on self-inscription by Michael Renov 'To leave the confinements of his humanness': authorial voice, death and constructions of nature in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man by Thomas AustinCollective subjectivity in The Children of Golzow vs. alienation in 'western' interview documentary by Silke PanseDocumentary as critical and creative research by Mike WayneReframing ethnographic film by Paul BasuTranscendental realism in documentary by Erik KnudsenFilming the 'invisible' by Michael ChananPart 2: The changing faces of documentary productionDeveloping and producing a feature documentary: the case of Deep Water by Wilma de Jong Filmmakers and their subjects by Jerry RothwellFrom eight-man crew to one-woman band: my life in television by Marilyn Gaunt'You want to know that, this is real, this is what happened': an interview with John Smithson by Wilma de Jong and Thomas Austin'The idea that there's a "truth" that you discover is like chasing the end of a rainbow': an interview with Ralph LeeWilma de Jong Rice N Peas: alternative, independent and provocative byIshmahil Blagrove, Jr'The importance of memory': an interview with Ai Xiaoming by Sue ThornhamPart 3: Contemporary documentary: borders, neighbours and disputed territoriesDrama-documentary, ethics and notions of performance: the 'flight 93' films by Paul WardMockumentary: a call to play by Craig Hight Documentary modes of engagement by Annette Hill'Ask the fastidious woman from Surbiton to hand-wash the underpants of the aging Oldham Skinhead...': Why not Wife Swap? by Su Holmes and Deborah JermynSimulating the public sphere by Jon DoveyThe work of work: reality TV and the negotiation of neoliberal labour in The Apprentice by Nick Couldry and Jo LittlerPart 4: Digital and online documentaries: opportunities and limitationsDocumentary viewing platforms by Ana VicenteOnline documentary by Danny BirchallPublic domains: engaging Iraq through experimental documentary digitalities by Patricia R. Zimmermann Documentary on YouTube: the failure of the direct cinema of the slogan by Alexandra Juhasz
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Open University Press Digital Culture Understanding New Media
Book SynopsisEverything you need to know about new media in one accessible, easy to navigate volume!From Facebook to the iPhone, from YouTube to Wikipedia, from Grand Theft Auto to Second Life - this book explores new mediaâs most important issues and debates in an accessible and engaging text for newcomers to the field. With technological change continuing to unfold at an incredible rate, Digital Cultures rounds-up major events in the mediaâs recent past to help develop a clear understanding of the theoretical and practical debates that surround this emerging discipline. It addresses issues such as: What is new media? How is new media changing our lives? Is new media having a positive or negative effect on culture and human communication? Each chapter contains case studies which provide an interesting and lively balance between the well-trodden and the newly emerging themes in the field. Topics covered include digiTable of Contents1: DIGITAL HISTORIES: Origins and Development 2: INTERPRETING NEW MEDIA: Digital Theory 3: ON THE NET: The World Wide Web 4: HIGH DEFINTIONS: Digital Television 5: WIDE SCREENS: Digital Cinema6: GAME CULTURE 7: VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES: Self and Society 8: GLOBAL DIVISIONS: The Digital Divide 9: DIGITAL SOUNDS: Music and Multimedia 10: FUTURE SHOCK: After the Knowledge Economy
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Open University Press The Bollywood Reader
Book Synopsis"From its historical roots through to the contemporary moment, the collection of essays, written by eminent scholars in the field, demonstrate so clearly how Indian cinema is more than the sum of its parts. An essential text for anyone wishing to understand properly the full complexities of Hindi cinema."Professor Susan Hayward, University of Exeter, UK"We are finally at a point when the study of Bollywood is a fully fledged field in Film Studies."Professor Dina Iordanova, University of St. Andrews, Scotland"The Bollywood Reader extends the discursive boundaries of Indian popular cinema in interesting and complex ways. In putting together this volume, the editors have performed magnificently."Professor Wimal Dissanayake, University of Hawaii, USA What is Bollywood cinema? How does it operate as an industry? Who are the audiences of Bollywood cinema? These are just some of the questions addressed in this lively and fascinTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction1. The Essential Bollywood.Part I: Theoretical Frameworks2. 'Indian Cinema: Pleasures and Popularity'3. 'Towards a Theoretical Critique of Bombay Cinema'4. 'Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction' 5. '"In the throes of change: exhibition, production and distribution" in Indian Popular Cinema: Industry, Ideology and Consciousness' 6. ‘Secret Politics Essay’ excerpted from The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability and Indian Popular Cinema. 7. ‘The National-Heroic Image’ from National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema: 1947-1987. Part II: Recent Trajectories8. ‘Avenging Women in Indian Cinema’9. "Figuring Mother India: The Face of Nargis," in India Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India 10. "What is Behind Film Censorship?: The Khalnayak Debates." 11. “The Home and the Nation: Consuming Culture and Politics in Roja” in Pleasure and the Nation: The History, Politics and Consumption of Public Culture in India. 12. "Inside and Out: Song and Dance in Bollywood Cinema." 13. ‘Invisible Representation: The Oral Contours of a National Popular Cinema’14. “Imagining the family: an Ethnography of Viewing Hum Aapke Hain Kaun.” Pleasure and the Nation: The History, Politics and Consumption of Public Culture in India. Part III: Bollywood Abroad and Beyond15. 'The “Bollywoodization” of the Indian Cinema: Cultural Nationalism in a Global Arena'16. "Bollywood and the Frictions of Global Mobility" from Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow. 17. ‘Itineraries of Indian Cinema: African Videos, Bollywood and Global Media’ in Multiculturalism, Postcolonialism and Transnational Media. 18. ‘Ever Since You've Discovered the Video, I've Had No Peace’: Diasporic Spectators Talk Back to Indian Media. 19. ‘Queer as Desis: Secret Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Bollywood Films in Diasporic Urban Ethnoscapes’ from Bollywood: Sociology Goes to the Movies. 20. ‘On the Cinematic Assemblage and the Case of Bollywood: Some Theses’ (previously unpublished chapter specifically commissioned for this Reader).Select KeywordsSelect TimelineFurther Reading
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Open University Press Feminist Television Criticism A Reader
Book SynopsisThe first edition of this book immediately became a defining text for feminist television criticism, with an influence extending across television, media and screen studies â and the second edition will be similarly agenda-setting. Completely revised and updated throughout, it takes into account the changes in the television industry, the academic field of television studies and the culture and politics of feminist movements.With fifteen of the eighteen extracts being new to the second edition, the readings offer a detailed analysis of a wide range of case studies, topics and approaches, including genres, audiences, performers and programmes such as 'Sex and the City', âPrime Suspectâ, Oprah and Buffy.With a new introduction to the volume tracing developments in the field and introductions to each thematic section, the editors engage in a series of debates surrounding the main issues of feminist television scholarship. They explore how television represents feminism and considTable of ContentsIntroductionIntroduction to Part One: Programmes and Heroines1. The Search for Tomorrow in Today’s Soap Operas: Notes on a Feminine Narrative Form - Tania Modleski2. “Sex and the City” and Consumer Culture: Remediating Postfeminist Drama – Jane Arthurs3. Women with a Mission: Lynda La Plante, DCI Jane Tennison and the Reconfiguration of TV Crime Drama – Deborah Jermyn4.Divas, Evil Black Bitches, and Bitter Black Women: African-American Women in Postfeminist and Post-Civil Rights Popular Culture – Kimberly Springer5.“Ellen”, Television and the Politics of Gay and Lesbian Visibility – Bonnie J. Dow6.You’d Better Recognize: Oprah the Iconic and Television Talk – Beretta E. Smith-Shomade7.“Take Responsibility for Yourself” Judge Judy and the Neoliberal Citizen – Laurie Ouellette8.Feeling Like a Domestic Goddess: Postfeminism and Cooking – Joanne Hollows9.Feminism Without Men: Feminist Media Studies in a Post-Feminist Age – Karen Boyle10.Girls Rule! Gender, Feminism, and Nickelodeon – Sarah Banet-Weiser11.The (In)visible Lesbian: Anxieties of representation in the L word – Susan J. Wolfe and Lee Ann RoripaughIntroduction to Part Two: Audiences, Reception Contexts, and Spectatorship12.Women’s Genres: Melodrama, Soap Opera, and Theory – Annette Kuhn13. Melodromatic Identifications: Television Fiction and Women’s Fantasy – Ien Ang14.National Texts and Gendered Lives: An Ethnography of Television Viewers in a North Indian City – Purnima Mankekar15.Defining Asian Femininity: Chinese Viewers of Japanese TV Dramas in Singapore – Elizabeth MacLachlan and Geok-lian Chua16.The Globalization of Gender: Ally McBeal in Post-Socialist Slovenia – Ksenija Vidmar-Horvat17.The Performance and Reception of Televisual ‘Ugliness’ in “Yo soy Betty la Fea” – Yeidy M. Rivero18.Sob Stories, Merriment, and Surprises: The 1950s Audience Participation Show on Network Television and Women’s Daytime Reception – Marsha F. CassidyBibliography
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Open University Press Media and Society
Book SynopsisThis popular introductory book provides a clear introduction to the key ideas within media studies. The friendly writing style and everyday examples, which made the first edition a favourite with students and lecturers alike, has been retained and updated in this new edition. This comprehensive text provides a wide-ranging perspective on the Media and: Uses examples and case studies from the real world Shows how key concepts can help us understand the relationship between the Media and society Provides a clear explanation of how critical perspectives on the Media construct thinking about media businesses, texts and audiences The fully updated new edition features new boxed summaries of critical approaches and key thinkers. Chapters cover the main topics that students are likely to encounter in their studies, including advertising, media and violence, news, politics, young audiences, globalization, sport, popular music and new technology. This book is essential reTable of ContentsIntroductionMedia texts: Features and deconstructionsMedia institutions: Key areas and their implications for understanding mediaAudiences and effects: Defining audiences and exploring their relationships with textsMedia - audience - influence: Questions of effects: politics, children, violencePopular music: Questioning the popular, questioning control, questioning the globalThe media and new technology: Technologies changing the media and changing consumptionAdvertising: Its relationship with media industries and with audiencesNews: Different kinds of news: Constructing the worldSport and representation: Media defining sport; sport as business; sport and meaningGlobalization and the media: Questions of power and cultural exchangeGlossaryReferencesSelected websites
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Open University Press News Culture
Book SynopsisNews Culture offers a timely examination of the forms, practices, institutions and audiences of journalism. Having highlighted a range of pressing issues confronting the global news industry today, it proceeds to provide a historical consideration of the rise of 'objective' reporting in newspaper, radio and television news.It explores the way news is produced, its textual conventions, and its negotiation by the reader, listener or viewer as part of everyday life. Stuart Allan also explores topics such as the cultural dynamics of sexism and racism as they shape news coverage, as well as the rise of online news, citizen journalism, war reporting and celebrity-driven infotainment.Building on the success of the bestselling previous editions, this new edition addresses the concerns of the news media age, featuring: An expanded chapter on news, power and the public sphere A chapter-length discussion of war journalism, tracing key factors shaping reportage from the battTable of ContentsSeries Editor's foreword Introduction: The culture of news News, power and the public sphereThe rise of 'objective' newspaper reporting The early days of radio and television news Making news, reporting truths The cultural politics of news discourse News, audiences and everyday life The gendered realities of journalism Racial diversity in the newsWar reportingCitizen journalism in times of crisisGood journalism is popular culture References Index
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Open University Press The Media in Contemporary France
Book Synopsis"This is an impressively cogent account of the complex, shifting media landscape in France, agreeably written by an acknowledged expert in the field ... finding a workable balance between research expertise and usefulness for teaching is never easy, but this volume comes as close as possible to getting it right."Journal of European Studies 2012 42: 94"Thanks to his intimate knowledge of French politics and culture, Kuhn has brilliantly captured what makes the uniqueness of the French media system."Thierry Vedel, Senior Research Fellow at Sciences Po in Paris"This book achieves the remarkable and all too rare combination of offering an extremely clear, accessible and well organised introduction for students of the French Media and providing a host of new perspectives to those well versed in the field."Dr David Levy, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of OxTable of ContentsIntroduction Historical development of the media in France The contemporary media landscape Media pluralism Media policy and regulation The political executive and news management The media, image projection and celebrity politics The French media on the world stage Conclusion
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Liberty Fund Inc Competition Economic Planning and the Knowledge
Book SynopsisCompetition, Economic Planning, and the Knowledge Problem expands on the ideas Kirzner first discussed in Competition and Entrepreneurshipthe role of the entrepreneur and its relation to the determination of prices and the coordination of individuals plansas well as economic planning, the knowledge problem, market-process theory, and the parts played by information, knowledge and advertising. It includes a paper on F. A. Hayeks theory of market coordination and the Austrian business-cycle theoryseen now for the first time in its original English. As a whole, the volume expresses Kirzners understanding that economics cannot be separated from its human element. Competition is a rivalrous process of entrepreneurial activity in which individuals and firms discover, innovate, and outdo each other. Kirzner discusses why this dynamic view of the economy is so important to understand, particularly in the contexts of economic planning and the workings of competitive markets. Over the course of
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Cambridge University Press Making Cars in the New India
Book SynopsisAuto manufacturing holds the promise of employing many young Indians in relatively well-paid, high-skill employment, but this promise is threatened by the industry''s role as a site of immense conflict in recent years. This book asks: how do we explain this conflict? What are the implications of conflict for the ambitious economic development agendas of Indian governments? Based upon extensive field research in India''s National Capital Region, this book is the first to focus on labour relations in the Indian auto industry. It proposes the theory that conflict in the auto industry has been driven by twin forces: first, the intersection of global networks of auto manufacturing with regional social structures which have always relied on informal and precariously-employed workers; and, second, the systematic displacement of securely-employed ''regular workers'' by waves of precariously-employed ''de facto informal workers''.Trade Review'In this important book, Tom Barnes cautions against any exaggerated hopes about a high-road development path based on automotive industrialisation in India. Characterised by informal labour, he reveals that car manufacturing has not resulted in high levels of labour standards and employment relations for Indian workers. A must-read, questioning development expectations related to the rise of the BRICS.' Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham'Tom Barnes masterfully synthesises global production network analysis with uneven and combined development to debunk not only the view that participation in these networks necessarily leads to development but he also vividly captures why and how India's auto workers, especially in the supplier industry, bear the economic and political costs of an expanding industry.' Anthony P. D'Costa, University of Melbourne'Barnes' book is a very useful addition to the literature on global production networks in India. More importantly, it joins a new, vibrant and timely literature concerned with the ways in which the process of labour informalisation manifests regionally across the subcontinent, systematically expanding workers' precarity and vulnerability across a rising number of industrial sectors.' Alessandra Mezzadri, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonTable of ContentsTables, figures and maps; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The limits of industrialisation; 2. The auto industry in India today; 3. Auto manufacturing and the evolution of industrial policy; 4. The transformation of labour relations; 5. Auto workers in India's national capital region; 6. Work and life at the bottom of the auto supply chain; 7. Driving down the 'low road'?; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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