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Book SynopsisThis book argues against the rapidly expanding literature about misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic - and that the real issues are much broader. Mainstream news media, except Fox News, has generally done a good job in educating people about the basic facts and precautions to be taken. Pandemic: A Test of the News identifies the mainframes used to tell the media story. With some exceptions such as long reads in The New Yorker and the Guardian, the media has not included the fundamental factors that caused the pandemic, the seriousness of a medical crisis that will last for several years - and the same factors that will cause the next pandemic.

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Book SynopsisProviding practical recommendations for leveraging social capital for social good, this is a valuable, thought-provoking and timely exploration of the multifaceted concept of social capital in the context of the digital revolution.

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Book SynopsisCinema Memories brings together and analyses the memories of almost a thousand people of going to the cinema in Britain during the 1960s. It offers a fresh perspective on the social, cultural and film history of what has come to be seen as an iconic decade, with the release of films such as A Taste of Honey, The Sound of Music, Darling, Blow-Up, Alfie, The Graduate, and Bonnie and Clyde. Drawing on first-hand accounts, authors Melvyn Stokes, Matthew Jones and Emma Pett explore how cinema-goers constructed meanings from the films they watched - through a complex process of negotiation between the films concerned, their own social and cultural identities, and their awareness of changes in British society. Their analysis helps the reader see what light the cultural memory of 1960s cinema-going sheds on how the Sixties in Britain is remembered and interpreted. Positioning their study within debates about memory, 1960s cinema, and the seemingly transformative nature of this decade of British history, the authors reflect on the methodologies deployed, the use of memories as historical sources, and the various ways in which cinema and cinema-going came to mean something to their audiences.Trade ReviewThis research is an excellent reminder of the importance of the cinema experience in that culturally significant decade … and it also serves to point out just how much has changed over the last fifty years … [The book] may provoke nostalgia in some older readers, whilst for younger readers it’s a fascinating window into an almost lost world. * Cinema Retro Magazine *Cinema Memories paints a fascinating portrait of the place of cinema in the lives and imaginations of its British audiences in the 1960s. Based on an extensive collection of interviews and questionnaires, it makes a vivid contribution both to the social history of the period and to the rapidly developing field of memory studies. -- Richard Maltby, Flinders University, AustraliaCinema Memories maps exciting and accessible new routes through the spaces and places of 1960s cinema and social history in Britain. It deftly connects New Cinema History’s methodological emphasis on empirical contexts of cinema-going and film reception with intellectual traditions grounded in British Cultural Studies and People’s History. -- Jeffrey Klenotic, University of New Hampshire, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. ‘This is where we came in’: cinema-going in the sixties 2. Sex and the Cinema 3. ‘The times they are a-changin’?: American Sixties Films 4. Reflecting ‘what life was like’?: British films of the 1960s 5. 'New Waves' from Europe 6. Postcolonial Audiences 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis volume of Who’s Who in Research series offers a useful guide for current researchers in Intellect’s subject area of Media Studies. The directory holds the names, institutions, biographies and current research interests of hundreds of leading international academics as well as references to the researchers’ principal articles in Intellect journals.

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Book SynopsisThis new study looks at the crucial role played by audiovisual media in Hindu cultural nationalism. The application of new media technology in the context of the construction of 'Indianness' by Hindutva's main political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (Party of the Indian People, BJP), is a fascinating example of in-house indoctrination and emotive mobilization that demands critical attention.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Jain Studios on the Meandering Stairway to Success; 2. Translating Metaphors of Nation-Building; 3. Hindutva's Media Phantasmagorias; 4. Re-mapping the Nation-Space: Place and Displacement; 5. Re-making History: 'The Truth Shall not Be Touched!'; 6. Mother India's Heroic Sons: A Passion Play of Martyrdom; Epilogue: 'Making India a Dharmic Superpower'; Notes, Bibliography; Videography; Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to apply the concept of ‘contents tourism’ in a global context and to establish an international and interdisciplinary framework for contents tourism research. The term ‘contents tourism’ gained official recognition in Japan when it was defined by the Japanese government in 2005, and it has been characterised as ‘travel behaviour motivated fully or partially by narratives, characters, locations, and other creative elements of popular culture forms including film, television dramas, manga, anime, novels and computer games’. The book builds on previous research from Japan and explores three main themes of contents tourism: ‘the Contentsization of Literary Worlds’, ‘Tourist Behaviours at “Sacred Sites” of Contents Tourism’ and ‘Contents Tourism as Pilgrimage’ and draws together these key themes to propose a set of policy implications for achieving successful and sustainable contents tourism in the 21st century.Trade ReviewIn this volume, an international group of scholars rewrites the old canon of ‘contents tourism’ with impressive cultural sensitivity. Across several chapters exploring aspects of Japanese popular culture’s adherence to performance and visuality, native phenomena are examined as instances of transnational hybridisation and global cultural connectivity. An essential read for students of international popular culture, tourism and the moving image. * Rodanthi Tzanelli, University of Leeds, UK *This book reconceptualises the largely compartmentalised views of media-tourism relationships, such as film and literary tourism, advancing and encapsulating them within the socialising frame of contents tourism. The authors provide engaging insights into the formation, curation and (re)crafting of media-related narratives, variously bonding communities, media, tourists and places across the different contexts. These insights provoke new interpretations and considerations, which will benefit anyone studying contents tourism (or any tourism-media relationship). * Glen Croy, Monash University, Australia *This important book expands the concept of contents tourism, which has so far been limited mainly to the Japanese context, and shows its transnational and transmedial potential. Case studies from different cultural contexts, which refer to enthusiasm for literature, theatre, folklore or anime, illustrate the variety of paths the imagination can take – and how imaginary journeys become real tourism. * Elisabeth Scherer, University of Düsseldorf, Germany *Contents tourism is among the very few productive new ideas that has emerged in tourism studies in the past several decades. The authors in this important volume capture the dynamics of the emotional and symbolic connection of tourists to the places they visit. The chapters prove the promise of contents tourism beyond studies of the mise en scene of Japanese anime where it originated. * Dean MacCannell, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Davis, USA *This book further contributes to academia as it clarifies the term ‘contents tourism’, broadens this term from the Japanese context to a global context, links literature and tourism from a ‘contentsization’ point of view, and focuses on mediarelated narratives in tourism. From a qualitative-research point of view, the authors have contributed to this growing field of contents tourism by building their argumentation on different qualitative methods, as the following analysis illustrates. -- Zafer Öter, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey * Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2021 *This book contributes greatly to our understanding of the role of popular culture and its contents for the contemporary global tourism landscape [and] provides a fresh perspective that will hopefully decrease the fragmentation of existing related research while making especially Japanese research in this area more accessible to English-speaking academia. -- Ina Reichenberger, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand * Journal of Tourism Futures, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2021 *This collection of essays examines the phenomenon of "contents tourism" within a global context [...] In all cases, content is the unifying element of analysis rather than the platform. This interesting construct utilizes the content itself as the focus/motivator of tourism rather than the individual modality of presentation (e.g., film, theater). This is a readable, interesting, and informative study. -- S. A. Schulman, CUNY Baruch College, USA * CHOICE, Vol. 58 No. 4, Dec 2020 *Table of ContentsForeword. Sue Beeton Introduction. Takayoshi Yamamura: Contents Tourism Beyond Anime Tourism Chapter 1. Philip Seaton: The Contents Tourism of Jane Austen’s American Fans Chapter 2. Maree Thyne & Gretchen Larsen: Conceptualising Contents Brandscapes: The Brontë Brand Chapter 3. Aleksandra Jaworowicz-Zimny: The Witcher Novels and Games-inspired Tourism in Poland Chapter 4. Takayoshi Yamamura: Traveling Heidi: International Contents Tourism Induced by Japanese Anime Chapter 5. Catherine Butler: The Cotswolds and Children’s Literature in Japanese Fantasy: The Case of Castle Combe Chapter 6. Shinobu Myoki: Yōkai Tourism in Japan and Taiwan Chapter 7. Kyungjae Jang: Contents Tourism and Religious Imagination Chapter 8. Akiko Sugawa-Shimada: The 2.5-Dimensional Theatre as a Communication Site: Non-site-specific Theatre Tourism Chapter 9. Ranny Rastati: Indonesian Cosplay Tourism Chapter 10. Sueun Kim: Outbound Tourism Motivated by Domestic Films: Contentsized Koreanness in Thai movies and Tourism to Korea Chapter 11. Christopher Hood: Contents Tourism in Plane Sight Chapter 12. Stefanie Benjamin: Breaking Benjamin: A Woman’s Pilgrimage to New Mexico Chapter 13. Sue Beeton: From Banjo to Basho: Poets, Contents and Tourism Conclusions. Philip Seaton: Sustainable Contents Tourism in the 21st Century

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Book SynopsisThis volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It critically examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its close connection with fan studies and placemaking. The chapters illustrate how different destinations capitalise on expressive cultural practices to attract fan tourists, the processes involved in their tourismification, and the outcomes for both visitors and local communities. The book establishes a common ground for the comprehensive and critical study of popular culture tourism development and fandom. It integrates theory and practice and provides evidence-based recommendations for popular culture destinations. It is a useful resource for researchers in tourism management, fandom, pop culture and media studies, as well as for those working in the tourism industry.Trade ReviewThe entanglements between popular culture and tourism are increasingly shaping places and leisure mobility patterns. The editors of this book have curated a compelling collection of emergent spatial imaginaries and rekindled placemaking practices to showcase tourism transformations in the Anthropocene. Solidly grounded in interdisciplinary domains, this volume will be of interest to both tourism and place marketers, as well as consumer culture scholars at large. * Szilvia Gyimóthy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark *This arresting book examines the expressive practices of popular culture that craft tourism realities. The editors’ compelling perspective guides critical exploration of what popular-culture fans desire and how communities respond to intended and unintended tourism changes. The expert authors critically interrogate contested tourism world-making emerging from various popular culture expressions, including musicians, manga, film, and Indigenous responses to colonial invasion. A must-read for anyone researching popular culture–tourism relationships. * Glen Croy, Monash University, Australia *This engaging book offers a wide-ranging approach to the diverse and rich interrelations between popular culture and tourism, both online and onsite, varying from battlefield tourism, scholarly-virtual pilgrimage and fan travel vlogs to baseball tourism. I particularly liked how the authors address the important role and perspective of fans in all these cultural practices. * Stijn Reijnders, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands *Table of ContentsContributors Prologue Chapter 1. Vassilios Ziakas, Christine Lundberg and Maria Lexhagen: Introduction to Popular Culture Destinations: Contexts, Perspectives and Insights Part 1: Fandoms and Popular Culture Tourism Placemaking Chapter 2. Warwick Frost and Jennifer Frost: Commemorating Rock Stars: Exploring Fan Interactions at AC/DC and Chrissie Amphlett Lanes, Melbourne, Australia Chapter 3. Timo Thelen and Sangkyun Kim: The Emergence of Fan Pilgrimage Sites – Unintended and Intended Part 2: Heritage and Pilgrimage Journeys of Fans Chapter 4. Michael Fagence: 'Walking Battlefield Sites': An Experience of Secular Pilgrimage Chapter 5. Tatiana Chekalina, Maria Lexhagen, Christopher Hoffman and Gustav Grönskog: Gloomy or Exciting: Image, Engagement and Violent TV Drama in a Heritage Destination Setting Chapter 6. O. Hugo Benavides: Heritage and Pilgrimage Journeys in Hawaii: Where the Secular and Sacred Intersect Part 3: Digitalisation in Popular Culture Destinations Chapter 7. Lincoln Geraghty: Wish It Were Here: Fan Travel Vlogs as Virtual Spaces of Popular Culture Tourism Chapter 8. Kelly Palmer and Glen Thomas: @Bluey_Locations: The Brisbane Local as Bluey Tourist Chapter 9. Wen (Stella) Tian, Christine Lundberg and Alkmini Gkritzali: Millennials' Responses to Popular Culture-Induced Visual and Verbal Cues: An Eye-Tracking Investigation Part 4: Popular Culture Tourism Spaces and Imaginaries of the World Chapter 10. Nicholas Wise: (Re)Celebrating Baseball’s Rural Nostalgia: Placemaking and Touristification in the Cornfields of Iowa Chapter 11. Rodanthi Tzanelli: Climate Disaster Films and Scholarly-Virtual Pilgrimage to Viable Planetary Futures Epilogue Chapter 12. Vassilios Ziakas, Christine Lundberg and Maria Lexhagen: Conclusions for Popular Culture Tourism Research: Progress and Problematics Index

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Book Synopsis"Moving from age-old warnings about the influence of the cultural industry to a tentative embrace of a global creative society, Terry Flew′s new book provides an excellent overview of this exciting field. Warmly recommended for students and policymakers alike." - Mark Deuze, Indiana University "A comprehensive text on the state of the art of the creative industries... a running commentary on the ebb and flow of both the academic debates (from cultural studies, cultural economics, organisational studies, economic geography and urban sociology) and the policy initiatives that seek to frame the field for outsiders. An ideal primer." - Andy C Pratt, King′s College London The rise of creative industries requires new thinking in communication, media and cultural studies, media and cultural policy, and the arts and information sectors. The Creative Industries sets the agenda for these debates, providing a richer understanding of the dynamics of cultural markets, creative labour, finance and risk, and how culture is distributed, marketed and creatively re-used through new media technologies. This book: Develops a global perspective on the creative industries and creative economy Draws insights from media and cultural studies, innovation economics, cultural policy studies, and economic and cultural geography Explores what it means for policy-makers when culture and creativity move from the margins to the centre of economic dynamics Makes extensive use of case studies in ways that are relevant not only to researchers and policy-makers, but also to the generation of students who will increasingly be establishing a ′portfolio career′ in the creative industries. International in coverage, The Creative Industries traces the historical and contemporary ideas that make the cultural economy more relevant that it has ever been. It is essential reading for students and academics in media, communication and cultural studies.Trade ReviewNothing grows quite so fast in the creative industries as the debates about them. Yet these have been accented differently in different countries and across the different policy domains - cultural, economic, educational, and technological. Offering a lucid and comprehensive review of these debates, Terry Flew casts a well-informed eye on the place the creative industries occupy in today′s increasingly globalised cultural economy. -- Tony BennettMoving from age-old warnings about the influence of the cultural industry to a tentative embrace of a global creative society, Terry Flew provides an excellent overview of this exciting field of research and practice. He effortlessly connects the dots in studies on management, production, law, policy, and labor that collectively shape our understanding of the creative industries. Warmly recommended for students and policymakers alike. -- Mark DeuzeA comprehensive text on the state of the art of the creative industries. The book effectively populates the emergent field of the creative industries, dealing with both definitions and reach, as well as interactions and implications. Whilst all the time maintaining a running commentary on the ebb and flow of both the academic debates (from cultural studies, cultural economics, organisational studies, economic geography and urban sociology) and the policy initiatives that seek to frame the field for outsiders. An ideal primer for those both new to the field, and those within it seeking a broader perspective. -- Andy C. PrattThis book has disciplinary value while also opening up and informing debate on some of the most pressing cultural and policy issues of our day... if you have only got one book on in your Kindle focussing on the creative industries, this is the one to choose. -- Lelia Green, School of Communications and Arts, Edith Cowan UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Origins of Creative Industries Policy International Models of Creative Industries Policy From Culture Industries to Cultural Economy Products, Services, Production and Creative Work Consumption, Markets, Technology and Cultural Trade Globalization, Cities and Creative Spaces Creative Industries and Public Policy Conclusion

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Book SynopsisContributors focus on such key media texts of the 1960s as The Avengers, This Sporting Life, Panorama, The Apartment and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, demonstrating what close textual investigation can reveal about the great social and cultural transformation of the decade.Table of ContentsIntroduction - locating key texts amid the distinctive landscape of the 60s, Arthur Marwick; a walk on the wilder side -"The Apartment" as social commentary, Daniel J. Leab; defining the parameters of "quality" cinema for "the permissive society" - the British Board of Film Censors and "This Sporting Life", Anthony Aldgate; "The Avengers" - television and popular culture during the "high 60s", James Chapman; "Seven Days in May" - history, prophecy and propaganda, Michael Coyne; "nothing like any previous musical, British or American" - the Beatles' film "A Hard Day's Night", Rowana Agajanian; three Alison Lurie novels of the long 60s, Arthur Marwick; the brilliant career of "Sgt. Pepper", Allan F. Moore; "Panorama" in the 60s, Robert Rowland; conclusion, Arthur Marwick.

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Book SynopsisIn recent years research into creative labour and cultural work has usually addressed the politics of production in these fields, but the sociotechnical and aesthetic dimensions of collaborative creative work have been somewhat overlooked. This book aims to address this gap. Through case studies that range from TV showrunning to independent publishing, from the film industry to social media platforms such as Tumblr and Wattpad, this collection develops a critical understanding of the integral role collaboration plays in contemporary media and culture. It draws attention to diverse kinds of creative collaboration afforded via the intermediation of digital platforms and networked publics. It considers how these are incorporated into emergent market paradigms and investigates the complicated forms of subjectivity that develop as a consequence. But it also acknowledges historical continuities, not least in terms of the continued exploitation of support personnel' and of resulting artistic conflicts but also of alternative models that resist the precarious nature of contemporary cultural work. Finally, this volume attempts to situate creative collaboration in broader social and economic contexts, where the experience and outcomes of such work have proved more problematic than the rich potential of their promise would lead us to expect. The Editors: James Graham is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, Middlesex University, London. Alessandro Gandini is Lecturer in Digital Media Management and Innovation in the Department of Digital Humanities, Kings College, London.

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Book SynopsisFor half a century, the Murdoch media empire and its polarising patriarch have swept across the globe, shaking up markets and democracies in their wake. But how did it all start? In September 1953, 22-year-old Rupert Murdoch landed in Adelaide, South Australia. Fresh from Oxford with a radical reputation, the young and brash son of Sir Keith Murdoch had arrived to fulfill his father’s dying wish: for Rupert to live a ‘useful, altruistic, and full life’ in the media. For decades, Sir Keith had been a giant of the Australian press, but his final years were spent bitterly fending off rivals and would-be successors. When the dust settled on his father’s estate, Rupert was left with the Adelaide-based News Ltd and its afternoon paper The News — a minor player in a small, parochial city. But even this inheritance was soon under siege, as the left-wing ‘Boy Publisher’ stared down his father’s old colleagues at the city’s paper of record, The Advertiser, and a conservative establishment kept in power by a decades-old gerrymander. Led by Rupert’s friend, ally, and editor-in-chief Rohan Rivett, the fledgling Murdoch press began a seven-year campaign of circulation wars, expansion, and courtroom battles that divided the city and would lay the foundations for a global empire — if Rupert and Rohan didn’t end up in custody first. Drawing on unpublished archival material and new reportage, Young Rupert pieces together a paper trail of succession, sedition, and power — and a fascinating time capsule of Australian media on the cusp of an extraordinary ascension. Trade Review‘Ruthless, ambitious, a purveyor of intrigue and scandal for whom loyalty is just a pit stop on the way to a business deal, this is the young Rupert as you’ve never seen him before. A riveting, rollicking tale.’ -- Jenny Hocking, author of The Palace Letters‘The breadth and depth of Marsh’s research, his eye for detail and his truly exceptional storytelling brings what may have been a dry history into vivid relief.’ -- Kurt Johnson * The Sydney Morning Herald *‘From schoolboy socialist to boy publisher to mogul on the make: Young Rupert offers a revelatory glimpse of Murdoch becoming Murdoch.’ -- Jeff Sparrow, author of Crimes Against Nature‘Young Rupert is a vivid, revelatory portrait of a young man in a hurry. Deeply researched and sharply written, Marsh summons a vanished era to life and chronicles the intricate manoeuvres and shifting character of a man whose whims and grudges have dominated, for better and worse, the media landscape for seventy years. This is an engrossing and insightful study of raw power, shameless politics, and the powers of the press.’ -- Patrick Mullins, author of Tiberius with a Telephone‘A fascinating account of the early days of one of the most notoriously influential men Australia has produced. Marsh skilfully brings forgotten episodes of this country’s history to life, and reminds us just how important, cutthroat, and thrilling the news business can be.’ -- Sean Kelly, author of The Game‘There’s an art to writing the journalistic yarn, and Walter Marsh has it … Marsh sketches fine portraits … Consistent throughout Young Rupert is Marsh’s talent for research, which involves not only seeking the right sources but also using them correctly. He is careful with his conclusions, never peddling glib fantasies as facts.’ -- Damon Young * The Saturday Paper *‘Young Rupert is a scrupulously well-researched history that examines the power of the press in the 20th century and its influence on politics. Rupert Murdoch remains largely elusive, yet new research shows glimpses of a man under pressure and unable to enjoy his success. Readers interested in Australian politics and publishing will find much to satisfy here.’ -- Chris Saliba * Books+Publishing *‘Adelaide journalist Walter Marsh’s gripping new account of Rupert Murdoch’s origin story is more than a biography of the mogul — it uncovers media and political dynamics that remain powerful … Meticulously researched … both densely detailed and a rollicking read … it combines detailed history, including fascinating side journeys — into Murdoch’s personal reportage on outback Aboriginal communities (eye-opening in many ways), a firebrand activist’s tragic-heroic trajectory, a literal fist-fight between Packer and Murdoch interests to gain control of a Sydney press — with the narrative drive of a thriller … This is a distinguished work — essential for anyone who wants a greater understanding of Murdoch, his empire, and the contemporary history of South Australia.’ -- David Washington * In Review *‘[A] perceptive account of the first 30 years of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s life … Thoroughly reported and novelistic in detail … this provides keen insight into the business magnate’s formative years.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘Journalist Marsh presents meticulous reporting on the tangled fortunes of the Murdoch news business … An authoritative … history of the early Murdoch media empire.’ * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisLOL cats. Grumpy Cat. Dog-rating Twitter. Pet Instagram accounts. It’s generally understood the internet is for pictures of cute cats (and dogs, and otters, and pandas). But what motivates people to make and share these images, and how do they relate to other online social practices? The Internet is for Cats examines how animal images are employed to create a lighter, more playful mood, uniting users within online spaces that can otherwise easily become fractious and toxic. Placing today’s pet videos, photos, and memes within a longer history of mediated animal images, communication scholar Jessica Maddox also considers the factors that make them unique. She explores the roles that animals play within online economies of cuteness and attention, as well as the ways that animal memes and videos respond to common experiences of life under neoliberalism. Conducting a rich digital ethnography, Maddox combines observations and textual analysis with extensive interviews of the people who create, post and share animal media, including TikTok influencers seeking to make their pets famous, activists tweeting about wildlife conservation, and Redditors upvoting every cute cat photo. The Internet is for Cats will leave you with a new appreciation for the human social practices behind the animal images you encounter online. Trade Review"By exploring the ambivalent overlaps between attention, cuteness, toxicity, and neoliberalism - among other key themes - in animal imagery sharing practices, The Internet is for Cats is essential reading for understanding how and why the fun of animal memes is serious cultural business." — Whitney Phillips, author of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape "The Internet is for Cats skillfully demonstrates that the visual cultures of animals and pets in social media are not only cute and entertaining—they can also mask the Internet’s hateful and toxic content. Maddox’s project is an important reminder that even the most seemingly frivolous aspects of culture must be carefully examined." — Melissa A. Click, associate professor of communication studies at Gonzaga University "By exploring the ambivalent overlaps between attention, cuteness, toxicity, and neoliberalism - among other key themes - in animal imagery sharing practices, The Internet is for Cats is essential reading for understanding how and why the fun of animal memes is serious cultural business." — Whitney Phillips, author of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our "[The Internet is for Cats]'s major claim is convincing: there is more to cat (and other animal) pics than meets the eye."— Gregory Hays, New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Kittens in Context 2 “I’ve Heard People on TikTok Love This": Attention as Materiality and Looking Relation 3 Beyond Doomscrolling in an Internet of Cute 4 “You Can’t Buy Happiness, But You Can Rescue It”: Neoliberal Pets and Animals 5 Feels Good, Man: Collisions, Collusions, and Cloaks in Pet and Animal Social Media 6 Nature is Healing, We are the Virus: Beyond Signifiers Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides new approaches to the concept of media logics – developed by Altheide and Snow – by drawing on theoretical and empirical perspectives from international scientists working in the field of communications, media, political science, and sociology. In an increasingly digitized and globalized world, powerful media structures and technologies influence our daily lives in many respects. It is not only mass media but ‘poly media channels’ that become more and more contextualized in everyday lives. Therefore, it is necessary to revisit the theory of media logics, which focuses on the strong intercorrelation of media technologies, media institutions and media power. Media Logic(s) Revisited attends to this by critically reflecting on the idea of media logic, a much needed input in light of current developments and strong cultural embedding of media in various social contexts.Trade Review“The work is handsomely illustrated, with many line drawings, maps and sections, charts and colour images on all scales from the continental to the microscopic, including samples, outcrops and mines. This book is very worthwhile, most notably for its description of the mineral endowment of India, the mining sector in the country, and the social context and regulatory framework in which mines operate across India.” (Graham C. Wilson, Mineralium Deposita, Vol. 53, 2018)Table of Contents1. General Introduction: Media logic or media logics? An introduction to the field; Caja Thimm, Mario Anastasiadis, Jessica Einspänner-Pflock.- 2. The Media Syndrome and Reflexive Mediation; David L. Altheide.- 3. Media Logic and the Mediatization Approach: A good Partnership, a Mésalliance or a Misunderstanding?; Friedrich Krotz.- 4. The logics of the media and the mediatized conditions of social interaction; Stig Hjarvard.- 5. Mediatization as structural couplings: Adapting to media logic(s); Mikkel Fugl Eskjær.- 6. Media technology and media logic(s): The media grammar approach; Caja Thimm.- 7. Media Logic as (Inter)Action Logic. - Interaction Interdependency as an Integrative Meta-Perspective; Katrin Döveling & Charlotte Knorr.- 8. On the Media Logic of the State; Jens Schröter.- 9. Media logic revisited. The concept of social media logic as alternative framework to study politicians’ usage of social media during election times; Evelien Dheer.- 10. Perceived Media Logic: A Point of Reference for Mediatization; Daniel Nölleke & Andreas M. Scheu.- 11. News Media Logic 2.0 – Assessing commercial news media logic in cross-temporal and cross-channel analysis; Maria Karidi.- 12. New(s) Challenges! - Old Patterns? Structural Transformation and TV News in a Mediatized World; Mirko Liefke.- 13. Algorithms and digital media: measurement and control in the mathematical projection of the real; Tales Tomaz.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a thorough application of theoretical ideas from Deleuze and Guattari to a series of examples drawn from contemporary film and new media arts. Chapters demonstrate examples of how to do schizoanalysis in philosophically informed cinema studies, new media, and arts based education. Schizoanalysis, as proposed by Deleuze and Guattari in distinction to Lacanian psychoanalysis, provides an imaginary basis to address the precarity of the contemporary world order: from the growing populism with its authoritarian fascist tendencies to the growing concerns regarding climate change within the Anthropocene. Part I of this book initiates this understanding through cinematic examples. Part II calls for a schizoanalytic pedagogical imagination, which is needed to provide insight into the structures of desire as they circulate in media, especially videogames, and the tensions between analogue and digital technological manifestations. Such pedagogy enables an understanding of the ‘new materialism’ where nonhuman and inhuman (AI) agencies are taken into account. To this end schizoanalytic pedagogy calls for a ‘new earth’ of transformed values and relationships. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Schizoanalytic Ventures2. Schizo Times in Cinematic Thought3. Repeating The Butterfly Effect: Schizo Endings4. Migrant Subjectivity and Territory Rethought5. The Schizos of Broken Circle Breakdown6. Dreamland Welcomes You: The Last Resort7.The Batman Trilogy: An Ethics of Evil, the Law, and the Rise of Trump's Fascism in the United States8. The Prosthetics of Video Games9. Between War and Edutainment10. Explorations of the Analog-Digital in Relation to the Event of the Artistic Process11. Artistic Speculations and Pedagogical Challenges: Facing the Anthropocene

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how community radio contributes to social change. Community radio remains a unique communication platform under digital capitalism, arguably capable of expanding the project of media democratisation. Yet there is a lack of in-depth analysis of community radio experience, and a dearth of understanding of its functionality as an actively transformative tool for greater equity in society. This project combines the theoretical positions of the political economy of communication with a citizen’s media perspective in order to interrogate community radio’s democratic potential. By presenting case studies of two radio stations in Melbourne and Lospalos, and applying multiple research methods, the book reveals community radio’s amplification of media participation, communication rights, counter-hegemony and media power — in effect, its distinct regenerative voice.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Community radio: Social process and democratic intent.- 3. Social change: Active citizens and the value of voice.- 4. Critical participation and mediated solidarity.- 5. Cycles of transformation and community radio agency.- 6. Reality reconstruction and resistance to hegemony.- 7. Regenerative voice.- 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores different forms of mediated offence in the context of Trump's America, Brexit Britain, and the rise of far-right movements across the globe. In this political landscape, the so-called ‘right to offend’ is often seen as a legitimate weapon against a ‘political correctness gone mad’ that stifles ‘free speech’. Against the backdrop of these current developments, this book aims to generate a productive dialogue among scholars working in a variety of intellectual disciplines, geographical locations and methodological traditions. The contributors share a concern about the complex and ambiguous nature of offence as well as about the different ways in which this so-called ‘negative affect’ comes to matter in our everyday and socio-political lives. Through a series of instructive case studies of recent media provocations, the authors illustrate how being offended is more than an individual feeling and is, instead, closely tied to political structures and power relations.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Media and the Politics of Offence.- Chapter 2: Political Offensiveness in the Mediated Public Sphere: The Performative Play of Alignments.- Chapter 3: Creating an Emotional Community: The Negotiation of Anger and Resistance to Donald Trump.- Chapter 4: Unruly Women and Carnivalesque Counter-Control: Offensive Humour in Mediated Social Protest.- Chapter 5: Visual Politics in South Africa: Old and New Modes of Exclusion, Protest and Offence.- Chapter 6: Other Bodies within Us: Shock, Affect and Reality Television Audiences.- Chapter 7: ‘Period Sex’: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the Feminist Politics of Offence.- Chapter 8: Fans at Work: Offence as Motivation for Critical Vidding.- Chapter 9: Blocked Access: When Pornographers take Offence.- Chapter 10: Regulatory Expectations of Offended Audiences: The Citizen Interest in Audience Discourse.- Chapter 11: Negotiating vulnerability in the trigger warning debates.- Chapter 12: Gruesome Images in the Contemporary Israeli Mediated Public Sphere.

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Book SynopsisSpain After the Indignados/15M Movement explores how the aftershocks of the 2007 Great Recession restructured Spain’s political sphere and political imaginary. It brings together a representative sample of Spain’s leading progressive voices, including two of the five founding members of the Podemos party. The essays herein explore the areas of economics, politics, ecology, social change, media, and cultural politics in order to present a broad, critical account of contemporary Spain, with a special emphasis on emerging forms of sociopolitical contestation, self-organizing, democratic participation, and radical politics. The edited volume argues that Spanish cultural studies—which originally gravitated toward celebratory accounts of capitalist modernization, the cultural Movida and the advent of a postmodern Spain—must continue to build a new cultural politics that not only challenges the accepted narrative of the Spanish Transition to democracy, but that is committed to confronting the civilizatory challenges currently faced.Table of ContentsPart I. A New Cultural Politics for Spain1. Introduction: A New Cultural Politics for Spain; Óscar Pereira-Zazo and Steven L. TorresPart II. Political Crisis2. 15-M and Indignant Democracy: Legitimation Problems within Neoliberal Capitalism; Juan Carlos Monedero3. ‘Populism’ as the Task of Constructing a People for Change; Luis Alegre Zahonero4. Podemos in Spain: Limits and Possibilities for Change; Santiago Alba RicoPart III. Economic Failure5. Speculation and Corruption in the DNA of the Spanish Economy; José Manuel Naredo6. The 15-M and the Financialization of Spanish Society; Armando Fernández-Steinko7. Basic Income: A Rational Proposal Guaranteeing the Material Existence of the Population; Daniel Raventós and Julie WarkPart IV. Environmental Crossroads8. Feminism and Environmentalism in Dialogue with the 15-M and the New Political Cycle in Spain; Yayo Herrero9. The Podemos Phenomenon and the Crisis of Civilization; Emilio Santiago-Muiño10. Toward a Postindustrial Left in Spain: Political Parties and Social Movements Facing the Collapse of Civilization; Manuel Casal-LodeiroPart V. Media Control11. Media Control and Emancipation: The Public Sphere in Post-15-M Spain; Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín12. The Press is Dead… Long Live the Press; Pascual Serrano13. Breaking the Walls of the Palace. The 15-M Facing the Mass Media and the Culture Industry; César Rendueles and Jorge SolaPart VI. Social Mobilization14. From the Politicization of Life to the New Politics; Marina Garcés15. Post-15-M Grassroots Interventions in and for Public Space—Resurgence in Everyday Forms of Control and Resistance; Megan Saltzman16. PAH; Jordi Mir-GarciaPart VII. Culture in Transition17. Cultura a la Contra: Toward Alternatives to the Civilizational and Ecological Crisis; Palmar Álvarez-Blanco18. Reasons to Celebrate; Alberto San Juan19. Ending the Culture of Fear Once and for All: Notes on NegraBlanca and Other Forms of Post-15-M Empowerment; Luis Moreno-Caballud and Helena de Llanos20. Broken Authorities; Belén Gopegui21. A Specter Is Haunting the Recent Spanish Novel; David Becerra-Mayor

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Book SynopsisThis book serves as a retrieval and reevaluation of a rich haul of comic caricatures from the turbulent years between the Reform Bill crisis of the early 1830s and the rise and fall of Chartism in the 1840s. With a telling selection of illustrations, this book deploys the techniques of close reading and political contextualization to demonstrate the aesthetic and ideological clout of a neglected tranche of satirical prints and periodicals dismissed as ineffectual by historians or distasteful by contemporaries. The prime exhibits are the work of Robert Seymour and C.J. Grant giving acerbic comic edge to the case for reform against class and state oppression and the excesses of the monarchical regime under the young Queen Victoria.Trade Review“Haywood unpacks the amazingly complicated and inventive imagery, shared by words and pictures in the 1830s and purposed by the radical press to expose the myths of a united nation. … Haywood’s and Maidment’s books are seriously and importantly relevant to any reconsideration of Dickens’s work through the 1830s and 1840s.” (Robert L. Patten, The Dickensian, Vol. 117 (515), Winter, 2021)“Ian Haywood’s The Rise of Victorian Caricature is a book that takes caricature seriously as having played a variety of important cultural and political roles in the 1830s. … A comparison between the visual cultures associated with the three Reform Acts would make for fascinating reading and viewing.” (Dominic Janes, Victorian Studies, Vol. 64 (1), 2021)“In this impressive volume of visual, cultural, and social history, Haywood captures the sense of urgency and emotive responses to the politics of the day, while his carefully chosen illustrations introduce readers to the broader themes of class, antigovernment, and pro-Chartist ideology.” (Rose Roberto, BAVS Newsletter, 2021)“Haywood’s detailed analysis, subtle points regarding social class distinctions, and numerous examples of broadsheets and their caricatures all render this book at once wide-ranging and specific. The Rise of Victorian Caricature represents a valuable contribution to studies of visual and print culture and an indispensable resource for research into the history of political caricature in Victorian periodicals.” (Jo Devereux, Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol. 53 (3), 2020)“Besides illuminating caricature, this book enriches our understanding of so many other key fields that it should be required reading in British history courses. … [Haywood] sheds a volume of new light on the evolving class system. … Along with the highest quality of reproduction and all the work required to gain rights and permissions, this wealth of illustrative material should be applauded.” (Richard Scully, Review19, nbol-19.org, October 17, 2020)Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Re-forming caricature: political crisis and the reinvention of the satirical image 1830–1832.- 3. Everybody’s caricature: Charles Jameson Grant.- 4. The Reform Hurricane: radical satirical broadsheets.- 5. The Chartist Carnival.- 6. Laughing at Victoria: A Queen in Caricature.

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Book SynopsisThis book problematizes the role of education in an increasingly mediatized world through the lenses of creativity, new media, and consumerism. At the core of the issue, the author argues, creativity in art education is being co-opted to serve the purposes of current economic trends towards designer capitalism. Using an East meets West approach, jagodzinski draws on Deleuze and Guattarian philosophy to explore visual and popular culture in Korean society, addressing the tensions that exist between designer education and art that explores the human condition. In doing so, he challenges art educators to envision a new paradigm for education which questions established media ontologies and incorporates new ways to confront the crisis of the Anthropocene.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Paradoxes and Worries in Contemporary TimesPart I - When West-East Meet2. Inflexions of Deleuze/Guattari: For A New Ontology of Media When West-East Meet3. Korean Visual and Popular Culture: An Outsider's View4. Exploring Korean Visual and Pop Culture5. Kim Ki-duk's Cinema of Imperceptibility: Playing the SensesPart II - Aesthetics of Designer Capitalism6. Aesthetic Wars: Between the Creative Industries and Nomadology7. Art/Education: In the Service of Designer Capitalism8. Reconsidering Visual Cultural Studies: Interrogating Representation9. The Challenge for Art/Education: The Digitalized World of New MediaPart III - The End of the World: Posthuman Consequences10. Art/Education at the 'End of the World'11. Thinking 'the End of Times': The Significance of Bioart/BioArt for Art/Education12. Between the Nonhuman and Inhuman: The Challenge of the Posthuman for Art/Education in the 21st Century

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Book SynopsisThis book explores people’s lived experience of discussing politics online. Based on original research involving in-depth conversations with 85 participants around the UK, it asks people about their own understanding of their online engagement, focusing on major UK political events and related debates –the Scottish Independence Referendum, the EU Referendum and the UK Labour Party leadership contests. It shows how people’s experiences are varied and influenced by many factors, but with a focus on personal feelings, needs and concerns as much as wider political ones. Participants struggle with self-awareness and understanding the motives and actions of others, which has an impact on their behaviour and perceived efficacy. They can have profound emotional responses owing to the constraints of using social media but still value it as a medium for political learning and self-expression. Communication effects in this environment are complex and unpredictable – there is much ‘crosstalk’. Social media itself is proving to be an unprecedented learning environment, where people begin to better understand their own behaviour and that of others and adapt over time.Trade Review“The greatest contribution of Political Participation on Social Media: The Lived Experience of Online Debate is that it provides a clear interdisciplinary context for future scholarship on the many human factors that affect political participation. It is a highly recommended resource with several implications in an academic and political context in politics, communication, media, psychology, and journalism disciplines and professions alike.” (Jade Larson, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 100 (2), 2023)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The internet, social media, and politics Chapter 3 Human factorsChapter 4 BehaviourChapter 5 Belief, identity, and the presentation of selfChapter 6 Crosstalk: Emotion and misunderstanding in online debate Chapter 7 Self-understanding of participationChapter 8 Perceptions of efficacyChapter 9 Experience of major UK debatesChapter 10 Into the labyrinth: Media through a social media lensChapter 11 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis open access book shows the breadth and various facets of e-Science, while also illustrating their shared core. Changes in scientific work are driven by the shift to grid-based worlds, the use of information and communication systems, and the existential infrastructure, which includes global collaboration. In this context, the book addresses emerging issues such as open access, collaboration and virtual communities and highlights the diverse range of developments associated with e-Science. As such, it will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the fields of information technology and knowledge management.Table of ContentsUnderstanding e-science – what is it about?.- Organising academia online.- The Fish Model: When Do Researchers Collaborate Online?.- The Use of Digital Tools in Scholarly Activities.- Digital research infrastructure.- MOVING: A User-Centric Platform for Online Literacy Training and Learning.- CLARIN-D – An IT-based research infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences.- Toward Process Variability Management in Online Examination Process in German Universities.- Designing External Knowledge Communication in a Research Network.- Researching scientific structures via joint authorships – the case of virtual 3D modelling in the humanities.- Visions of a Future Research Workplace Arising from Recent Foresight Exercises.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a succinct, contemporary introduction to intercultural communication with a focus on actual language use. With English as a lingua franca and Communicative Accommodation Theory as the underpinning concepts, it explores communication, language use, and culture in action. Each chapter includes discourse extracts so that students can apply what they have learned to real text examples, and supplementary instructor materials including suggestions for discussion points and activities are hosted on springer.com. The book will be key reading for students taking modules on Intercultural Communication or Language, Culture and Communication as part of a degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, or English Language both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Table of Contents​Chapter 1: Shared Language, Different Cultures, and Common Communicative GoalsChapter 2: Adjustments as Strategies for Successful CommunicationChapter 3: Barriers in Intercultural CommunicationChapter 4: Communities of Practice and Writing CulturesChapter 5: Speaking and Embodying CulturesChapter 6: Learning and Goals in EducationChapter 7: Communication in Workplaces: Equal Services and Professional Discourses

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Book SynopsisWhen the COVID- 19 pandemic occurred, all the main communication systems of medical research have undergone an epochal change. Many online journals and magazines have tried to publish inherent works of this specific problem as soon as possible, soliciting and preferring them to others, thus changing the system of free acceptance of scientific works once. Moreover, the way to communicate these works has no longer occurred through standard Scientific Congresses but with other systems, websites/streaming and webinars or virtual conferences. Now there is something systematic missing, which foresees that this may last in the future, in the post COVID-19 era (AC): the communication system of the medical sciences will be different from now on. There will be far fewer classical-style conferences like the ones so popular before COVID-19 outbreak (BC) but there will be more webinars, in streaming and virtual conferences. This new book fits well in this period, creating a bridge between those who do research, how it is communicated, what are the classic communication methods and what is all the necessary background to communicate with new tools. The book idea is based on the legacy left by Michael Faraday, the famous American chemist, who sensed how communicating what happens in science can make the difference between the success and failure of the research itself: “A lecturer should appear easy and collected, undaunted and unconcerned” “Lecturers which really teach will never be popular; lecturers which are popular will never really teach “ Michael Faraday, "Advice to lecturers", 1848 The volume approach is multidisciplinary and written by top experts in the field of communication and education. It will be a useful tool for scientists in this moment of epochal change in medical communication. Table of ContentsThe Island Of Research (Do Not Block The Path Of Enquiry).- Big Data, Metanalysis And Sistematic Reviews : The Jungle Of Statistics.- Essentials On Writing A Paper For A Peer Reviewed Journal.- The Value Of The Websites And Online Journals .- Ways To Implement Your Key Messages.- The “ Classical” Meetings And Congresses.- The New Ways To Communicate Your Research: Webinars And Beyond.- The Virtual Theatre : The Lure, The Title, The Scene, The Backstage, The Space.- The World Of Audience : Listeners Or Gazers, Learned Or Unlearned.- Connect And Be Understood.- Narrative Science And Medicine.- The Legacy Of Michael Faraday.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the metaphors used in public and media communication to ask how language shapes our moral reasoning about the global coronavirus crisis. The author offers insights into the metaphors, metonyms, allegories and symbols of the global crisis and examines how they have contributed to policy formation and communication. Combining metaphor theory with moral foundations theory, he places metaphors in their historical contexts, and then critically questions why certain tropes might be used in particular situations to persuade and convince an audience. The book takes an integrated approach, involving ideas from cognitive linguistics, history, social psychology and literature to produce a multi-layered and thematically rich interpretation of the language of the pandemic and its social and political consequences. It will be relevant to readers with a background in these areas, as well as anyone with a general interest in the language used to make sense of this global event.Trade Review“This book has many strengths and is an important and valuable contribution to cognitive linguistics and political communication fields, which obviously benefits from contemporary relevance to the ongoing crisis. Metaphors of Coronavirus is well worth reading by anyone – academic or lay person – with an interest in understanding the linguistic and communicative dynamics of the Coronavirus pandemic. … The takeaway message of this book is, for me, that metaphor is simply a linguistic tool and is not inherently dishonest.” (Emily Faux, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 21 (6), 2022)Table of Contents1. The Moral Frames and Coronavirus2. Metaphors of the Pandemic: War3. Metaphors of the Pandemic: Fire and Force of Nature4. The Pandemic as Zombie Apocalypse5. Epidemiology: Science, and Metaphor6. Disease, Confinement & Language7. ‘Bubbles’, ‘Cocoons’. The ‘Protective Ring’ and the ‘Petri Dish’: The Containment Frame and the Pandemic8. Metonyms of the Pandemic9. Magic, Miracle Cures and Metaphoric Thought in the Anti-Vaccine Movement10. Honesty and Dishonesty in Pandemic Language

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection interrogates how social and cultural representations of individuals with intersex variations impact how they are understood and treated from legal and medical perspectives across the world. Contributors consider how novelists, filmmakers, artists, and medical professionals have represented people with intersex variations, and highlight the importance of ethical representation and autonomy to encourage wider cultural and medical knowledge of intersex variations as a naturally occurring phenomenon. The text also examines the ways in which individuals with intersex variations are represented and viewed in India, Italy, Pakistan and Israel, as well as how this impacts decision making for the individuals, families and medical providers. This book argues that reactions to intersex variations will not change unless they are no longer presented as treatable disorders. It positions representation at the forefront, shifting the emphasis away from a concern for maintaining gender norms to upholding the human rights of intersex people. This volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars in intersex studies as well as policymakers and activists.Table of Contents1. Introduction.Part I Representing Intersex.2. Intersex in Fictional Films Throughout History: Towards a Cinema of Inclusion?.3. ‘Declining to Describe’: Intersex Narrators and Textual Visibility.4. The Importance of Narrative in Intersex Representation: A Literary Reading of John Money’s Case Histories.5. Toxic Sexing: Aaron Apps’ Intersex Poetics in Our Chemically Altered Age.6. ‘This Is What I Am and Who I Am’: Exploring Authorship and Ethics in Intersex Research and Reflective Diaries.7. When Bioethics Fails: Intersex, Epistemic Injustice and Advocacy.8. Afterword to "Representing Intersex".Part II Global Intersex.9. Examining Autonomy and Consent in Gender Assignment Decisions on Intersex People in India.10. An Apparent Paradox: The Bio-medicalisation of Intersex Variations in Italy.11. A Critical Analysis of The Transgender (Intersex) Persons Act, 2018, in Pakistan Versus United Nations Recommendations.12. Towards an Inclusive Approach to Harmful Practices: The Case of Western Elective Surgeries on Intersex Children.13. The Geneticisation of Intersex Bodies in Israel.14. Western Management of Intersex and the Myth of Patient-Centred Care.15. Global Intersex, an Afterword: Global Medicine, Connected Communities, and Universal Human Rights.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores what the methodologies of Art History might offer Comics Studies, in terms of addressing overlooked aspects of aesthetics, form, materiality, perception and visual style. As well as considering what Art History proposes of comic scholarship, including the questioning of some of its deep-rooted categories and procedures, it also appraises what comics and Comics Studies afford and ask of Art History. This book draws together the work of international scholars applying art-historical methodologies to the study of a range of comic strips, books, cartoons, graphic novels and manga, who, as well as being researchers, are also educators, artists, designers, curators, producers, librarians, editors, and writers, with some undertaking practice-based research. Many are trained art historians, but others come from, have migrated into, or straddle other disciplines, such as Comparative Literature, American Literature, Cultural Studies, Visual Studies, and a range of subjects within Art & Design practice.Table of ContentsWays of Seeing Comics: Art-Historical Approaches to the Form.Part I Old Skool Art History.The Lives of the Artists.Connoisseurship, Attribution, and Comic Strip Art: The Case of Jack B. Yeats.Reading Comics with Aby Warburg: Collaging Memories.Part II Perception, Reception and Meaning.Psychologies of Perception: Stories of Depiction.Aesthetics of Reception: Uncovering the Modes of Interaction in Comics.Reading Richard Felton Outcault’s “Yellow Kid” Through Perception of the Image.Colour in Comics: Reading Lorenzo Mattotti Through the Lens of Art History.Part III The New and Newer Art Histories.Feminist Art History as an Approach to Research on Comics: Meta Reflections on Studies of Swedish Feminist Comics.Towards Feminist Comics Studies: Feminist Art History and the Study of Women’s Comix in the 1970s in the United States.Real Queer Bodies: Visual Weight and Imagined Gravity in Sport Manga.Part IV Comics for/Beyond Art History.Afrofuturism and Animism as Method: Art History and Decolonisation in Black Panther.What Is an Image? Art History, Visual Culture Studies, and Comics Studies.From Giotto to Drnaso: The Common Well of Pictorial Schema in ‘High’ Art and ‘Low’ Comics.VAST/O Exhibition (De)Construction: Exploring the Potentials of Augmented Abstract Comics and Animation Installations as a Method to Communicate Health Experiences.From Tableau to Sequence: Introducing Comics Theory Within Art History to Study the Photobook.

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Book SynopsisCommunication about vaccination has become a public battleground. The global adoption of social media has increased the visibility and influence of groups that were previously considered fringe. With the goal of understanding vaccination-related misinformation’s online spread and ways of effectively countering it, this book explores its reception, resistance, and reproduction by a range of stakeholders around the globe. Chapters cover a rich array of topics, including vaccine misinformation’s history, its use as political propaganda, and its manipulation by both pro- and anti-vaccine groups. They apply a wide range of research methods, including historical literature and scoping reviews; advanced computational analysis, including machine learning; and reviews that incorporate the authors’ personal, professional, and practice-based experiences. Chapter authors include leading US and international scholars as well as practitioners of Communication, Computer Science, Health and Science Education, Political Communication, Public Health, Sociology, and other fields, making this book the most comprehensive and diverse collection of studies on vaccine misinformation—online and offline—currently available. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Vaccine Misinformation on Social Media: Historical Contexts, Lessons Learned, and Paths Forward.- Chapter 3. HPV Vaccine Misinformation Online: A Narrative Scoping Review.- Chapter 4. Analyzing Social-Cyber Maneuvers for Spreading COVID-19 Pro- and Anti- Vaccine Information.- Chapter 5. Vaccine Support and Hesitancy on Twitter: OpposingViews, Similar Strategies, and the Mixed Impact of Conspiracy Theories.- Chapter 6. Online Foreign Propaganda Campaigns and Vaccine Misinformation: A Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 7. Online Public Outreach to Promote Public Health: Insights from Israeli Non-Governmental Organizations.- Chapter 8. From Polio to Covid-19: Anti-Vaccine Misinformation and Rumors in Pakistan.- Chapter 9. Promoting Dialogue by Thinking Differently about Framing and Correcting Misinformation.- Chapter 10. Conclusion./

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Book SynopsisThis book defines a straightforward way to analyse fictional characters through data. It shows how a data-led approach can produce rich analyses of characters, their surrounding storyworlds, and their authors across time and different types of media. It uses the Marvel Comics’ character, Doctor Doom as its main case study, and demonstrates the advantages of this approach by comparing the results to those taken from a survey of fan attitudes. It also uses the methodology to analyse the differences between the American and British characters who share the name "Dennis The Menace". Finally, it offers a range of further uses for the tool. All datasets and tools are made available to download, so that other researchers can use the methodology and compare their own results to those generated in the book.Table of ContentsIntroduction Methodology The corpus and sample Analysis A Tale Of Two Menaces Discussion Bibliography Appendix One: Using the unified model of transmedia character coherence Appendix Two: Doctor Doom Corpus Appendix Three: Example of signifier survey

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Book SynopsisThe Social Media Environment.- Community.- Libraries and Social Media.- Assessing Social Media Sites and Services.- Evolving Issues in Social Libraries.

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Book SynopsisThis book will sketch the dynamics of infrastructure in video games, focusing on the relationship between game rules, fictional world, and player interaction.

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Book SynopsisPART ONE: CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES.- Chapter 1-What Kinds of Questions Do We Ask About Australian Comics?.- Chapter 2-Lessons from My Journey into Australian Comics.-Chapter 3-Obsession and Unreasonable Love: creativity and devotion in comics scholarship.- Chapter 4- Considering the Australianness' of Comic Books and Graphic Novels by Australian Creators- Chapter 5- Community over Industry? Comics makers at zine fairs in Australia.- Chapter 6- The Comic Art Festival: communities of practice in practice.- Chapter7- Drawn Together: what can the visual narrative skillset of comic makers enable as a process in social contexts.-PART TWO:PRACTICES AND READINGS.- Chapter 8- Close to the Surface: staged messaging in Australian Government-commissioned comics.- Chapter 9- Masks, Southern Crosses and Old Jungle Sayings: Australian action, adventure, the superheroes, and contributions to a hidden genre.- Chapter 10- Australian Comics Making Places.-Chapter 11- Augmenting Alice: an augmented comic about a Mparntwe road trip.-Chapter 12- The Brownout Murders:using comics to challenge the stereotype of women as victims in the serial killer narrative by Luke C Jackson, Karen Le Rossignol, Patrick.- Chapter 13- Reconsolidate, Revise, Reframe: narrativising the past with diary comics.- Chapter 14- Pad 2 pad:identity, relationality, and comics practice in Leonie Brialey's Raw Feels and Alice Chipkin and Jessica Tavassoli's Eyes Too Dry.

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Book SynopsisThis book considers representations of wealth and the wealthy in videogames. The introduction explores the estrangement of wealth from everyday life in the contemporary west, and argues that videogames have contributed to modern life by dramatizing the economic anxieties of our age — in particular, those anxieties that relate to the Global Great Recession. A review of historical titles reveals that such and related efforts draw in significant ways from the literary tradition of sentimental romance, where wealth and the wealthy have long been associated with notions of the underworld or hell. The relevance of this tradition to contemporary titles is explored through a careful analysis of romantic themes and concerns with significance to acts of exchange. The Wealth of Virtual Nations will appeal to students with an interest in narrative theory, game design, literature, economics, and the humanities. It will also be of interest to the videogame industry.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Analyzing Wealth in Videogames Chapter 2: Literary Theory for Gamers Chapter 3: The Symbolic Order of Action and Possibility Bearing on Time Chapter 4: Capital and Class Determinations in Videogames Chapter 5: Night World Identify Affirmations Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Wealth of Virtual Nations

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Book SynopsisThis book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter.Table of Contents1. The Environmental Communication under the magnifying lens.- 2. Journalism and Environment: two opposed trends which attract each other.- 3. Which shades of “green” are the new Nets of communication disseminating?.- 4. Communicating the Environment at the state of art. Ciak /Action!- 5. Communicating the Environment in the Green and Circular Economy.- 6. Communicating the Environment is a “public right and duty”.- 7. Eco-communication: environmental management, big events and legal eco-language.- Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis book grasps the duality between opportunities and risks which arise from children’s and adolescents’ social media use. It investigates the following main themes, from a multidisciplinary perspective: identity, privacy, risks and empowerment. Social media have become an integral part of young people’s lives. While social media offer adolescents opportunities for identity and relational development, adolescents might also be confronted with some threats. The first part of this book deals with how young people use social media to express their developing identity. The second part revolves around the disclosure of personal information on social network sites, and concentrates on the tension between online self-disclosure and privacy. The final part deepens specific online risks young people are confronted with and suggests solutions by describing how children and adolescents can be empowered to cope with online risks. By emphasizing these different, but intertwined topics, this book provides a unique overview of research resulting from different academic disciplines such as Communication Studies, Education, Psychology and Law. The outstanding researchers that contribute to the different chapters apply relevant theories, report on topical research, discuss practical solutions and reveal important emerging issues that could lead future research agendas.Table of ContentsPart I. Identity: Online Identity Construction and Expression.- Who Do You Think You Are? Examining the Off/Online Identities of Adolescents Using a Social Networking Site; Janette Hughes, Laura Morrison and Stephanie Thompson.- An ‘Open Source’ Networked Identity. On Young People’s Construction and Co-construction of Identity on Social Network Sites; Malene Charlotte Larsen.- Profile Image: Ways of Self-(re)presentation on the Facebook Social Network; Rocío Rueda O and Diana Giraldo.- Digital Divides in the Era of Widespread Internet Access: Migrant Youth Negotiating Hierarchies in Digital Culture ; Koen Leurs.- Agentive Students Using Social Media - Spatial Positionings and Engagement in ‘Space2cre8’; Ola Erstad.- Part II. Privacy: Balancing Self-disclosure & Privacy Concerns.- The Paradoxes of Online Privacy; Sabine Trepte.- The Role of Informational Norms on Social Network Sites; Wouter Martinus Petrus Steijn.- iDisclose: Applications of Privacy Management Theory to Children, Adolescents and Emerging Adults ; Stephen Cory Robinson.- Part III. Risks & Empowerment; Supporting & Empowering Youth.- Social Relations: Risks and Harm.- Exploring How Youth Use Social Media to Communicate Signs and Symptoms of Depression and Suicidal Ideation; Jennifer L. Laffier.- Compulsive Use of Social Networking Sites Among Secondary School Adolescents in Belgium; Jolien Vangeel, Rozane De Cock, Annabelle Klein, Pascal Minotte, Omar Rosas and Gert-Jan Meerkerk.- (Cyber)bullying Perpetration as an Impulsive, Angry Reaction Following (Cyber)bullying Victimisation?; Sara Pabian and Heidi Vandebosch.- Changing Unsafe Behaviour on Social Network Sites. Collaborative Learning vs. Individual Reflection; Ellen Vanderhoven, Tammy Schellens and Martin Valcke.- Empowering Children Through Labelling in Social Networks: Illusion or Solution?; Ellen Wauters, Eva Lievens and Peggy Valcke.

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