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Guardian Books Volume Two 19952009
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Methuen Publishing Ltd Amusing Ourselves to Death A Methuen paperback
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Simon & Schuster The Sovereign Individual
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism
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Bloomsbury USA Gilded Rage
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Headline Publishing Group No One Wants to See Your Dck
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HarperCollins Publishers Attention Span
Book SynopsisAS SEEN ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD AND IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES**A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NEW NON-FICTION BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR TBR IN 2023****A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ**Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking' (Cal Newport).We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we''re interrupted by others.In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong, including insights such as: Why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity How social media and modern entertainment amplify our short attention spans What drains our mental resources and Trade Review‘Solutions to the mania of modern life’ The Times ‘In focusing on practical strategies rather than silver-bullet or short-term solutions like “digital detoxes”, Attention Span is a valuable guide to how to balance work and well-being in a world increasingly dependent on tech.’ New Scientist ‘In Attention Span, Mark makes the case for a new, evidence-based approach to attention, one that works with our tech-riddled modern world and tendencies towards distraction, instead of trying to squeeze the genie back in the bottle.’ Guardian ‘Gloria Mark is the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking in our increasingly digital world. Her book is a must-read for anyone concerned about our diminishing attention span’ Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of A World Without Email and Deep Work ‘This book covers decades of Gloria Mark’s fascinating research journey into how the rise of computing has affected our personal lives: how we are overstressed, we multitask too much, we are constantly interrupted even by ourselves, and our attention spans have declined to an astonishing 47 seconds. If you are interested in your well-being and how to gain agency in this digital age then you need to read this book.’ Susan David, bestselling author of Emotional Agility ‘Gloria Mark's book is a thorough review of the impact interruptions have on our lives and mental health. Some interruptions are welcomed, deliberately self-created. Most, however, are not. All interruptions impact the focus of attention, and attention is a critically limiting aspect of human cognition. Don't be distracted by my review – go read the book. It is an important and valuable contribution to living in this world of interruptions.’ Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday Things
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Hodder Education My Revision Notes OCR GCSE 91 Media Studies
Book SynopsisTarget exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help you learn, practise and apply your skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide you can rely on to build both knowledge and confidence.My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE (9-1) Media Studies will help you: - Plan and manage your revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction - Practise and apply your skills and knowledge with exam-style questions and frequent Now test yourself questions, and answer guidance online- Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and glossary - Avoid common mistakes and enhance your exam answers with exam tips - Build quick recall with bullet-pointed summaries at the end of each chapter
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Biteback Publishing 20 Things That Would Make the News Better
Book SynopsisWe are at a defining point in the history of news. Following a surge of fake news, clickbait and conspiracy theories, the 2020s have ushered in a welter of existential threats for public service broadcasting. So, where do we go from here? Former Today editor and head of BBC television news Roger Mosey thinks public service broadcasters must buck the trends and in this incisive book he offers twenty core ways in which the news can save itself by getting smarter, sharper, more diverse, more nuanced and less exposed to pummelling by politicians. Mosey sees two possible futures: one in which the incitements of populist demagogues and the passions of social media are ever dominant - or one where we fight hard to retain media that has an interest in the public good and preserves truth, fairness and evidence-based judgements. From one of British broadcasting's most experienced voices comes the definitive exploration of Britain's news output and what must change if we are to avoid a future of uninspiring news, uninformed decision-making and accountability-dodging politicians.
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Atlantic Books The Attention Merchants: The Epic Struggle to Get
Book SynopsisAttention merchant: an industrial-scale harvester of human attention. A firm whose business model is the mass capture of attention for resale to advertisers.In nearly every moment of our waking lives, we face a barrage of advertising enticements, branding efforts, sponsored social media, commercials and other efforts to harvest our attention. Over the last century, few times or spaces have remained uncultivated by the 'attention merchants', contributing to the distracted, unfocused tenor of our times. Tim Wu argues that this is not simply the byproduct of recent inventions but the end result of more than a century's growth and expansion in the industries that feed on human attention. From the pre-Madison Avenue birth of advertising to TV's golden age to our present age of radically individualized choices, the business model of 'attention merchants' has always been the same. He describes the revolts that have risen against these relentless attempts to influence our consumption, from the remote control to FDA regulations to Apple's ad-blocking OS. But he makes clear that attention merchants grow ever-new heads, and their means of harvesting our attention have given rise to the defining industries of our time, changing our nature - cognitive, social, and otherwise - in ways unimaginable even a generation ago.Trade Review[Tim Wu] writes books that make a big impact... The Attention Merchants is a sobering and significant book. * John Naughton, The Guardian *'Wu writes about the uglier consequences of our great migration to the web with the bruised zeal of an ex-millenarian.' * The Times *'Wu is much better than most, partly because he is a sceptic, but mainly because he has narrative flair and an eye for the most telling examples.' * The Sunday Times *In this revelatory book, Tim Wu tells the story of how advertisers and programmers came to seize control of our eyes and minds. The Attention Merchants deserves everyone's attention. * Nicholas Carr, author of THE SHALLOWS *[Wu] could hardly have chosen a better time to publish a history of attention-grabbing... He traces a sustained march of marketers further into our lives. * Financial Times *'Wu's book ... record[s] the extraordinarily successful attempts by advertisers to occupy more and more of our attention over the past 100 years.' * Ben Tarnoff, The Guardian *I couldn't put this fascinating book down. Gripping from page one with its insight, vivid writing, and panoramic sweep, [it] is also a book of urgent importance, revealing how our preeminent industries work to fleece our consciousness rather than help us cultivate it. * Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER *A profoundly important book... Attention itself has become the currency of the information age, and, as Wu meticulously and eloquently demonstrates, we allow it to be bought and sold at our peril. * James Gleick, author of TIME TRAVEL: A HISTORY *The question of how to get people to care about something important to you is central to religion, government, commerce, and the arts. For more than a century, America has experimented with buying and selling this attention, and Wu's history of that experiment is nothing less than a history of the human condition and its discontents. -- Cory Doctorow * BOING BOING *Forget subliminal seduction: every day, we are openly bought and sold, as this provocative book shows. * Kirkus *[A] startling and sweeping examination of the increasingly ubiquitous commercial effort to capture and commodify our attention * New Republic *Illuminating * New York Review of Books *[An] energetic and original new book * London Review of Books *
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside
Book SynopsisSandscapes: Writing the British Seaside reflects on the unique topography of sand, sandscapes, and the seaside in British culture and beyond. This book brings together creative and critical writings that explore the ways sand speaks to us of holidays and respite, but also of time and mortality, of plenitude and eternity. Drawing together writers from a range of backgrounds, the volume explores the environmental, social, personal, cultural, and political significance of sand and the seaside towns that have built up around it. The contributions take a variety of forms including fiction and nonfiction and cover topics ranging from sand dunes to sand mining, from seaside stories to shoreline architecture, from sand grains to global sand movements, from narratives of the setting up of bed and breakfasts to stories of seaside decline. Often a symbol of aridity, sand is revealed in this book to be an astonishingly fertile site for cultural meaning.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Sandscapes, Jo Carruthers and Nour Dakkak.- 2. Tide Wrack and Sand, Jenn Ashworth.- 3. An Eclectic A-Z of Sand: Removing, Treasuring, Recreating and Protecting, Peter Coates.- 4. An Englishwoman’s Home is her Castle: Social Morphologies and Coastal Formations, Sefryn Penrose.- 5. Sand, Good Sands, Excellent Sands: Writing and Ranking the British Coastline in the Middle of the Twentieth Century, Tim Cole.- 6. Queer Sands: Passion and Dynamic Sexualities in the Edwardian Sandscape, Nour Dakkak.- 7. On the Sound-Sea: Fifteen Ways of Thinking about Sand and Sound, Brian Baker.- 8. Rough and Smooth Sands: Social Thresholds and Seaside Style, Jo Carruthers.- 9. A Morecambe Mystery, Angela Piccini.- 10. Map of the Quick, Shona Legaspi.- 11. “Over Sands to the Lakes”: Journeys over Morecambe Bay before and after the Age of Steam, Christopher Donaldson.- 12. Sand’s Immense: A Fool’s Errand. Jean Sprackland.- 13 Confounding Cartography: The Sandscape Diminution of Hayling Island, David Cooper and Michelle Green.- 14. Drifting in a Cemetery of Sandscapes, Julian Brigstocke.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc High Heel
Book SynopsisBest Fifteen Books of March 2019, Refinery29Best Nonfiction Books of 2019, Paste MagazineObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Fetishized, demonized, celebrated, and outlawed, the high heel is central to the iconography of modern womanhood. But are high heels good? Are they feminist? What does it mean for a woman (or, for that matter, a man) to choose to wear them?Meditating on the labyrinthine nature of sexual identity and the performance of gender, High Heel moves from film to fairytale, from foot binding to feminism, and from the golden ratio to glam rock. Summer Brennan considers this most provocative of fashion accessories as a nexus of desire and struggle, sex and society, violence and self expression, setting out to understand what it means to be a woman by walking a few hundred years in her shoes.Object Lessons is published in partnershiTrade Review[B]risk, readable … Brennan circles around the shoes from all angles, and her brief chapters add up to a kaleidoscopic view of feminine public existence, both wide-ranging and thoughtful. * Jezebel *High Heel is poetry in prose, and while a serious work about the shoe in worldwide history and contemporary culture, it sounds more rhythmic, like poetry in motion. * San Francisco Book Review *In High Heel, the wonderful Summer Brennan embraces a slippery, electric conundrum: Does the high heel stand for oppression or power? … In 150 little essays, Brennan goes at it with poetry, literary references, myth, the psychopathology of rape, fairy tales, politics, and fashion history. All is brought off so beautifully that you can’t help reading … High Heel elevates us, keeps us off balance, and sharpens the point. * The Philadelphia Inquirer *Myths about the transformative power of high heels are central to Summer Brennan’s latest book, High Heel. Part of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons series, the book traces the history and cultural associations of high heels, primarily as worn by women. Drawing from Ovid’s tales to Cinderella to witch trials to modern courtrooms, Brennan makes the case that high heels are an apt metaphor for the ways in which women have been hobbled in their mobility. She also tackles the relationship between beauty and suffering, highlighting the fraught nature of reclaiming objects defined under patriarchy for feminism. * Paste *The lovely cadences stack up like so many sand castles that sift iconic examples of high heels into a finely grained pile of pros and cons that each reader will sift through quite differently … Whether you're for them or against them, the radical uncertainty of Brennan's take on high heels is worth reflection. High Heel is a properly modern consideration of what is at stake and it uses thoroughly intriguing methods of inquiry to approach a well-balanced lack of resolution. * PopMatters *From Cinderella’s glass slippers to Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolo Blahniks, Summer Brennan deftly analyzes one of the world’s most provocative and sexualized fashion accessories in High Heel, part of the Object Lessons series from Bloomsbury. Told in 150 vignettes that alternately entertain and educate, disturb and depress, the book ruminates on the ways in which society fetishizes, celebrates, and demonizes the high heel as well as the people, primarily women, who wear them … Whether you see high heels as empowering or a submission to patriarchal gender roles (or land somewhere in between), you’ll likely never look at a pair the same way again after reading High Heel. * Longreads *High Heel is thought-provoking meditation on what it means to move through the world as a woman. Brennan’s book, written in very small sections, is short, but powerful enough to completely change your world view. * Refinery29 *High Heel is a riveting, ferociously intelligent, deeply liberating book. I would like to press a copy of it into the hands of every woman I know—and every man, too. -- Jami Attenberg, author of All Grown Up (2017)In the ongoing book series Object Lessons, about the hidden lives of ordinary things, [Brennan] steps into the shoe as a starting point to consider the politics of femininity and of being a woman in public – from the trouble with fairy tales to Sylvia Plath’s black patent pumps. * The Globe and Mail (Canada) *Table of ContentsPart One The Garden of Forking Paths Part Two Daphne in Flight, Daphne in Flower Part Three Ashes, Sea Foam, Glass, Gold Part Four The Minotaur Part Five A Goddess At The End of the World Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd With Child: Lee Child and the Readers of Jack
Book SynopsisWith a foreword by Lee Child.Andy Martin spent a year in the company of Lee Child, creator of tough-guy hero Jack Reacher. With Child is the diary of their adventures, tracking the publication and reception of Make Me, the writing of Night School at an apartment in Manhattan, the filming of Never Go Back in New Orleans, all the agony and ecstasy of the creative process and the sheer hard work of selling a bestseller. They go on the road together, from TV studios to bookstores, from Harvard to Stockholm, amid literary conferences and gunshows, rivalries and reviews ranging from adulatory to murderous. We meet fellow writers like Stephen King and David Lagercrantz and Karin Slaughter, and dissect the latest novel from Jonathan Franzen. But Martin also reaches out to Child’s legion of readers in America and around the world. He tracks down a woman in Texas whose name appears in the home invasion scene in Make Me; he goes up a mountain in Montana in search of the only reader who thinks Reacher is a “lightweight”; and he talks to obsessive fans from Europe to South Africa who find salvation or consolation in the colossal form of Jack Reacher. This compelling account of life on the road with Lee Child demonstrates that readers are just as important as writers in the making of modern fiction.Trade Review"You don’t even have to be a 'Reacher creature' (as the fans are known) to enjoy this sly, fly-on-the-wall take on the blockbuster production line."The Sydney Morning Herald
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Manchester University Press How Media and Conflicts Make Migrants
Book SynopsisThe book explores how we understand global conflicts as they relate to the “European refugee crisis”, and draws on a range of empirical fieldwork carried out in the UK and Italy. It examines how global conflict has been constructed in both countries through media representations – in a climate of changing media habits, widespread mistrust, and fake news. In so doing, it examines the role played by historical amnesia about legacies of imperialism – and how this leads to a disavowal of responsibility for the causes why people flee their countries. The book explores how this understanding in turn shapes institutional and popular responses in receiving countries, ranging from hostility—such as the framing of refugees by politicians, as 'economic migrants' who are abusing the asylum system; to solidarity initiatives. Based on interviews and workshops with refugees in both countries, the book develops the concept of “migrantification” – in which people are made into migrants by the state, the media and members of society. In challenging the conventional expectation for immigrants to tell stories about their migration journey, the book explores experiences of discrimination as well as acts of resistance. It argues that listening to those on the sharpest end of the immigration system can provide much-needed perspective on global conflicts and inequalities which challenges common Eurocentric misconceptions. Interludes, interspersed between chapters, explore these issues in another way through songs, jokes and images.Trade Review'This volume explores connections between media representations, global migrants, and perceptions upheld and challenged by viewers in the UK and Italy during the 2010s. The text oscillates between chapters that unpack issues like "white amnesia" and "postcolonial innocence" among white, Western viewers, and brief "interlude" chapters that convey migrants’ insights into navigating different media perspectives and experiences within their new settings. For instance, the authors note a shift from print to new media consumption that necessitates steady access to the internet and mobile technology, which flies in the face of stagnant images of migrants as "not entitled" to such technology, further limiting their access to and sharing of information. Ultimately, the authors call for building international systems to disrupt the willful "forgetting" of interconnected global histories fueling migrants’ voyages, and to help them thrive in their new countries. This book could be useful for courses in political science, media studies, communications, and ethnic studies. Visual pairings might include pertinent excerpts from British and Italian newscasts from the period, along with relevant news articles and online posts, with the potential to integrate these media into a reflective "migrantification" assignment.'CHOICE -- .Table of ContentsList of figuresIntroduction: Conflict, media and displacement in the Twenty-First Century1 How postcolonial innocence and white amnesia shape our understanding of the “refugee crisis”Interlude: Global war and media absences2 War Narratives: Making sense of conflictInterlude: Songs, jokes, movies and other diversions3 Social media, mutual aid and solidarity movements as a response to institutional breakdownInterlude: How it feels to be made a migrant: restrictions, frustration and longing4 The processes of migrantification: how displaced people are made into migrantsInterlude: Telling stories about war differently5 Refusing the demand for sad storiesConclusion: Unsettling dominant narratives about migration in a time of fluxBibliography
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Biteback Publishing Bad News: What the Headlines Don't Tell Us
Book SynopsisBad News is a popular guide that helps you make sense of the news wherever it appears - print, broadcast or online. Peppered with examples from around the world, the book turns a serious subject into an enjoyable read. You will learn as you are entertained. Readers will discover all the tricks they need to work out whether to trust a story based on an anonymous source, when big numbers are really small and when small numbers are really big, why you should ignore what appears behind someone on the TV and much more. You'll even learn why you should always read stories in the Daily Mail backwards and when correlation is causation. But readers will also learn how ill-suited the news is to understanding and interpreting the modern world, even when it comes from honest journalists working for reputable outlets. The news has a role, but readers will learn how to ensure they don't confuse that with understanding the world.Trade Review"Thoughtful and perceptive, Bad News is required reading for anyone who wants to get to grips with how the journalism we consume - both good and bad - shapes our reality. With his forensic insight and lively intelligence, Mark Pack proves that understanding the news and understanding the world are two very different things." - Polly Mackenzie, chief executive of Demos and former Director of Policy to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg "Sharp and insightful - you can trust Mark Pack to tell it as it is." - Craig Oliver, former Director of Politics and Communications to Prime Minister David Cameron
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MIT Press Ltd That Book Is Dangerous
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Scribe Publications Survival of the Richest: escape fantasies of the
Book Synopsis‘A devastating portrait of the cultures and logics underlying big tech. Rushkoff is going to make you mad enough to fight back. A vital, lucid, and enraging read.’ Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. When Douglas Rushkoff was summoned to the desert to a private talk for the rich and powerful, he learned about ‘The Mindset’: a theory that inevitable societal catastrophe can be evaded by individuals with enough money and the right technology. Here, Rushkoff traces the evolution of The Mindset through its origins in science and technology to its current expression in missions to Mars, island bunkers, and the Metaverse. This mind-blowing work of social analysis shows us how to transcend the landscape The Mindset has created — a world alive with algorithms and intelligences actively rewarding our most selfish tendencies — and rediscover community, mutual aid, and human interdependency. Trade Review‘A tremendous story … the big takeaway is clear: your bunker won’t save you. Time to make nice with the butler.’ -- Hugo Rifkind * The Times *‘Douglas Rushkoff has always been a singular observer and thinker. Embedded near the epicentres of the digital revolution from its hopeful outlaw start through the oppressive mega-corporate current condition, he has never flinched along the way from honestly delivering fresh, radical, humane critiques of the emerging world. There are plenty of books decrying the horrors of 21st-century monopoly capitalism and inequality, and the existential threats posed by technology and hell-bent growth, but none quite like Survival of the Richest. Rushkoff is essential — not just a passionate visionary on the side of the angels, but the rare one who can write.’ -- Kurt Andersen, author of Evil Geniuses‘Douglas Rushkoff’s disguise as an “influential futurist” has enabled him to serve as a mole on behalf of our species in the lair of the wannabe-posthuman. His report is both fierce and amazed in the face of capitalism’s delusions; I for one am sharpening my pitchfork.’ -- Jonathan Lethem‘A wake-up call to those of us without underground bunkers or peninsulas in New Zealand to take note of where the 0.001 per cent think the world is heading … This book is a digital version of Dickens’s Hard Times, full of hoodie-clad Gradgrinds failing to see the value of the messiness in humanity.’ -- Daisy Goodwin * The Sunday Times *‘Well worth reading.’ -- Michele Pridmore-Brown * TLS *‘Rushkoff gives us a sober, scathing oddsmaking on the recursive wager of the ultra-rich: that they can insulate themselves from the world they’re creating.’ -- Cory Doctorow‘A hilarious and lacerating look at the elite sociopathy wrecking the world, and a call to arms for how the rest of us can fight it.’ -- Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood‘With razor-sharp insight, Rushkoff unwraps the dazzling facade of the technological dream, revealing the alarming Mindset that underlies promises of planetary salvation.’ -- Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct and The Web of Meaning‘Beyond eye-opening, this book is eye-popping. A master storyteller, Rushkoff brings to life perhaps the greatest challenge of our time, The Mindset that drives so much destructive behaviour, and blinds us to solutions beyond new technology and consumption. A must read.’ -- Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and Daring Democracy‘Survival of the Richest is more than a primer on a soulless world view pervading all aspects of life. Defying fantasies of escape — from each other, from earthliness, from Earth — Rushkoff offers something at once more realistic and more imaginative: mutual regard, responsibility, and flourishing. In so doing, he mounts an impassioned defence of everything and everyone marked expendable in the fanatical pursuit of a blank slate.’ -- Jenny Odell‘Douglas Rushkoff’s keen eye as a seasoned media analyst, combined with his flair and wit as a writer and a performer, shine in this book … How is it possible that people who have powerfully shaped our society and economy and have reaped enormous financial rewards in the process are doing everything possible to escape the world they’ve created? … This should give us all pause — if they want to escape their creations, why give them the power to rule our lives in the first place?’ -- Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future‘A devastating portrait of the cultures and logics underlying big tech. Rushkoff is going to make you mad enough to fight back. A vital, lucid, and enraging read.’ -- Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything‘Survival of the Richest reveals fascinating tidbits about the elite tech crowd’s post-apocalyptic survival strategies and the niche solutions being marketed to them.’ -- Carolyn Wong Simpkins * Science *‘He cites a lot of research from news outlets, books, scholarship on technology, politics, human behaviour, and sustainability to drive home his point that technology is running society … Rushkoff’s anecdotes and relatable voice will attract readers interested in technology and business, as well as those who want to know more about how wealthy tech magnates live.’ -- Natalie Browning * Library Journal *‘Rushkoff delineates the Silicon Valley mindset while suggesting alternatives.’ * Library Journal *‘Media theorist Rushkoff presents a fascinating and distressing account of how the very wealthy prep for doomsday … Rushkoff introduces readers to the purveyor of multiple “residential farm communities for millionaires” designed to provide safety for the upper class in the future; the concept of “seasteading”, the creation of “independent, free-floating city-states” in the ocean; and “prepper construction companies” in Texas that offer million-dollar luxury bunkers outfitted with bowling alleys and pools … This is an eye-popping look at some outlandish visions for the future.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘A media theorist dismantles the tech-centric fantasies of the wealthiest people in the world … he [Rushkoff] writes with knowledge and authority. The text conveys an appropriately urgent and serious message, while the closing section offers sound reason for hope and reasonable steps to take for a better future. A dense but thorough and authoritative condemnation of tech worship.’ * Kirkus Reviews *‘In this compelling short book, Rushkoff both explains what the billionaire class are hoping to escape — such as climate breakdown and mass migration — and how unrealistic it is … In an age where most of the media fawns over every idea, tweet or fashion choice of the mega-rich, from Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos to Bill Gates, it’s worth asking why. Rushkoff has the pedigree to challenge the bullshitters. While Silicon Valley preaches progress, innovation and transformation, “usually these are just euphemisms for conquest, colonisation, domination and extraction”. Their ultimate aim is to monopolise everything — and none of us should be seduced by it.’ -- Antony Loewenstein * The Saturday Paper *‘If you’re after a primer on the various ills of late capitalism, then strap yourself in and enjoy this wide-ranging, freewheeling romp by one of the US’s most entertaining digital culture raconteurs … Rushkoff is an accessible, pithy writer, with no shortage of examples, analogies and anecdotes to string together … Rushkoff mixes in some pretty wild company on his global speaking gigs, and has serendipitous encounters with some outlandish figures.’ -- Tom Doig * Gizmodo *‘[A] highly worthwhile read to feel equal measure of concern and hopefulness.’ -- Chris Reed * NZ Booklovers *Praise for Team Human: ‘Team Human serves as a reminder that we do not have to surrender ourselves to technology ... Joining Team Human means prioritising the social, transcending a digital inclination, and connecting as humans.’ * The Washington Post *Praise for Team Human: ‘Technology can be a force for good or amplify our self-destructive capacities. In Team Human, the always-brilliant Douglas Rushkoff reminds us that the tools we design design us in turn, and offers a vision to invert our tools and make them better.’ -- Jason Silva, host of National Geographic’s Brain GamesPraise for Team Human: ‘Rushkoff is the gold standard. He always knows what tech is up to — and he’s usually prophetic. Now he’s here to tell us how our Silicon masters are attempting to pit us against one another for their own gain. Go Team Human.’ -- Walter Kirn, author of Blood Will Out and Up in the AirPraise for Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: ‘Powerful truth telling … The crux of the argument that Rushkoff makes is that the digital economy is a house of cards built on fictional growth metrics that drive companies to raise money, undercut human workers, sell on the public markets, and then — almost inevitably — collapse under the weight of public market demands.’ * Forbes *Praise for Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: ‘A brilliant, bomb-hurling critique of the flaws in our digital economy, identifying what has gone wrong and what can be done about it.’ * Financial Times *Praise for Present Shock: ‘This is a wondrously thought-provoking book. Unlike other social theorists who either mindlessly decry or celebrate the digital age, Rushkoff explores how it has caused a focus on the immediate moment that can be both disorienting and energising.’ -- Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs
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MIT Press Ltd An Abundance of Caution
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Hodder Education OCR A Level Media Studies Student Guide 1: Media
Book SynopsisExam board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: Media StudiesFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2018Build, reinforce and assess the knowledge and skills required for OCR A Level Media Studies; this accessible guide provides full coverage of the content in Component 1, alongside practice questions and assessment guidance.Produced in partnership with OCR, this book:- Concisely covers all aspects of 'News' and 'Media Language and Representation'- Increases knowledge of the theoretical framework and contexts surrounding the set media products, with clear explanations and relevant examples- Develops the skills of critical analysis, reflection and evaluation that students need in order to use, apply and debate academic ideas and arguments- Ensures understanding of specialist terminology by defining the key terms within the specification- Helps students achieve their best under the new assessment requirements with practice questions, study advice and assessment support
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Hodder Education OCR A Level Media Studies Student Guide 2:
Book SynopsisExam board: OCRLevel: A LevelSubject: Media StudiesFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2018 (AS); Summer 2019 (A Level)Build, reinforce and assess the knowledge and skills required for OCR A Level Media Studies; this accessible guide provides full coverage of the content in Component 2, alongside practice questions and assessment guidance.Endorsed by OCR, this book:- Concisely covers all aspects of 'Media Industries and Audiences' and 'Long Form Television Drama'- Increases knowledge of the theoretical framework and contexts surrounding the set media products, with clear explanations and relevant examples- Develops the skills of critical analysis, reflection and evaluation that students need in order to use, apply and debate academic ideas and arguments- Ensures understanding of specialist terminology by defining the key terms within the specification- Helps students achieve their best under the new assessment requirements with practice questions, study advice and assessment support
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Signs Symbols
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Vintage Publishing Merchants of Truth Inside the News Revolution
Book SynopsisMerchants of Truth by Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times, is the gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world. 'A cracking, essential read ... [Abramson] knows where most of the bodies are buried and is prepared to draw the reader a detailed map' Guardian'A masterwork ... vastly useful' Financial TimesDrawing on revelatory access, Abramson takes us behind the scenes at four media titans during the most volatile years in news history. Two are maverick upstarts: BuzzFeed, the brain-child of virtuoso clickbait scientist Jonah Perretti, and VICE, led by the booze-fuelled anarcho-hipster Shane Smith. Their viral technology and disregard for the long-established standards of news journalism allow them to build game-changing billion-dollar businesses out of the millennial taste for puppies and nudity. The two others are among the world's most venerable news institutions: The New
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MIT Press King PONG
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HarperCollins Publishers Cuckooland
Book Synopsis''Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves'' SUNDAY TIMES''If Orwell were with us today, he''d be writing books like this'' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE''Breath-taking and jaw-dropping'' PETER FRANKOPAN''A true-life thriller'' ANNE APPLEBAUMFrom the bestselling author of Kleptopia comes a true story about Cuckooland a world where the rich can buy everything including the truth.Everywhere, the powerful are making a renewed claim to the greatest prize of all: to own the truth. The power to choose what you want reality to be and impose that reality on the world.For three years, Tom Burgis followed a lead that took him deeper and deeper into Cuckooland the place where the rich own the truth. The trail snaked from the Kremlin to Kathmandu, Stockholm to the Steppe, from a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan to a royal retreat in Scotland. Burgis hunted down oligarchs, developed secret sources and traced vast sums of money flowing between multinational corporations, ex-Soviet dictators and the west's ruling elites. And he found one man who wanted the power to bend reality to his will.This book tells an astonishing story: a tale of secrets and lies that reveals how fragile that truth can be. Whether it's in Kazakh torture chambers or the UK's High Court, the lords of Cuckooland are seizing control of the truth. They decree what stories may be told about war and money and power, what we are permitted to know and more importantly, what we are not.From the bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland is a deeply reported work of non-fiction that reads like a thriller. It is a story of how globalisation and technological revolution have combined to imperil the foundation of free societies: that the truth belongs to the many, not the few.
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Hodder Education My Revision Notes OCR A Level Media Studies
Book SynopsisTarget exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help you learn, practise and apply your skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide you can rely on to build both knowledge and confidence. My Revision Notes: OCR A-level Media Studies will help you: - Plan and manage your revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction - Practise and apply your skills and knowledge with exam-style questions and frequent Now test yourself questions, and answer guidance online- Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and glossary- Avoid common mistakes and enhance your exam answers with exam tips - Build quick recall with bullet-pointed summaries at the end of each chapter
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Emerald Publishing Limited Kardashian Kulture: How Celebrities Changed Life
Book SynopsisKardashian Kulture uses the royal family of celebrity culture to scrutinize wider understandings of 21st century life. Examining the worlds of business, politics, technology and entertainment, Ellis Cashmore shows how fundamental changes to the way we live have been prompted by celebrities. Examining today's celebrity-obsessed culture through the lives of a host of household names, including the Kardashians themselves, this book shows how celebrities have impacted on the wider culture from the birth of consumerism, the civil rights movements of the 1960s, and the growth of narcissism in the 1970s, to the rise of the paparazzi, reality television and the impact of social media, which has removed the barrier between celebrities and fans and led to the erosion of personal privacy. Celebrities are creations rather than people and ultimately, Cashmore argues, Kardashian Kulture is a product of our own making. Whether you regard celebrities as a witless bunch of overpaid show-offs or the conveyors of the zeitgeist is a matter of judgement and taste, the impact of the Kardashians and their kind is undeniable.Trade ReviewThe author examines how celebrities have changed life and culture in the 21st century in the areas of gender, sex, race, consumption, fame, self, and privacy, particularly using the Kardashians as an example, as well as Madonna, Paris Hilton, and other celebrities, and pop culture trends like reality television, the rise of the paparazzi, and the impact of social media. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsTimeline 1. Miraculous Engagement 2. Emasculated Womanhood 3. Mindless Sex 4. Appropriate Blackness 5. Influential Presence 6. Selfless Selves 7. Public Privacy 8. Leveraged Fame
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The State of Us: The good news and the bad news
Book Synopsis'A fascinating call to arms full of insight' IndependentAfter four decades broadcasting to the nation each night, Jon Snow gives vent to his opinions on the state of our nation . . . the good news and the bad newsIt is rare in history that so many nations in the developed world are in crisis at the same time. There has been a disintegration of trust in political leaders and in the media that holds them to account. For all the progress humankind has made, for all the inventions and new technologies, our society is being undermined by inequality. To fix it, we must begin by seeking out the truth about our world.In The State of Us, Jon Snow traces how the life of the nation has changed across his five-decade career, from getting thrown out of university for protesting apartheid to interviewing every prime minister since Margaret Thatcher.In doing so, he shows how the greatest problems at home and abroad so often come down to inequality and an unwillingness to confront it. But that is not our fate. Despite the challenges, Snow has witnessed profound social progress. In this passionate rallying cry, he argues that at its best, journalism reflects not just who we are now, but who we can be.We've had enough of division; the future is for us.Trade ReviewA call to arms from one of the great television journalists of his generation -- Robert McCrumNow he can finally tell us what he really thinks about everything... His book represents a break in a half-century of silence; and it is trenchant in surprising ways. -- Zoe Williams * Guardian *The State of Us looks at how Britain has changed in Snow's lifetime... His argument is supported by shocking statistics... Snow builds a strong case. * The Tablet *A fascinating call to arms full of insight * Independent *A rallying cry for change... In The State of Us, Snow untethers himself from the ropes of broadcasting impartiality and finally lets fly his opinions on everything from government spending to Boris Johnson to the Iraq War started by Tony Blair... It's serious stuff, yet there is also a deftness to Snow's writing. * Irish Times *
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Illuminate Publishing WJEC/Eduqas Media Studies For A Level Year 2
Book SynopsisThe WJEC/Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 2 & A2 Student Book has been revised and updated to reflect the latest amendments to the specification. This accessible and engaging resource will support students through their A Level Media Studies course.- Endorsed by WJEC/Eduqas it offers high quality support you can trust.- Covers the new set products for assessment from 2024 onwards.- Includes new examples of contemporary media products across a range of forms with updated sections on media contexts to reflect recent developments in culture and society.- Up-to-date statistics and information about media industries and audiences.- New activities to reinforce students' knowledge and understanding.- Up-to-date information about the exam components including practice questions to help students with the skills they need for assessment.
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MIT Press Ltd The Society of the Screen
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Key Terms in Comics Studies
Book SynopsisKey Terms in Comics Studies is a glossary of over 300 terms and critical concepts currently used in the Anglophone academic study of comics, including those from other languages that are currently adopted and used in English. Written by nearly 100 international and contemporary experts from the field, the entries are succinctly defined, exemplified, and referenced. The entries are 250 words or fewer, placed in alphabetical order, and explicitly cross-referenced to others in the book. Key Terms in Comics Studies is an invaluable tool for both students and established researchers alike.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Key Terms in Comics Studies.- 3. Abstract Comics – Avant-Garde.- 4. Bande Dessinée – Breakdown.- 5. Canon – Culture Industry.- 6. Dénouement – Drawing.- 7. Ecocriticism – Experimental Comics.- 8. Fable – Funny Animal.- 9. Gag – Gutter.- 10. Head Shop – Hybrid.- 11. Icon – Irony.- 12. Kitsch – Ludology.- 13. Mail Order – Myth.- 14. Narration – Novelisation.- 15. Onomatopoeia – Puzzle Comics.- 16. Queer Comics – Royalty Payment.- 17. Satire – Syuzhet.- 18. Taste Adjudication – Typography.- 19. Underground – Voice.- 20. War – Zine.
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Penguin Books Ltd These Strange New Minds
Book SynopsisAn engaging, insightful and panoramic survey of where we are, why we got here and what it means. A brilliant guide to the most important technology of our times' Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI & Cofounder of DeepMind'For readers fascinated by the future of AI, this book is an eye-opening exploration of a revolution unfolding before our eyes' New York Journal of Books Stunning advances in digital technology have given us a new wave of disarmingly human-like AI systems. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini put the knowledge of all the world's experts at our fingertips, and can generate meaningful sentences, equations and computer code. The march of this new technology is set to upturn our economies, challenge our democracies, and refashion society in unpredictable ways. We can expect these AI systems to soon be making autonomous decisions on the user's behalf, with transformative impact on everything we do. It is vital we understand how they work. Can AI systems think', know' and understand'? Could they manipulate or deceive you, and if so, what might they make you do? Whose interests do they ultimately represent? And when will they be able to move beyond words and take actions for themselves in the real world?To answer these questions, neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explains how these strange new minds work. He charts the evolution of AI, from the earliest inklings about thinking machines in the seventeenth century to today's gargantuan deep neural networks. The resulting book is the most accessible, up-to-date and authoritative exploration of this radical new technology. Ultimately, armed with an understanding of AI's mysterious inner workings, we can begin to grapple with the existential question of our age: can we look forward to a technological utopia, or are we in the process of writing ourselves out of history?As a leading authority in both computational neuroscience and the social impacts of AI, Christopher Summerfield is perfectly situated to explore the meaning and implications of these machines that are so uncannily like and unlike ourselves' Brian Christian, co-author of Algorithms to Live byAI expert Chris Summerfield takes us on a tour of this astonishing new technology, and helps us to understand the issues it raises. You might choose to be alarmed, excited, or indifferent to LLMs, but you should read Chris's book before you decide' Mike Woolridge, author of The Road to Conscious Machines
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Media Theory for A Level
Book SynopsisMedia Theory for A Level provides a comprehensive introduction to the 19 academic theories required for A Level Media study.From Roland Barthes to Clay Shirky, from structuralism to civilisationism, this revision book explains all the core academic concepts students need to master to succeed in their exams. Each chapter contains comprehensive explanations of the academic ideas and theories specified for GCE Media study as well as practical tasks, higher level challenge activities', glossaries, reference tables and revision summaries.The second edition of this best-selling guide features: Updated and revised chapters and exemplars, reflecting the new A Level Media specification (AQA, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC). Overviews of core areas and potential approaches that could be taken in exam responses. Overviews of secondary theory that can be used in responses. This book is key reading for teachers and students of A Level Media Studi
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Vintage Publishing Brave New World Revisited
Book SynopsisIn his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control.Trade Review"A brilliant tour de force, Brave New World may be read as a grave warning of the pitfalls that await uncontrolled scientific advance. Full of barbed wit and malice-spiked frankness. Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling" Observer "Such ingenious wit, derisive logic and swiftness of expression, Huxley's resources of sardonic invention have never been more brilliantly displayed" The Times "A fantastical look at the world in the future which made me look differently at the present" -- Katie Melua Observer "Lucid and well-reasoned...one is captivated by Huxley's knowledge and his even more extraordinary intelligence" Sunday Times
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Sourcebooks, Inc Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women from having to be nice.Female characters throughout history have been burdened by the moral trap that is likeability. Any woman who dares to reveal her messy side has been treated as a cautionary tale. Today, unlikeable female characters are everywhere in film, TV, and wider pop culture. For the first time ever, they are being accepted by audiences and even showered with industry awards. We are finally accepting that women are-gasp-fully fledged human beings. How did we get to this point?Unlikeable Female Characters traces the evolution of highly memorable female characters, from Samantha Jones as "The Slut" in Sex and the City to the iconic Mean Girl, Regina George, examining what exactly makes them popular, how audiences have reacted to them, and the ways in which pop culture is finally allowing us to celebrate the complexities of being a woman. Anna Bogutskaya, film programmer, broadcaster, and co-founder of the horror film collective and podcast The Final Girls, takes us on a journey through popular film, TV, and music, looking at the nuances of womanhood on and off-screen to reveal whether pop culture-and society-is finally ready to embrace complicated women.
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Cambridge University Press Cambridge International AS A Level Media Studies
Book SynopsisThis series supports the Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies syllabus (9607). Media shapes our understanding of the world. Enable your learners to develop a critical understanding of international media as they explore this vast and varied field, from production processes and technologies to media power and regulation. With a skills-based approach, the coursebook with digital access guides learners through activities of progressive complexity as they develop essential critical and analytical skills. Suitable for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies syllabus (9607), for examination from 2024. Written by expert authors and practising teachers, the coursebook provides full syllabus coverage so you can teach with confidence.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Friends: A Reading of the Sitcom
Book SynopsisThis book offers a long overdue, extensive study of one of the most beloved television shows: Friends. Why has this sitcom become the seminal success that it is? And how does it continue to engage viewers around the world a quarter century after its first broadcast? Featuring original interviews with key creative personnel (including co-creator Marta Kauffman and executive producer Kevin S. Bright), the book provides answers by identifying a strategy of intimacy that informs Friends’ use of humour, performance, style and set design. The authors provide fascinating analyses of some of the most well-remembered scenes—the one where Ross can’t get his leather pants back on, and Ross and Rachel’s break-up, to name just a couple—and reflect on how and why A-list guest performances sometimes fell short of the standards set by the ensemble cast. Also considered are the iconic look of Monica’s apartment as well as the programme’s much discussed politics of representation and the critical backlash it has received in recent years. An exploration of Joey, the infamous spin-off, and several attempts to adapt Friends’ successful formula across the globe, round out the discussion, with insights into mistranslated jokes and much more. For students, scholars, creative industry practitioners and fans alike, this is a compelling read that lets us glimpse behind the scenes of what has become a cultural phenomenon and semi-permanent fixture in many of our homes.Trade Review“Simone Knox and Kai Schwind that in Friends: A Reading of the Sitcom they have produced an extremely comprehensive and markedly reflective exploration of the complexity, artistry and cultural import of a series … . Their book, through its careful, assiduous research and very evident personal engagement with the series … . Knox and Schwind’s work illuminates the talent, skill and professionalism that went into the creation of series … .” (Mary Irwin, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 17 (3), 2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction.-The One with All the Laughing and the Hugging: Specificity of Humour and Comedic Types.-The One where They Tame the Three-headed Monster: Foregrounding Holistic Performance.-The One where They Look at Monica’s Apartment: Style, Space, Set Design.-The One with the Emblematic Problematic Fave: Friends and the Politics of Representation.-The One with the Orbit of Failure: The Joey Spin-off, other Adaptations and the Global Reception of Friends.-Conclusion: The One where They’ll Still Be There for You: Reflections on Friends’ Place in Television Culture for its 25th Anniversary
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG How Toddlers Learn the Secret Language of Movies
Book SynopsisThis book takes a radically new approach to the well-worn topic of children's relationship with the media, avoiding the "risks and benefits" paradigm while examining very young children's interactions with film and television. Bazalgette proposes a refocus on the learning processes that children must go through in order to understand what they are watching on televisions, phones, or iPads. To demonstrate this, she offers unique insight from research done with her twin grandchildren starting from just before they were two years old, with analysis drawn from the field of embodied cognition to help identify minute behaviours and expressions as signals of emotions and thought processes. The book makes the case that all inquiry into early childhood movie-viewing should be based on the premise that learning–usually self-driven–is taking place throughout.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1 - Preamble2. Beyond "Risks or Benefits"3. Two-Year-Olds' Learning4. The Nature of the System5. Evolution, Neuroscience and Embodied CognitionPart 2 - Aspects of Movie-Learning6. Fear and Sadness7. Reality and Make-Believe8. What Happened? Understanding Narrative9. Watching Together10. Conclusion: Why Movie-Learning Matters
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Oxford University Press Journalism
Book SynopsisJournalism entered the twenty-first century caught in a paradox. The world had more journalism, across a wider range of media, than at any time since the birth of the western free press in the eighteenth century. Western journalists had found themselves under a cloud of suspicion: from politicians, philosophers, the general public, anti-globalization radicals, religious groups, and even from fellow journalists. Critics argued that the news industry had lost its moral bearings, focusing on high investment returns rather than reporting and analysing the political, economic, and social issues of the day.Journalism has a central and profound impact on our worldview; we find it everywhere from newspapers and television, to radio and the Internet. In the new edition of this thought-provoking and provocative Very Short Introduction, Ian Hargreaves examines the world of contemporary journalism. By looking not only at what journalism has been in the past, but also what it is becoming in the digital age, he examines the big issues relating to reportage, warfare, celebrity culture, privacy, and technology worldwide.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Hargreaves has written a timely and disturbing account of journalism in peril. * Martin Bell, The Times *Ian Hargreaves is a distinguished journalist and academic with a fine track record of editorial integrity and incisive thought. * Chris Cramer, Director of News, CNN *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The power paradox ; 1. Born free: a brief history of news media ; 2. Big brother: journalism and the altered state ; 3. The first casualty: journalists at war ; 4. Star-struck: journalism as entertainment ; 5. Up to a point, Lord Copper's: who owns journalists? ; 6. Hacks v. flacks: journalism and public relations ; 7. Murder is my meat: the ethics of journalism ; 8. Digital: after the deluge ; Further reading ; Index
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MIT Press Ltd Hot Connections
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MIT Press Repairing Play
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Cornerstone Selling Hitler 40th Anniversary Special Edition
Book Synopsis***PRE-ORDER THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR''S EDITION OF PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW. PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024, AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE STOCK LASTS AND EXCLUSIVE TO THE FIRST PRINT RUN***''Impossible to stop reading'' OBSERVER''Thrilling, intricate and hilarious'' DAILY MAILAPRIL 1945: From the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes off carrying secret papers belonging to Adolf Hitler. Half an hour later, it crashes in flames.APRIL 1983: In a bank vault in Switzerland, a German magazine offers to sell more than 50 volumes of Hitler''s secret diaries. The asking price is $4 million.40 years from the alleged discovery, Robert Harris chronicles the gripping tale of one of the biggest frauds in history.''Brilliantly chronicled'' NEW STATESMAN''A masterly account'' LITERARY REVIEWTrade ReviewA stunning and compelling story of human folly, duplicity and wishful thinking. Brilliantly researched and narrated, Selling Hitler is as fascinating and as telling today as it was forty years ago -- William Boyd
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc American Film and Society since 1945
Book SynopsisFrom Steven Spielberg''s Lincoln to Clint Eastwood''s American Sniper, this fifth edition of this classic film study text adds even more recent films and examines how these movies depict and represent the feelings and values of American society.One of the few authoritative books about American film and society, Praeger''s American Film and Society since 1945 combines accessible, fun-to-read text with a detailed, insightful, and scholarly political and social analysis that thoroughly explores the relationship of American film to society and provides essential historical context. The historical overview provides a capsule analysis of both American and Hollywood history for the most recent decade as well as past eras, in which topics like American realism; Vietnam, counterculture revolutions, and 1960s films; and Hollywood depictions of big business like Wall Street are covered. Readers will better understand the explicit and hidden meanings of films and apprecTrade ReviewFilm studies programs will find this to be an indispensable tome, and public libraries will value the book's significant analyses and perceptions about both American society and its film industry. * ARBA *Table of ContentsPreface to the Fifth Edition Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 The 1940s 3 The 1950s 4 The 1960s 5 The 1970s 6 The 1980s 7 The 1990s 8 2000–2009 9 The 2010s Selected Bibliography Index
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Chiselbury Publishing The Power of Perception
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Bonnier Books Ltd Going Mainstream
Book Synopsis'Piercingly revelatory ... a tour de force' - Carl Miller, author of The Death of the Gods'...a must-read ' - Eliot Higgins, author of We Are Bellingcat'A timely and frighteningly revealing book' - Richard Kerbaj, author of The Secret History of the Five EyesIncels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by a pandemic, global conflict and rapid technological change, their ideas are becoming more widespread: QAnon proponents run for U.S. Congress, neo-fascists win elections in Europe, and celebrity influencers spread dangerous myths to millions. Going Mainstream asks the question: What is happening here?Going undercover online and in person, UK counter-extremism expert Julia Ebner reveals how, united by a shared sense of grievance and scepticism about institutions, radicalised i
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Atlantic Books The Power and the Story: The Global Battle for
Book SynopsisFrom Murdoch's media empire to Trump's 'fake news', John Lloyd explodes the myths and misinformation of the Post-Truth age, providing a panoramic overview of the state of journalism as it faces the biggest crisis of its history.Is journalism in jeopardy? How can the press respond to the threats of social media, fake news and an increasing hostility towards journalists? And are we really in the post-truth age?John Lloyd answers these questions and more in this panoramic survey of the global news media. Journeying from Putin's Russia to Trump's America, from Saudi Arabia to Israel, from Mexico to China, Lloyd shows how the power of investigative journalism matters now more than ever.With passion and expertise, Lloyd argues that a free world is only possible with a free press, and offers fascinating insight into the responsibilities of a profession - perhaps the only one left - that can truly hold power to account.Trade ReviewMagisterial * Observer *Exceptionally wide-ranging and informative * New Statesman *An intelligent, nuanced and well-documented survey of global public interest reporting under pressure * Financial Times *Superb.... In a magisterial sweep Lloyd demonstrates how other pressures, such as violence, secrecy, corruption and commercialisation, are threatening the public purpose of journalism * Literary Review *
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Taylor & Francis Language Society and Power
Book SynopsisLanguage, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways language functions, how it influences the way we view society, and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class, and gender. Readers are encouraged to consider whether representations of people and their language matter, explore how identity is constructed and performed, and examine the creative potential of language in the media, politics, and everyday talk. With updates and new international examples throughout, the sixth edition of this popular textbook features: Thoroughly revised chapters on politics and media to include topics such as environmentalism, the politics of consumer choice, injustice in legal systems, and the power of social media in political activism Expanded coverage of ongoing debates around fake news, gender fluidity and representation, and multilingualism DiscussTrade Review"This edition of Language, Society and Power is up to date with current developments in society that impact issues of power and ideology. It involves the reader – tutors and students alike – in an analysis of these developments, sucks them in to explore their in-ward understanding of language issues." – Ayo Amuda, University of South Wales, UK "Language, Society and Power contains a balanced and very accessible coverage of the core concepts of sociolinguistics, illustrated through carefully chosen and meticulously discussed data. It is a must for students and everyone interested in understanding and analysing how we use language in our societies." – Irene Theodoropoulou, Qatar University Table of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Images List of Tables Transcription Conventions Preface to the Sixth Edition Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Language? 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Why Study Language? 1.3 What Is Language? 1.3.1 Language: A System 1.3.2 Language: A System with Variation 1.3.3 The Potential to Create New Meanings 1.4 The ‘Rules’ of Language: Prescription Versus Description 1.5 Power 1.5.1 Ideology 1.6 ‘Political Correctness’ 1.7 Summary Further Reading Chapter 2 Language, Thought and Representation 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Language as a System of Representation 2.2.1 Different Kinds of Language 2.2.2 Signs and Structure 2.3 Linguistic Diversity 2.3.1 Semantics 2.3.2 Syntax 2.4 The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis 2.4.1 Linguistic Relativism and Determinism 2.4.2 Numbers, Things, and Animals 2.5 One Language, Many Worlds 2.6 A Model for Analysing Language 2.6.1 Lexical Choices 2.6.2 Transitivity 2.7 Summary Further Reading Chapter 3 Language and Politics 3.1 Introduction 3.2 What is ‘Politics’? 3.3 Politics and Ideology 3.4 Three Persuasive Strategies: Logos, Pathos, Ethos 3.5 Biscuits are Political?: Introducing Linguistic Tools 3.6 Climate Change and Political Discourse 3.7 Language, Ideology, and Metaphor 3.7.1 Student as Customer 3.8 Twitter and Political Agency 3.9 Silly Citizenship 3.9.1 Jorts the Cat 3.9.2 ‘K-Pop and TikTok 3.10 Summary Further Reading Chapter 4 Language and the Media 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Mass Media 4.3 The Changing Context 4.3.1 Structure 4.3.2 Who is Producing Content? 4.4 Manufacture of Consent 4.4.1 Filtering the Facts 4.5 News Values 4.5.1 Actors and Events 4.6 New News Values 4.7 Who is the Expert; Who is the Author? 4.8 Fake News 4.8.1 ‘Fake news’ as Delegitimising Accusation 4.8.2 Fabricated News Reports to Misinform 4.8.3 Fabricated News Reports to Entertain 4.8.4 Comedy News Shows 4.9 Summary Further Reading Chapter 5 Linguistic Landscapes 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Defining the Linguistic Landscape 5.2.1 Space and Meaning 5.2.2 Different Kinds of Signs 5.2.3 'Top-down' and 'Bottom-up' as a Continuum 5.3 Signs and Multilingualism and Power 5.3.1 Invisible Language 5.4 Signs and Ideology 5.5 Transgressive Signs: Graffiti 5.6 Surveillance 5.7 Online Landscapes 5.7.1 Twitter 5.7.2 Instagram 5.7.3 Memes 5.8 Summary Further Reading Chapter 6 Language and Gender 6.1 Introduction 6.2 What is Gender? 6.3 Inequality at the Lexical Level 6.3.1 Marked Terms 6.3.2 Semantic Derogation 6.3.3 Pronouns 6.4 Differences in Language Use: Doing Being a ‘Woman’ or A ‘Man’ 6.4.1 Tag Questions 6.5 Gossip 6.5.1 Gossip and Men 6.5.2 Features of Men’s Talk 6.6 Gender and Power 6.6.1 Do Women Talk More than Men? 6.6.2 Gender or Power? 6.6.3 Intersectionality 6.7 Gendered Talk: Performing Identity 6.7.1 Mate 6.7.2 Variation 6.8 Summary Further Reading Chapter 7 Language and Ethnicity 7.1 Introduction 7.2 What Do We Mean By ‘Ethnicity’? 7.3 Racism and Representations of Ethnicity 7.3.1 Representations of Race 7.3.2 Racism Online 7.3.3 Reclaiming Terms 7.4 Ethnicity and Language Variation 7.4.1 Ethnolect or Repertoire? 7.4.2 African American Language 7.5 Ethnicity and Identity 7.5.1 Situated Ethnicity 7.6 Consequences for Ethnolinguistic Repertoires 7.6.1 Australian Aboriginal English 7.6.2 Sociolinguistic Labour 7.9 Summary Further Reading Chapter 8 Language and Age 8.1 Introduction 8.2 What do We Mean by 'Age'? 8.3 Early Life Stage 8.3.1 Language Used to Talk to Children 8.4 Adolescent Life Stage 8.4.1 What Teenagers Do 8.4.2 Multiple Negation 8.4.3 ‘Like’ as a Discourse Marker 8.4.4 Changes to Morphology 8.5 Middle Life Stage 8.5.1 Thanks Across the Generations 8.6 Later Life Stage 8.6.1 Representations of Older People 8.6.2 Self-representation of Older People 8.6.3 Language Used to Talk to Older People 8.6.4 Learning to Use the Internet 8.7 The Creep of Ageism 8.7.1 OK Boomer and Bla, Bla, Bla 8.8 Summary Further Reading Chapter 9 Language, Class and Symbolic Capital 9.1 Introduction 9.2 What is Social Class? 9.3 Attitudes to Class 9.3.1 Social Class as Other 9.3.2 Representations of Social Class 9.3.3 Pittsburghese 9.4 Linguistic Variation 9.4.1 New York City 9.4.2 Norwich 9.4.3 Glasgow 9.5 Intersection of Social Class and Other Variables 9.5.1 Social Class and Gender 9.6 Social Networks 9.7 Communities of Practice 9.8 Symbolic Capital 9.9 Revising the British Social Class Model 9.9.1 Power and Access to Symbolic Capital 9.9.2 Capital in the Global South 9.10 Summary Further Reading Chapter 10 Global Englishes 10.1 Introduction 10.2 What Does Global English Mean? 10.3 Learning English 10.3.1 Two Models 10.3.2 ‘Lingua Franca Core’ 10.4 ‘Singlish’ 10.5 Indian English 10.6 Linguistic Marketplace 10.6.1 Call Centres and English 10.7 Linguistic Imperialism 10.8 What do Language Varieties Mean in the Global Context? 10.8.1 Language Repertoires 10.8.2 Discourse in Advertising and Linguistic Landscapes 10.9 Summary Further Reading Chapter 11 Projects 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Things to Bear in Mind with Data Collection 11.2.1 What is 'Data'? 11.2.2 Transcribing 11.2.3 Data Analysis 11.3 Projects Project 1 – Mini Dictionary Project 2 – Political Texts Project 3 – Your Own Many Voices Project 4 – Conversational Politics Project 5 – Expertise in the Media Project 6 – Representation of Gender Project 7 – Titles Around the World Project 8 – Identity Project 9 – Digital Detox Project 10 – Little Bits of Data Project 11 – Children’s Television Project 12 – Texts and Social Media Project 13 – Linguistic Landscapes Project 14 – Political Agency 11.4 Research Resources 11.4.1 Where to Find Published Research 11.4.2 Other Resources Further Reading Works Cited Index
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Little, Brown Book Group Outrage Machine
Book SynopsisForeword by Jonathan Haidt, author of THE RIGHTEOUS MINDAn invaluable guide to understanding the technology that captures our attention with anger. The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features were quietly launched at social media companies with little fanfare. Together, they triggered a cascading set of dramatic changes to how media, politics, and society itself operates-inadvertently creating an Outrage Machine we cannot ignore. Author, designer, and media researcher Tobias Rose-Stockwell shares the defining shifts caused by these technologies, and how they have ignited a society-wide crisis of trust. Drawing from cutting-edge research and vivid personal anecdotes, Rose-Stockwell illustrates how social media has bound us to an unprecedented system of public performance, training us to react rather than reflect, and attack rather than debate. OUTRAGE MACHINE reveals the triggers and tactics used to exploit our anger, unpacking how these tools hack our deep tribal instincts and psychological vulnerabilities, and how they have become opportunistic platforms for authoritarians and a threat to democratic norms everywhere. But this book is not just about the problem. In a story spanning continents and generations, Rose-Stockwell explores how every new media technology disrupts our ability to make sense of the world, from the printing press to the telegraph, from radio to television. OUTRAGE MACHINE situates social media within a historical cycle of confusion, violence, and emerging tolerance. Using clear language and powerful illustrations, this book reveals the magnitude of the challenges we face, while offering realistic solutions and a promising pathway out.
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights offers a comprehensive and contemporary survey of the key themes, approaches and debates in the field of media and human rights.The Companion is the first collection to bring together two distinct ways of thinking about human rights and media, including scholarship that examines media as a human right alongside that which looks at media coverage of human rights issues. This international collection of 49 newly written pieces thus provides a unique overview of current research in the field, while also providing historical context to help students and scholars appreciate how such developments depart from past practices.The volume examines the universal principals of freedom of expression, legal instruments, the right to know, media as a human right, and the role of media organisations and journalistic work. It is organised thematically in five parts: Communication
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