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MIT Press Ltd The Metainterface
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MIT Press Ltd Carnal Resonance
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MIT Press Ltd The Politics of Mass Digitization
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MIT Press Ltd Coping with Illness Digitally
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ABC-CLIO Headline Diplomacy How News Coverage Affects Foreign Policy Praeger Series in Political Communication Praeger Series in Political Communication Paperback
Book SynopsisSeib explores the many ways in which news coverage shapes the design and implementation of foreign policy. By influencing the political attitudes of opinion-shaping elites and the public at large, the news media can profoundly affect the conduct of foreign policy. Seib's text analyzes important examples of press influence on foreign affairs: the news media's definition of success and failure, as in reporting the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam; how public impatience, fueled by news reports, can pressure presidents, as happened during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81; how presidents can anticipate and control news media coverage, as was done by the Bush administration during the 1991 Gulf War; how press revelation or suppression of secret information affects policy, as in the cases of the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis, and various intelligence operations; how coverage of humanitarian crises affects public opinion; the challenges of live TV coverage; and the changing inflTable of ContentsPreface Prelude: Mr. Hearst's War Defining Failure and Success Pushing the President The President Pushes Back Manipulating the Messenger Does Anyone Care? The World Is Watching: Real-Time News After the Devil Has Been Saved Spheres of Influence Bibliography Index
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Palgrave USA Method Acting Reconsidered
Book SynopsisMethod Acting is one of the most popular and controversial approaches to acting in the United States. It has not only shaped important schools of acting, but has been a fundamental constant of all American acting. This insightful volume explores Method Acting from a broad perspective, focusing on a point of equilibrium between the principles of the Method and its relationship to other theories of performance. David Krasner has gathered together some of the most well-known theater scholars and acting teachers to look at the Method. By concentrating on three areas of the Method--its theory, practice, and future application--the collection will serve to inform and teach us how to approach acting and acting theory in the 21st century.
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ABC-CLIO Strand Magazine Index 18911950
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Little, Brown & Company The Distraction Addiction
Book SynopsisThe question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day?
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Independent Television in Britain Volume 6 New Developments in Independent Television 198192 Channel 4 TVam Cable and Satellite
Book SynopsisSuccess out of near disaster, finances taken to the edge of bankruptcy, resignations - this volume tells the dramatic stories of the major new commercial television developments in Britain between 1981-92.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: CHANNEL 4 The Fourth Channel: Conception to Birth Countdown to Countdown : Setting up the Channel and Getting on the Air Programmes, Reactions and Progress 1982-87: 'The Isaacs Years' Politics, Scheduling and Selling 1988-1992: 'The Grade Years' PART TWO: TV-AM Breakfast-time Contract: TV-am Financing, Ratings and Resignation Dyke to the Rescue Wizard of Oz From Packer to Bond Exit TV-am PART THREE: OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ITC Cable and Satellite
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Reinventing Film Studies
Book SynopsisChristine Gledhill is Professor in Film Studies, at the University of Sunderland, UK.Trade Review'In this rich collection, a large and varied group of prominent scholars covers the state of the field in Film Studies. The book presents the reader with a dynamic tissue of discussions, positions and proposals that are methodological, theoretical, historiographic, aesthetic, and political. This is the kind of constellation that originally energized the relatively young discipline of Film Studies, but even in its references to the history of film scholarship there is nothing nostalgic about Reinventing Film Studies. Its writers are some of the most innovative and influential figures in the field, and their accounts of the present are fundamentally aimed at mapping future directions. Their contributions are at once authoritative, rigorous and polemical. This volume will be a central reference point for anyone concerned with film and media scholarship for years to come.' Professor Philip Rosen, Department of Modern Cultu 'At this moment of technological change, film studies is entering an exciting new phase in which it faces many challenges, not least the demand that it reinvent itself once again. This stimulating anthology will play an indispensable part in that process, and I have no hesitation in recommending it.' Pam Cook, Professor of European Film and Media, Un 'I found the articles to be informative and theoretically sophisticated. I would highly recommend this anthology to both students and scholars interested in exploring theoretical frameworks which are 'really useful' in analysing film today.' Film-PhilosophyTable of ContentsPart 1: Really useful theory; from aesthetics to semiotics and half-way back again; why theory?; film theory and the revolt against master narratives; case study - "Singin' in the Rain" - a study of interpretation; who (and what) is it for? Part 2: Film as mass culture; dream factory; the publicness of cinema; case study - the political culture of address in a "Transitional Cinema" - Indian popular cinema; reception theory and audience research - the mystery of the vampire's kiss; re-examining stardom - questions of texts, bodies, and performances. Part 3: questions of aesthetics; after the classic, the classical and ideology - the difference of realism; rethinking genre; case study - judging audiences, the case of the trial movie; introducing film evaluation; "Style" posture and idiom - Tarantino's figures of masculinity. Part 4: The return to history; what is film history?; "Animated Pictures" - tales of cinema's forgotten future, after one hundred years of film; the mass production of the senses - classical cinema as cenacular modernism; case study - discipline and fun - psycho and postmodern cinema. Part 5: Cinema in the age of global multi-media; film theory and spectatorship in the age of the "posts"; case study - digging an old well - the labour of social fantasy in a contemporary Chinese film; facing up to Hollywood; the end of cinema - multi-media and technological change.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Electronic Empires Global Media and Local Resistance Oxford English Monographs
Book SynopsisThis book centres on current debates on globalization, the public sphere, and the potential of the Internet for empowerment. It looks at the effects of large transnational media corporations - from the US and Europe to Asia, the Middle East and Australia - on national and regional media.Trade Review'Electronic Empires' covers the central issues in international media research with intelligence and sophistication. It gives full play to current debates over the globalization of media firms, the future of the public sphere, the rise of the internet, and the potential for building genuine alternative media. Professor Vincent Mosco, Carleton University, CanaTable of ContentsGlobalization of electronic empires; global media - a global public sphere?; debating media globalization; global media and local resistance.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Researching Audiences
Book SynopsisKim Schrøder is Professor at the Centre for User-Oriented Communication Research, Roskilde University, Denmark.Kirsten Drotner is Professor at the Centre for Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark.Stephen Kline is Professor at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.Catherine Murray is Associate Professor at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.Trade Review'An enormously knowledgeable, highly detailed and well-exemplified study of the several traditions of research that have historically helped form audience studies...an exceptionally valuable book.' Particip@tionsTable of ContentsPart 1 Approaching the media audience: the relevance of audience research; what is an audience?; audience research - a brief history. Part 2 Survey research on audiences: survey research in practice - an eye-opening case study; survey research - defining the field; the toolbox of survey research about media audiences. Part 3 Experimental research on audiences: experimental research in practice - an eye-opening case study; experimental research - defining the field; the toolbox of experimental research about media audiences. Part 4 Reception research: reception research in practice - an eye-opening case study; reception research - defining the field; the toolbox of reception research. Part 5 Media ethnography: media ethnography in practice - an eye-opening case study; media ethnography - defining the field; the toolbox of media ethnography. Part 6 Future horizons of media audience research - towards a common toolbox?
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Interpreting Television
Book SynopsisKaren Lury is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.Trade ReviewIn its combination of commentary and applied analysis, Interpreting Television offers an extremely useful approach to the formal analysis of television - an approach which I can imagine having a great deal of relevance for those engaged in making television as well as for those whose interests are more academic. Media International Australia
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Get Me a Murder a Day
Book SynopsisKevin Williams is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Swansea University.Trade Review'Anyone wanting to gain an understanding of what the media are like today, and how they came to be like this, should read this book' Colin Sparks, University of Westminster, UKTable of ContentsHistory of mass communication in Britain - timeline; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Readers, rioters and rick burners: an introduction to the history of mass communication in Britain. PART 1 The age of print: The 'naughty and lewd world': the birth of mass communication in Britain; Right against might: the rise and fall of the radical press; Get me a murder a day: the Northcliffe Revolution and the rise of the popular press. PART 2 Sound and vision: Rescued by Rover: British cinema before the Second World War; The golden age of the wireless: the early years of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Sing as we go: representing British society in the 1930s; Their finest hour: the Second World War and the British way of censorship. PART 3 The television era: The cosy duopoly: the development of television; Crisis? What crisis? The demise of British broadcasting in the 1980s and 1990s; Carrying on: The British film industry since 1945; Goodbye to Fleet Street: the slow decline of the British press since the he Second World War. PART 4 The digital world: Dumbing down? Declining standards and structural change in the contemporary media; Living in a digital world: experiencing mass communication in the twenty-first century; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Random House Publishing Group Media Virus
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Likewar The Weaponization of Social Media
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Fsg Originals The Unreality of Memory And Other Essays
Book SynopsisTerror, disaster, memory, selfhood, happiness . . . leave it to a poet to tackle the unthinkable so wisely and so wittily.* A literary guide to life in the pre-apocalypse, The Unreality of Memory collects profound and prophetic essays on the Internet age's media-saturated disaster coverage and our addiction to viewing and discussing the world's ills.We stare at our phones. We keep multiple tabs open. Our chats and conversations are full of the phrase Did you see? The feeling that we're living in the worst of times seems to be intensifying, alongside a desire to know precisely how bad things have gotten-and each new catastrophe distracts us from the last.The Unreality of Memory collects provocative, searching essays on disaster culture, climate anxiety, and our mounting collective sense of doom. In this new collection, acclaimed poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert explores our obsessions with disasters past and future, from the sinking of the Titan
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Everything I Need I Get from You
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Springer In the Presence of English Media and European Youth
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Projecting a Camera LanguageGames in Film Theory
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Taylor & Francis Ltd European Film Theory
Book SynopsisEuropean Film Theory explores the Europeanness' of European film theory, its philosophical origins, the culture wars' between Continental' and Analytical' film theory and philosophy, the major discursive and epistemological shifts in the history of Continental film theory, the relationship between Continental philosophy of art and philosophy of history and European film theory. Writing from a range of disciplines and perspectives, the contributors to this new volume in the AFI FILM READERS series offer fresh interpretations of European film theorists and illuminate the political potential of European film theory.Trade Review'The essays in European Film Theory provide a long overdue critical remapping of what has been called 'theory' in contemporary film studies. No philosophical stone goes unturned in this remarkable volume, and many are then sculpted into provocative and original arguments.' - D.N. Rodowick, Harvard University, USA'A key resource for film theory... A richly detailed volume in every respect, the text is distinguished by its scope, the sweep of its rhetoric, and the numerous films it examines... Highly recommended.' - CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction: That Perpetually Obscure Object of TheoryPart One: European Film Theory1. European Film Theory: From Crypto-Nationalism to Trans-Nationalism, Paul Coates2. The Aesthetics of Race in European Film Theory, Tobias Nagl3. The Disunity of Film Theory and the Disunity of Aesthetics, Casey Haskins4. Real Location, Fantasy Space, Performative Place: Double Occupancy and Mutual Interference in European Cinema, Thomas ElsaesserPart Two: Film and Philosophy5. Film as Philosophy: A Mission Impossible?, John Mullarkey6. Platonic Reconstruction and Residual Kantianism in Film Theory, Colin Burnett7. Epstein, Bergson, and Vision, Malcolm Turvey8. Heidegger and Cinema, Brian Price9. Listening and Touching, Looking and Thinking: The Dialogue in Philosophy and Film between Jean-Luc Nancy and Claire Denis, Douglas MorreyPart Three: Politics, History, Ideology and Film Theory10. Fabulation and Contradiction: Jacques Ranciere on Cinema, Tom Conley11. The Gaze of Biocinema, A. Kiarina Kordela12. From Cinema to History: Kracauer's Shifting Philosophical Historiography, Scott MacKenzie13. Disposition: From Film Theory to Human Action, Astrid OesmannPart Four: Aesthetics and Film Theory14. Between the Ornament and the Corpse: Adolf Loos and Classical Film Theory, Rosalind Galt15. Baroque Dialectics or Dialectical Baroque: Sergei Eisenstein in/on Mexico, Masha Salazkina16. A Screen for Projection: Ricciotto Canudo's Exponential Aesthetics and the Parisian Avant-Gardes, Ara H. Merjian17. Synaesthesia in Film Theory, Sabine DoranPart Five: Realism Revisited18. Innocence and Ontology: The Truthfulness of Andre Bazin, Lisabeth During19. From Distraction to Indeterminancy to Distraction: Kracauer and Contemporary Film Realist Discourse, Temenuga Trifonova20. National Identity and Realism in Postwar Itlaian Film and Film Theory, Ora Gelley21. Neorealism at a Distance, Karl SchoonoverAppendix: Teaching AidContributorsIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Coming of Sound
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Little, Brown & Company Righteous Indignation Excuse Me While I Save the
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Sirens Call
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group I Write to Find Out What I Am Thinking
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iUniverse Games of Persuasion Exercises in Media Literacy
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iUniverse Framing The Struggle Essays on the Middle East and the US media
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iUniverse Complete Electronic Media Guide
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iUniverse The Two Finger Diet How the Media Has Duped Women into Hating Themselves
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Friended at the Front Social Media in the American War Zone
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Fighting the Forces
Book Synopsis"Fighting the Forces" explores the struggle to create meaning in an impressive example of popular culture, the television series phenomenon "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". These essays analyze the social and culture issues implicit in the series and place it in its literary context.Trade ReviewAll 'Buffy' books are not created equal. Anyone interested in delving into the issues raised by the show (including what constitutes feminism, how we can define 'the other,' and whether the world can be reduced with Manichaean simplicity to the battle between good and evil) should invest in Fighting the Forces. * The New York Observer *In giving 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' the academic attention it so deserves, Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer acknowledges the richness and complexity of the program. Be advised, however, that it is not simply a rah-rah, Buffy is great lovefest. Rather, it is a thought-provoking deconstruction of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' as text that is sure to be of interest to both scholars and fans alike. Taken together, the essays in this book provide insight into what is at once a complicated yet underrated program. Like the program itself, Fighting the Forces gives the reader, if you'll pardon my pun, a lot to sink her/his teeth into! -- Sharon R. Mazzarella, Ph.D., Ithaca College, co-editor of Growing Up Girls: Popular Culture and the Construction of IdentityFighting the Forces is a solid collection and shows how much substance there is to a show that to the casual observer might seem campy and shallow. * Rain Taxi Review Of Books *A collection of scholarly essays treats the show with the serious attention fans have long known it was worthy of. Although the essays take an academic approach, the arcane jargon is nearly absent, yet each essay offers a serious, entertaining perspective on the social, literary, and artistic aspects of Buffy. * The Austin Chronicle Screens *Race, gender, religion, history, music, technology: who would've thought you could deliver an entire liberal arts curriculum by talking about nothing but Buffy? Rhonda Wilcox and David Lavery, important voices in contemporary television studies, have gathered a compelling set of essays that make up one of the best books available about a single TV series. The scholarship is sophisticated, but the prose is readable and amusing. The volume avoids both the slobbering panegyrics of fan books and the incomprehensible jargon of so many academic books. Including the introduction and afterword there are 22 chapters: read one a week and it'll last the whole TV season. -- Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of Media and Popular Culture, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television, Syracuse UniversityFascinating reading which provides a deeper understanding of the richly detailed Buffy the Vampire Slayer. -- Laurie Thayer * Rambles.NET *The twenty essays collected in Fighting the Forces, and others available on its companion website www.slayage.tv, demonstrate a higher level of critical rigor and quality of writing. * Science Fiction Research Association Review *Will appeal to the more intellectual of the show's core teenage constituency, helping empower them with respect to the often crypto-vampiric institution of academia. * Science Fiction Studies *[The book] contains 20 essays organized into three overlapping sections, all of which deal quite seriously and affectionately with aspects of this silly-sounding but quite seriously-written program. * The Whitehorse Star *Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword: The Color of the Dark in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Forces of Society and Culture: Gender, Generations, Violence, Class, Race, and Religion Chapter 4 "Who Died and Made Her the Boss?" Patterns of Mortality in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chapter 5 "My Emotions Give Me Power": The Containment of Girl's Anger in Buffy Chapter 6 "I'm Buffy and You're . . . History": The Postmodern Politics of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chapter 7 Surpassing the Love of Vampires; or Why (and How) a Queer Reading of Buffy/Willow is Denied Chapter 8 Choosing Your Own Mother: Mother-Daughter Conflicts in Buffy Chapter 9 Staking in Tongues: Speech Act as Weapon in Buffy Chapter 10 Slaying in Black and White: Kendra as Tragic Mulatto in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chapter 11 The Undemonization of Supporting Characters in Buffy Chapter 12 "Sometimes You Need a Story": American Christianity, Vampires, and Buffy Chapter 13 Darkness Falls on the Endless Summer: Buffy as Gidget for the Fin de Siècle Part 14 Forces of Art and Imagination (Past): Vampires, Magic, and Monsters Chapter 15 Of Creatures and Creators: Buffy Does Frankenstein Chapter 16 Sex and the Single Vampire: The Evolution of the Vampire Lothario and Its Representation in Buffy Chapter 17 "Digging the Undead": Death and Desire in Buffy Chapter 18 Spirit Guides and Shadow Selves: From the Dream Life of Buffy (and Faith) Chapter 19 Hubble-Bubble, Herbs and Grimoires: Magic, Manichaeanism, and Witchcraft in Buffy Chapter 20 Whose Side Are You On, Anyway? Children, Adults, and the Use of Fairy Tales in Buffy Part 21 Part III. Forces of Art and Imagination (Present): Fan Relationships, Metaphoric and Real Chapter 22 Crossing the Final Taboo: Family, Sexuality, and Incest in Buffyverse Fan Fiction Chapter 23 "My Boyfriend's in the Band": Buffy and the Rhetoric of Music Chapter 24 Buffy's Mary Sue is Jonathan: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Acknowledges the Fans 25 www.buffy.com: Cliques, Boundaries, and Hierarchies in an Internet Community Part 26 Afterword: The Genius of Joss Whedon Part 27 Episode Guide for Seasons 1 to 5 Part 28 Bibliography Part 29 Index
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Pluto Press Dont Mention the War
Book SynopsisA disturbing picture of the success of media managers in manipulating perceptions of the Northern Ireland conflictTrade Review'This is surely - and likely to remain for some time - the definitive study of 'public relations and the Northern conflict ... superb' -- Books Ireland'A solid, honest, assiduous book ... Well worth reading' -- Eamonn McCann, TribuneTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Appendices Introduction 1. Policing the Media: Intimidation, Secrecy and Censorship 2. The Development of Propaganda Strategies 3. Public Relations as a Propaganda Tactic 4. From 'Terrorists' to 'Freedom Fighters' International Coverage of Northern Ireland 5. Misinformation and Public Belief: The Case of Gibraltar 6. Conclusion: Winning the Information Battle Appendices References
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Polity Press Reading Womens Magazines An Analysis of Everyday Media Use
Book SynopsisPresents a study of how people use media products, how they fit into their day-to-day lives and more. This book focuses on women's magazines, on how they are read and the role they play in their readers (mainly women's) lives.Trade Review'Reading Women's Magazines is an eminently readable, innovative and daring book, taking the study of media consumption one step further in the direction of an anthropology of everyday life, where it belongs.' Ien Ang, Murdoch University, Australia 'The audience orientation of the book is likely to make it of particular interest to students studying the sociology of the media.' Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Everyday Media Use. 2. Easily Put Down:. How Women and Men read Women's Magazines. 3. Portrait of Two Readers. 4. Reading a Feminist Magazine:. Fantasising the Female Homo Universalis. . 5. Reading Gossip Magazines:. The Imagined Communities of "Gossip" and "Camp". Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Popular Music in Theory
Book Synopsisaeo This is a clear and straightforward introduction to the main issues raised by the study of popular music, written by a leading authority in the field. aeo It is wide--ranging and covers the main studies and theoretical contributions to the field, including studies of the industry, and of the reception and use of popular music in everyday life.Trade Review"An excellent critical introduction to major theoretical issues and debates in the study of contemporary popular music, drawing on illustrative case studies that will be familiar to a wide readership. Clearly written and well argued, the book will be essential reading for students, researchers and teachers." Sara Cohen, University of Liverpool "A bumper primer for the field as a whole ... instructive and enlightening." Q Magazine "The book functions both as an introduction to theories in the field, and as an outline of a coherent theoretical model of its own." European Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Audiences. 2. Industry. 3. Mediations. 4. Identities. 5. Histories. 6. Geographies. 7. Politics. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd After the Death of Childhood Growing Up in the
Book Synopsisaeo Very accessible, broad--ranging overview of the debate about children and the media. aeo In particular, explores ways in which the nature of childhood is chaning in the age of electronic media. aeo This is a scholarly book based on up--to--date research and, at the same time, it is directly related to policy issues.Trade Review'This is a mightily impressive book. David Buckingham surveys a great swathe of claims about children and their relations with the media, and confronts them with the solid array of real research. He then boldly addresses a series of living issues: from censorship for children to children's citizenship. You don't have to agree with every argument he makes or position he arrives at to recognise that this is a work of exceptional range and rich intelligence.' Martin Barker, University of Sussex 'After the Death of Childhood is an excellent summary and critique of the hype surrounding childhood and the media at the dawn of the 21st century. It debates issues with great flair and utmost clarity and draws conclusions that are of vital importance not only to educators and to those in the media, who should take Buckingham's message very seriously, but to all interested and informed adults.' Valerie Walkerdine, Foundation Professor of Critical Psychology at University of Western Sydney, Australia 'An overview of changes both in childhood and the media environment, based on extensive research ... He raises some important issues and dispels some fears.' CY Magazine 'Buckingham addresses the relationship between children and the media by focusing on both the changing patterns of media and the changing nature of childhood.' Reference and Research Book News 'This is an important and engaging book that will prove informative and challenging to literacy and English educators. It places the work on children and the media in historical context and suggests a way forward for research and policy developments.' Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 'a valuable addition to the ongoing debates over children and modern-day society' British Educational Research JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Introduction 1 In Search of the Child 3 Part I 2 The Death of Childhood 21 3 The Electronic Generation 41 Part II 4 Changing Childhoods 61 5 Changing Media 80 6 Changing Paradigms 103 Part III 7 Children Viewing Violence 123 8 Children as Consumers 145 9 Children as Citizens 168 Conclusion 10 Children’s Media Rights 191 Notes 208 References 223 Index 241
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Myth of Media Globalization
Book SynopsisThis important book considers anew the globalization phenomenon in the media sphere. Rather than heralding globalization or warning of its dangers, as in many other books, Kai Hafez analyzes the degree to which media globalization is really taking place.Trade Review“This book carefully picks asunder some of the key assumptions embedded in the accepted debate about globalization. The radical contribution of this fine book is its meticulous examination of evidence used in the mainstream globalization debate. Hafez insists, convincingly, that this myth is riddled with perceptual errors, ideological projections and political interests. This book is a well-argued, much-needed intervention that pleads for better scholarship to illuminate the ‘necessary myth’ of globalization.” Prof. Farrell Corcoran, Dublin City University in: Global Media and Communication “The book offers a good combination of theoretical and empirical response to the mainstream debate about globalization challenges the easy assumption that the advance of globalization is inevitably taking over the world with enormous influence on different societies in terms of national politics, cultures and economy. What Hafez manages to achieve in this book is to affirm that there are no truly transnational media, and that the ultimate power in media regulation remains in national hands. We are yet to see the emergence of a global public sphere. Along with this interesting and useful argument that is not so ‘conventional’, this book offers a thorough review of the mainstream debate over globalization and its influence over the world, which I feel will be very useful. A major virtue of this book is that it does not only look into the cultural dimension of globalization, but also into the economic implications and impacts upon national politics, media policies and news and information.” Dr. Lian Zhu, Bournemouth University in: European Journal of Communication “Hafez definitely succeeds at what he sets out to do: to critically summarize and assess the available empirical evidence of the various dimensions of media globalization using a system theory framework. The emphasis on actual empirical evidence for key statements in globalization scholarship is refreshing, and this book is an important contribution to the ongoing debate about media globalization. Recommended.” Dr. Henrik Örnebring, University of Oxford in: Hot Topics in Journalism and Mass Communication “Given the scope and clarity, I would not hesitate to assign the book in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses. Hafez delivers an airtight argument to respond to declarations about the new role of the ‘global media’ in a post-everything era.” Prof. Silvio Waisbord, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. in: British Journal of Sociology “To his immense credit, Hafez has attempted to provide not only a balanced survey of most of the existing literature on the topic, but also a carefully structured narrative that touches on most of the relevant aspects of the subject. Hafez declares at the outset his intention to recuperate the concept of globalization through theoretical refinement and empirical evidence. He is right in his estimation that such a reworking of what constitutes 'global' developments is a prerequisite to the evaluation of the debates on global media. Hafez's is a timely, careful, and important intervention, presented in a style that invites a readership that will include both students and researchers.” Ramaswami Harindranath, University of Melbourne in: Fifth-Estate-Online - International Journal of Radical Mass Media Criticism „Ein atemloses Buch, das anhand zahlreicher Beispiele zeigt, wie Regionalismus und Lokalität gestärkt werden. Zugleich entlarvt es damit den Mythos von einer globalen Vereinheitlichung der Kultur und der Lebensweisen. Eine anregende Lektüre.” Lothar Mikos in: tv diskurs, Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Medien “Drawing on a tradition of revisionist scholarship, this argument represents a welcome balance to the widespread globalization-as-given narrative that has frequently dominated both academic and popular discussions of the issue. Also valuable is Hafez’s focus on a wide range of issues compared to more narrowly focused accounts of media globalization.” Kalyani Chadha, University of Maryland in: The Information Society “The Myth of Media Globalization undoubtedly offers an important contribution to the fields of mass and media communications, and will prove useful to those dedicated to studying the political implications of media globalization. Its deft maneuvering between research materials and media platforms opens itself up to broad range of applications. And it provides a crucial reminder that our critical evaluations, whether they focus on film, television, new media, cultural representation and/or political economy, could always stand to be more nuanced by the historical and material realities of the global audiovisual landscape.” Patty Jeehyun Ahn, University of Southern California in: European Journal of Cultural Studies “Hafez raises many important questions in a sober and critical way, without ever preaching. He shows a critical detachment that is further enhanced by the fact that he, unlike many of his colleagues, always keeps a focus on the way the individual interacts with the media. No matter what topic he discusses – the digital divide, xenophobia, or the new world order in the information age – Hafez never losses sight of the individuals who are hit by the wave of globalization and always insists on their (partial) immunity to the insinuations of global communication.” Dr. Stephan Weichert, Institute for Media Policy, Berlin in: Political Communication (also: Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft) “Hafez’ book is an excellent introduction to the core issues at stake in media globalization and brings together an excellent array of case studies and alternative points of view to make a highly useful contribution to the ongoing discussion of globalization.” Prof. Kaalev Leetaru University of Illinois, USA “Hafez' book is well written. The point is made convincingly that so far no global public sphere has been established. Therefore it seems too early to talk about a paradigmatic change of the global communication system. Nevertheless, Hafez argues, the myth of globalizatin has been helpful for a better understanding of global processes.” Prof. Dr. Hans Kleinsteuber University of Hamburg, Germany “Globalization is understood to change space and time, economy, national societies and culture. Kai Hafez shows that one cannot speak in general about such a globalization of media. To a large extent, media are targeted and used by local and regional groups, and they mainly refer to local and regional processes. The author introduces a lot of new ideas in the discussion. In its critics of hasty concepts and conclusions, the book will be of high importance for the ongoing discussion on globalization and on the role of civil society.” Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krotz University of Erfurt, Germany “The publication of Kai Hafez’s ‘The Myth of Media Globalization’ represents a valuable addition to the growing body of literature that challenges the easy assumptions of globalization theory. In a series of well-researched chapters, Hafez demonstrates that many of the commonplace assertions about the media and globalization, for example the emergence of a global public sphere, are lacking in any empirical support. As he puts it ‘the fundamental character of ego-centric national media systems remains untouched’. So, too, he demonstrates that the decisive levers of power in media regulation remain in national hands. This book will certainly become a ‘must read’ for any student working in the field.” Prof. Colin Sparks University of Westminster, LondonTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Introduction 1 1 Theory – Structural Transformation of the Global Public Sphere? 7 2 International Reporting – ‘No Further than Columbus . . .’ 24 3 Satellite Television – the Renaissance of World Regions 56 4 Film and Programme Imports – Entertainment Culture as the Core of Media Globalization 82 5 The Internet – the Information Revolution Which Came Too Late for the ‘Third Wave of Democratization’ 100 6 International Broadcasting – from National Propaganda to Global Dialogue and Back Again 118 7 Media and Immigration – Ethnicity and Transculturalism in the Media Age 128 8 Media Policy – why the State Continues to Play a Role 142 9 Media Capital – the Limits of Transnationalization 158 Conclusion: Globalization – a Necessary Myth 167 Notes 175 Bibliography 197 Internet Sources 214 Index 217
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Polity Press Objectivity in Journalism
Book SynopsisObjectivity in journalism is a key topic for debate in media, communication and journalism studies, and has been the subject of intensive historical and sociological research. In the first study of its kind, Steven Maras surveys the different viewpoints and perspectives on objectivity.Trade Review"It provides so much that is compelling and thought provoking that it deserves a place in every journalism program in the English speaking world.”Canadian Journal of Communication"This masterful synthesis of the literature will serve as an invaluable resource for students and researchers alike for years to come."Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism"A comprehensive, academic, and focused examination of journalistic objectivity."Journalism and Mass Communication"In what amounts to a comprehensive review of the academic literature, from classic studies by Walter Lipmann to more contemporary critics such as as Jay Rosen, Maras shows that journalistic objectivity is a much more slippery and fluid concept than the one defined by Walter Kronkite as 'the reporting of reality, of facts, as nearly as they can be obtained without the injection of prejudices and personal opinion'."The Failed Estate"An invaluable guide to the debates about objectivity. At a time when superficial attacks on objectivity proliferate, Maras forces us to think more deeply about the issue, as journalism undergoes a revolution in its ethics. This is a solid, accessible book for anyone who cares about responsible journalism."Stephen Ward, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Continuing debate about the meaning and significance of journalistic objectivity will, as a result of this book, be much more informed and nuanced. Steven Maras does an excellent job in providing us with both an account of the idea of journalistic objectivity and an interpretation of its various meanings, shortcomings and continuing significance. A very thoughtful book on all counts."Jacqueline Harrison, Sheffield University"The technological and business revolutions that have transformed journalism have brought new attention to whether 'objectivity' is possible or even desirable. Steven Maras offers many valuable insights into the origins of this tangled concept, and the best ways for journalists, and the public that relies on them, to think about 'objectivity' now."James Fallows, The Atlantic, author of Breaking the News"This book makes a significant contribution to the field of journalism studies because it offers new ways of thinking about important matters that revolve around objectivity and are deeply connected with journalism.The beauty of this book is its thoughtful exploration of how and why it takes such a complex form and the value of considering objectivity in all its guises."Lisa Waller, Deakin UniversityTable of ContentsDetailed contents vi Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 1 Why and when did journalistic objectivity arise? 22 2 What are the main objections to journalistic objectivity? 58 3 Why is there so much dispute over 'the facts'? 82 4 What are the grounds on which journalistic objectivity has been defended? 104 5 Is objectivity a passive or active process? 122 6 Can objectivity coexist with political or ethical commitment? 140 7 Is objectivity changing in an era of 24/7 news and on-line journalism? 173 8 Is objectivity a universal journalistic norm? 201 References 230 Index 254
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