Media studies Books
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Uncovering Fashion: Fashion Communications Across the Media
Book SynopsisThe dynamics of fashion depends on visuals: when we see something we like, we respond to its color, line, form, and eye-appeal. In that sense, fashion communicates itself-without words, without added graphics. But the world of fashion demands much more than the mere presence of garments and accessories and footwear. It involves a wide range of communications, including words-printed, spoken, and electronically transmitted. Those words may serve alone, or they may be paired with images and designs that enhance and illustrate their meaning. This text takes a systematic approach to uncovering fashion to reveal the industry's underlying network of communications. The term "fashion communications" refers not only to monthly fashion magazines, but also to every facet of information relating to fashion-from the names of colors at the dye factory, to the latest runway reviews posted on fashion Web sites. Focusing on four key areas-manufacturing; business; sales and advertising; and representation in the media-Wolbers uses a who-what-wherewhen- why approach. As Professor Horacek so eloquently states in her Foreword, "this book is truly a must for fashion programs anywhere or for anyone who seeks to develop and hone their communication skills." Features -- Specific assignments and exercises designed for both inside and outside the classroom to help students master the unique language of fashion -- Profiles of various forms of fashion communications related to the content of each chapter -- Tips and guidelines for efficient research and information presentations -- Personal Profiles in each chapter support material in text -- Additional assignments and projects, along with samples of grading rubrics to assist instructors -- Instructor's Guide contains tips on how to use the text in a variety of different courses, including fashion journalism, business communication, or other fashion courses -- PowerPoint presentation availableTable of ContentsContents: Fashion Communications-A Layered Look Fashion Information from the Inside Out Understanding Raw Materials Laboring for Fashion: Influences from the Industry The Business End Details, Details Becoming Fashion Out There for All to See Representation in the Popular Media The Big C: Creativity Evolution of the Fashion Magazine Dynamic Wording-The Art of Describing Fashion Visuals That Speak "With This Page (Ad, Script, or Whatever!), I Thee Wed"
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Avalon Publishing Group Death and Life of American Journalism The Media
Book SynopsisThe "Paul Revere and Tom Paine" (according to Bill Moyers) of media reform propose a bold and controversial response to the current crisis of journalism
£21.95
Brill Media and Conflict: Framing Issues, Making Policy, Shaping Opinions
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to focus on media and conflict - primarily international conflict - from multidisciplinary, cross-national and cross-cultural perspectives. Twenty-two contributors from around the globe present original and thought provoking research on media and conflict in the United States, Central America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, and Asia. Media and Conflict includes works both on the traditional print and electronic media and on new media including the Internet. It explores the role media play in different phases of conflict determined by goal and structure including conflict management, conflict resolution, and conflict transformation. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.Trade ReviewREVIEWS An important and diverse collection.... This book brings the study of media and conflict to a new level of sophistication. -- Robert M. Entman, Professor and Head, Department of Communication, North Carolina State University. A wonderful, multi-discipline attempt to understand the complicated intersection of communications and political strife. -- Susan Herbst, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsAbout the Authors; World Perspectives on Media and Conflict, Eytan Gilboa; Part I: Framing; Chapter 1: Media and the New Post-Cold War Movements, Andrew Rojecki; Chapter 2: The Battle in Seattle: How Nongovernmental Organizations Used Websites in Their Challenge to the WTO, Melissa A. Wall; Chapter 3: Spiral of Violence? Conflict and Conflict Resolution in International News, Christopher Beaudoin and Esther Thorson; Chapter 4: Relational Ripeness in the Oslo I and Oslo II Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, William A. Donohue and Gregory D. Hoobler; Chapter 5: Framing International Conflicts in Asia: A Comparative Analysis of News Coverage of Tokdo, Young Chul Yoon and Gwangho E.; Chapter 6: Framing Environmental Conflicts: The Edwards Aquifer Dispute, Linda L. Putnam; Part II: Media and Policy; Chapter 7: Sources, the Media and the Reporting of Conflict ,Howard Tumber; Chapter 8: An Exploratory Model of Media-Government Relations in International Crises: U.S. Involvement in Bosnia 1992–1995, Yaeli Bloch and Sam Lehman-Wilzig; Chapter 9: Global Television and Conflict Resolution: Defining the Limits of the CNN Effect, Piers Robinson; Chapter 10: Media Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Eytan Gilboa; Chapter 11: The Russian Media Role in the Conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya: A Case Study of Media Coverage by Izvestia Olga V. Malinkina and Douglas M. McLeod; Chapter 12: Effects of Ambiguous Policies on Media Coverage of Foreign Conflicts: The Cases of Eritrea and Southern Sudan, Meseret Chekol Reta; Part III: Media and the Public; Chapter 13: The South African Press: No Strangers to Conflict, Arnold S de Beer;Chapter 14: Cultural Conflict in the Middle East: The Media as Peacemakers, Dov Shinar; Chapter 15: The Media and Reconciliation in Central America, Sonia Gutiérrez-Villalobos; Chapter 16: The Crisis in Kosovo: Photographic News of the Conflict and Public Opinion, Kimberly L. Bissell; Chapter 17: Internet Public Relations: A Tool for Crisis Management, Shannon B. Campbell; Index.
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Regent College Publishing,US Christ and the Media
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Regent College Publishing,US Imagination and Interpretation: Christian Perspectives
£13.77
Gotham Books It's Not News It's Fark: How Mainstream Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News
Book SynopsisThe hilarious expose of media gone awry from the wildly popular Fark.com. Now in paperback.
£11.21
Baylor University Press Sacred Space: The Quest for Transcendence in Science Fiction Film and Television
Book SynopsisAs humans, it is our trust in something larger than ourselves that invests our lives with meaning and value. We hope that outside the boundaries of everyday living there lies something greater. As Doug Cowan argues, science fiction is the genre of possibility and hope, a principal canvas on which writers, artists, and filmmakers have sketched their visions of this transcendent potential for generations. In Sacred Space, he leads readers in a compelling exploration of how this transcendence is manifested in science-fiction cinema and television of today. From the millennial dreams of a future bright with potential to the promise of evolution from some as-yet-undreamed engine of creation, science fiction's visions of transcendence animate the pages of Sacred Space. Drawing on the most popular examples - Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, and Stargate SG-1 - as well as the lesser known but no less important, Cowan reveals the multivalent religious ideas present in this media. Why do these themes that consistently appear in science fiction matter? What do they reveal about the often ambivalent relationship between outer space and our spirits? Cowan insightfully shows how these films and shows express and reinforce culturally constructed conceptions of transcendent hope, and along the way provides a provocative reflection on what this ultimately says about our culture's worldviews, hopes, and fears.Trade ReviewAn intriguing and entertaining look into some of the questions that science fiction raises, especially what it means to be human, and sometimes more than human....[E]ven casual Trekkies and sci-fi buffs will be engaged by Cowan's interpretations and possibilities. -- Publishers WeeklyHighly recommended. Here we learn that science fiction is more than bug-eyed aliens and saucers--and that it often reveals our quest for the sacred. -- John W. Morehead, editor -- www.theofantastique.comSacred Space is a valuable exploration of the place of God through a particular genre. It is an original contribution to an underexplored subject, and it establishes an important reference for future research on this element of life. -- David H. Pereyra -- Religion and the Arts...Cowan has written a penetrating and thought-provoking book that both scholars or religion and science fiction fans will find engaging. -- Journal for the Scientific Study of ReligionTable of Contents Preface Part I. Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence 1. The Brightness against the Black 2. Pinocchio's Galaxy Science Fiction and the Question of Transcendence 3. First Contact Human Exceptionalism in the Calculus of Hope 4. ""Intellects Vast and Cool and Unsympathetic"" The War of the Worlds and the Transcendence of Modernity Part II: Science Fiction and the Modes of Transcendence 5. Heeding the Prophet's Call Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. The von D?ñniken Paradox Stargate SG-1 7. All Alone in the Night Babylon 5 8. So Say We All Battlestar Galactica 9. The Truth is Out There Transcendence and the Neverending Quest Filmography Bibliography Index
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W. Frederick Zimmerman Knowledge Access
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc When the Machine Made Art: The Troubled History of Computer Art
Book SynopsisConsidering how culturally indispensable digital technology is today, it is ironic that computer-generated art was attacked when it burst onto the scene in the early 1960s. In fact, no other twentieth-century art form has elicited such a negative and hostile response. When the Machine Made Art examines the cultural and critical response to computer art, or what we refer to today as digital art. Tracing the heated debates between art and science, the societal anxiety over nascent computer technology, and the myths and philosophies surrounding digital computation, Taylor is able to identify the destabilizing forces that shape and eventually fragment the computer art movement.Trade ReviewTaylor's 'troubled history of computer art' is subtle, complex, multi-layered and often paradoxical, so any attempt to summarize or synthesize its content fails to convey the scope and depth of what is covered ... I intend to champion Taylor’s book whenever the lament arises about why the art world takes no notice of mathematical art ... I will urge everyone I know who has an interest in using the computer in any significant way in his or her art practice to read Taylor’s book for the cautionary lessons it has to offer. -- Gary Greenfield, University of Richmond, USA * Journal of Mathematics and the Arts *Taylor recovers and reassembles the fractured history of "computer art" from 1963, when the term came into use, until 1989, when "digital art" and "new media" became the preferred terms […] Taylor’s approach is integrative. He reconstructs the history of computer art not by isolating it from its scientific and mathematical nature but by combining that context with the "art and technology" and conceptual art movements of the 1960s. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty. -- E. K. Mix, Butler University * CHOICE *How astonishing that the pioneers of computer, digital, algorithmic, programming, and mash-up art are largely unknown at the very moment when the computer, or more specifically its handheld, lap bound, or otherwise omnipresent progeny are transforming virtually every aspect of existence! I read this, fascinated by the continued relevance of the artists (and their disputes) and delighted to know that finally, with this publication, there exists a portrait of an evolving movement that has worked assiduously at the boundaries of the art world for fifty years. -- Hannah B Higgins, Professor of Art History, University of Illinois Chicago, USABy questioning the reasons for which art critics, artists and curators rejected computer-generated artefacts during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Grant Taylor makes a significant contribution to the historiography of 20th century culture. -- Margit Rosen, Researcher and Curator, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, GermanyAlthough computer-generated art was largely ignored by the art establishment in the 1960s and 70s, it's now viewed in a very different light. Grant Taylor's book provides an excellent - and much needed -overview of the beginnings of digital art and design. -- Douglas Dodds, Senior Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Unorthodox Chapter 1: Future Crashes Chapter 2: Coded Aesthetics Chapter 3: Virtual Renaissance Chapter 4: Frontier Exploration Chapter 5: Critical Impact Epilogue: Aftermath Bibliography Index
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Clanrye International Films and Media: A Global Outlook
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Clanrye International Media and Communication: Techniques and Technologies
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Clanrye International Dynamics of Mass Media and Communication
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Clanrye International Media and Mass Communication in a Digital Age
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Pitchstone Publishing The Curious Person's Guide to Fighting Fake News
Book SynopsisWith each passing day the potential reach of a single false news story—and its ability to negatively impact all of us—grows in both size and scope. Although politicians, activists, and ordinary citizens regularly complain about deceptive or biased news reports, they tend to define fake news as anything with which they happen to disagree, thus compounding the problem even further. Seeking to bring some much-needed clarity to the subject, journalist David G. McAfee documents the myriad definitions of “fake news” and its various incarnations throughout history, from ideologically motivated disinformation operations to commercially motivated misinformation campaigns. Demonstrating that we are all culpable in the creation of the current pandemic, he presents a number of practical and actionable suggestions for combating it. In the end, however, he argues that each of us, no matter our political bent, have an important role to play in curbing the insidious spread and most dangerous effects of fake news.
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Larsen and Keller Education Electronic Media and Broadcasting
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Echo Point Books & Media The Election Game and How to Win It
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Murphy & Moore Publishing Global Internet Governance: Principles and
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Archway Publishing Letters to the Editors...
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Author Solutions Inc Letters to the Editors...
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Bloomsbury Academic The Fictional Female Presidency in Film Television and Literature
Book SynopsisKathleen W. Taylor Kollman is Visiting Assistant Professor in Media and Communication, Women's Studies, and American Studies at Miami University in Ohio, USA.
£102.68
Lexington Books Remembering the Future through Cinematic Symbols
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Lexington Books The Many Faces of the Contemporary Russian
Book SynopsisThe Many Faces of the Contemporary Russian Propaganda in the Balkans: Sputnik Srbija analyzes information published by the news website Sputnik Srbija during the first year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This book provides an overview of the contemporary Serbian media sphere and the dire conditions that Serbian journalists face to explore how Russian propaganda has flourished in the region. This volume establishes a framework to understand the ideological core of Russian propaganda that, above all, aims to reconstruct societal reality through anti-Western rhetoric. This framework helps to explore the relationship between Russian propaganda and Serbian nationalism, expanding on the significance of their mutual ties and confronting the implications of their close-knit connections.
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Lexington Books Devaluing Public Apologies in the Age of Social
Book SynopsisIn Devaluing Public Apologies in the Age of Social Media, Joshua M. Bentley argues that apologies are losing their meaning in American society as organizations and public figures treat them as strategical tools without considering their ethical implications. As the demand for apologies in the age of social media continues to increase exponentially, Bentley posits, the apologies that are given carry less and less weight to the public. This book examines how controversial figures like Donald Trump and Joe Rogan, as well as brands like Google and Bud Light, have addressed public controversies both effectively and ineffectively, illustrating how social media, polarization, and cancel culture are changing the way apologies are given and received. If apologies are to serve their historical role of resolving conflict peacefully, Bentley argues, they must be placed back into their proper ethical context. This book offers insight on how individuals and organizations can ensure their apologies reflect their authentic values. Scholars of communication, ethics, media studies, political science, and public relations will find it especially useful.
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Lexington Books Decoding Ad Culture
Book SynopsisDecoding Ad Culture: Television Commercials and Broadcast Regulations in Bangladesh critically examines the pervasive influence of Western multinational companies in South Asia, with a focus on Bangladesh. Harisur Rahman argues that these corporations exploit cultural differences to execute deceptive advertising in developing countries, a practice curtailed in more regulated developed nations. This book reveals a symbiotic relationship between local and multinational companies, media production houses, and television channels, which, Rahman posits, facilitates this exploitation. Adopting a qualitative methodology, this study delves into social backgrounds, cultural capital, and consumption habits in Bangladesh and utilizes multimodal critical discourse analysis and rhetorical analysis to evaluate television commercials (TVCs). These analyses reveal the propagation of racism, sexism, classism, and patriarchal values through this form, along with a disregard for ethical standards and social responsibilities. Highlighting the disillusionment among Bangladeshi audiences towards advertisers'' unmet promises, Rahman contrasts TVC regulations in developing and developed countries. The book concludes with policy recommendations to foster ethical advertising practices against mindless propaganda in Bangladesh, underscoring the need for equity, equality, and inclusivity in advertising standards.
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Lexington Books Mediating Plureality
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Lexington Books On Critical Postmedia and Korea
Book SynopsisOn Critical Postmedia and Korea: Philosophy, Technology, Literature was curated for the simple reason that a shift has taken place in orientation towards the future. Not long ago, the West looked to Japan as charting a path to a new form of society, with a unique dynamic of media, economics, technology, culture, and politics. Yet, across the Sea of Japan, a phase change has occurred since the bursting of the economic bubble on the Japanese archipelago. Now, we look to South Korea for a new vision of the future and a fresh perspective on media and technology. A new era beckonsa Korean era! With much attention given to the reclusive, paranoid, nuclear-armed neighbor in the north, South Korea, with its vast smart cities and urban technopoles, has emerged as a smart country, boasting an exotic, exciting, explosive, vibrant, and dynamic culture. Therefore, it''s imperative to understand this gleaming model of hyper-accelerant advanced industrial capitalism and its soft and hard power effects. This collection thus embraces South Korea''s transformation, positioning it as a key architect of future societies.
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Lexington Books Video Games and Gender Assemblages
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Lexington Books Misinformation Studies and Higher Education in
Book SynopsisIn Misinformation Studies and Higher Education in the Postdigital Era: Beyond Fake News, Paul Cook argues that the epistemological complexity of the postdigital age demands a new, metadisciplinary approach to information and media misinformation studies. Cook posits that institutions of higher education can work toward regaining the public's trust and reinvigorating general education programs by developing a metadiscipline that directly addresses the problem of misinformation in all its various and dangerous forms. This book outlines how such a curricular pivot may be accomplished in an age saturated with generative AI, algorithmic manipulation, ubiquitous networked computing, and information overload, coupled with the myriad challenges higher education faces from seemingly all sides. Ultimately, this book makes a compelling case that universities and colleges can instead harness the fragmentation caused by this perfect storm' currently facing higher education so they can not only weather the crisis, but also emerger stronger because of it.
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Lexington Books Thailand Western Cinema and Imagery
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Bloomsbury Academic Mediating Gender in African Social Media
Book SynopsisShepherd Mpofu is professor of media and communication at the University of South Africa.Kealeboga Aiseng is senior lecturer in the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
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Lexington Books Culinary Cinema
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Bloomsbury Academic Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria
Book SynopsisAbdalla Uba Adamu is professor of media and cultural communication in the Department of Information and Media Studies at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
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Lexington Books Decoding Disneys Arab and Muslim Narratives
Book SynopsisIn this book, Ghanem Ayed Elhersh and Laeeq Khan critically examine the depiction of Arabs and Muslims in prominent Disney animated films through application of a rigorous, mixed-methods convergent parallel design. Blending framing analysis with quantitative textual analysis, Elhersh and Khan offer a comprehensive view of media portrayals and public perceptions and reveal how these films have frequently employed biased, negative, orientalist frames that associate Arabs and Muslims with violence, terrorism, and misogyny. Furthermore, they assess public reactions through advanced quantitative analysis of user reviews to uncover and analyze prevailing themes and sentiments in viewer feedback. By integrating interdisciplinary perspectives and meticulous methodology, this book provides an insightful exploration of the causative links between such portrayals and public attitudes, offering a vital resource for scholars, media professionals, and readers interested in the intersections of media, culture, and minority representation.
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Bloomsbury Academic Discourses of Singledom
Book SynopsisKate R. Gilchrist is Lecturer in Digital Media at University College London's Department of Culture, Communication and Media, UK.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Critical Explorations of Media and Inequality
Book SynopsisMajka Ryan is associate professor in work and employment at the University of Limerick.Martin J. Power is associate professor of sociology at the University of Limerick.Eoin Devereux is professor of sociology at the University of Limerick.
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Bloomsbury Academic Humor as Social Critique
Book SynopsisJennalee Donian is NIHSS-ISCIA post-doctoral fellow at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.Andrea Hurst is Professor of Philosophy and the NRF SARChI Chair (ISCIA) at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
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Bloomsbury Academic Threats Disinformation and Regulations in the European Digital Environment
Book SynopsisKaterina Turková is Researcher and Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Veronika Macková is Academic Researcher at the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Bloomsbury Academic Foundations in CyberEthnography
Book SynopsisErica Zimmerman is Professor of Japanese Language and Intercultural Communications in the Languages and Cultures Department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, USA. Clementine Fujimura is Cultural Anthropologist and Professor of Area Studies in the Languages and Cultures Department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, USA.
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Lexington Books American Film in the Crisis of Confidence
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Bloomsbury Academic The Cinema of Social Death
Book SynopsisTryon P. Woods is Professor of Crime & Justice Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences at UMass Dartmouth, USA. He teaches Black Studies and critical approaches to de-disciplining knowledge.
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Bloomsbury Academic Transmedia Storytelling in KPop
Book SynopsisNicholas E. Miller is an independent scholar and holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
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Lexington Books Diversifying the Space of Podcasting
Book SynopsisAs the podcast studies field continues to gain momentum both within academia and in practice, scholars have been mapping and exploring the podcasting landscape from a variety of perspectives. This edited volume highlights the diverse spaces that podcasts embody and create, amplifying the unique and understudied perspectives and voices of podcasting. Through a multitude of interdisciplinary approaches, contributors explore the various cultural, racial, and identity-based markers undergirding the richness of the platform and argue that by understanding diverse content and content creators, we enrich the field of podcast studies as a whole. Scholars of media, communication, cultural, podcast, and critical race studies ? among others ? will find this book to be particularly useful.
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IGI Global Handbook of Research on Gender Studies and Feminism in Literature and Media
Book SynopsisThe evolution of how gender and feminism have been portrayed within media and literature has changed dramatically over the years as society continues to understand the importance of representation within entertainment. To fully understand how the field has changed, further study on the current and past forms of media representation is required. The Handbook of Research on Gender Studies and Feminism in Literature and Media engages with literary texts, digital media, films, and art to consider the relevant issues and empowerment strategies of feminism and gender and discusses the latest theories and ideas. Covering topics such as gender performativity, homophobia, patriarchy, sexuality, LGBTQ community, digital studies, and empowerment strategies, this major reference work is ideal for government officials, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
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IGI Global Digital Space in the Wake of Shrinking Traditional Media
Book SynopsisThe rise of digital media has disrupted the traditional media landscape, leading to a range of challenges. Fake news and misinformation abound, privacy and data security concerns loom large, and power consolidation in the hands of a few corporations are among the most pressing issues. These problems call for a comprehensive understanding of the digital space's complexities, particularly for academic scholars and individuals navigating this new terrain. Digital Space in the Wake of Shrinking Traditional Media offers a compelling solution to the problems arising from the digital media revolution. Edited by Alfred Akwala, Denish Otieno, and Amos Marube, this book provides an extensive analysis of the media landscape's transformation. By examining key topics like journalism's evolution, the economics of digital media, social and cultural implications, ethical considerations, political discourse, and emerging business models, this book equips scholars with the knowledge needed to critically engage with digital media. This book is an essential resource for academic scholars and general readers interested in the evolution of media and communication. It encourages critical thinking, ethical engagement, and informed practices, enabling individuals to navigate the challenges and opportunities of digital media confidently. By comprehensively understanding the shifting dynamics of media and communication, Digital Space in the Wake of Shrinking Traditional Media empowers readers to shape a responsible, inclusive, and equitable digital environment.
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University Press of Florida Digital Humanities in Latin America
Book SynopsisAs digital media and technologies transform the study of the humanities around the world, this volume provides the first hemispheric view of the practice of digital humanities in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Americas. These essays examine how participation and research in new media have helped configure identities and collectivities in the region.Featuring case studies from throughout Latin America, including the United States Latinx community, contributors analyze documentary films, television series, and social media to show how digital technologies create hybrid virtual spaces and facilitate connections across borders. They investigate how Latinx bloggers and online activists navigate governmental restrictions in order to connect with the global online community. These essays also incorporate perspectives of race, gender, and class that challenge the assumption that technology is a democratizing force. Digital Humanities in Latin America illuminates the cultural, political, and social implications of the ways Latinx communities engage with new technologies. In doing so, it connects digital humanities research taking place in Latin America with that of the Anglophone world. A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos RodríguezTable of Contents Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 1. Tech Disruption as Knowledge Production: Cuba and the Digital Humanities—Cristina Venegas 2. The Media Machine: One Laptop per Child in Paraguay—Morgan Ames 3. Nation Branding: Neo Liberalism, Identity, and Social Media—Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste 4. (In) Visible Cuba(s): Digital Conflict, Virtual Diasporas, and Cyber Mambises—Anastasia Valecce 5. Digital Utopias, Latina/o Mediated Realities—Angharad N. Valdivia 6. The Politics of Participation: La Bloga, Latino/a Cultural Politics, and the Limits of Digital Participatory Culture—Jennifer Lozano 7. Afrolatin@ Digital Humanites or Rethinking Inclusion in the Digital Humanities—Eduard Arriaga 8. Modularity, Mimesis and the Informatic Ideal: On Intersectional Struggles for Digital Human(itie)s in Latin America—Anita Say Chan 9. Cuban Digital Pedagogies and the Question of the Interface in Yaima Pardo's Offline—Juan Carlos Rodríguez 10. Carnival, Hybridity, and Latin American Digital Humor: The Ecuadorian Case of Enchufe.tv—Paul Alonso 11. No Blogger, No Cry—Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo 12. Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD): Before 9/11 and After 9/11—Ricardo Domínguez 13. On DH in Argentina, an Interview with Gimena del Rio—Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 14. On DH in Brazil, an Interview with Ana Lígia Medeiros—Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 15. On DH in Mexico, an Interview with Isabel Galina Russell—Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez Coda Notes Works Cited Contributors Index
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University Press of Florida Univision, Telemundo, and the Rise of Spanish-Language Television in the United States
Book SynopsisIn the most comprehensive history of Spanish-language television in the United States to date, Craig Allen traces the development of two prominent yet little-studied powerhouses, Univision and Telemundo. Allen tells the inside story of how these networks fought enormous odds to rise as giants of mass communication within an English-dominated society.The book begins in San Antonio, Texas, in 1961 with the launch of the first Spanish-language station in the country. From it rose the Spanish International Network (SIN), which would later become Univision. Conceived by Mexican broadcasting mogul Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and created by unsung American television pioneers, Unvision grew to provide a vast amount of international programming, including popular telenovelas, and was the first U.S. network delivered by satellite. After Telemundo was founded in the 1980s by Saul Steinberg and Harry Silverman, the two networks battled over audiences and saw dramatic changes in leadership. Today, Univision and Telemundo are multibillion-dollar television providers that equal ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox in scale and stature. While Univision remains a beacon of U.S. television's internationalization, Telemundo—owned by NBC—is a worldwide leader in producing Spanish-language programs.Using archival sources and original interviews to reconstruct power struggles and behind-the-scenes intrigue, Allen uses this exciting narrative to question monolingual and Anglo-centered versions of U.S. television history. He demonstrates the endurance, innovation, and popularity of Spanish-language television, arguing that its story is essential to understanding the Latinx history of contemporary America.
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University Press of Florida The New Brazilian Mediascape: Television Production in the Digital Streaming Age
Book SynopsisIn this book, Eli Carter explores the ways in which the movement away from historically popular telenovelas toward new television and internet series is creating dramatic shifts in how Brazil imagines itself as a nation, especially within the context of an increasingly connected global mediascape. For more than half a century, South America's largest over-the-air network, TV Globo, produced long-form melodramatic serials that cultivated the notion of the urban, upper-middle-class white Brazilian. Carter looks at how the expansion of internet access, the popularity of web series, the rise of independent production companies, and new legislation not only challenged TV Globo's market domination but also began to change the face of Brazil's growing audiovisual landscape. Combining sociohistorical, economic, and legal contextualization with close readings of audiovisual productions, Carter argues that a fragmented media has opened the door to new voices and narratives that represent a more diverse Brazilian identity. A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez.
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Melville House Publishing The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a
Book SynopsisI hope everyone reads this book. It has become such a crucial thing for all of us to understand. —Erin Burnett, CNN An ideal tour guide for your journey into the depths of the rabbit hole that is QAnon. It even shows you a glimmer of light at the exit. —Cullen Hoback, director of HBO's Q: Into the Storm Its messaging can seem cryptic, even nonsensical, yet for tens of thousands of people, it explains everything: What is QAnon, where did it come from, and is the Capitol insurgency a sign of where it’s going next? On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military officials. He said it felt like “the calm before the storm”—then refused to elaborate as puzzled journalists asked him to explain. But on the infamous message boards of 4chan, a mysterious poster going by “Q Clearance Patriot,” who claimed to be in “military intelligence,” began the elaboration on their own. In the days that followed, Q’s wild yarn explaining Trump's remarks began to rival the sinister intricacies of a Tom Clancy novel, while satisfying the deepest desires of MAGA-America. But did any of what Q predicted come to pass? No. Did that stop people from clinging to every word they were reading, expanding its mythology, and promoting it wider and wider? No. Why not? Who were these rapt listeners? How do they reconcile their worldview with the America they see around them? Why do their numbers keep growing? Mike Rothschild, a journalist specializing in conspiracy theories, has been collecting their stories for years, and through interviews with QAnon converts, apostates, and victims, as well as psychologists, sociologists, and academics, he is uniquely equipped to explain the movement and its followers. In The Storm Is Upon Us, he takes readers from the background conspiracies and cults that fed the Q phenomenon, to its embrace by right-wing media and Donald Trump, through the rending of families as loved ones became addicted to Q’s increasingly violent rhetoric, to the storming of the Capitol, and on. And as the phenomenon shows no sign of calming despite Trump’s loss of the presidency—with everyone from Baby Boomers to Millennial moms proving susceptible to its messaging—and politicians starting to openly espouse its ideology, Rothschild makes a compelling case that mocking the seeming madness of QAnon will get us nowhere. Rather, his impassioned reportage makes clear it's time to figure out what QAnon really is — because QAnon and its relentlessly dark theory of everything isn’t done yet.
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