Media studies Books

Book SynopsisA study of media and minorities - both the representations of minorities by dominant society 'outsiders', and indigenous self-representation and media creation, in film, television, radio, print and new media.Trade ReviewMedia and Ethnic Minorities sets up a radical anthropological account of power and representation Media International Australia Much is packed into this slim text... The authors combine original and thought-provoking case-studies with key issues drawn from discourses on ethnicity and media theory and practice. -- Heather Norris Nicholson, Manchester Metropolitan University British Journal of Canadian Studies The most significant contribution of Alia and Bull's book is their sustained and critical discussion of what they call 'the Once Were Warriors syndrome' -- Marwan M. Kraldy, University of Pennsylvania Global Media and Communication Media and Ethnic Minorities sets up a radical anthropological account of power and representation Much is packed into this slim text... The authors combine original and thought-provoking case-studies with key issues drawn from discourses on ethnicity and media theory and practice. The most significant contribution of Alia and Bull's book is their sustained and critical discussion of what they call 'the Once Were Warriors syndrome'Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Race', Ethnicity, and Representation; 1. The Rise and Rise of 'Imputed Filth'; 2. Representations from the Outside; 3. The Once Were Warriors Syndrome; 4. Cultures of Silence; 5. Homeland, Diaspora, and the 'New Media Nation'; 6. Reciprocal Seeing; 7. Ethnic Roots, Diasporic Routes, and Resistance from Below.

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Book SynopsisOver the past few decades feminist media scholarship has flourished, to become a major influence on the fields of media, film and cultural studies. At the same time, the cultural shift towards ''post-feminism'' has raised questions about the continuing validity of feminism as a defining term for this work. This book explores the changing and often ambivalent relationship between the three terms women, feminism and media in the light of these recent debates. At the same time it places them within the broader discussions within feminist theory--about subjectivity, identity, culture, and narrative - of which they have formed a crucial part. The book is organised around four key topic areas. ''Fixing into Images'' offers a rethinking of one of the first preoccupations of feminist media analysis: the relationship between women and images. ''Narrating Femininity'' explores the narratives of femininity produced in media texts in the light of theories of narrative and identity. ''Real Women'' examines both the conTrade ReviewWomen, Feminism and Media is a brilliant interdisciplinary synthesis of decades of academic and activist debate. Not only does this book have a breath-taking theoretical and empirical scope but it also delivers complex ideas with an admirable clarity and situates them in the changing political and cultural contexts which are so crucial to understanding their development and significance. This is a first-class textbook and will become a must for students in media studies, women's studies and cultural studies alike. -- Jackie Stacey, Professor in Women's Studies and Cultural Studies, University of Lancaster Women, Feminism and Media is a brilliant interdisciplinary synthesis of decades of academic and activist debate. Not only does this book have a breath-taking theoretical and empirical scope but it also delivers complex ideas with an admirable clarity and situates them in the changing political and cultural contexts which are so crucial to understanding their development and significance. This is a first-class textbook and will become a must for students in media studies, women's studies and cultural studies alike.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Thinking Women, Media, Feminism; 2. Fixing into Images; 3. Narrating Femininity; 4. 'Real' Women; 5. Technologies of Difference; 6. Conclusion: Everyday Readings; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisA simple guide to the process of conducting research in the humanities, with special reference to media and culture.Table of ContentsSECTION ONE: DESIGN: 'PLANNING IT'; 1. Introduction; 2. What do you want to know? The research question; 3. Choosing a method; SECTION TWO: EXECUTION: 'DOING IT'; 4. Sampling; 5. The practicalities: 'the six Ps'; 6. Instrument design: the questionnaire; 7. Content analysis; 8. Piloting; 9. Special audiences: work with children; SECTION THREE: ANALYSIS: 'UNDERSTANDING IT; 10. Data analysis; 11. Presenting results; 12. Information for teachers; 13. Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES; APPENDICES.

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of the British state's generation, suppression and manipulation of news to further foreign policy goals during the early Cold War.Trade ReviewThis book makes a valuable, empirically rich contribution to studies of the media and the state in the United Kingdom. It illustrates the sheer effort put into manipulating editors, journalists, broadcasters, politicians, and academics by the British state after 1945... He demonstrates with skill and conviction just how important setting the agenda was to the British state in this period, and it is a point that has continued significance for understanding relations between the state and the media since 1945. -- Thomas P. O'Malley H-Net John Jenks's excellent monograph shows, with considerable nuance, the extension of the state's projection of British interests and values into peacetime! Jenks's great contribution is the painstaking documentation, in an eloquent and concise telling, of an important story. He makes accessible previously unexamined archival sources (in both Britain and the US) and sets these neatly alongside brief but effective samplings of British postwar media! an important study that will be of great interest to historians of British politics, the Cold War and 20th-century international relations, and to media scholars. -- Mark Hampton, Lingnan University European Journal of Communication Patriotism, imperialism, and structural trends in journalism inform Jenks's compelling application of Gramscian theory to the Cold War's early years. Conditioned to an 'almost reflexive deference to government-defined security concerns' by their second world war experience, patriotic British journalists accepted 'without a murmur' the continuance of the wartime D-Notice Committee and Official Secrets Act. -- Michael E. Chapman Journal of Contemporary History This book makes a valuable, empirically rich contribution to studies of the media and the state in the United Kingdom. It illustrates the sheer effort put into manipulating editors, journalists, broadcasters, politicians, and academics by the British state after 1945... He demonstrates with skill and conviction just how important setting the agenda was to the British state in this period, and it is a point that has continued significance for understanding relations between the state and the media since 1945. John Jenks's excellent monograph shows, with considerable nuance, the extension of the state's projection of British interests and values into peacetime! Jenks's great contribution is the painstaking documentation, in an eloquent and concise telling, of an important story. He makes accessible previously unexamined archival sources (in both Britain and the US) and sets these neatly alongside brief but effective samplings of British postwar media! an important study that will be of great interest to historians of British politics, the Cold War and 20th-century international relations, and to media scholars. Patriotism, imperialism, and structural trends in journalism inform Jenks's compelling application of Gramscian theory to the Cold War's early years. Conditioned to an 'almost reflexive deference to government-defined security concerns' by their second world war experience, patriotic British journalists accepted 'without a murmur' the continuance of the wartime D-Notice Committee and Official Secrets Act.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Propaganda, media and hegemony: the British heritage; 2. Media, Propaganda, Consensus and the Soviet Union, 1941-48; 3. Discipline and Consensus: The British News Media; 4. The IRD: Inside the Knowledge Factory; 5. IRD Distribution Patterns and Media Operations; 6. Friends and Allies; 7. Making Peace a Fighting Word; 8. From the Inside Out: Defectors and the Gulag; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. It brings together chapters that are concerned with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts.Trade ReviewThe strength of Film's Musical Moments is unltimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film. -- Guy Barefoot, University of Leicester Journal of British Cinema and Television The strength of Film's Musical Moments is unltimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film.Table of ContentsIntroduction; PART I: MUSIC, FILM, CULTURE; 1. Jazz, Ideology and the Animated Cartoon; 2. A Short History of the Big Band Musical; 3. Television, the Pop Industry and the Hollywood Musical; 4. The Operatic in New German Cinema; PART II: STARS, PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION; 5. Jack Buchanan and the British Musical Comedy of the 1930s; 6. Star Personae and Authenticity in the Country Music Biopic; 7. Stardom, Reception and the ABBA 'Musical'; PART III: THE POST-CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL; 8. Musical Performance and the Cult Film Experience; 9. The Soundtrack Movie, Nostalgia and Consumption; 10. Youth, Excess and the Musical Moment; 11. Music, Film and Post-Stonewall Gay Identity; PART IV: BEYOND HOLLYWOOD; 12. Early Danish Musical Comedies, 1931-1939; 13. Film Musicals in the GDR; 14. The Bollywood Musical.

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Book SynopsisCovers the history of the media in the UK and the USA including the concentration of ownership and the emergence of media technologies. This book considers the influence on the electorate and the conduct of democratic politics. It also explains the constitutional significance of the politics of the media.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Part 1: Party Political Communication; 1. Three Phases of Evolution; 2. The Modern Communication Strategy; 3. Direct Sales: Pre-modern Communication in the Post-modern Age; 4. Political Advertising; 5. News Management in the Age of 'Spin'; Part 2: Politics and the Media; 6. Media Bias; 7. Media Effects; 8. Media Policy (1): Ownership and Control; 9. Media Policy (2): Content; 10. Conclusion: the Politics of Communication; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together academics, writers and politicians to explore the range and nature of the media in Scotland. The book includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting and cinema, on the representation and construction of Scotland, the contemporary communications environment, and the languages used in the media. Other chapters consider television drama, soap opera, broadcast comedy, gender, the media and politics, race and ethnicity, gender, popular music, sport and new technology, the place of Gaelic, and current issues in screen fiction. Among the contributors are David Bruce, Myra Macdonald, Brian McNair, Hugh O''Donnell, Mike Russell, Philip Schlesinger and Brian Wilson.Table of ContentsIntroduction FRAMING THE DISCUSSION 1 Neil Blain and Kathryn Burnett: An unwon cause: the struggle to represent Scotland 2 John Corbett: Scots, English and Community languages in the media 3 Philip Schlesinger: Communications policy THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT 4 David Hutchison: The history of the press 5 David Bruce: The history of film and cinema 6 Maggie Sweeney: Broadcasting: from birth to devolution and beyond SCREEN AND SOUND 7 John R. Cook: Three ring circus: television drama and for Scotland 8 Hugh O'Donnell: 'Nae bevvying, nae skiving': language and community in the Scottish soap opera 9 Ian Mowatt: Broadcast comedy 10 Sarah Neely: Contemporary Scottish cinema 11 Ken Garner: Radio and popular music THEMES AND FUTURES 12 Jane Sillars and Myra Macdonald: Gender, spaces, changes: emergent identities in a Scotland in transition 13 Anthea Irwin: Race and ethnicity in the media 14 Mike Cormack: Gaelic, the media and Scotland 15 Brian McNair: The Scottish media and politics 16 Brian Wilson: A view from Westminster 17 Michael Russell: A view from Holyrood 18 Richard Haynes and Raymond Boyle: Media sport Select Bibliography Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together academics, writers and politicians to explore the range and nature of the media in Scotland. The book includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting and cinema, on the representation and construction of Scotland, the contemporary communications environment, and the languages used in the media. Other chapters consider television drama, soap opera, broadcast comedy, gender, the media and politics, race and ethnicity, gender, popular music, sport and new technology, the place of Gaelic, and current issues in screen fiction. Among the contributors are David Bruce, Myra Macdonald, Brian McNair, Hugh O''Donnell, Mike Russell, Philip Schlesinger and Brian Wilson.Trade ReviewLike its subject, The Media in Scotland is sprawling, erudite, and opinionated: a lucky-bag of history, statistics, insider opinion, and social analysis of the original 'pinning jelly to a wall' phenomenon. A useful toolbox for the public servant, and fun to read. -- Christopher Harvie, MSP Telling it like we see it - a unique and invaluable resource. -- Professor David McCrone, University of Edinburgh A well-signposted and accessible collection of essays complete with select bibliography and comprehensive index. -- Tim Luckhurst Times Higher Education Supplement The book brings together a broad range of expertise! and overall is a very useful collection, filling a gap that has been evident now for quite some time. Neil Blain and David Hutchison are to be congratulated on assembling such a rich array of contributions and producing such an enjoyable, wide-ranging overview of the media north of the border. European Journal of Communication Individually, the chapters provide an informed and interesting account of media histories, representations and institutions. Taken together, the volume charts crucial differences and illuminating comparisons in media practices, audiences and regulation... The scope of the volume is also its greatest strength, ensuring that the work makes for a lively, accessible and often humorous narrative. The book sets out to engage a wide variety of readers and is likely to do just that. -- Lynne Hibberd, University of Glasgow Media, Culture and Society A very welcome addition to the literature on the Scottish Media... The book is of importance to all who study the Scottish media, whether teachers at any level or just people with an interest in Scottish culture. Despite parts of it dating rapidly, there is plenty which will provide a source of references for many years to come. -- Robert Preece Media Education Journal The book successfully manages to highlight the challenges faced by all historical communities that lack a consolidated communicative space of their own. Such communities are in dire need of publications like this, in which academic thinking displaces the perspective of the mass media. -- Carme Ferre Pavia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies Like its subject, The Media in Scotland is sprawling, erudite, and opinionated: a lucky-bag of history, statistics, insider opinion, and social analysis of the original 'pinning jelly to a wall' phenomenon. A useful toolbox for the public servant, and fun to read. Telling it like we see it - a unique and invaluable resource. A well-signposted and accessible collection of essays complete with select bibliography and comprehensive index. The book brings together a broad range of expertise! and overall is a very useful collection, filling a gap that has been evident now for quite some time. Neil Blain and David Hutchison are to be congratulated on assembling such a rich array of contributions and producing such an enjoyable, wide-ranging overview of the media north of the border. Individually, the chapters provide an informed and interesting account of media histories, representations and institutions. Taken together, the volume charts crucial differences and illuminating comparisons in media practices, audiences and regulation... The scope of the volume is also its greatest strength, ensuring that the work makes for a lively, accessible and often humorous narrative. The book sets out to engage a wide variety of readers and is likely to do just that. A very welcome addition to the literature on the Scottish Media... The book is of importance to all who study the Scottish media, whether teachers at any level or just people with an interest in Scottish culture. Despite parts of it dating rapidly, there is plenty which will provide a source of references for many years to come. The book successfully manages to highlight the challenges faced by all historical communities that lack a consolidated communicative space of their own. Such communities are in dire need of publications like this, in which academic thinking displaces the perspective of the mass media.Table of ContentsIntroduction FRAMING THE DISCUSSION 1 Neil Blain and Kathryn Burnett: An unwon cause: the struggle to represent Scotland 2 John Corbett: Scots, English and Community languages in the media 3 Philip Schlesinger: Communications policy THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT 4 David Hutchison: The history of the press 5 David Bruce: The history of film and cinema 6 Maggie Sweeney: Broadcasting: from birth to devolution and beyond SCREEN AND SOUND 7 John R. Cook: Three ring circus: television drama and for Scotland 8 Hugh O'Donnell: 'Nae bevvying, nae skiving': language and community in the Scottish soap opera 9 Ian Mowatt: Broadcast comedy 10 Sarah Neely: Contemporary Scottish cinema 11 Ken Garner: Radio and popular music THEMES AND FUTURES 12 Jane Sillars and Myra Macdonald: Gender, spaces, changes: emergent identities in a Scotland in transition 13 Anthea Irwin: Race and ethnicity in the media 14 Mike Cormack: Gaelic, the media and Scotland 15 Brian McNair: The Scottish media and politics 16 Brian Wilson: A view from Westminster 17 Michael Russell: A view from Holyrood 18 Richard Haynes and Raymond Boyle: Media sport Select Bibliography Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisA contemporary and lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Sheila Whiteley); 1. The Invention of the English Christmas (John Storey); 2. Christmas and Religious Practice (Jennifer Rycenga); 3. Christmas Art, Christmas Cards (Sara M. Dodd); 4. Consumption, Coca-Colonisation, Cultural Resistance (George McKay); 5. A Family Christmas (Thom Swiss); 6. Reflections on a Jewish Childhood during Christmas (Gerry Bloustien); 7. Christmas and War (Christine Agius); 8. Christmas and the Media (Tara Brabazon); 9. Christmas No. 1s (Freya Jarman-Ivens); 10. Christmas and Romance (Sheila Whiteley); 11. Christmas Films (John Mundy); 12. Christmas Carols (Barry Cooper).

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the subject of Arab journalism, drawing on Arabic as well as English language sources.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Media: The Bridge to Globalization; 2: The Arab Journalistic Field; 3: Journalism as a Beacon for Democracy; 4: The Dichotomy of the Public/ Private Sphere; 5: Global Media, Global Public Sphere?; 6: Truth Martyrs; 7: Arab Journalism as an Academic Discipline; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the subject of Arab journalism, drawing on Arabic as well as English language sources.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Media: The Bridge to Globalization; 2: The Arab Journalistic Field; 3: Journalism as a Beacon for Democracy; 4: The Dichotomy of the Public/ Private Sphere; 5: Global Media, Global Public Sphere?; 6: Truth Martyrs; 7: Arab Journalism as an Academic Discipline; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWe both love and hate our journalists. They are perceived as sexy and glamorous on the one hand, despicable and sleazy on the other. Opinion polls regularly indicate that we experience a kind of cultural schizophrenia in our relationship to journalists and the news media: sometimes they are viewed as heroes, at other times villains. From Watergate to the fabrication scandals of the 2000s, journalists have risen and fallen in public esteem. In this book, leading journalism studies scholar Brian McNair explores how journalists have been represented through the prism of one of our key cultural forms, cinema. Drawing on the history of cinema since the 1930s, and with a focus on the period 1997-2008, McNair explores how journalists have been portrayed in film, and what these images tell us about the role of the journalist in liberal democratic societies. Separate chapters are devoted to the subject of female journalists in film, foreign correspondents, investigative reporters and other categories of news maker who have featured regularly in cinema. The book also discusses the representation of public relations professionals in film.Illustrated throughout and written in an accessible and lively style suitable for academic and lay readers alike, Journalists in Film will be essential reading for students and teachers of journalism, and for all those concerned about the role of the journalist in contemporary society, not least journalists themselves. An appendix contains mini-essays on every film about journalism released in the cinema between 1997 and 2008.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEWS; Introduction; 1. Journalists in Film: An Overview; PART II: JOURNALISTS IN FILM; 2. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940); 3. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1940); 4. Ace In the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951); 5. Salvador (Oliver Stone, 1984); 6. Welcome To Sarajevo (Michael Winterbottom, 1996); 7. The Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander MacKendrick, 1957); 8. The Accidental Hero (Stephen Frears, 1996); 9. Power (Sydney Lumet, 1986); 10. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1996); 11. Shattered Glass (Billy Ray, 2003); 12. Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, 2005); 13. Capote (Bennet Miller, 2005); Conclusion; Filmography.

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Book SynopsisWe both love and hate our journalists. They are perceived as sexy and glamorous on the one hand, despicable and sleazy on the other. Opinion polls regularly indicate that we experience a kind of cultural schizophrenia in our relationship to journalists and the news media: sometimes they are viewed as heroes, at other times villains. From Watergate to the fabrication scandals of the 2000s, journalists have risen and fallen in public esteem. In this book, leading journalism studies scholar Brian McNair explores how journalists have been represented through the prism of one of our key cultural forms, cinema. Drawing on the history of cinema since the 1930s, and with a focus on the period 1997-2008, McNair explores how journalists have been portrayed in film, and what these images tell us about the role of the journalist in liberal democratic societies. Separate chapters are devoted to the subject of female journalists in film, foreign correspondents, investigative reporters and other categories of news maker who have featured regularly in cinema. The book also discusses the representation of public relations professionals in film.Illustrated throughout and written in an accessible and lively style suitable for academic and lay readers alike, Journalists in Film will be essential reading for students and teachers of journalism, and for all those concerned about the role of the journalist in contemporary society, not least journalists themselves. An appendix contains mini-essays on every film about journalism released in the cinema between 1997 and 2008.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEWS; Introduction; 1. Journalists in Film: An Overview; PART II: JOURNALISTS IN FILM; 2. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940); 3. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1940); 4. Ace In the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951); 5. Salvador (Oliver Stone, 1984); 6. Welcome To Sarajevo (Michael Winterbottom, 1996); 7. The Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander MacKendrick, 1957); 8. The Accidental Hero (Stephen Frears, 1996); 9. Power (Sydney Lumet, 1986); 10. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1996); 11. Shattered Glass (Billy Ray, 2003); 12. Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, 2005); 13. Capote (Bennet Miller, 2005); Conclusion; Filmography.

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Book SynopsisA revised and fully updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to the study of contemporary popular culture. The book presents an accessible introduction to the range of theories and methods which have been used to study contemporary popular culture. Doing this, it also provides a map of the development of cultural studies through discussion of its most influential approaches. Organised around a series of case studies, each chapter focuses on a different media form and presents a critical overview of the methodology for the actual study of popular culture. Individual chapters cover topics such as television, fiction, film, newspapers and magazines, popular music, consumption (television, fan culture and shopping), and the culture of globalisation.For students new to the field, the book provides instantly usable theories and methods; for those more familiar with the procedures and politics of cultural studies, the book provides a succinct and accessible overview.The third edition has been revised, rewritten and expanded throughout, including a revised and updated Bibliography. More specifically, the book now includes new sections on print media and celebrity, communities in cyberspace, and a Postscript on the circuit of culture.

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Book SynopsisMedia Persian gives learners the relevant contemporary expressions, jargon and new coinages to express modern concepts across broad areas of interest such as the media, the internet, law and business.Trade ReviewA useful introduction to the specialized Persian vocabulary of the modern media. -- Professor W. M. Thackston, author of An Introduction to Persian A useful introduction to the specialized Persian vocabulary of the modern media.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. General; 2. Politics and Government; 3. Elections; 4. Conflict and Security; 5. Law and Order; 6. Human Rights; 7. Economics; 8. Trade and Industry; 9. Science and Technology; 10. Energy; 11. Environment; 12. Aid and Development; 13. Culture and Sport.

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Book SynopsisMedia Persian gives learners the relevant contemporary expressions, jargon and new coinages to express modern concepts across broad areas of interest such as the media, the internet, law and business.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. General; 2. Politics and Government; 3. Elections; 4. Conflict and Security; 5. Law and Order; 6. Human Rights; 7. Economics; 8. Trade and Industry; 9. Science and Technology; 10. Energy; 11. Environment; 12. Aid and Development; 13. Culture and Sport.

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Book SynopsisA few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work ''the dark side'' in its global ''War on Terror''. In Cinema of the Dark Side, Shohini Chaudhuri explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. She investigates the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, arguing that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build different ones. Asserting a crucial distinction between morality and ethics, the book proposes a new conceptualisation of human rights cinema that repositions human rights morality within an ethical framework that reflects upon the causes and contexts of violence. It builds upon theories of embodied spectatorship to explore how films can implicate us in histories that may appear to be distant and unrelated to us, and how they draw connections between past and present patterns of oppression.The book covers a diverse spectrum of 21st century cinema dealing with documentary or fictional representations of atrocity such as state-sanctioned torture, genocide, enforced disappearance, deportation, and apartheid, including Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Standard Operating Procedure (2008), Hotel Rwanda (2004), Sometimes in April (2005), Nostalgia for the Light (2010), Chronicle of an Escape (2006), Children of Men (2006), District 9 (2009), Waltz With Bashir (2008), and Paradise Now (2005). Cinema of the Dark Side provides readers with fresh insights into how we respond to atrocity images and the ethical issues at stake.

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Book SynopsisA study of the themes of travelling and movement of and in films.Table of ContentsPART I: AESTHETICS OF MOVEMENT; 1. Introduction: movement, cinema and modernity; 2. Theorising movement; 3. Bodies in motion and movements of discovery and revelation; PART II: NARRATIVES OF JOURNEYS AND DISPLACEMENT; 4. The European Cosmopolitan films of the 1950s & 60s; 5. Diasporic Films; 6. The Road Movie; PART III: MOVING AGENTS; 7. Exilic directors; 8. Films abroad; 9. The spectator of the 'foreign film'.

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of popular Indian cinema in the age of globalisation, new media, and metropolitan Hindu fundamentalism, focusing on the period between 1991 and 2004.Table of ContentsSection I: Introduction; 1. Cinematic 'Assemblages': The Nineties and Earlier; 2. The Geo-televisual and Hindi Film in the Age of Information; Section II: Informatics, Sovereignty and the Cinematic City; 3. Allegories of Power/Information; 4. The Music of Intolerable Love: Indian Film Music, Globalization, and the Sound of Partitioned Selves; Section III: Myth and Repetition; 5. Technopolis and the Ramayana: New Temporalities; 6. Repetitions with Difference: Mother India and her Thousand Sons; Epilogue

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Book SynopsisExamines how technology and online media shape social interaction. This book explores how technology mediates social interaction. It identifies and explicates key social and interactional issues in voice-based and text-based chat rooms, emails, social networking websites, and mobile telephony.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part A: Survey; 1. Social Interaction and Technology; 2. Online Communication; Part B: Analysis; 3. Interactional and Sequential Aspects; 4. Social Aspects; Part C: Applications; 5. Language Teaching and Learning; 6. Business Professionals; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAlex Symons takes a unique, artist-focused approach in order to systematically identify the range of Brooks's adaptation strategies across the Hollywood film, Broadway theatre and American television industries.Table of ContentsIntroduction A New Perspective on Mel Brooks Mel Brooks: 'Multimedia Survivor' in the Cultural Industries Materials and Methods Rethinking Adaptation Studies: Survival Strategies in the Cultural Industries Adaptations in the Modern Cultural Industries Adaptation Terminology Remediation Hybridisation Intermediality Synergy Prolonged Adaptation Conclusion From Sitcoms to 'Parody-coms': Writing for American TV, 1949-1989 The Intermedial Origins of the American Sitcom, 1949-1957 Get Smart: Reviving the American Sitcom, 1965-1970 The Modern Transformation of the American Sitcom, 1975-1989 When Things Were Rotten (ABC, 1975) The Nutt House (NBC, 1989) Prolonged Stardom: Audio Records, TV, and Film, 1961-2004 Adapting the 2000 Year Old Man, 1961-1983 Hollywood Film Actor, 1974-1987 A Transitional Performance: Life Stinks (1991) Comedy Legend and Sitcom Actor, 1995-2004 Recycled Hollywood for the TV Generation: The Rise of Parody and the Fall of Mel Brooks the Director, 1974-1995 Rethinking New Hollywood: Intermedial Blockbusters in 1974 Blazing Saddles (1974) Young Frankenstein (1974) A New Film-Focused Strategy: The Fall of Mel Brooks, 1987-1995 Spaceballs (1987) Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) The Integration of the Film and Theatre Industries: The Producers, 1968-2007 The Producers (1968) The Modern Revival of The Producers (1968) The Broadway Adaptation: The Producers (2001) Remade in Hollywood: The Producers (2005) Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSelling the Splat Pack unravels the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the ''Splat Pack'' - a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Were brutal American horror movies like the Saw and Hostel films a reaction to the trauma of 9/11? Were they a reflection of ''War on Terror''-era America? Or was something else responsible for the rise of these violent and gory films during the first decade of the 21st century? Taking a different tack, Mark Bernard proposes that the films of the Splat Pack were products of, rather than reactions against, film-industry policy. This book includes an overview of the history of the American horror film from an industry-studies perspective, an analysis of how the DVD market influenced the production of American horror films, and an examination of films from Splat Pack members such as Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, James Wan and Alexandre Aja.By re-examining the history of the American horror film from a business perspective and exploring how DVD influenced the production of American horror films in the early 21st century, this thought-provoking book provides students and scholars in Film Studies with an alternative perspective on the Splat Pack.

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Book SynopsisWith an in-depth case study of Sally Potter's 2012 film 'Ginger & Rosa', and drawing upon interviews with international film industry practitioners, 'From Film Practice to Data Process' is a groundbreaking examination of film production in its totality, in a moment of profound change.

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Book SynopsisOfering an exploration of internationally distributed, multi-director episode films, this book fills a considerable gap in the history of world cinema and aims to expand contemporary understandings of authorship, genre, narrative, and transnational production and reception.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews with leading film executives, politicians and industry stakeholders, including Alan Parker, Stewart Till and Tim Bevan, this book provides an empirically grounded analysis of the rise and unexpected fall of the UK Film Council, the key strategic body responsible for supporting film in the UK for over a decade. As well as offering a critical overview of the political, policy and technological contexts which framed the organisation''s creation, existence and eventual demise, the book provides a probing analysis of the tensions between national and global interests in an increasingly transnational film industry, not least underlining how both US and EU interests and pressures have played themselves out. It therefore provides a timely and significant investigation into the contemporary policy environment for film in the 21st century.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first full-length study of one of the most widely read publications of nineteenth-century Britain, the London Journal, over a period when mass-market reading in a modern sense was born. Treating the magazine as a case study, the book maps the Victorian mass-market periodical in general and provides both new bibliographical and theoretical knowledge of this area. Andrew King argues the necessity for an interdisciplinary vision that recognises that periodicals are commodities that occupy specific but constantly unstable places in a dynamic cultural field. He elaborates the sociological work of Pierre Bourdieu to suggest a model of cultural ''zones'' where complex issues of power are negotiated through both conscious and unconscious strategies of legitimation and assumption by consumers and producers. He also critically engages with cultural theory as well as traditional scholarship in history, art history, and literature, combining a political economic approach to the cTrade Review'... King has taken on the task of correcting this historiographic imbalance by thoroughly excavating some of the more obscure purlieus of mid-nineteenth century Grub Street, and nearly every page of the book bears witness to the assiduity and ingenuity of his primary research... a detailed and illuminating contribution to the expanding list of books dealing with various aspects of Victorian print culture published as part of Ashgate’s impressive 'The Nineteenth Century' series.' SHARP News '... remarkable study. Its comprehensiveness and interdisciplinarity are likely to make it attractive to scholars in such diverse fields as media history, library science, cultural studies, journalism, and literary studies. King makes a convincing case for the London Journal as a key text in the history of the mass media, and provides a variety of interpretative tools that scholars are likely to find useful as they continue to explore the vast field of Victorian journalism.' The Library 'Andrew King has succeeded in writing a well-informed and thought-provoking study that breaks new ground, particularly in the way it balances theoretical insights with more traditional periodical historiography.' Victorian Periodicals Review ’Andrew King's detailed examination of the production and reception of the London Journal during the mid-nineteenth century offers an excellent model for analyses of literary periodicals...’ Script and PrintTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Part 1 Periodical Discourse: Periodical questions; Periodical titles; or, 'The London Journal' as a signifier. Part 2 Periodical Production; 1845-9. Theoretical issues; or, genre, title, network, space; Cultural numerology; or, circulation, demographics, debits and credits; 1849-57. Moving from the miscellany; or, J.F. Smith and after; 1857-62. When is a periodical not itself? or, Mark Lemon and his successors; 1862-83. The secret of success; or, American women and British men; Part 3 Periodical Gender; or, the Metastases of the Reader: 1845-55. Gender and the implied reader; or, the re-gendering of news; 1863. Lady Audley's secret zone; or, is subversion subversive?; 1868-83. Dress, address and the vote; or, the gender of performance; 1883: The revenge of the reader; or, Zola out and in; Appendix; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisSuad Joseph is Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at the University of California, Davis, USA. She founded the Association for Middle East Women's Studies and co-founded its internationally recognized Journal of Middle East Women's Studies; she also founded the Arab Families Research Group, and co-founded the Arab American Studies Association and the Association for Middle East Anthropology.Trade ReviewA comprehensive multi-faceted study that should serve as a reminder for reporters covering Islam to pause and reflect on the power of words to marginalize, trivialize, and mislead. * Lawrence Pintak, PhD. Former CBS News Middle East correspondent and author, America and Islam *This book is an invaluable resource, highlighting the gendered violence and Islamophobic misrepresentations that Muslim women experience around the globe driven, in part, by the flawed reporting that is prevalent in newspapers of record, such as the New York Times. A must read for anyone interested in understanding how media can shape perceptions of women and Islam. * Shaheen Pasha, Pennsylvania State University, USA *In careful, dismaying detail, this must-read thoroughly researched essay collection shows how our most trusted media sources promote Islamophobia. Reporting Islam is a sobering reminder of how Islamophobia is not the result of ignorance, but of routinized, persistent misrepresentation by our most revered institutions. * Evelyn Alsultany, USC Dornsife, USA *By analyzing anti-Muslim racism within the contexts of colonialism, global capitalism, and race/class/gender politics, Reporting Islam helps readers understand the historical and political conditions through which it emerges. It also updates existing perspectives on how media representations fuel some of the most urgent forms of injustice of our times while providing readers with tools for imagining and building a world without Islamophobia and racism. Its urgent interventions make it a must read for the general public and scholars across many fields--from Arab American and Muslim American Studies to Race and Ethnic Studies, Middle East Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Media Studies, and beyond. * Nadine Naber, University of Illinois , Chicago, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis, USA 1. Maturing Islam: Turkey as the Site of Islamic Liberalization in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Caroline McKusick, University of California, Davis, USA 2. The Material life of Representation: “Veiled Muslim Women” in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Lena Meari, Birzeit University, Palestine 3. Specters of Islam: Anti-Islamist (Re)Presentations in Secular Media and Feminism in the New York Times, 1979–2011, Tanzeen Rashed Doha, University of California, Davis, USA 4. Friends and Foes: The Pragmatic Liberal Biases in Representation of Saudi Women vs. Iranian Women in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Hakeem Naim, University of California, Berkeley, USA 5. The Islamic World Is Flat(tened): Contesting Islam in South Asia in the New York Times, 1980–2011, Rajbir Judge, California State University, USA

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Book SynopsisCommemorating the 25th anniversary of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), this volume begins with a historical survey of a quarter-century of TPRC meetings as one measure of change in and research about the telecommunications industry. Additional papers reflecting the ongoing pace of change in technological, economic, and policy issues are organized around four topics: * economic analysis of local and international telephone policy; * media industry studies including video competition, guidelines for children''s educational television, and the setting of AM stereo standards; * applications and policy regarding the Internet; and * comparative studies in telephone and satellite policy. Collectively, the contents of this volume assess key issues for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. Research reported in this volume illustrates the continually expanding scope of scholarly concerns about the telecommunications and Trade Review"...the level of discourse and analysis is as high as ever--this is some of the best work done in the United States."—Communication Booknotes QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: J.K. MacKie-Mason, Preface. J.K. MacKie-Mason, D. Waterman, Introduction. Part I:Historical.B.M. Owen, A Novel Conference: The Origins of TPRC. Part II:Telephony.F. Gasmi, J-J. Laffont, W.W. Sharkey, A Technico-Economic Methodology for the Analysis of Local Telephone Markets. J.A. Molka-Danielsen, M.B.H. Weiss, Firm Interaction and the Expected Price for Access. D. Galbi, The Implications of By-Pass for Traditional International Interconnection. M. Scanlan, Call-Back and the Proportionate Return Rule: Who Are the Winners and Losers? Part III:The Media.H.A. Shelanski, Video Competition and the Public Interest Debate. A.J. Campbell, Lessons From Oz: Quantitative Guidelines for Children's Educational Television. D.W. Sosa, AM Stereo and the "Marketplace" Decision. Part IV:The Internet.D.D. Clark, A Taxonomy of Internet Telephony Applications. L.W. McKnight, B.A. Leida, Internet Telephony: Costs, Pricing, and Policy. D.L. Burk, Muddy Rules for Cyberspace. L.F. Cranor, J. Reagle, Jr., Designing a Social Protocol: Lessons Learned From the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project. Part V:Comparative Studies in Telephony and Satellite Policy.H.E. Hudson, The Paradox of Ubiquity: Communication Satellite Policies in Asia. R.B. Horwitz, Participatory Policies and Sectoral Reform: Telecommunications Policy in the New South Africa. W. Grieve, S.L. Levin, Telecom Competition in Canada and the United States: The Tortoise and the Hare.

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Book SynopsisWeb Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research provides readers of all skill levels with efficient search strategies for locating, retrieving, and evaluating information on the Internet. Utilizing her experience as a reporter working on deadline, author Barbara G. Friedman offers the most effective methods for finding useful and trustworthy data online, and presents these techniques in a straightforward, user-friendly manner.Anyone who uses the Internet for research will find much of value here, including techniques that harness the power of advanced searches to optimize search results, avoid advertising clutter, and locate low- or no-cost databases. Screen captures and diagrams illustrate the steps, rationale, and results to accompany various search strategies. This book emphasizes techniques that make the Web work for individuals rather than for advertisers, such as choosing the most appropriate search engine for the job and tweaking its advanced optionTrade Review"This is a good general starter book for the beginner and will help many online searchers organize their time online more efficiently and effectively. There are a number of helpful appendices such as Internet domains and country codes, useful web sites and a glossary."—Emerald Journal: Online Information ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Getting Started. When Seconds Count: Search Engine Strategies. Skipping the Middleman: Alternate Ways to Find Information. Staying Connected: Mailing Lists, Newsletters, Newsgroups, and Web Logs. Finding out About People. Finding and Using Databases. Evaluating the Information You Find. What's Next? Appendices.

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Book SynopsisWeb Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research provides readers of all skill levels with efficient search strategies for locating, retrieving, and evaluating information on the Internet. Utilizing her experience as a reporter working on deadline, author Barbara G. Friedman offers the most effective methods for finding useful and trustworthy data online, and presents these techniques in a straightforward, user-friendly manner.Anyone who uses the Internet for research will find much of value here, including techniques that harness the power of advanced searches to optimize search results, avoid advertising clutter, and locate low- or no-cost databases. Screen captures and diagrams illustrate the steps, rationale, and results to accompany various search strategies. This book emphasizes techniques that make the Web work for individuals rather than for advertisers, such as choosing the most appropriate search engine for the job and tweaking its advanced options to narrow a search and optimize results; identifying cost-free sources of online data; using creative approaches to locate information; evaluating the integrity of online data; and protecting the privacy of the researchers and the researched.Web Search Savvy is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners in journalism and mass communications, and it offers practical and useful guidance for anyone researching information online.Trade Review"This is a good general starter book for the beginner and will help many online searchers organize their time online more efficiently and effectively. There are a number of helpful appendices such as Internet domains and country codes, useful web sites and a glossary."—Emerald Journal: Online Information ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Getting Started. When Seconds Count: Search Engine Strategies. Skipping the Middleman: Alternate Ways to Find Information. Staying Connected: Mailing Lists, Newsletters, Newsgroups, and Web Logs. Finding out About People. Finding and Using Databases. Evaluating the Information You Find. What's Next? Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides an informed view of how information technology is shaping the contemporary humanities. It specifically reflects five ideals:*humanities scholars with all levels of access are doing important work with technology;*humanities scholars'' projects with technology reflect significant diversity, both across and within disciplinary bounds;*using information technology in the humanities is a continuous conversation;*information technology offers new options for humanities education; and *just as collaboration changes the nature of any project, so does information technology change the nature of collaboration--its speed, character, methods, and possible implementations.The first to explore new and important ways for humanities scholars to collaborate across disciplines via electronic media, this book redefines electronic collaboration; presents insightful models of student collaboration; provides important models of faculty collaboration with speTable of ContentsContents: M. Vielstimmig, A Word to the Fore. J.A. Inman, C. Reed, P. Sands, Preface: Issues and Options for Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: A Framework. Part I:Theories of Electronic Collaboration.S. Turkle, Collaborative Selves, Collaborative Worlds: Identity in the Information Age. J. Carlacio, What's So Democratic About CMC? The Rhetoric of Techno-Literacy in the New Millennium. R.J. Rickley, Computer-Mediated Communication as Reflective Rhetoric-in-Action: Dialogic Interaction, Technology, and Cross-Curricular Thinking. J.A. Inman, Electracy for the Ages: Collaboration With the Past and Future. R. Gajjala, A. Mamidipudi, Collaborating Across Contexts: Rethinking the Local and the Global, Theory and Practice. S. Tchudi, Response. Part II:Student Collaboration and Electronic Media.N. Knowles, M.W. Hennequin, New Technology, Newer Teachers: Computer Resources and Collaboration in Literature and Composition. M.E. Fakler, J.E. Perisse, Voices Merged in Collaborated Conversation: The Peer Critiquing Computer Project. A.L. Trupe, Reentry Women Students' Online Collaboration Patterns: Synchronous Conferencing in a Basic Writing Class. J.B. Paoletti, M.C. Sies, V. Jenkins, Using a Virtual Museum for Collaborative Teaching, Research, and Service. D.S. Corrigan, S.M. Gers, Across the Cyber Divide: Connecting Freshman Composition Students to the 21st Century. C.L. Prell, Web Writing and Service Learning: A Call for Training as a Final Deliverable. B. Freidheim, Response. Part III:Faculty Collaboration and Electronic Media.C. Reed, D.M. Formo, Writers Anomalous: Wiring Faculty Research. D.N. Sewell, What's in a Name? Defining Electronic Community. K. McComas, Cow Tale: A Story of Transformation in Two MOO Communities. C. Szylowicz, J. Kibbee, The Collaboration That Created the Kolb-Proust Archive: Humanities Scholarship, Computing, and the Library. T.L. Benson, Response. Part IV:Electronic Collaboration and the Future.T.A. Jackson, Imagining Future(s): Toward a Critical Pedagogy for Emerging Technologies. P.J. Morris, II, Critical and Dynamic Literacy in the Computer Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between School Literacy and Workplace Literacy. T. Fanderclai, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Thinking: Lessons From the Linux Community. P. Sands, Current and Future Research in the Production and Analysis of Electronic Text in the Humanities: Bridging Our Own "Two Cultures" With Integrated, Empirical Studies. J.C. Freeman, Imaging Florida: A Model Interdisciplinary Collaboration by the Florida Research Ensemble. R. Bass, Response. A.R. Gere, Afterword.

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Book SynopsisFor several decades, cultural imperialism has been the dominant paradigm for conceptualizing, labeling, predicting, and explaining the effects of international television. It has been used as an unchallenged premise for numerous essays on the topic of imported television influence, despite the fact that the assumption of strong cultural influence is not necessarily reflected in the body of research that exists within this field of study. In The Impact of International Television: A Paradigm Shift, editor Michael G. Elasmar and his contributors challenge the dominant paradigm of cultural imperialism, and offer an alternative paradigm with which to evaluate international or crossborder message influence. In this volume, Elasmar has collected original research from leading scholars working in the area of crossborder media influence, and contributes his own meta-analysis to examine what research findings actually show on the influences of crossborder messages. The contributTrade Review"Taken as a whole, the volume makes its case for a paradigm shift away from CI [cultural imperialism]. As the old saying goes, this book seems to say, there are simple answers to complex questions--but they are wrong."—Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"The book is a must read for anyone interested in the influence of cross-border television flows....Overall, this book is a good addition to the literature on international communication and makes for interesting reading."—The Southern Communication Journal"This book takes up a challenge from more than two decades ago and examines the evidence for claims that are still around though dressed in diffeent language. It brings together that evidence and identifies the complexity of the process of media influence. The challenge to rectify this lack will depend on moving the audience issue back into the public policy limelight."—Communication Research TrendsTable of ContentsContents: Preface. M.G. Elasmar, K. Bennett, The Cultural Imperialism Paradigm Revisited: Origin and Evolution. D.E. Payne, Impacts of Cross-Cultural Mass Media in Iceland, Northern Minnesota, and Francophone Canada in Retrospect. A.S. Tan, G. Tan, T. Gibson, Socialization Effects of American Television on International Audiences. T. Zaharopoulos, Perceived Foreign Influence and Television Viewing in Greece. M. Beadle, The Influence of Television and Media Use on Argentines About Perceptions of the United States. J. Straubhaar, Choosing National TV: Cultural Capital, Language, and Cultural Proximity in Brazil. L.L. Davis, Cultural Proximity on the Air in Ecuador: National, Regional Television Outperforms Imported U.S. Programming. M.G. Elasmar, J.E. Hunter, A Meta-Analysis of Crossborder Effect Studies. M.G. Elasmar, An Alternative Paradigm for Conceptualizing and Labeling the Process of Influence of Imported Television Programs. M.G. Elasmar, The Impact of International Audio-Visual Media: An Expanded Research Agenda for the Future.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a state-of-the-art look at where toys have come from and where they are likely to go in the years ahead. The focus is on the interplay between traditional toys and play, and toys and play that are mediated by or combined with digital technology. As well as covering the technical aspects of computer mediated play activities, the authors consider how technologically enhanced toys are currently used in traditional play and how they are woven into childrens'' lives. The authors contrast their findings about technologically enhanced toys with knowledge of traditional toys and play. They link their studies of toys to goals in education and to entertainment and information transfer.This book will appeal to students, researchers, teachers, child care workers and more broadly the entertainment industry. It is appropriate for courses that deal with the specialized subject of toys and games, media studies, education and teacher training, and child development.Trade Review"Toys, Games, and Media provides an impressive overview of the toy culture, children, and digital media, and the influence of technology on play." "Highly Recommended."—CHOICE"Toys, Games, and Media provides a fascinating picture of the ways in which computer-mediated play is transforming the lives of both children and adults in the twenty-first century. It both raises and helps to answer important questions about our rapidly changing media environment. The book has much to recommend it. Its perspective is multicultural."—Journalism and Mass Communication QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: G. Brougere, D. Buckingham, J. Goldstein, Introduction: Toys, Games, and Media. Part I:Toy Culture.A. Powers, The Revival of the English Toy Theatre. G. Wegener-Spohring, War Toys in the World of Fourth Graders. W. Hartmann, G. Brougere, Toy Culture in Preschool Education and Children's Toy Preferences. C.R. Yano, Kitty Litter: Japanese Cute at Home and Abroad. E. Grugeon, From Pokemon to Potter: Trainee Teachers Explore Children's Media-Related Play, 2000-2003. Part II:Children and Digital Media.E. Seiter, The Internet Playground. M. Albero-Andres, The Internet and Adolescents: The Present and Future of the Information Society. S. Kline, Learners, Spectators, or Gamers? An Investigation of Digital Play in the Media Saturated Household. J. Linderoth, B. Lindstrom, M. Alexandersson, Learning With Computer Games. Part III:How Technology Influences Play.M. Allen, Tangible Interfaces in 'Smart Toys'. D. Bergen, Preschool Children's Play With Rescue Heroes: Effects of Technology-Enhanced Figures on the Themes of Play. L. Plowman, R. Luckin, Children's Interaction with 'Smart' Toys. M. Fabregat, M. Costa, M. Romero, Adaptation of Traditional Toys and Games to New Technologies: New Products Generation.

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Book SynopsisA well-rounded education in the 21st century requires not just verbal and mathematical proficiency, but also the ability to interpret, critique, create, and use visual communication on sophisticated levels. In todayâs visual world, it is critically important to hold an appreciation for the profound effects imagery has on individuals and the communities in which they live.Visual Communication focuses on cultivating visual and media literacy from both consumption and production points of view and introduces students to the application of intuitive intelligence to a visual context. Innovative in its field, it provides a solid theoretical overview of the most advanced thinking and research about visual communication, teaching readers how to apply theory to enhance their understanding of and work with images.This book is intended for students in visual literacy and communication courses. It can also be used in photojournalism courses and other coursework with a visual component. Individuals interested in mass media studies will likewise find the book to be a worthwhile read.Trade Review“An intelligent and beautifully illustrated book on how visual communication helps us achieve intellectual and intuitive literacy. A well-researched treatise that instantly shows what Omniphasism and Integrative Mind are all about. What Fritjof Capra tired to do in the Tao of Physics three decades ago, the authors have accomplished here: to bring rational and intuitive intelligences into balance and to help us reconcile our inner and outer vision for a higher state of awareness and a richer state of life.” -- Herb Zettl, San Francisco State University“Drawing on their extensive experience as visual artists, educators, and researchers, the authors have produced a book that will inform and stimulate any reader who wants to gain a better understanding of the ways in which our minds make sense of visual images. This is a work of mature scholarship, containing a new theory of visual communication as well as a synthesis of prior research. A valuable addition to the visual studies literature.” — Paul Messaris, University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School of Communication“This is an important and truly beautiful book, one that is personally and professionally useful, as well as theoretically advanced. In it, Williams and Newton synthesize key theories in neurology, art and visual communication as a platform for the concept of an integrative, balanced mind. Filled with insights and practical exercises to achieve this balance, this book suggests that the truly integrated mind finds an equilibrium between intuition and reason that leads to both a fuller way of life and a philosophical outlook with vast educational and cultural implications.” — Ann Marie Barry, Boston College"Rick Williams and Juliana Newton are two of the most accomplished theorists in the wide field of visual communication. Their years of experience as educators and photographers combine in a well developed and important theory of intuitive intelligence. Additionally the exercises they have created and tested in their own courses illuminate for students ways to access visual intelligence, creativity and the whole mind. The book is a strong argument for inclusion of courses in visual communication and visual literacy in the liberal arts curriculum. Especially valuable are the examples and historical review of the intersections between science and art as performed in the highly mediated culture in which we live and learn. All of us have something to learn from this text." -- Diane S. Hope, William A. Kern Professor in Communications, Rochester Institute of Technology“A challenging book because it presents a thorough review of theory and research in visual communication. An eloquent book because it demonstrates the beauty and process of visual communication through illustrations and many creative exercises. It integrates the art and science of visual communication and is a testimony to the power and insights of Omniphasism—the underlying theory on which this work is based and which explores an integrative balance in ways of thinking and knowing, both rational and intuitive. Visual Communication breaks new ground in textbook writing by bringing alive the creative and mind-stretching classroom exercises that these professors have developed for their own instructional use. It helps rational thinkers learn to break through to their intuitive side through experiential learning. You have to do more than read about it to open up the intuitive side of the brain. Every student, whatever the learning or thinking style, expands individual potential in a personal and private journey through these broadening exercises.” — Sandra Moriarty, University of ColoradoTable of ContentsPREFACE. Knowing Before WordsACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTION. The Integrative MindClarifying TermsVisual IntelligenceMusical IntelligencePsychological IntelligencePhysiological IntelligenceUnderstanding a Key PointPART I. Vision and Intelligence.Understanding Intelligence as Intuitive and RationalCHAPTER ONE. Seeking Dynamic Balance: The Shaman, The Scientist, and the TheologianShe-Bear: The Power of Integrating Visual and Verbal CommunicationA Theory of Integrative MindTable 1. Key TermsTable 2. Key IdeasTable 3. Primary Intuitive & Rational Cognitive ProcessesCREATIVE ONE. The Intimate Eye: Accessing Your Inner Vision Through Creative VisualizationThe Goal: Enhancing Your Creative AbilitiesCHAPTER TWO. Abu Rocks: Integrating Perceptual and Conceptual RealitiesCREATIVE TWO. Visualizing a Personal Symbolic PortraitThe Goal: Creative Problem SolvingCHAPTER THREE. Art and Personal Development: The Quest for BalanceArt and the Integrated IndividualThe Stages of Artistic DevelopmentCREATIVE THREE. The Perceptual to Conceptual Leap: First DrawingsThe Goal: Creative Decision MakingCHAPTER FOUR. Overcoming Intuitive Illiteracy: Accessing Your Whole MindRepetition Techniques & PerceptionRational Bias & Visual ResponseThe Second Nature of ConsciousnessCREATIVE FOUR. The Yin/Yang of Drawing: Drawing Contours, Not FeaturesThe Goal: Integrating Ways of Seeing and KnowingCHAPTER FIVE. Ulysses in His Right Mind: The Historical Intuitive MindJulian Jaynes: The Bicameral Mind & the Ancient Intuitive MindBogen & Sperry and Distinctive Cognitive ProcessingCREATIVE FIVE. Drawing the Figure: One Contour, One Space at a TimeThe Goal: Drawing What You SeeCHAPTER SIX. Multiple Intelligences and Nonconscious Biases: The Contemporary Intuitive MindHoward Gardner:Multiple Intelligence TheoryTable 4. Comparison of Integrative Mind and Gardner’s Multiple IntelligencesThe Nature of Holistic ProcessingDamasio: Nonconscious Mind and BehaviorTable 5. Visual/Spatial IntelligenceTable 6. Intrapersonal IntelligenceTable 7. Interpersonal IntelligencesTable 8. Bodily Kinesthetic IntelligenceTable 9. Musical IntelligenceTable 10. Naturalist IntelligenceTable 11. Complementary/Parallel Systems of KnowingBringing It All TogetherCREATIVE SIX. Bringing It All Together: Drawing for RealThe Goal: Seeing Results of Cognitive BalancePART II. Visual Illiteracy and Education. What We Don’t LearnCHAPTER SEVEN. The Square Peg and the Round Hole: Education and Intuitive IntelligenceThe Contemporary VisionCultivating the IntuitiveThe Rational Side of Visual LiteracyThe Intuitive Side of Visual LiteracyThe Need for an Integrative New ApproachTable 12. Omniphasic Visual LiteracyBeyond Visual Literacy: A Holistic Approach to Being, Seeing, Knowing, and CreatingIn ConclusionTable 13. Summary of Theories Relevant to OmniphasismCREATIVE SEVEN. Designing Shapes: Concept in Visual FormThe Goal: Communicating Concepts VisuallyCHAPTER EIGHT. Visions in Voice: Language and the Intuitive Mind Visions in VoiceWritten LanguageOn Sounds and SignsWords as Balanced Ways of KnowingThe Sounds of WordsThe Form of the PresentationConclusionCREATIVE EIGHT . The Visual Word: Giving Vision to VoiceThe Goal: Integrating Visual and VerbalCHAPTER NINE. Insight Out: Dreams and the Nonconscious MindAn ExampleThe Role of Dreams in Human KnowingMiguel de Cervantes: Another Great DreamerWhat Science Has to SayHistorical Foundations of DreamsContemporary Research about DreamsCREATIVE NINE. Dream Visions: Insight OutThe Goal: Understanding Mental ImageryCHAPTER TEN. Sharing the Vision:Photography as a Medium of BalancePhotographic TruthTechnique in PhotographyThe Still CameraFilm, Film Speed, and Digital RatingsPhotography and LightContrastDirectionColorCamera ControlsShutter Speed Controls Light and MotionF/Stop Controls Light and Depth of FieldWorking Shutter Speed and F/Stop TogetherLensesAdding LightTripodsConstantly Changing TechnologyCREATIVE TEN. Image Insights: Photography from the Inside OutThe Goal: Translating Seeing into ImagesCHAPTER ELEVEN. Designing for MeaningThe Basic ElementsPointLinePlane/ShapeVolumeFrameSummary of Key PointsThe Core PrinciplesContrastRhythmBalanceProportionAdditional Terms of Graphic StructureMovementCenter of InterestRule of ThirdsScaleSpatialityPerspectiveLight and ColorContextTying it All TogetherPrinciples of the GestaltUnityCultural BiasesCREATIVE ELEVEN. Graphic Visions: Looking for MeaningThe Goal: Understanding the FrameCHAPTER TWELVE. Embedded Meanings: Learning to Look Behind the Mirrors and Beyond the WindowsCulture and Making Sense of What We SeeTraditional Ways to Study VisualsOther Methods to Study VisualsSix PerspectivesConclusionCREATIVE TWELVE. Thinking Systematically about ImagesThe Goal: Focusing on the RationalPART III. The Public as Art and Image. The Academy, The Media, and Visual PersuasionCHAPTER THIRTEEN. Stopping Time and Framing SpaceStill Media DefinedFormats of the FrameDesigning Well Within the FrameCharacteristics of TypeParts of a LetterformType GroupsOther TermsPractical Guidelines for Effective DesignMore than AppearancesCREATIVE THIRTEEN. Personal Impact Assessment: Understanding Images from Intuitive and Rational PerspectivesThe Goal: Understanding How Still Images CommunicateCHAPTER FOURTEEN. Images That Move and SoundMoving Media: Transcending Time & SpaceThe Body as Moving ImageTechnological HistoryBasic Elements of Moving ImagesLight and ColorTwo-Dimensional SpaceThree-Dimensional SpaceTime and MotionSoundReturning to ContentCREATIVE FOURTEEN. Film Clip AnalysisThe Goal: Understanding How Moving Images CommunicateCHAPTER FIFTEEN. Living at the Speed of Mind: Old Media–New MediaWhat Does All This Mean?What Do We Know?LayoutImagesAdsMultimediaReconceptualizing Media StudiesCREATIVE FIFTEEN. Communicating the Story of a PersonThe Goal: To tell a story visually with supporting wordsCHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Thousand Year ProjectSynthesisThe Larger ProblemFrom Ulysses to Artificial IntelligenceThe Other Side of the ProblemThe PlanTable 14: The Key IdeasAn Eye to the FutureConclusionAFTERWORD. Ecology in ParadiseCONTRIBUTORSREFERENCESSUGGESTED READINGSINDEX OF TERMS BY CHAPTER/CREATIVEALPHABETICAL INDEXCOLOR PLATES

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Book SynopsisThis volume offers a timely examination of technology's impact on media companies and the results of convergence among media industries, considering the effects on journalistic, business, and economic practices. Media Organizations and Convergence: Case Studies of Media Convergence Pioneers considers the many definitions of convergence and explores the changes in communication technologies. Author Gracie L. Lawson-Borders provides a brief history of media segments and their evolutions as they adapt to emerging technologies, media conglomeration, and the competitive and global changes that have occurred in the industry. She also examines the theoretical implications of technology and convergence in the operations and practices of media organizations.The case studies included here profile three media convergence pioneers--Tribune Company in Chicago, Media General in Richmond, and Belo Corporation in Dallas--that have incorporated convergence into their journalistic practices. Lawson-Borders considers the social, cultural, and political implications of convergence, and presents issues and concerns for the future of convergence in the media industry.As a snapshot of media convergence at the current stage in its evolution, this book offers important insights into the business of media at a time of dramatic change. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and students in media management, mass media, and related areas of the media industry.Table of ContentsContents: Preface. Part I: Media Organizations and Convergence. Introduction: The Many Faces of Convergence. Traditional Media and Business Practices. Theoretical Implications. Part II: Convergence in Action. Tribune Company: A Convergence Pioneer Since the 1900s. Media General: A Temple to Convergence--The News Center in Tampa, Florida. Belo Corporation: Market Dominance in Dallas. Part III: Conclusion. Social Capital: Implications for Convergence. The Future of Convergence.

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Book SynopsisGaining Influence in Public Relations explores how professionals can increase their influence in practice to help their organizations achieve success. This provocative book explores the largely uncharted territories of power, resistance, dissent, and activism in public relations, arguing that practitioners can increase their power and social legitimacy by developing and using a wider range of influence resources, strategies, and tactics. Authors Bruce K. Berger and Bryan H. Reber talked with hundreds of practitioners, analyzed original survey data, and examined a detailed case study to develop a theory of power relations. Ultimately, the book seeks to advance the ethical and effective practice of public relations. Intended for scholars and graduate students in public relations, it also has much to offer practitioners, as well as scholars and students in organizational communication, organizational theory, human resources, and leadership.Table of ContentsContents: Preface. Influence in Public Relations and Why It's Important. Public Relations Roles, Responsibilities, and the "Right Thing." Resistance, Politics, and Power Relations. Identifying and Using Influence Resources in Public Relations. Alpha Approaches in Public Relations: The Use of Sanctioned Influence Tactics. The Communication Change Project at Whirlpool: Converting Power Into Performance. Omega Approaches in Public Relations: The Use of Unsanctioned Influence Tactics. The Use of Dissent in Public Relations. The Power of Political Will and Intelligence. Breaking Out of the "Iron Cage" of Practice. A Public Relations Manifesto. Appendix: The Dissent Survey.

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Book SynopsisFrom security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing number of players that cross gender, culture, and age is on a dramatic upward trajectory. Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences integrates communication, psychology, and technology to examine the psychological and mediated aspects of playing video games. It is the first volume to delve deeply into these aspects of computer game play. It fits squarely into the media psychology arm of entertainment studies, the next big wave in media studies. The book targets one of the most popular and pervasive media in modern times, and it will serve to define the area of study and provide a theoretical spine for future research.This unique and timely volume will appeal to scholars, researchers, and graduate students in media studies and mass communication, psychology, and marketing.Trade Review"...highly informative 400 page read....each chapter is packed full of juicy information that'll improve your debates concerning the virtues and pitfalls of gaming and beyond..."—CiN Weekly"The collection is a veritable candy store for students of human behavior at all levels. Because it covers so many different facets of gaming, it will be appealing to man types of audiences....This volume will get anyone up to speed who wants familiarity with the field and will provide an excellent synthesis for experts in one area who would like to expand their conceptualization of the entire field."—PsycCRITIQUES"...highly informative 400 page read....each chapter is packed full of juicy information that'll improve your debates concerning the virtues and pitfalls of gaming and beyond..."—CiN Weekly"The collection is a veritable candy store for students of human behavior at all levels. Because it covers so many different facets of gaming, it will be appealing to man types of audiences....This volume will get anyone up to speed who wants familiarity with the field and will provide an excellent synthesis for experts in one area who would like to expand their conceptualization of the entire field."—PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsContents: Foreword. Preface. P. Vorderer, J. Bryant, K.M. Pieper, R. Weber, Playing Video Games as Entertainment. M. Sellers, Designing the Experience of Interactive Play. Part I: The Product.H. Lowood, A Brief Biography of Computer Games. B.P. Smith, The (Computer) Games People Play. S. Smith, Perps, Pimps, and Provocative Clothing: Examining Negative Content Patterns in Video Games. E. Chan, P. Vorderer, Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Part II: Motivation and Selection.G.C. Klug, J. Schell, Why People Play Games: An Industry Perspective. P. Ohler, G. Nieding, Why Play? An Evolutionary Perspective. T. Hartmann, C. Klimmt, The Influence of Personality Factors on Computer Game Choice. C. Klimmt, T. Hartmann, Effectance, Self-Efficacy, and the Motivation to Play Video Games. M. von Salisch, C. Oppl, A. Kristen, What Attracts Children? A.A. Raney, J.K. Smith, K. Baker, Adolescents and the Appeal of Video Games. J. Bryant, J. Davies, Selective Exposure to Video Games. Part III: Reception and Reaction Processes.D. Williams, A Brief Social History of Game Play. J.L. Sherry, K. Lucas, B.S. Greenberg, K. Lachlan, Video Game Uses and Gratifications as Predicators of Use and Game Preference. R. Tamborini, P. Skalski, The Role of Presence in the Experience of Electronic Games. S.M. Zehnder, S.D. Lipscomb, The Role of Music in Video Games. K.M. Lee, N. Park, S-A. Jin, Narrative and Interactivity in Computer Games. M.A. Shapiro, J. Pe¤a-Herborn, J.T. Hancock, Realism, Imagination, and Narrative Video Games. A-S. Axelsson, T. Regan, Playing Online. F.F. Steen, P.M. Greenfield, M.S. Davies, B. Tynes, What Went Wrong With The Sims Online: Cultural Learning and Barriers to Identification in a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. Part IV: Effects and Consequences.K.M. Lee, W. Peng, What Do We Know About Social and Psychological Effects of Computer Games? A Comprehensive Review of the Current Literature. R. Weber, U. Ritterfeld, A. Kostygina, Aggression and Violence as Effects of Playing Violent Video Games? K.E. Buckley, C.A. Anderson, A Theoretical Model of the Effects and Consequences of Playing Video Games. D.A. Lieberman, What Can We Learn From Playing Interactive Games? U. Ritterfeld, R. Weber, Video Games for Entertainment and Education. K. Durkin, Game Playing and Adolescents' Development.

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Book SynopsisWriting Across Distances and Disciplines addresses questions that cross borders between onsite, hybrid, and distributed learning environments, between higher education and the workplace, and between distance education and composition pedagogy. This groundbreaking volume raises critical issues, clarifies key terms, reviews history and theory, analyzes current research, reconsiders pedagogy, explores specific applications of WAC and WID in distributed environments, and considers what business and education might teach one another about writing and learning. Exploring the intersection of writing across the curriculum, composition studies, and distance learning , it provides an in-depth look at issues of importance to students, faculty, and administrators regarding the technological future of writing and learning in higher education. Trade Review"For anyone interested or engaged in WAC and WID distance learning, this is an excellent reference." -Technical CommunicationTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Influences and Confluences: Distributed Learning, the Business of Education, and Writing Across the Curriculum. History Lessons: Tensions Between Customization and Efficiency. Researching the Transition: Perspectives on Pedagogy in Distributed Learning. Teaching With WAC: A Redesigned Act in Distributed Learning. Process Scripts for Active Learning: WAC in Distributed Environments. Complementing and Customizing: WID in Hybrid Environments. WAC/WID and the Business of E-Learning. The Future of Writing in Distributed Learning. Appendices: Glossary. Resources. MLA Position Statements on Teaching With Technology. CCCC Position Statement on Teaching With Technology. Collaborative Decision Matrix.

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Book SynopsisAssesses how the news media covered the extraordinary 2016 US presidential election and, more importantly, what information - true, false, or somewhere in between - actually helped voters make up their minds. The evidence uncovered shows how Donald Trump's victory, and Hillary Clinton's loss, resulted in large part from how the news media responded to these two unique candidates.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContentsArchival Media Theory: An Introduction to Wolfgang Ernst’s Media ArchaeologyJussi ParikkaMedia Archaeology as a Trans-Atlantic BridgePart I. The Media Archaeological Method1. Let There Be Irony: Cultural History and Media Archaeology in Parallel Lines2. Media Archaeography: Method and Machine versus History and Narrative of MediaPart II. From Temporality to the Multimedial Archive3. Underway to the Dual System: Classical Archives and Digital Memory4. Archives in Transition: Dynamic Media Memories5. Between Real Time and Memory on Demand: Reflections on Television 6. Discontinuities: Does the Archive Become Metaphorical in Multi-Media Space? Part III. Microtemporal Media7. Telling versus Counting: A Media-Archaeological Point of View8. Distory: 100 Years of Electron Tubes, Media-Archaeologically Interpreted vis-à-vis 100 Years of Radio9. Towards a Media Archaeology of Sonic Articulations10. Experimenting Media‐Temporality: Pythagoras, Hertz, TuringAppendix. Archive Rumblings: An Interview with Wolfgang ErnstGeert LovinkAcknowledgmentsNotesPublication HistoryIndex

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Book SynopsisA Clarion Call for Cultural Resistance in a Digital Age  Welcome to an extraordinary journey into underground culture from visionary publisher Jefferson Hack. Featuring contributions from cultural provocateurs Tilda Swinton, Rankin, Douglas Coupland, Björk, Aimee Mullins, and many more, We Can’t Do This Alone: Jefferson Hack the System re-defines the purpose of alternative media in the 21st century—drawing on a wealth of innovative projects to artfully map out a bright future for radical publishing. In the spirit of progressive individualism at its core every single copy is unique, emblazoned with an individuated, numbered cover displaying a one-off fresco of the provocative material between its pages. If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything. 100% INDIVIDUAL  This book is completely unique, containing a cover made just for you. Made with KodakTrade Review"On its face, it may seem out of character: a publishing icon whose exploits helped usher in the dawn of digital media opting for an old-fashioned hardcover book for his career antholoy. That is until the first page of Jefferson Hack's We Can't Do This Alone: Hack the System is cracked - perhaps even before. With provocative imagery and textured typography, the cover itself reflects the subversive-cool, 'punk positivist' ethos the transdisciplinary Hack cultivated for decades . . . Through the lens of celebrity collaborators, artists, fellow provocateurs, muses, and many others, the book chronicles Hack's fight against safety - what he considers the most unnatural state for a creative." -SURFACE MAGAZINE

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Book SynopsisThis scholarly collection of essays investigates the co-existence of very old forms of thought - belief in magic and ghosts - and contemporary culture.

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Book SynopsisWeaver's Ethics of Rhetoric, originally published in 1953, has been called his most important statement on the ethical and cultural role of rhetoric. A strong advocate of cultural conservatism, Weaver (1910-1953) argued strongly for the role of liberal studies in the face of what he saw as the encroachments of modern scientific and technological forces in society. He was particularly opposed to sociology. In rhetoric he drew many of his ideas from Plato, especially his Phaedrus. As a result, all the main strands of Weaver's thought can be seen in this volume, beginning with his essay on the Phaedrus and proceeding through his discussion of evolution in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. In addition, this book includes studies of Lincoln, Burke, and Milton, and remarks about sociology and some proposals for modern rhetoric. Each essay poses issues still under discussion today.Table of ContentsContents: The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric. Dialectic and Rhetoric at Dayton, Tennessee. Edmund Burke and the Argument from Circumstance. Abraham Lincoln and the Argument from Definition. Some Rhetorical Aspects of Grammatical Categories. Milton's Heroic Prose. The Spaciousness of Old Rhetoric. The Rhetoric of Social Science. Ultimate Terms in Contemporary Rhetoric.

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