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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Eye on the Struggle
Book SynopsisJames McGrath Morris’s groundbreaking biography illuminates the life and accomplishments of pioneering journalist Ethel Lois Payne, and pays tribute to the critical role of the black press in the civil rights era. A self-proclaimed “instrument for change,” Payne publicly prodded President Dwight D. Eisenhower to support desegregation. From Alabama to Vietnam, from Indonesia to Ghana, her reporting on legislative and judicial civil rights battles enlightened and motivated black readers, for whom she served as an eyewitness on the frontlines of the struggle for freedom. At great personal risk, Payne covered such landmark events as the Montgomery bus boycott, the desegregation of the University of Alabama, the integration of Little Rock’s schools, and the service of black troops in Vietnam. A trailblazing black woman in an industry dominated by white men, Payne also broke the glass ceiling, becoming the first female African-American radio and television c
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The 11 Billion Year From Sundance to the Oscars
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Jimmy Neurosis
Book SynopsisA Lambda Literary Award FinalistFrom a celebrated figure of the food world comes a poignant, provocative memoir about being young and gay during the 1970s punk revolution in AmericaLong before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the pre-Silicon Valley, California, suburbs, yearning for a taste of something wild. Diving headfirst into the churning mayhem of the punk movement, he renamed himself Jimmy Neurosis and embarked on a journey into a vibrant underground world populated by visionary musicians and artists. In a quest that led him from the mosh pits of San Francisco to the pop world of Andy Warhol’s Manhattan, he learned firsthand about friendship of all stripes, and what comes of testing the limits—both the joyous glories and the unanticipated, dangerous consequences. With humor and verve, Oseland brings to life the effervescent cocktail of music
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Anyone Whos Anyone The Astonishing Celebrity
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The World According to Star Wars
Book Synopsis“Irresistibly charming, acclaimed legal scholar Sunstein writes partly as a rigorous academic and partly as a helpless fanboy as he explores our fascination with Star Wars and what the series can teach us about the law, behavioral economics, history, and even fatherhood.Trade Review"[Sunstein's] enthusiasm is endearing...[the] Harvard Law professor uses George Lucas's cinematic phenomenon to tackle such disparate topics as the creative process, the writing of constitutional law, and why people commit terrorist acts." -- New Yorker "Enlightening...perceptive...Mr. Sunstein comes across as an energetic, friendly dinner-party tablemate." -- New York Times "Entertaining...the ultimate primer for guiding a Star Wars padawan to the level of Jedi Knight." -- TIME "Delightful... informative without being boring, funny without being silly. a marvelous swift read. The force is strong with this one." -- The Economist "If you love Star Wars or are a nerd and want an engaging introduction to concepts in legal theory or behavioural economics, Sunstein does the trick with levity and clarity'." -- The Times "An enlightening and surprisingly personal tour of a galaxy...Sunstein offers plenty of fun details and opinions." -- Washington Post "Sunstein makes a strong case that [Star Wars] contains real insights into the way we think about religion, work, and family...the book's takeaways are universal." -- Fortune "In this gem of a book, Cass Sunstein uses the Star Wars series to explore profound questions about being a parent, a child, and a human. It will change the way you think about your own journey, might even make you pick up the phone and call your dad." -- Walter Isaacson "Irresistibly charming, acclaimed legal scholar Sunstein writes partly as a rigorous academic and partly as a helpless fanboy as he explores our fascination with Star Wars and what the series can teach us about the law, behavioral economics, history, even fatherhood. This book is fun, brilliant, and deeply original." -- Lee Child "In this remarkable, book Sunstein manages to connect invisible gorillas, hit songs, conspiracy theories, and constitutional law. For anyone who loves the movies, or loves to think about how the world works, or simply loves their father The World According to Star Wars will provoke and inspire." -- Duncan Watts, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and author of Everything is Obvious (Once You Know the Answer) "Fun and informative without getting bogged down with being too analytic or too fan-ish." -- Jeffrey Brown, author of the bestselling Goodnight Darth Vader "Smart and interesting." -- Kirkus Reviews "A light and breezy read filled with beautiful and funny anecdotes...worth the price of admission." -- Allen Voivod, Star Wars 7x7 Podcast "Cass R. Sunstein has done it: He's made Star Wars into a valuable legal text. In The World According to Star Wars, he considers the social, political, and moral ramifications of the films' mythology... Sunstein provides new insights into a series we love." -- Slate "[a] soon-to-be-required-for-college text" -- Geeks of Doom
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Settle for More Large Print
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Harper Business Streampunks
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Citizen Reporters
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sensational
Book SynopsisA gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America''s trailblazing female journalists. Kim Todd has restored these long-forgotten mavericks to their rightful place in American history.'' Abbott Kahler, author (as Karen Abbott) ofThe Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, SpyA vivid social history that brings to light the ''girl stunt reporters'' of the Gilded Age who went undercover to expose corruption and abuse in America, and redefined what it meant to be a woman and a journalist''pioneers whose influence continues to be felt today.In the waning years of the nineteenth century, women journalists across the United States risked reputation and their own safety to expose the hazardous conditions under which many Americans lived and worked. In various disguises, they stole into sewing factories to report on child labor, fainted in the streets to test public hospital treatment, posed as lobbyists to reveal corrupt politicians. Inventive writers whose in-depth narratives made headlines for weeks at a stretch, these ''girl stunt reporters'' changed laws, helped launch a labor movement, championed women''s rights, and redefined journalism for the modern age. The 1880s and 1890s witnessed a revolution in journalism as publisher titans like Hearst and Pulitzer used weapons of innovation and scandal to battle it out for market share. As they sought new ways to draw readers in, they found their answer in young women flooding into cities to seek their fortunes. When Nellie Bly went undercover into Blackwell''s Insane Asylum for Women and emerged with a scathing indictment of what she found there, the resulting sensation created opportunity for a whole new wave of writers. In a time of few jobs and few rights for women, here was a path to lives of excitement and meaning. After only a decade of headlines and fame, though, these trailblazers faced a vicious public backlash. Accused of practicing ''yellow journalism, their popularity waned until ''stunt reporter'' became a badge of shame. But their influence on the field of journalism would arc across a century, from the Progressive Era ''muckraking'' of the 1900s to the personal ''New Journalism'' of the 1960s and ''70s, to the ''immersion journalism'' and ''creative nonfiction'' of today. Bold and unconventional, these writers changed how people would tell stories forever.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sensational
Book SynopsisA gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America’s trailblazing female journalists. Kim Todd has restored these long-forgotten mavericks to their rightful place in American history.—Abbott Kahler, author (as Karen Abbott) of The Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy A vivid social history that brings to light the “girl stunt reporters” of the Gilded Age who went undercover to expose corruption and abuse in America, and redefined what it meant to be a woman and a journalist—pioneers whose influence continues to be felt today.In the waning years of the nineteenth century, women journalists across the United States risked reputation and their own safety to expose the hazardous conditions under which many Americans lived and worked. In various disguises, they stole into sewing factories to report on child labor, fainted in the streets to test public
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sontag
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Mystery of Charles Dickens
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Everybody Has a Podcast Except You
Book SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling McElroy Brothers, creators of the hit podcasts My Brother, My Brother and Me and The Adventure Zone, comes a helpful and hilarious how-to podcast guide covering everything you need to know to make, produce, edit, and promote a podcast…and get rich* doing it! (*Results not guaranteed.)Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy made their names as “advice giving brothers who have no business giving advice” (New York Times) on the hit podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me. But while they may not have the best relationship or workplace advice, they certainly make you laugh, and they do know a thing or two about podcasting. In fact, the McElroy Brothers have spent the last decade making podcasts, including My Brother, My Brother and Me; The Adventure Zone; Sawbones; and more. From their start, independently producing and releasing the early episodes of My Brother, My Brother and Me, to their eleven currently available podcasts, the McElroys have become experts in creating successful podcasts. And now, they want to share what they’ve learned with you. In Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You), the McElroy Brothers will walk you through the process of turning an idea into ear-candy for legions of fans, sharing their expertise on everything from deciding on an effective name (definitely not something like My Brother, My Brother and Me), what type of microphone to use (definitely not one from the video game Rock Band), to making lots and lots of money (spoiler: you probably won’t). A must-read for anyone interested in podcasting, Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You) shares the keys to success as well as the mistakes to avoid and draws on the vast experiences of three of the funniest and most successful podcasters working today.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pandoras Box
Book SynopsisA NEW YORKER BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SELECTION?Biskind?s saga about the rise and fall of prestige television explains, in punchy, propulsive prose, how we went from Tony Soprano to Ted Lasso.? ?New YorkerBestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, cultural critic Peter Biskind turns his eye toward the new golden age of television, sparked by the fall of play-it-safe network TV and the rise of boundary-busting cable, followed by streaming, which overturned both?based on exclusive, candid, and colorful interviews with executives, writers, showrunners, directors, and actorsWe are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in its various guises and formats, has seized the entertainment mantle from movies and dominates our leisure time. How and why this happened is the subject of this book.Instead of focusing on one service, like HBO, Pandora?s Box asks, ?What did HBO do, besides give us The Sopranos?? The answer: It gave us a revolution. Biskind bites off a big chunk of entertainment history, following HBO from its birth into maturity, moving on to the basic cablers like FX and AMC, and ending up with the streamers and their wars, pitting Netflix against Amazon Prime Video, Max, and the killer pluses?Disney, Apple TV, and Paramount.Since the creative and business sides of TV are thoroughly entwined, Biskind examines both, and the interplay between them. Through frank and shockingly intimate interviews with creators and executives, Pandora?s Box investigates the dynamic interplay of commerce and art through the lens the game-changing shows they aired?not only old warhorses like The Sopranos, but recent shows like The White Lotus, Succession, and Yellow- (both -stone and -jackets)?as windows into the byzantine practices of the players as they use money and guile to destroy their competitors.In the end, this book crystal-balls the future in light of the success and failures of the streamers that, after apparently clearing the board, now face life-threatening problems, some self-created, some not. With its long view and short takes?riveting snapshots of behind-the-scenes mischief?Pandora?s Box is the only book you?ll need to read to understand what?s on your small screen and how it got there.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fall
Book SynopsisWinner of the UK’s 2022 Costa Prize for Biography“A portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime. . . . A well-researched, compelling book that uncovers many mysteries about a media tycoon.”—Kirkus ReviewsFrom the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal, a thrilling and dramatic true-life account of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious media moguls of all time: Robert Maxwell.In February 1991, Robert Maxwell triumphantly sailed into Manhattan harbor on his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, to buy the ailing New York Daily News. Taxi drivers stopped their cabs to shake his hand, children asked for his autograph, and patrons of the hottest restaurant in Manhattan gave him a standing ovation while he dined. Ten months later, Maxwell disappeared off that same yacht in the middle of the night and was later found dead in the water. As John Preston reveals in this entertaining and revealing biography, Maxwell’s death was as mysterious as his remarkable life.A tightly paced, addictive saga of ambition, hubris, narcissism, greed, power, and intrigue, Fall recounts Maxwell’s rise and fall and rise and fall again. Preston weaves backwards and forwards in time to examine the forces that shaped Maxwell, including his childhood as a Jew in occupied Eastern Europe through his failed political ambitions in the 1960s which ended in accusations of financial double-dealing, and his resurrection as a media mogul--and on to the family legacy he left behind, including his daughter Ghislaine Maxwell. Preston chronicles Maxwell’s all-encompassing rivalry with Rupert Murdoch—a battle that ruined Maxwell financially, threatened his sanity and lead, indirectly, to his death. Did Maxwell have a heart attack and fall overboard? Was his death suicide? Or was he murdered—possibly by Mossad or the KGB? Few in the twentieth century journeyed as far from his roots as Robert Maxwell. Yet, as Fall reveals, no one, however rich and powerful, can entirely escape their past.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Toni at Random
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Electable
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Electable should be required reading for, well, pretty much everyone." — Daily Beast “In this hopeful and well-documented study, Vitali clearly shows the importance of a truly level playing field. ‘It’s the job of the candidates to run,’ she writes, ‘but it’s on us to ensure the track is uniformly flat for all of them’ ... Intelligent and engaging political analysis.” — Kirkus Reviews “An insightful and well-informed look at the progress women in politics have made, and where they still need to go." — Publisher’s Weekly “Electable, Ali Vitali's ironically titled new book, is a smart, fresh look at why women candidates have not been able to break that final electoral glass ceiling, as well as a fascinating insider's account of life for a woman reporter on the campaign trail. Vitali's sharply wrought portraits of the key players in the 2020 campaign and thoughtful analysis of the pitfalls of gender politics make this a must read for anyone seeking answers to why our politics fail to deliver.” — Andrea Mitchell, NBC Chief Washington Correspondent, Anchor Andrea Mitchell Reports “Is America ready for a woman to be president? A resounding ‘yes’ according to polls and yet it still hasn’t happened. What gives? Ali Vitali confronts the possibilities we may not want to consider and explains in this sharp and often poignant book what it’s going to take to break the single dumbest losing streak in politics.” — Katy Tur, MSNBC Anchor and New York Times bestselling author of Unbelievable
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pops
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Black Women Will Save the World
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Best Strangers in the World
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc No Ordinary Assignment
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Irma
Book SynopsisA son?s lessons from his single mother?atwenty five year old widow who took control of her life, defied expectations and raised him into a manhood of his own?from the author of the acclaimedThe Accidental Life.As a child, Terry McDonell imagined epic stories about his father, a fighter pilot who died in World War II. But, as he discovers in this dazzling memoir, the real hero in his life was his mother, Irma, who moved with him to California hoping for a new life and raised him through difficult times.Like most headstrong boys growing up in mid-century America, McDonell took his mother for granted, never giving her life much thought. He was bright, cocky, and determined to make his own way, separate from her and from his complicated roots. But as he matured, built a career, married, divorced, remarried, and raised his own sons, McDonell came to see that Irma had lived her life in a way that allowed him to discover what he wanted his own life to be. The person he was would be forever tied to Irma?s courage and wisdom and love. From his recollections?a series of colorful, deeply personal, sometimes funny, stunningly composed vignettes?an intriguing and poignant portrait emerges.Irmais the story ofa formidable woman who built the life she wanted as she raised her son to be the kind of man and father he had longed for but never knew.
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HarperCollins On the Grid
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Ebury Publishing NapierBell S Black Vinyl White Powder
Book SynopsisThe most authoritative, intelligent, diligently researched and unpretentious analysis of the British pop scene yet written'' Sunday TelegraphBlack Vinyl White Powder charts the amazing fifty year history of the British music business in unparalleled scale and detail. As a key player across the decades, Napier-Bell - who discovered Marc Bolan and managed amongst others The Yardbirds and Wham! - uses his wealth of contacts and extraordinary personal experiences to tell the story of an industry that is like no other. Where bad behaviour is not only tolerated but encouraged, where drugs are sometimes as important as talent, where artists are pushed to their physical and mental limits in the name of profit and ego. ''The Greatest Ever Book Written about English Pop-Breathtakingly Brilliant'' Julie Burchill''The cold print equivalent of a sparkling evening with a world-class raconteur.'' Charles Shaar Murray, IndependentBitchy, glib, fun and sTrade Review'Breathtakingly brilliant' - Julie Burchill'The definitive history of British pop * Observer Music Monthly *"one of the most fascinating, revealing and enjoyable journeys through 50 years of the UK record business" * Music Week *`Here you get a great autobiography of a very experienced man (he famously managed Wham!), who describes in great detail the advent of the pop industry and, of course, all the pitfalls that have become associated with it. -- Mousse T, singer * Sunday Times *
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Ebury Publishing The Insider
Book SynopsisAt the age of 28, Piers Morgan was made editor of the "News of the World", the UK's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper. The decade that followed witnessed horrific events like Dunblane, September 11, and the war in Iraq - alongside entertaining sport and celebrity gossip. This book is based on the diaries, which Morgan kept during this period.Trade ReviewA right, rollicking good read -- Andrew Neil * Evening Standard *A riveting read with splendid anecdotes on almost every page * The Times *This is a book of historical importance -- Peter Oborne * The Spectator *A compelling read on any level, whether you want to consider the relationship between politics and the press, royal behaviour, the red-top world - or just want a good laugh * Independent *Funny and fabulously indiscreet, this is a book that holds up a mirror to the spinning and posturing of our celebrity age ... scurrilously entertaining * Observer *
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Ebury Publishing Dont You Know Who I Am
Book Synopsis''They say you can always remember where you where when pivotal moments happen, such as losing your virginity or Elvis dying. Let me add another to the list: the moment I sang a duet to the the Macarena with Timmy Mallett, live to millions of people...''Sacked from his high-profile job as a national newspaper editor, Piers Morgan dived helplessly into the world of celebrity. But even twenty years of commenting on the lives of the rich and famous couldn''t prepare him for the extraordinary world he uncovered...A riveting, scandelous and brutally honest account of one man''s quest for celebrity, Don''t You Know Who I Am? lifts the lid on the egos and outrageous behaviour of everyone from Paris Hilton to Cherie Blair, Kate Moss to the legend that is the Hoff.Trade ReviewReading this book really is like peering into Morgan's head. But it's a fascinating head - its contents are clever and silly, sharp and gullible, occasionally incredibly funny. I'd say he has another bestseller on his hands. -- India Knight * Sunday Times *Every page is gold * Heat *A typically ribald account of life both making the news and reporting it, as wildly implausible and riotously entertaining as the man himself * GQ *He is a very funny writer -- Lynn Barber * Daily Telegraph *Enjoyably revelatory and very good fun * Observer *
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Vintage Publishing Heroes
Book SynopsisThe heroes of John Pilger''s narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in difficult and often brutal conditions: dissidents in the Soviet Union; victims of conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa, India, the Middle East and Central America. They also include the Irish labouring generation of his great-great-grandfather, transported in irons to Australia for uttering ''unlawful oaths''. It is a vivid, engrossing and sometimes blackly amusing personal story covering the periods for which his journalism is renowned. John Pilger has witnessed many of the major world upheavals of the past thirty years, as well as the daily realities of injustices normally hidden from society''s view. His reporting of these events has always been distinguished by his tenaciously researched facts - especially facts that governments and powerful interests would prefer to keep secret - and by his unerring and always compassionate pursuit of the truth.Trade ReviewJohn Pilger is the antidote to easy, comfortable thinking, to smugness, to ignorance. He is necessary * Daily Telegraph *Pilger has a gift for finding the image, the instant, that reveals all. He is a photographer using words instead of a camera -- Salman RushdiePilger is the closest we have to the great correspondents of the 1930s. The truth in his hands is a weapon, to be picked up and used in the struggle against injustice * Guardian *
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Vintage Publishing What the Chinese Dont Eat
Book SynopsisSince June 2003 Xinran has been writing about China in her weekly column in the Guardian. She has covered a vast range of topics from food to sex education, and from the experiences of British mothers who have adopted Chinese daughters, to whether Chinese people do Christmas shopping or have swimming pools. Each of her columns inspired letters and questions and more opportunities for Xinran to shed light on the culture of her native land. What the Chinese Don''t Eat collects these pieces together for the first time to give one unique Chinese woman''s perspective on the connections and differences between the lives of British and Chinese people today.Trade ReviewXinran writes compassionately but unsentimentally * Dailiy Mail *
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Vintage Publishing Up in the Old Hotel
Book Synopsis''The master of a journalistic style long vanished - urbane, lucid, courteous... A masterpiece of observation and storytelling'' Ian McEwanMitchell is the laureate of old New York. The hidden corners of the city and the people who lived there are his subject. He captured the waterfront rooming-houses , nickel-a-drink saloons, all-night restaurants, the ''visionaries, obsessives, imposters, fanatics, lost souls, the end-is-near street preachers, old Gypsy Kings and old Gypsy Queens, and out-and-out freak-show freaks.'' Mitchell''s trademark curiosity, respect and graveyard humour fuel these magical essays. Written between 1943 and 1965, Up in the Old Hotel is the complete collection of Joseph Mitchell ''s New Yorker journalism and includes McSorley''s Wonderful Saloon, Old Mr Flood, The Bottom of the Harbour and Joe Gould''s Secret. ''Joseph Mitchell is buried treasure'' Salman RushdieTrade ReviewThis is a book about New York as it was a long time ago… Mitchell is interested in the texture of the city. He loves the cops and bums and old Italian restaurants. After a while you really feel engrained in the place yourself -- William Leith * Evening Standard *Swift, razor-sharp characterisation, narrative suspense and the sparest, yet most penetrating description * Evening Standard *One of the greatest journalists America has produced * Times Literary Supplement *What James Joyce might have written had he gone into journalism * Newsweek *A poet of the waterfront and a writer of surpassing tales that captured the unsung and unconventional life of New York and its denizens * Independent *
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Vintage Publishing The Song Machine
Book SynopsisHow do you make a song into a global smash hit that is guaranteed to make millions? Read The Song Machine and find out!From Tin Pan Alley and Motown to Rihanna and Taylor Swift, manufactured music has existed since the record industry began. But who are the hit-manufacturers that can create a tune that is so catchy, so wildly addictive, that it sticks in the minds of millions of listeners? In The Song Machine, John Seabrook dissects the workings of this machine, travelling the world to reveal its hidden formulas, and interview its geniuses the hitmakers' at the centre of it all. Hilarious and jaw-droppingly shocking, this book will change how you think and feel about music, as well as how you listen to it.Revelatory, funny, and full of almost unbelievable details', Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food NationAs addictive as its subject' Sunday Times Trade ReviewRevelatory, funny, and full of almost unbelievable details -- Eric Schlosser, author of 'Fast Food Nation'As addictive as its subject * Sunday Times *A gripping investigation of modern hitmaking… Seabrook’s writing is as sleek and swift as a dolphin * New Statesman *This is a fascinating tale about an amazing phenomenon -- Walter Isaacson, author of 'Steve Jobs'Seabrook subtly explores not only the insides of a song, but how a song gets inside us * Observer *Revealing, frightening, funny and unsettling -- Roddy DoyleSeabrook’s book takes the reader into a hidden world behind some of the most high-profile cultural products of the era * Guardian *A highly engaging narrative * Economist *Weaving its way through two-and-a-half decades, one of The Song Machine’s greatest achievements is to situate the pop song within a shifting matrix of technological evolution, diminishing revenue streams, and warring egos * Independent *Seabrook takes us on a lucid and well-researched tour of the places where modern hits are created -- Peter Clark * Literary Review *
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Penguin Books Ltd The War Against the BBC
Book SynopsisThere''s a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won''t get it back.The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment provider, and the global face of Britain. It''s our most trusted news source in a world of divisive disinformation. But it is facing relentless attacks by powerful commercial and political enemies, including deep funding cuts - much deeper than most people realise - with imminent further cuts threatened. This book busts the myths about the BBC and shows us how we can save it, before it''s too late.Trade ReviewThis book's value lies in its steady accumulation of myth-busting data ... its urgent conclusion establishes just how much Britain stands to lose if the BBC as we know it falls. -- Dorian Lynskey * Guardian *A "must" for anyone interested in the future of what many regard as Britain's most important cultural institution and our greatest source of "soft power" on the world stage -- The Sunday Times * John Arlidge *After reaching the end of the book's more than 500 pages one is left with two overwhelming impressions. The first is how important the BBC is to the healthy life of the nation and the second, how its very long-term survival is now in doubt after the sustained political and financial attacks it's suffered these past few decades ... Written with wit and panache ... like taking a stroll through the social and political history of Britain from Thatcher onwards -- Ivor Gaber * The New European *A a thorough and perceptive analysis of some of the big challenges facing the BBC, and the malevolent and dishonest forces raging against it -- Patrick Howse * Byline Times *Scrupulously researched... exposes the myths behind the onslaught. The idea of a "silent majority" exasperated by the BBC's liberal values is at odds with trust ratings that put it above every other news provider -- Ian Burrell * Independent *The value of this book is to remind us that arguments against the BBC are often dishonest or partial, often strongly motivated by vested interests - and often hope for its destruction while affecting to hope for its reform. It may make you, as it did me, think that in this accursed year there's something to be said for keeping a-hold of nurse in fear of finding something worse. -- Sam Leith * UnHerd *A frighteningly informative torrent of history, politics, global economics and warm sympathy -- Libby Purves * The Times *Hair-raising -- Polly Toynbee * The Guardian *
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Penguin Putnam Inc Garlic and Sapphires
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Penguin Putnam Inc Getting Real
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Penguin Putnam Inc Dolls Dolls Dolls Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls
Book SynopsisA blissful treasure trove of gossipy insider details that Dolls fans will swiftly devour.--Kirkus ReviewsThe unbelievable-but-true, inside story of Jacqueline Susann's pop culture icon Valley of the Dolls--the landmark novel and publishing phenomenon, the infamous smash hit film (the best worst movie ever made), and Dolls's thriving legacy todaySince its publication in 1966, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls has reigned as one of the most influential and beloved pieces of commercial fiction. Selling over thirty-one million copies worldwide, it revolutionized overnight the way books got sold, thanks to the tireless and canny self-promoting Susann. It also generated endless speculation about the author's real-life models for its larger-than-life characters. Turned in 1967 into an international box-office sensation and morphing into a much-beloved cult film, its influence endures today in everything f
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Oxford University Press Inc Cyber War Versus Cyber Realities
Book SynopsisIn 2011, the United States government declared a cyber attack as equal to an act of war, punishable with conventional military means. Cyber operations, cyber crime, and other forms of cyber activities directed by one state against another are now considered part of the normal relations range of combat and conflict, and the rising fear of cyber conflict has brought about a reorientation of military affairs. What is the reality of this threat? Is it actual or inflated, fear or fact-based?Taking a bold stand against the mainstream wisdom, Valeriano and Maness argue that there is very little evidence that cyber war is, or is likely to become, a serious threat. Their claim is empirically grounded, involving a careful analysis of cyber incidents and disputes experienced by international states since 2001, and an examination of the processes leading to cyber conflict.As the authors convincingly show, cyber incidents are a little-used tactic, with low-level intensity and few to no long-term efTrade Review"Valeriano and Maness have done real service to the field by taking cyber hyperbole down a notch and highlighting the need for better theory about and empirical evaluation of cyber conflict, even if they will not have the last word on the topic." --Jon R. Lindsay, Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs, University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs "Path-breaking...the first [book] to provide both theory and empirical evidence to bear on the subject. In doing so it is likely to direct all serious research on the subject in the immediate and medium term." --Paul F. Diehl, Associate Provost and Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science, University of Texas-Dallas "Why haven't more cyber wars occurred? Valeriano and Maness present theory and evidence to show why states exercise cyber restraint. Their book is a healthy corrective to the usual hype." --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University and author of The Future of Power "An important contribution to international relations theory and analysis. A path-breaking empirical work." --Nazli Choucri, Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Most books that touch on theories of cyber power are stuck in either the mire of technical realities or zoom in the other direction, into the stratosphere of 'battles' over cognition and perception. Neither is very relevant for understanding actual conflict between nations. With Cyber War versus Cyber Realities, Valeriano and Maness have a rare gem, a book rooted in a deep analysis of the true realities of cyber conflict from which they draw both lessons and theories with real relevance in national capitals." --Jay Healey, Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, The Atlantic Council "Valeriano and Maness have provided scholars with an impressive starting point that contributes towards greater understanding of the cyber security threat landscape as well as the prospect of a less threatening cyber future." --Francis C. Domingo, De La Salle University and the University of Nottingham, Journal of Information and Technology "Cyber War Versus Cyber Realities is a groundbreaking empirical work and a necessary read for scholars focusing on cyber conflict and people generally interested in international relations." -- Journal of Information Technology & Politics "Overall...the book is an essential contribution to the cyber security literature, and one that substantially advances the debate about the impact of cyber war as a term of reference and an empirical reality." --Joe Burton, H-Net Reviews "Overall, this book provides a new perspective on cyber conflict, countering the media hype of impending Cyber Pearl Harbors or Cyber 9/11s. Further, it offers one of the first viable attempts to quantify the impact of cyber actions, and presents facts and evidence to support their theories. As such, [the authors] build a strong case for cyber policy based on moderation versus worst-case scenarios." -- Small Wars & Insurgencies "Valeriano and Maness view cyber conflict through the lens of international relations and primarily focus on cyber interactions among states and directed towards states in the realm of foreign policy." --Small Wars & InsurgenciesTable of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: The Contours of the Cyber Conflict World ; Chapter 2: Cyberpower, Cyber Weapons, and Cyber Operations ; Chapter 3: Theories of Cyber Conflict: Restraint, Regionalism, Espionage, and Cyber Terrorism in the Digital Era ; Chapter 4: The Dynamics of Cyber Conflict between Rival Antagonists ; Chapter 5: The Impact of Cyber Incidents: Events and the Conflict-Cooperation Nexus ; Chapter 6: Stuxnet, Shamoon, and Bronze Soldier: The Impact and Responses to Cyber Operations ; Chapter 7: Cyber Conflict and Non-State Actors: Weapons of Fear ; Chapter 8: Cyber Rules: Encouraging a System of Justice and Proportionality in Cyber Operations ; Chapter 9: Conclusion ; Tables and Figures
£36.44
Oxford University Press Inc Understanding Media Industries
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is the best book available for teaching media industries studies. Additionally, it has many of the specific details and examples that are difficult to remember off the top of your head in a lecture." - Ethan Tussey, Georgia State UniversityUnderstanding Media Industries is a comprehensive, readable, accessible text for teaching students how to thoughtfully and productively analyze the operations of media industries, and how those operations shape media content. It is rich with examples, full of usefully explained vocabulary, and full of great teaching materials. Moreover, Havens & Lotz's approach to analyzing these industries is simple and clear enough for introductory students, but sophisticated enough to manage the complexity of the media industries." - Erin Copple Smith, Austin CollegeI would highly recommend using Understanding Media Industries in your course because that book shows the historical, cultural, and economic factors that influence the intricate process of producing texts in the media industries. It has great a great framework and vocabulary to help students write about the production of texts, excellent questions in the back of chapters you can pose to them, and addresses the production side of the industry enough to keep the vast number of students from the major engaged that want to make their own films." - Max Hohner, Arizona State UniversityThis is a substantial, authoritative, and eminently readable/teachable text which generally does a good job of identifying critical issues in media practices, and their origins in history, economics, and technology." - Stuart Moulthrop, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeTable of ContentsContents ; CHAPTER ONE: UNDERSTANDING MEDIA INDUSTRIES ; o Understanding Media Industries ; Why Study Media Industries ; -Defining Media Industries ; Media Industries in Society ; -All Media Matter in the Public Sphere ; o Agency and Ideology in Media Industries ; Forces that Circumscribe Agency ; -Organizational Cultures ; -The Ideological Uncertainty of Media Content ; -Cultures of Production ; o Understanding Media Industries in the 21st Century ; Mass Customization and the Rise of Information Economy ; -Mass Production ; -Long Downturn ; -Mass Customization ; o Questions ; CHAPTER TWO: THE INDUSTIALIZATION OF CULTURE FRAMEWORK AND KEY ECONOMIC CONCEPTS ; o The Industrialization of Culture Framework ; Mandates ; Conditions ; Practices ; o How Does this Framework Work? ; o Key Economic Aspects of the Media Industries ; Fundamentals of Media Commodities ; Media Industry Response to Risk ; -Ownership and Conglomeration Strategies ; -Formatting ; o Conclusion ; o Questions ; CHAPTER THREE: MEDIA INDUSTRY MANDATES ; o What Are Common Mandates ; Commercial Media ; Noncommercial Media ; -Public Mandate Media ; -Community, Alternative/DIY Mandate Media ; -Governmental Mandate Media ; o Mandates in Action ; Establishing the Mandate of U.S. Broadcasting ; o Limits of Mandates ; o Questions ; CHAPTER FOUR: REGULATION OF THE MEDIA INDUSTRIES ; o Why is Broadcasting Different? ; o Who Regulates? ; -International Regulations ; -Self-Regulation ; o What is Regulated? ; Content Regulations ; -Copyright ; Structural and Operational Regulations ; -Ownership Regulations ; -Economic Regulations: Rate Control and Subsidies ; -Licenses and License Renewal ; -Monopoly and Anti-Trust Restrictions ; o Other Regulatory Conditions ; Regulations Governing Distribution ; An Emerging Area: Broadband Policy ; Pro-Social Regulation ; Technological Standards: The Case of the Digital Television Transition ; o Conclusion ; o Questions ; CHAPTER FIVE: ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEDIA PRODUCTION ; o The Creative and Cultural Implications of Cost Structures and Financing Mechanisms ; The Costs of Making Media ; -Development Costs ; -Production Costs ; -Marketing and Distribution Costs ; -Overhead Costs ; How Are the Costs of Creating Media Products Funded? ; -Independent Financing of a Single Good ; -Financing a Single Medium through Publisher Funding ; -Financing a Continuous Medium ; o The Economics of Audiences: Ways of Paying for Media Products ; Characteristics of Advertiser-Supported Media ; Characteristics of Media Not Supported by Advertising ; -Direct Pay ; -Subscription ; -Emerging Payment Models ; Characteristics of Media with Dual Revenue Streams ; o Emerging Economic Strategies for Media Industries ; o Conclusion ; o Questions ; CHAPTER SIX: TECHNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE MEDIA INDUSTRIES ; o Theories of Technological Change ; Circuit of Cultural Production ; o Technology and Other Conditions ; Technology and Industry Structure ; Technology and Prevalent Revenue Models ; o Technological Conditions and Media Industry Practices ; o Industrial Restraints on Technological Innovation ; o Conclusion ; o Questions ; CHAPTER SEVEN: CREATIVE PRACTICES AND MEDIA WORK ; o Creative Visions: Approaches to Making Media ; o Creative Roles Above and Below-the-Line ; o Industry Executives: Enabling and Limiting Creativity ; Commercial Influences: Audience Research ; Commercial Influences: Industry Norms, Organizational Cultures, and Circumscribed Agency ; o Creativity in an Era of Change ; o Conclusion ; o Questions ; Chapter EIGHT: MEDIA DISTRIBUTION AND AGGREGATION PRACTICES ; o Distinguishing Distribution and Aggregation Practices ; o Distribution and Aggregation Industry Roles ; The Roles of Distributors ; The Roles of Aggregators ; o Distribution and Aggregation Strategies ; Windowing: A Changing Strategy of Media Distribution ; o Conclusion ; o Questions ; CHAPTER NINE: DIGITIZATION ; o Understanding Digitization ; o Digitization and Shifts in Production ; Print ; Audio ; Video ; o Digitization and Shifts in Aggregation and Distribution ; Digital Distribution in the Newspaper Industry ; o Digitization and Changes in Use ; Choice ; Fragmentation ; Convenience ; o Coming Change ; o Conclusion ; o Questions ; CHAPTER TEN: MEDIA GLOBALIZATION ; o The History of Media Globalization and American Dominance ; o Drivers of Media Globalization ; Film ; Television ; Gaming ; Music ; Magazines ; Newspapers ; Advertising ; o Barriers to Media Globalization ; Cultural Barriers ; Technological and Regulatory Barriers ; o Overcoming Barriers to Globalization ; Global Promotions and Buzz ; International Co-Production ; Dubbing and Subtitling ; Localization ; Outsourcing ; o Media Globalization in the Global South ; o The Commercial and Social Consequences of Media Globalization ; Expanded Markets and Innovation ; Cultural Imperialism vs. Hybridity ; Connecting Dispersed Communities ; o Conclusion ; o Questions
£85.49
Oxford University Press James Bond Songs Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism
Book SynopsisYou know the name. You know the number. And, strangely enough, you recognize the songs. The James Bond-songs have been a fixture of our musical landscape for over fifty years, a distinct genre we've sometimes admired, sometimes smirked at. This book delves into these songs, tracing a secret history of pop and of ourselves as listeners.Trade ReviewThe James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism endeavors to trace not only the history of the James Bond music, but also the culture that the music influenced and the culture which influenced the music ... This may be an excellent book for a graduate seminar in popular music history. * Amanda Pilmer Roberts, Music Reference Services Quarterly *Daub and Kronengold's knowledge of the Bond franchise literary, cinematic and musical is thorough and well-informed, and their ability to make connections suggests they have spent much of their lives in the company of Agent 007. * Andrew Ford, Inside Story *Table of ContentsJames Bond and the End(s) of the Pop Song ; Chapter 1: "At Skyfall": The Bond-Song, Repression, and Repetition ; Chapter 2: "A Golden Girl Knows": The Ballads of James Bond ; Chapter 3: "You Only Live Twice": James Bond and (his) Age ; Chapter 4: "When You've Got a Job to Do": The 70s ; Chapter 5: "We're an All Time High": James Bond, Pop, and the Endless 1970s ; Chapter 6: Looking the Part: James Bond's New Wave Years ; Chapter 7: "Your Life is a Story I Have Already Written": The Gay Panic Years ; Chapter 8: "Close My Body Now": Bond's Traumas and the Compulsion to Repeat ; James Bond Will Return In... ; Index
£25.92
Oxford University Press Inc Cultural Economies of Locative Media
Book SynopsisLocation, location-awareness, and location data have all become familiar and increasingly significant parts of our everyday mobile-mediated experiences. Cultural Economies of Locative Media examines the ways in which location-based services, such as GPS-enabled mobile smartphones, are socially, culturally, economically, and politically produced just as much as they are technically designed and manufactured. Rowan Wilken explores the complex interrelationships that mutually define new business models and the economic factors that emerge around, and structure, locative media services. Further, he offers readers insight into the diverse social uses, cultures of consumption, and policy implications of location, providing a detailed, critical account of contemporary location-sensitive mobile data. Cultural Economies of Locative Media delves into the ideas, technologies, contexts, and power relationships that define this scholarship, resulting in a rich portrait of locative media in all of iTrade ReviewCultural Economies of Locative Media is a well-crafted examination of locative media. Wilken's framing of the topic is clear, comprehensive, and original. * Mimi Sheller, Drexel University *This book is interesting and timely. The originality of this work lies in its breadth of treatment of economic and regulatory issues, actual practices of usage, and privacy concerns. * Christian Licoppe, Télécom ParisTech *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction I. The Topography of Locative Media Section Introduction 1. Location Services Ecosystems 2. The Business of Maps 3. Location Integration and Data Markets II. Cultures of Use Section Introduction 4. Locative Media Arts and Political Aesthetics 5. App Entanglements 6. Territories of the City and the Self: Locative Mobile Social Networking, Urban Exploration and Identity Performance III. Geodata Capture and Privacy Section Introduction 7. Location Data Extraction and Retention 8. Mobile Social Networking and Locational Privacy Conclusion References Index
£38.73
Oxford University Press Inc Practices of Looking An Introduction to Visual
Book SynopsisPractices of Looking, Third Edition, bridges visual, communication, media, and cultural studies to investigate how images and the activity of looking carry meaning within and between different arenas in everyday life. The third edition has been updated to represent the contemporary visual cultural landscape and includes topics like the increasingly rapid global circulation of media, the rise of design and DIY cultures, digital media art and activism, and challenges to photojournalism and news media. Challenging yet accessible, Practices of Looking, Third Edition, is ideal for courses across a range of disciplines.Trade ReviewThe greatest strength of Practices of Looking is its thorough treatment of the conceptual and material landscape of postmodern visual culture, and this definitely distinguishes it from similar textbooks I've seen. * Kent N. Lowery, Texas Tech University *Practices of Looking, Third Edition, is a great and valuable textbook for teaching a broad range of critical and theoretical approaches in modern and contemporary visual practices. * Whitney Huber, Columbia College Chicago *Practices of Looking's ambitions are unparalleled and it's clear that the writers are deeply engaged with the social, psychological and economic consequences of the ways in which images influence how we see ourselves and the world around us. * Jawad Ali, Art Institute of California, Hollywood *The greatest strength of Practices of Looking, Third Edition, is its relentless drive to instill critical awareness in students. This book contributes greatly to promoting the type of visual literacy that is needed in society both now and in the foreseeable future. * William H. Lawson, California State University, East Bay *This is that rarest of textbooks * clear enough for undergraduates and challenging enough to use with graduate students. It is simply the best introduction to the most important issues in thinking about the visual from an interdisciplinary perspective.Michael Coventry, Georgetown University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Images, Power, and Politics Representation Vision and Visuality The Myth of Photographic Truth Myth, Connotation, and the Meaning of Images Semiotics and Signs Images and Ideology Image Icons2. Viewers Make Meaning Producers' Intended Meanings Aesthetics and Taste Value, Collecting, and Institutional Critique Reading Images as Ideological Subjects Viewing Strategies Appropriation and Re-Appropriation3. Modernity: Spectatorship, the Gaze, and Power Modernity Modernism The Concept of the Modern Subject Spectatorship and the Gaze Power and the Surveillance Gaze The Other Gender and the Gaze Gaming and the Gaze4. Realism and Perspective: From Renaissance Painting to Digital Media Perspective Perspective and the Body The Camera Obscura Challenges to Perspective Perspective in Digital Media5. Visual Technologies, Reproduction, and the Copy Visualization and Technology Visual Technologies The Reproduced Image and the Copy Walter Benjamin and Mechanical Reproduction The Politics of Reproducibility Ownership and Copyright Reproduction and the Digital Image 3D Reproduction and Simulation6. Media in Everyday Life The Media, Singular and Plural Everyday Life Mass Culture and Mass Media Critiques of Mass Culture Media Infrastructures Media as Nation and Public Sphere Democracy and Citizen Journalism Global Media Events7. Brand Culture: The Images and Spaces of Consumption The Rise of Brands as Image, Symbol, and Icon The Spaces of Modern Consumerism Brands in Consumer Society Social Awareness and the Selling of Humanitarianism Social Media, Consumer Data, and the Changing Spaces of Consumption DIY Culture and the Share Economy, and New Entrepreneurism8. Postmodernism: Irony, Parody, and Pastiche Postmodernity/Postmodernism Simulation and the Politics of Postmodernity Reflexivity and Distanced Knowing Jaded Knowing and Irony Remix and Parody Pastiche Postmodern Space, Architecture, and Design9. Scientific Looking, Looking at Science Opening Up the Body to the Empirical Medical Gaze Medicine as Spectacle: The Anatomical and Surgical Theater Evidence, Classification, and Identification Bodily Interiors and Biomedical Personhood The Genetic and Digital Body Visualizing Pharmaceuticals and Science Activism10. The Global Flow of Visual Culture The History of Global Image Reproduction Concepts of Globalization The World Image Global Television The Global Flow of Film Social Movements, Indigenous Media, and Visual Activism The Global Museum and Contests of Culture Refugees and Borders Glossary Credits Index
£110.19
Oxford University Press Transcendent Parenting
Book SynopsisWhether members of the family are headed to school or work, smartphones accompany family members throughout the day. The growing sophistication of mobile communication has unleashed a proliferation of apps, channels, and platforms that link parents to their children and the key institutions in their lives. While parents may feel empowered by their ability to provide their children assistance with a click on their smartphone, they may also feel pressured and overwhelmed by this need to always be on call for their children. This book focuses on the phenomenon of transcendent parenting, where parents actively use technology to go beyond traditional, physical practices of parenting. In drawing on the experiences of intensely digitally-connected families in Singapore to tell a global story, Sun Sun Lim argues how transcendent parenting can embody and convey, intentionally or not, the parenting priorities in these households. Chapters outline how parents exploit mobile connectivity to transcTrade ReviewAs the world hurtles ever further into an era of perpetual contact with media, Lim offers a fluent and well-informed analysis of the multiple effects of mobile technology on parent-child relationships. She dexterously examines a rich array of parent-child realities across varying social classes and cultures. * James E. Katz, Ph.D, Boston University *Sun Sun Lim's social analysis is robust, insightful, and important for anyone studying any field related to mobile communication. * Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science *With richly detailed stories of parental concerns about mobile media and the strategies they embrace to address them, this volume will be of great interest to parents, educators, and everyone who cares about children and contemporary family life in a digital age. * Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D, University of Denver *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Transcendent Parenting and the Media Rich Household 2. Parenting Trends Today 3. At Home 4. At School 5. Out and About 6. At Play 7. Mobile Communication and Transcendent Parenting Appendix Bibliography Index
£24.69
Oxford University Press Inc Antisocial Media
Book SynopsisAntisocial Media, is the path-breaking initial step toward understanding how social media is quickly undermining not only centuries of democratic progress, but civil society itself.Trade ReviewSiva Vaidhyanathan's Antisocial Media ... is the best tech-sceptic book of the year, by an academic who writes like a human. Even better, Vaidhyanathan's insights into the destructive power of Facebook are truly global, taking in Modi's India and Duterte's Philippines. * Helen Lewis, Books of the Year 2018, New Statesman *Vaidhyanathan writes with conviction and a deep sense of history. His research is sharp and diverse. * Jinoy Jose P, The Hindu Business Line *An excellent critique * John Naughton, The Observer *What distinguishes Vaidhyanathan's book from others is not only the depth of his research, but the fact that Facebook in placed into a larger social, historical and political context, thus delivering a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the company over the past years. * Felix Simon, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *This thoroughly researched and persuasively argued account of social media's noxious effects on the very fabric of society is the first study of its kind: a trenchant analysis of Facebook's unwholesome side effects. It needed saying, and it's supremely well said. * Juanita Coulson, The Lady *[an] elegant new book * Des Freedman, openDemocracy *The book is of great value to both students of media-related disciplines and to the general public. Written in a commendably accessible style and largely free of academic jargon, it is likely to appeal to (and benefit) anyone willing to better understand the world in which we are deeply immersed a social-mediatised world. * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Pleasure MachineChapter 2: The Surveillance MachineChapter 3: The Attention MachineChapter 4: The Benevolence MachineChapter 5: The Protest MachineChapter 6: The Politics MachineChapter 7: The Disinformation MachineConclusion: The Nonsense MachineAcknowledgements
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Oxford University Press Inc Meaningful Inefficiencies Civic Design in an Age
Book SynopsisPublic trust in the institutions that mediate civic life-from governing bodies to newsrooms-is low. In facing this challenge, many organizations assume that ensuring greater efficiency will build trust. As a result, these organizations are quick to adopt new technologies to enhance what they do, whether it''s a new app or dashboard. However, efficiency, or charting a path to a goal with the least amount of friction, is not itself always built on a foundation of trust. Meaningful Inefficiencies is about the practices undertaken by civic designers that challenge the normative applications of smart technologies in order to build or repair trust with publics. Based on over sixty interviews with change makers in public serving organizations throughout the United States, as well as detailed case studies, this book provides a practical and deeply philosophical picture of civic life in transition. The designers in this book are not professional designers, but practitioners embedded within organizations who have adopted an approach to public engagement Eric Gordon and Gabriel Mugar call meaningful inefficiencies, or the deliberate design of less efficient over more efficient means of achieving some ends. This book illustrates how civic designers are creating meaningful inefficiencies within public serving organizations. It also encourages a rethinking of how innovation within these organizations is understood, applied, and sought after. Different than market innovation, civic innovation is not just about invention and novelty; it is concerned with building communities around novelty, and cultivating deep and persistent trust. At its core, Meaningful Inefficiencies underlines that good civic innovation will never just involve one single public good, but must instead negotiate a plurality of publics. In doing so, it creates the conditions for those publics to play, resulting in people truly caring for the world. Meaningful Inefficiencies thus presents an emergent and vitally needed approach to creating civic life at a moment when smart and efficient are the dominant forces in social and organizational change.Trade ReviewMeaningful Inefficiencies is a valuable contribution to current debates and academic theory in the fields of communication and media studies. * Martijn de Waal, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences *The concept of 'meaningful inefficiencies' is a productive addition to the field-it moves away from the utilitarian 'solutionist' view of smart tech and, instead, puts people at the forefront of the future. * Michiel de Lange, Utrecht University *This book is the perfect combination of radical and practical. What would the institutions that set the foundation for civic health look like if they operated through the lens of care? This simple question is profoundly consequential, and readers get to see that brighter and more functional future with the case studies provided herein. This book provides the spark for scholars, leaders, and workers in civic spaces to reorient around care, and I cant wait to see the positive change that follows. * Jennifer Brandel, Hearken *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Innovation Chapter 2: Publics Chapter 3: Play Chapter 4: Care Chapter 5: Practice References Index
£36.98
Oxford University Press Photography
Book SynopsisPhotographs are an integral part of our daily lives - from snapshots and tabloid newspapers to art photography in galleries and exhibitions. Edwards combines a sense of the historical development of photography with an insightful analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context.Table of Contents1. Forgetting Photography ; 2. Documents ; 3. Pictures ; 4. What is a photograph? ; 5. The apparatus and its image ; 6. Fantasy and remembrance ; Afterword: Digital photography ; Further reading
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Oxford University Press Inc Documentary
Book SynopsisThis is the second major revision of a book universally acclaimed as the definitive history of the documentary film. The final section has been completely rewritten and expanded to take into account the major films and trends of the past nine years. Particular attention has been paid to the growth of documentary film-making in the Soviet Union since Glasnost and the corresponding expansion in the United States, including Ken Burns''s The Civil War, which broke all audience records for Public Television in 1990.Trade Review"This is the best historical overview of that major genre termed 'Documentary' or 'Non-fiction." --Edward S. Small, Phd., University of Kansas "Nothing compares, still." --Amy Villarejo, Cornell University "A reasonably priced introduction to a major area of film making which is all too often left in the shadow of drama. It is both thorough and readable." --Fred Caffney, South Kent College "First rate history--well written, with a coherent and constant focus on the power of the documentary film." --Tom Mullin, Eastern Washington University "The best in its field. I have used the first edition for almost twenty years to great effect. Barnouw is a masterful text writer." --Robert J. Allen, Seton Hall University "This is the basic book for anybody who wants to be a documentary filmmaker. Very good!" --Aleksander Mandis, New York University "A concise, accurate and indispensable book for any lover of documentary film. An indispensable reference and a worthy text for any course on the subject." --Lynne Jackson, St. Francis College "The best general history of documentary available. Concise, yet wide ranging and erudite. A valuable classroom text." --Michael Griffin, University of Minnesota Praise for Previous Editions: "A helpful antidote to the spirit....It presents sign posts to where documentary could be and where it may emerge. Barnouw's style has a clarity and precision that make his books delights to read." --Film Quarterly "The whole panorama has been richly researched and compactly organized into easy prose by Barnouw, writing at the peak of his competence." --Variety "Erik Barnouw puts film history in the mainstream of human history as few others have done before. He reminds us of the powers of film to instruct, exhilarate, excite and deceive, and shows how these powers have been used in our time." --Daniel J. Boorstin "Provides students with a foundation of knowledge from which they can learn, explore, and create." --Ronald A. Hoodak, Elmira College "Indispensable text. I have used Barnouw's book since 1975, and I'm grateful for each updated edition." --Bill Huie, Texas A&M University, Corpus Cristi "Well-written and wonderfully researched. Clear and concise!....I'm very excited using it." --Robert J. de Maria, Washington and Lee University "Superior text. [I've] used it for years and will continue to do so." --Professor E. Scott Bryce, St. Cloud State University "I will almost certainly use it when I next teach the class."--Professor Edward S. Small, University of Kansas "Very good overview."--Mike Duvall, Saugamon State University "This knowledgeable chronicle and advocacy of the documentary is marked with the poetry of Barnouw's own appreciation of the medium." --William Judson, University of PittsburghTable of Contents1.: Glimpse of Wonders Prophet 2.: Images at Work Explorer Reporter Painter 3.: Sound and Fury Advocate Bugler Prosecutor 4.: Clouded Lens Poet Chronicler Promoter 5.: Sharp Focus Observer Catalyst Guerilla 6.: Movement
£16.64
Oxford University Press Inc Journalism Unbound New Approaches to Reporting
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Journalism Unbound's greatest strength is the author's use of masterful writing. Stephens uses great examples that should inspire any student."--Jennifer Atwater, Towson University "I really like the author's recognition of the value of studying the basics and the classics and how the field of journalism is changing."--Peter Ellertsen, Benedictine University at Springfield Praise for Mitchell Stephens' earlier books on journalism and media: "Thorough, scrupulous and witty; in all respects first-rate, and original, work."--Washington Post "Lively and original. At every stage Mr. Stephens's wide knowledge of his subject furnishes him with striking facts and analogies."--New York Times "A thoughtful and measured challenge, the kind of scholarship that helps push us forward."--American Journalism Review "Perhaps we should make our students dive deeper. Perhaps we should ourselves. This book does."--Journalism and Mass Communication QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface: Introduction: Aiming higher 1. Wondering: New Perspectives 2. Learning: More-Penetrating Approaches 3. Wandering: Less-Familiar Places 4. Recognizing: Deeper Truths 5. Pondering: Wiser Understandings 6. Enlivening: More Engaging Styles 7. Elevating: Finer Wordings 8. Sculpting: More Shapely Forms Notes:
£97.84
Oxford University Press Australia New Media
Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of Terry Flew's New Media combines a comprehensive overview of theories of new media with contemporary cases studies.Table of Contents1. INTRODUCTION TO NEW MEDIA; 2. TWENTY KEY NEW MEDIA CONCEPTS; 3. APPROACHES TO NEW MEDIA; 4. SOCIAL NETWORKING MEDIA; 5. PARTICIPATORY MEDIA CULTURES; 6. GAMES: TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY, CULTURE; 7. ONLINE NEWS AND THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM; 8. CREATIVE INDUSTRIES; 9. THE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; 10. TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION; 11. INTERNET LAW, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE; 12. ONLINE ACTIVISM AND NETWORKED POLITICS; 13. CONCLUSION
£47.49
Oxford University Press, USA Media and Society
Book SynopsisMedia and Society explores the relationship between the media, their institutions and the world we live in, examining how they are connected and how society and the media affect each other.Table of ContentsPART 1 GETTING READY: THE MEDIA; PART 2 PICTURES: SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS; PART 3 MAKING SENSE: DISCOURSE, IDEOLOGY AND HEGEMONY; PART 4 STORIES: APPROACHES FOR NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; PART 5 MEDIA AND IDENTITY: REPRESENTATION, IMPACT AND INFLUENCE; PART 6: BUT THEY KEEP MOVING THE POSTS: POSTMODERN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
£61.89
