Media studies Books

Book SynopsisHow political parties have changed in the age of social media.Trade Review'In this refreshing, imaginative and conceptually sophisticated book, Paolo Gerbaudo takes us on a compelling journey across Europe to understand the digitally native political parties at the forefront of a profound process of organizational evolution. Gerbaudo convincingly explains the positive and negative implications of this process, and why it matters for the future of democracy' -- Andrew Chadwick, author of 'The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power''In a historic moment when political parties are losing their capacity to represent citizens, new party models have grown and often achieved unexpected success. This book is an important contribution to the conceptualization of digital parties and the understanding of their evolution' -- Donatella Della Porta, Dean of the Institute for Humanities and the Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore and author of 'Movement Parties in Times of Austerity''With a rare mix of narrative flair and analytical insight, Gerbaudo tells the riveting story of how tech-savvy leaders and 'connected outsiders' have reshaped politics in the digital era' -- John Postill, author of 'The Rise of Nerd Politics''Paolo Gerbaudo shows how the internet shapes contemporary politics and vice versa. A must read for everyone interested in digital politics' -- Christian Fuchs, author of 'Digital Demagogues: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter''Gerbaudo shows how technology-based "platform parties" are designed, how they fit into the history of political parties, and how they reflect changes in politics, society, economics, and communication. This rich analysis looks at both the promise and the limitations of these fascinating political experiments' -- Lance Bennett, University of Washington'This book by Paolo Gerbaudo goes deep into the "morbid" crossroads of our present and offers us suggestive ideas on the key elements of its emerging political practice. A brilliant work' -- German Cano, University of Alcala de Henares, member of the founding group of Podemos'A wide-ranging, and international, survey of those parties that have gone furthest to embrace the organisational changes the new modes of communication demand of us all and as such is a compelling read for the future of politics' -- Philosophy FootballTable of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Party Strikes Back 2. The People of the Web 3. When the Party Mimics Facebook 4. Participationism 5. Death of the Party Cadre 6. Coding Democracy 7. Plebiscitarianism 2.0 8. The Hyperleader 9. The Superbase Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA sharp investigation into the dark path of the Alt-Right.Trade Review'An important guide to one of the most disturbing political developments of our time' -- New York Times'Accessible, enjoyable and informative' -- The Observer'An urgently needed dose of clarity for anyone hoping to understand the twists and turns of far right politics beyond the Khakis and Tiki torches' -- Mark Bray, historian and author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist HandbookTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Is it OK to Punch a Nazi? 1. The Intellectuals 2. The Racialists 3. The Channers 4. The Meninists 5. Language 6. Media 7. Neo-Nazis 8. Ordinary Guys 9. Conspiracy Theorists 10. The Violent Fringe 11. The White House 12. Downfall Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn analytical intervention into Trumpology, Twitter and authoritarianism.Trade Review'Christian Fuchs provides a much-needed account of authoritarianism under communicative capitalism. This thorough, empirically-rich study is essential reading for anyone concerned with the intensification of far-right power in a digital age' -- Jodi Dean, author of Crowds and Party (Verso, 2016)'Trump. Modi. Erdogan. Duterte. Le Pen. Farage. The list of authoritarian rulers and their henchmen goes on and on. For an excellent guide to understanding Trump and the dangerous worldwide movement he leads, you need go no further than this conceptually rich and empirically detailed book' -- Vincent Mosco, author of Becoming Digital: Toward a Post-Internet Society (Emerald Publishing, 2017)Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction 2. Ideology, Nationalism and Fascism 3. Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Capitalism 4. Trumpism: Donald Trump and Authoritarian-Capitalist Statism 5. Trumpology: Donald Trump’s Ideology 6. Trump and Twitter: Authoritarian-Capitalist Ideology on Social Media 7. Conclusion: Authoritarian Communicative Capitalism and its Alternatives References Index

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Book SynopsisWho shapes our digital landscapes, and why are so many people excluded from them?Trade Review'Conceptually rich and well-illustrated, this is a valuable analysis of data power at the global scale' -- Prof. Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University'An enlightening and accessible introduction to digital geographies and why they are important to our understanding of digital exclusion' -- Alex Singleton, Professor of Geographic Information Science, University of Liverpool'Demonstrates how so much digital data is sourced from a very limited range of geographical locations and laboured over in various ways, and what difference this makes to the information about places on platforms like OpenStreetMap, Google Maps and Wikipedia' -- Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford'Systematic, sobering, yet uplifting, this volume makes the convincing case that digital transformation is not the end of geography, nor is it an equaliser for the diverse cultures and peoples across the globe' -- Jack Linchuan Qiu, Professor at the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore'An important and insightful book. Graham and Dittus eloquently map, measure and critically interrogate digital geographies in a way that forces us to reckon with their power and politics, the injustices they incur, and how we might imagine alternatives.' -- Professor Lina Dencik, Co-Director of the Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University, UK'A must read for those deeply concerned about long hidden people and places who have been marginalised in the politics of place-making, including within digital worlds like Wikipedia and Google' -- Payal Arora, author of the 'Next Billion Users' and Co-Founder of FemLab.CoTable of ContentsList of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements 1. We All Are Digital Geographers 2. When the Map Becomes the Territory 3. Making Digital Geographies 4. A Geography of Digital Geographies 5. Digital Augmentations of the City 6. Who are the Map-Makers? 7. Information Power and Inequality 8. Towards More Just Digital Geographies Epilogue Appendix Reference tables Data sources Methodology for Chapter 5 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe far-right is creating a Nationalist International, and the left must rise to the challengeTrade Review'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' (Verso, 2007)'John Feffer brings [...] a rich store of experiences and a wise perspective' -- Adam Hochschild, author of 'King Leopold’s Ghost' (Picador, 2019)'An important book [...] the Trump world is part of a transnational story that won't go away. Feffer knows this international ground well and covers it skillfully' -- Lawrence Rosenthal, Chair and Lead Researcher of the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies'Clearly lays out the challenges societies are facing from an increasingly mobilized transnational far right movement. Unique, because he also provides solutions' -- Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism'An urgent warning to progressives that while they may consider themselves to be the true internationalists, the nationalist right has stolen a march on them and now threatens to overrun their values of global justice and solidarity' -- Walden Bello, International Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton‘Exposes the origins of the new right, and in discussing the left response, emphasizes the importance of transnational progressive organizing’ -- ‘Truthout’Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Origins of the new right 2. Transnational organizing of the new right 3. The new right’s pandemic pivot 4. Responding to the new right 5. Transnational progressive organizing 6. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book Synopsisaeo This book is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990s. aeo The author considers Hollywood in its entirety -- home videos, cable tv and other communication technologies. She examines the impact of such technologies in areas such as distribution, production, exhibition, marketing and merchandising.Trade Review'This book is a timely contribution to the debate on the Information Super Highway and the globalization of media markets. Full of up-to-date information, it is essential reading for all those studying current developments in the media.' Nicholas Garnham, University of Westminster 'Looking for a rudder to steer through the shifting currents of moviedom in the information age? Wasko's ... treatise may be just the thing.' Box Office 'Wasko provides a full analysis of the major ways the Hollywood movie business is maintaining its monopoly on film making. This is an important look at the lucrative business of big movie making. Recommended.' The Reader's ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: Hollywood and the Culture Industry. 2. The Way We Were: An Historical Look at Hollywood and Technology. 3. Film Production: In the Information Age. 4. The Big Boys: The Hollywood Majors. 5. The Wired Nation and the Electronic Super Highway: Cable Television, Pay Cable, Pay-Per-View and Beyond. 6. Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution: Home Video. 7. The Silver Screen: Theatrical Exhibition in the Information Age. 8. Hollywood Meets Madison Ave: The Commercialization of U. S. Films. 9. Around the World in Nanoseconds: International Markets for Filmed Entertainment. 10. Hooray for Hollywood: Moving into the 21st Century. Index.

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Book SynopsisRadio in the Global Age offers a fresh, up--to--date, and wide--ranging introduction to the role of radio in contemporary society. It places radio, for the first time, in a global context, and pays special attention to the impact of the Internet, digitalization and globalization on the political--economy of radio.Trade Review'Part of what makes this book so engaging to read is its clear understanding and enjoyment of radio as a medium in its own right ... This book should serve to define what it is about radio that makes it so enduringly fascinating to listen to, to think about and study.' Paddy Scannell 'David Hendy's Radio in the Global Age is the best introduction to contemporary radio I have read. Hendy has done a masterful job of providing an outstanding overview while making a compelling argument about the role radio does play - and should play - in the social landscape.' Robert W. McChesney, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 'An invaluable introduction to radio today, with detailed illustrative material from all over the world. Hendy is a practising radio broadcaster and his professional understanding of the medium informs the whole book. It is beautifully written. An essential read.' Professor Paddy Scannell, University of Westminster 'David Hendy's engaging and wide-ranging study offers a galaxy of fascinating insights and revelations ... The book's international scope is impressive ... Media students and radio professionals should welcome the vast sweep and irrepressible enthusiasm of this important survey as a significant contribution to the expanding discipline of radio studies.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'The book is formidably researched, showing a knowledge both of current developments and the views of previous media scholars, which Hendy often expresses more clearly than they have. He writes like a true teacher: distinctions are carefully drawn, key points clearly itemized. But his is not just a taxonomy of modern radio, it is sprinkled with reflections which are clearly the result of some shrewd intellectual thinking ... an outstanding book - a milestone in radio studies.' European Journal of Communication 'Hendy rightly reminds us that radio should be central to discussions about the globalization of the music industry and the concomitant debates about identity and culture. This book, then, comes as a welcome intervention in the debates about media and globalization and offers an essential contribution to a better understanding of this "invisible medium". But Hendy does more than simply fit the radio piece into the jigsaw of globalized media, though this is undoubtedly a useful exercise in itself. With all its peculiarities as a medium of sounds in world of images, as an intimate, localized medium existing in the global age, putting the radio at centre stage allows some of the cliches about globalization to be problematized.' New Media and Society 'David Hendy's book is a well-informed, clearly written and judicious survey of radio at the beginning of the digital era.' Journal of Australian StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Table. List of Boxes. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Radio in the Social Landscape. The Structure of this Book. Chapter 1: Industry. The Global Structure of Radio:. Industrial Sectors. Funding and Goals. Local, National and International Dimensions. Commercialization:. Diversity. Consolidation and Control. Technology. A Global or a Local Industry?. Chapter 2: Production. Producers:. Producing 'actuality'. Producing narratives. Producing 'liveness'. Time and Money. Formats:. Programme Formats. Station Formats. Schedules. Creativity versus Predictability. Chapter 3: Audiences. The Act of Listening. The Radio Audience. The Active Audience. Chapter 4: Meanings. Radio as Communicator. Radio texts: Talk and Music:. Talk. Music. Radio and Modernity: Time, Place and 'Communicative Capacity'. Time. Place. 'Communicative Capacity'. Chapter 5: Culture. Radio and Democratic Culture. Radio and Identity. Radio, Music and Cultural Change. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisRadio in the Global Age offers a fresh, up--to--date, and wide--ranging introduction to the role of radio in contemporary society. It places radio, for the first time, in a global context, and pays special attention to the impact of the Internet, digitalization and globalization on the political--economy of radio.Trade Review'Part of what makes this book so engaging to read is its clear understanding and enjoyment of radio as a medium in its own right ... This book should serve to define what it is about radio that makes it so enduringly fascinating to listen to, to think about and study.' Paddy Scannell 'David Hendy's Radio in the Global Age is the best introduction to contemporary radio I have read. Hendy has done a masterful job of providing an outstanding overview while making a compelling argument about the role radio does play - and should play - in the social landscape.' Robert W. McChesney, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 'An invaluable introduction to radio today, with detailed illustrative material from all over the world. Hendy is a practising radio broadcaster and his professional understanding of the medium informs the whole book. It is beautifully written. An essential read.' Professor Paddy Scannell, University of Westminster 'David Hendy's engaging and wide-ranging study offers a galaxy of fascinating insights and revelations ... The book's international scope is impressive ... Media students and radio professionals should welcome the vast sweep and irrepressible enthusiasm of this important survey as a significant contribution to the expanding discipline of radio studies.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'The book is formidably researched, showing a knowledge both of current developments and the views of previous media scholars, which Hendy often expresses more clearly than they have. He writes like a true teacher: distinctions are carefully drawn, key points clearly itemized. But his is not just a taxonomy of modern radio, it is sprinkled with reflections which are clearly the result of some shrewd intellectual thinking ... an outstanding book - a milestone in radio studies.' European Journal of Communication 'Hendy rightly reminds us that radio should be central to discussions about the globalization of the music industry and the concomitant debates about identity and culture. This book, then, comes as a welcome intervention in the debates about media and globalization and offers an essential contribution to a better understanding of this "invisible medium". But Hendy does more than simply fit the radio piece into the jigsaw of globalized media, though this is undoubtedly a useful exercise in itself. With all its peculiarities as a medium of sounds in world of images, as an intimate, localized medium existing in the global age, putting the radio at centre stage allows some of the cliches about globalization to be problematized.' New Media and Society 'David Hendy's book is a well-informed, clearly written and judicious survey of radio at the beginning of the digital era.' Journal of Australian StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Table. List of Boxes. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Radio in the Social Landscape. The Structure of this Book. Chapter 1: Industry. The Global Structure of Radio:. Industrial Sectors. Funding and Goals. Local, National and International Dimensions. Commercialization:. Diversity. Consolidation and Control. Technology. A Global or a Local Industry?. Chapter 2: Production. Producers:. Producing 'actuality'. Producing narratives. Producing 'liveness'. Time and Money. Formats:. Programme Formats. Station Formats. Schedules. Creativity versus Predictability. Chapter 3: Audiences. The Act of Listening. The Radio Audience. The Active Audience. Chapter 4: Meanings. Radio as Communicator. Radio texts: Talk and Music:. Talk. Music. Radio and Modernity: Time, Place and 'Communicative Capacity'. Time. Place. 'Communicative Capacity'. Chapter 5: Culture. Radio and Democratic Culture. Radio and Identity. Radio, Music and Cultural Change. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisThe last decade has witnessed the phenomenal growth of the men''s magazine market, raising important questions of a more general kind. What is the significance of the rise of men''s lifestyle magazines for gender politics? Are we witnessing a backlash against feminism or are they merely harmless fun? Why did lsquo;new man'' give way to the lsquo;new lad''? What political issues do these questions raise within the context of the information society? Making Sense of Men''s Magazines is an original study which enables us to understand the appeal of men''s magazines, the ways in which they are constructed and understood, and many of the complex questions they raise for both men and women. Through interviews with editors and key production staff, an analysis of the content of men''s magazines and focus group interviews, this work seeks to lsquo;make sense'' of this cultural phenomenon. The authors give particular attention to the gendered and commercial character of men''s Trade Review"The authors shy away from one-dimensional arguments of ideology, hegemony, and resistance to provide a more nuanced argument based on ambiguity, ambivalence, and contradiction ... Making Sense of Men's Magaines is clearly written and presented. As such it represents an attractive option for course adoptations on both sides of the Atlantic..." American Journal of Sociology "[A] creative and informative study." Transactions of the British GeographersTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1 Introduction. Reading Magazines. Theorizing Masculinities. Consumption, the Media and Audience Studies. 2 The Media and the Market. The Magazine Market. Contemporary Media Debates. Conclusion: the Instability of Hegemonic Masculinities. 3 Editorial Work. Magazines and Cultural Power. Interviewing the Editors. Editorial Insecurities. Commercial Imperatives Versus Editorial freedom. The 'Necessary Evil' of Advertising. Responding to the Market or Creating a Niche?. Sexy or Pornographic?. 4 Questions of Content. Boys Love Their Girls. Don't You Want Me?. Lexicons of Love or Operator's Manual?. Consumption and the Sociology of the Body. Men's Health Magazines, Anxiety and the Body. Irony and the Cultural Politics of Masculinity. 5 Readings. Discourses and Dispositions. Discursive Repertoires. Constructed Certitude. Discursive Dispositions. Cultural Capital. An Ambivalent Space. 6 Conclusion. Mediated Cultural Power. Masculinity and Contemporary Gender Relations. Commercial Culture. Appendices. Notes. References. Index.

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Book Synopsis* A clearly written and comprehensive account of the extraordinary rise of men's magazines * Draws on original research based on interviews with magazine staff and with readers * A major contribution to the understanding of the role of men's magazines in contemporary lifestyle culture. .Trade Review"The authors shy away from one-dimensional arguments of ideology, hegemony, and resistance to provide a more nuanced argument based on ambiguity, ambivalence, and contradiction ... Making Sense of Men's Magaines is clearly written and presented. As such it represents an attractive option for course adoptations on both sides of the Atlantic..." American Journal of Sociology "[A] creative and informative study." Transactions of the British GeographersTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1 Introduction. Reading Magazines. Theorizing Masculinities. Consumption, the Media and Audience Studies. 2 The Media and the Market. The Magazine Market. Contemporary Media Debates. Conclusion: the Instability of Hegemonic Masculinities. 3 Editorial Work. Magazines and Cultural Power. Interviewing the Editors. Editorial Insecurities. Commercial Imperatives Versus Editorial freedom. The 'Necessary Evil' of Advertising. Responding to the Market or Creating a Niche?. Sexy or Pornographic?. 4 Questions of Content. Boys Love Their Girls. Don't You Want Me?. Lexicons of Love or Operator's Manual?. Consumption and the Sociology of the Body. Men's Health Magazines, Anxiety and the Body. Irony and the Cultural Politics of Masculinity. 5 Readings. Discourses and Dispositions. Discursive Repertoires. Constructed Certitude. Discursive Dispositions. Cultural Capital. An Ambivalent Space. 6 Conclusion. Mediated Cultural Power. Masculinity and Contemporary Gender Relations. Commercial Culture. Appendices. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisEuropean Television in the Digital Age traces the development of digital television and provides a clear, concise account of the dynamics and realities of the changing face of television in Europe.Trade Review"This book by Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a treasury of information and of carefully set out argument ... For students of the media system, it is invaluable and has no substitute." Times Higher Education Supplement "European Television in the Digital Age provides a well-informed, well-researched and comprehensive overview of the issues and the dynamics that impact on European television systems at the beginning of the 21st Century. By charting the key moments in the development of the television industry in the last century, it provides a sound foundation for understanding the present state of the industry as it faces the challenge of digital television. This book will be essential reading for all those who want to better understand the recent past, the present and the prospects for the future of the television industry in Europe." Ralph Negrine, Director, Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester "Stylianos Papathanassopoulos has achieved the near-impossible feat of providing a survey and assessment of issues and developments in West European television that manages to be integrated, inclusive and detailed at the same time. It does justice to the considerable diversity of the European television scene, while highlighting shared circumstances and underlying dynamics. There is presently no more authoritative guide to this complex topic and unlikely to be one for the foreseeable future. It has a story to tell as well as a fund of information to offer." Denis McQuail, Department of Politics, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsFigure and Tables. Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: European Television in the Digital Age. Part I: The Issues. The Effects of Deregulation: An Overview. Going Digital: The Advent of Digital Television in Europe. Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age. The Funding of Television in the age of Digitalization. Media Concentration in the Age of Digital Television. Politics in the Television Age. Part II: European Television in the Twenty-first Century. From the General and National to the Particular and Local. More News and More News Channels. More Sports Channels: The Advent of Sports Channels in Europe. More Music Television Channels: Europe Dances to a New Rhythm. More Children’s Channels: The Fastest Growing Television Market in Europe. Conclusions: Television and its Viewers in the Internet Age. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisEuropean Television in the Digital Age traces the development of digital television and provides a clear, concise account of the dynamics and realities of the changing face of television in Europe.Trade Review"This book by Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a treasury of information and of carefully set out argument ... For students of the media system, it is invaluable and has no substitute." Times Higher Education Supplement "European Television in the Digital Age provides a well-informed, well-researched and comprehensive overview of the issues and the dynamics that impact on European television systems at the beginning of the 21st Century. By charting the key moments in the development of the television industry in the last century, it provides a sound foundation for understanding the present state of the industry as it faces the challenge of digital television. This book will be essential reading for all those who want to better understand the recent past, the present and the prospects for the future of the television industry in Europe." Ralph Negrine, Director, Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester "Stylianos Papathanassopoulos has achieved the near-impossible feat of providing a survey and assessment of issues and developments in West European television that manages to be integrated, inclusive and detailed at the same time. It does justice to the considerable diversity of the European television scene, while highlighting shared circumstances and underlying dynamics. There is presently no more authoritative guide to this complex topic and unlikely to be one for the foreseeable future. It has a story to tell as well as a fund of information to offer." Denis McQuail, Department of Politics, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsFigure and Tables. Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: European Television in the Digital Age. Part I: The Issues. The Effects of Deregulation: An Overview. Going Digital: The Advent of Digital Television in Europe. Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age. The Funding of Television in the age of Digitalization. Media Concentration in the Age of Digital Television. Politics in the Television Age. Part II: European Television in the Twenty-first Century. From the General and National to the Particular and Local. More News and More News Channels. More Sports Channels: The Advent of Sports Channels in Europe. More Music Television Channels: Europe Dances to a New Rhythm. More Children’s Channels: The Fastest Growing Television Market in Europe. Conclusions: Television and its Viewers in the Internet Age. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisMedia are fundamental to our sense of living in a social world. Since the beginning of modernity, media have transformed the scale on which we act as social beings. And now in the era of digital media, media themselves are being transformed as platforms, content, and producers multiply.Trade ReviewWinner of the Choice award for Outstanding Academic Title"In his new and refreshingly ambitious book on media and social theory, Nick Couldry attempts to map out the rough contours of our new media world and give us some direction... The book throughout is marked by an ethical seriousness, and a careful attention to empirical work, and Couldry's ability to handle an amazingly diverse set of sources is truly impressive. All told, it strikes me as an honest accounting of where we stand at the present moment"New Media & Society"An excellent summation of current media theory, presented in a manner meant to be accessible for those in the broader field of sociology."MedieKultur"A compelling case for the study of media practices as the foundation for a new sociology of digital media culture."Cultural Studies"Media, Society, World is comprehensive and current in its coverage - of research, of real-world examples, and of larger pressing questions about new media. The book is empirically and theoretically informed, and surveys both the academic research and historical developments in media in a single work. It is Castells-like in its range and ambition."John Durham Peters, University of Iowa"Media keep reframing, de-centring and dis-intermediating one another. A shrinking world offers the startling experience of radically new contiguities. 'Society' is no longer the ultimate explanation once sought by Durkheim. Couldry's portrayal of this unsteady constellation offers a much needed counterpart to the short-lived enthusiasms of technophilic sycophants. His book invites us to confront a basic crucial question. What is it that the media - old and new - allow us to do to each other? What should they permit us to do for each other?"Daniel Dayan, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris "In this richly insightful, incisive and thoroughly engaging book, Nick Couldry's original synthesis of social theory, media analysis and subtle observation invites a radical rethink of what it means to live in a media-saturated world."Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsPreface1. Introduction: Digital Media and Social Theory2. Media as Practice3. Media as Ritual and Social Form4. Media and the Hidden Shaping of the Social5. Network Society? Networked Politics?6. Media and the Transformation of Capital and Authority7. Media Cultures: A World Unfolding8. Media Ethics, Media JusticeReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe media are home to an eclectic bunch of people. This book is about who they are, what they do, and what their work means to them.Trade Review“Deuze ably synthesizes a wide range of sources, writes lucidly even as he marshals a considerable amount of detail, moves unjarringly between different media sectors and offers a valuable synoptic account of the major characteristic features of media work in the so-called digital age.” European Journal of Communication "A comprehensive account of what working in the media today entails ... Media Work is well researched and insightful. On the heels of the recent screenwriters' strike in the USA, it is relevant and specific to the creative industry but offers pertinent observations that are useful far beyond the field of media." Work, Employment and Society “Mark Deuze is one of the best young media theorists working today and his compelling new book does a magisterial job of laying out the field of current discourse on digital media issues and suggesting their far-reaching implications for every aspect of modern life. Deuze moves fluidly between different media sectors, mixes and matches perspectives on media production (including work on labor) with perspectives on media audiences and their activities, engages with work on new media but then applies it to more traditional media, and does so without recourse to predetermined ideological perspectives and specialized language. This book will frame key debates in the field for some time to come.” Henry Jenkins, MIT “Mark Deuze offers a guidebook to navigate us through the ‘mashup’ of everyday life and media content, production and consumption, globalization and the local, work and leisure, authenticity and artefact. His book is a timely corrective to the popular dream of cultural employment, and offers insight into a society characterized by instability and destabilization, speed, precariousness and a continual over spilling of the domains of work and life.” Andy C. Pratt, London School of Economics “Work and meaning - economy and culture - are more integrated than ever. As audiences and consumers we revel in media; as workforce and citizens we’re at risk from them. In this well-researched and original book Mark Deuze shows how the creative industries work and what it is like to work in them. What he calls ‘media life’ is mobile, convergent, semi-permanent and precarious. It can be tough too, when you - and your income - are only as good as your last idea.” John Hartley, Queensland University of TechnologyTable of ContentsPreface vii 1 Liquid Life, Work, and Media 1 2 Creative Industries, Convergence Culture, and Media Work 45 3 Media Professions in a Digital Age 84 4 Advertising, Public Relations, and Marketing Communications 113 5 Journalism 141 6 Film and Television Production 171 7 Game Design and Development 201 8 Conclusion: Liquid Media Work 233 Notes 243 References 250 Index 266

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Book SynopsisSteven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America's most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down.Trade Review"Steven Spielberg's America is a tour de force. Frederick Wasser deftly integrates cultural studies, social history, political economy, and reception studies to illuminate relationships between Spielberg and Hollywood, Spielberg's films and audiences, and globalization and America." Eileen Meehan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale "In varied writings, Frederick Wasser has established himself as a trenchant commentator on contemporary movies and the media industry behind them. Now, with his sharp, concise study of Steven Spielberg's complex resonances for America today, Wasser extends his critical reflection in important, new ways. This is a compelling, intelligent take on the director and his social role." Dana Polan, New York University "A masterful case study that illuminates aspects of American politics and culture through the work of one filmmaker. Wasser deftly weaves a sophisticated analysis of Spielberg and his films with a provocative look at corporate Hollywood and capitalist America. A great addition to film and media studies." Janet Wasko, University of Oregon Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vi Introduction: Culture, Politics, Film 1 1. The Formation of Spielberg’s Generation 18 2. Spielberg Gets His Break 39 3. The Shark and the Blockbuster 66 4. E.T. and All Things Private 101 5. Looking to the Past 137 6. The Historical Film 164 7. Spielberg and Dark Visions 193 Coda: Open Questions 215 Appendix 218 Notes 220 Works Cited 224 Index 232

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Book SynopsisThis major new book provides a concise history of optical media from Renaissance linear perspective to late twentieth-century computer graphics. Kittler begins by looking at European painting since the Renaissance in order to discern the principles according to which modern optical perception was organized.Trade Review'Friedrich Kittler's Optical Media is not only, as its jacket-copy and introduction claim, its author's "best book for the uninitiated"; it is also one of his wittiest.' Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 'Kittler's lectures provide stimulating and provocative reading.' New Formations 'Kittler's analysis is always rich and involving, describing a complex path of theoretical and factual relations.' Neural 'Optical Media is the most engaging and accessible of Friedrich Kittler's books. It starts out with a clear presentation of Kittler'smedia-theoretical premises and then offers a fascinating tour through the history of storing, manipulating and projecting light. Witty, insightful, provocative, at times outrageous but always stimulating, Optical Media is not only an overlooked back entrance into the study of visual media from the Renaissance to the present, it is also an equally helpful back entrance into Kittler's own theory.' Geoffrey Winthrop-Young 'Kittler is the preeminent thinker of time-based media and what it means to edit the flow of time with technical means. Brilliant and remarkably original, he offers a kind of media analysis whose method is dialectically acute and philosophically deep. No one interested in what it means to live in a media-saturated age can neglecthis vital and controversial work.' John Durham Peters, The University of IowaTable of ContentsPreliminary Remarks 1. Theoretical Presuppositions 2. Technologies of the Fine Arts 2.1 Camera Obscura and Linear Perspective 2.1.1 Prehistory 2.1.1.1 Greeks and Arabs 2.1.2 Implementation 2.1.2.1 Brunelleschi 2.1.2.2 Alberti 2.1.3 Impact 2.1.3.1 Perspective and Letterpress 2.1.3.2 The Self-Printing of Nature 2.1.3.3 Europe’s Colonial Power 2.2 Laterna Magica and the Age of the World Picture 2.2.1 Magic Lanterns in Action 2.2.2 Implementation 2.2.3 Impact 2.2.3.1 Propaganda 2.2.3.2 Heidegger’s Age of the World Picture 2.2.3.3 Jesuits and Optical Media 2.3.3.4 Travelling People 2.2.3.5 Jesuit Churches 2.2.3.6 Jesuit Theatre 2.3 Enlightenment and Image War 2.3.1 Brockes 2.3.2 Phenomenology from Lambert to Hegel 2.3.3 Ghost Seer 2.3.3.1 Schiller 2.3.3.2 Hoffmann 2.3.4 Romantic Poetry 3. Optical Media 3.1 Photography 3.1.1 Prehistory 3.1.2 Implementation 3.1.2.1 Niépce and Daguerre 3.1.2.2 Talbot 3.1.3 Painting and Photography: A Battle for the Eyeballs 3.2 Film 3.2.1 Preludes 3.2.2 Implementation 3.2.2.1 Marey and Muybridge 3.2.2 Silent Film 3.2.3 Sound Film 3.2.4 Colour Film 3.3 Television 4. Computer

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Book SynopsisIt is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities.Trade Review'The book we’ve been waiting for! At last, a lucid guide to the political economy of celebrity culture. Ranging from the gendered star system of eighteenth-century theatre to the abuse of "ordinary" people in contemporary reality TV, Milly Williamson brings historical and theoretical sophistication to her lively analysis of the mutating relationship between celebrity and capitalism – all the while foregrounding "competing ideals and values about what it means to be human".' Jo Littler, City University, London 'There are myths about celebrity. Is it a sign of a decaying culture? Is it part of human nature to obsess over stars? Milly Williamson sidesteps these tired questions to get to the heart of the matter by providing the economic history that underpins the phenomenon. A game-changing contribution.' Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside"…a much needed contribution to the sprawling field of celebrity studies"CommunicationTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Chapter One: What is Celebrity? The Changing Character of Fame Chapter Two: Celebrity and the Theatre: modernity and commercial culture Chapter Three: Celebrity and the industrialisation of cultural production: the case of the mass press and the cinema Chapter Four: Celebrity and News Chapter Five: Ordinary Celebrity Chapter Six: Social media and celebrity: the internet of �self� Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIt is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities.Trade Review'The book we’ve been waiting for! At last, a lucid guide to the political economy of celebrity culture. Ranging from the gendered star system of eighteenth-century theatre to the abuse of "ordinary" people in contemporary reality TV, Milly Williamson brings historical and theoretical sophistication to her lively analysis of the mutating relationship between celebrity and capitalism – all the while foregrounding "competing ideals and values about what it means to be human".' Jo Littler, City University, London 'There are myths about celebrity. Is it a sign of a decaying culture? Is it part of human nature to obsess over stars? Milly Williamson sidesteps these tired questions to get to the heart of the matter by providing the economic history that underpins the phenomenon. A game-changing contribution.' Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside"…a much needed contribution to the sprawling field of celebrity studies"CommunicationTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Chapter One: What is Celebrity? The Changing Character of Fame Chapter Two: Celebrity and the Theatre: modernity and commercial culture Chapter Three: Celebrity and the industrialisation of cultural production: the case of the mass press and the cinema Chapter Four: Celebrity and News Chapter Five: Ordinary Celebrity Chapter Six: Social media and celebrity: the internet of �self� Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces the fast-developing field of book history. James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages.Trade Review"This is an invaluable survey of the origins, theoretical and methodological underpinnings, and major resources and findings of the fast-growing field of book history, across a global range of times and places."—Ann Blair, Harvard University "James Raven's boundary-defying book is delightfully adventuresome in its thinking and dazzling in the scope and command of the sources it adduces. This remarkably accomplished little volume will be part of the conversation for years to come."—Michael F. Suarez, S.J., Director, Rare Book School at the University of Virginia "It's exactly what I need to introduce me to what the discipline embraces, how it began and how it is developing."—Karen McAulay, Times Higher Education Supplement "'Easy writing', wrote the playwright Sheridan, 'is damned hard reading'. For James Raven this must have been damned hard writing indeed, for the result is reading which lightly carries a lifetime of learning and will surely act as an inspiration to others, not least to young scholars who are coming new to the field."—Library & Information HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of illustrations and tables 1. The Scope of Book History Redefining the book First books first 2. The Early History of Book History Pre-histories of the book Towards bibliography 3. Description, Enumeration and Modelling Retrospective catalogues and bibliometrics New perspectives and projects Circuits and diagrams 4. Who, What and How? Economics Wider horizons Control: Copyright, censorship and circulation Libraries Cautions and precepts 5. Reading Identifying readers Recovering reading practises Consequences Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisA critical overview of one of the most pervasive digital technologies in the contemporary world. Written by two leading researchers in the field, with international renown and both industrial and academic experience.Trade Review"Storied mobile communication researchers Jonathan Donner and Richard Ling have given us a savvy, panoramic view of how mobile communication has changed and is changing lives around the world. They reveal how portable communication technology is affecting every level of human endeavor, from socioeconomic transformations in the developing world to mischief in the classroom. Their adroit treatment is required reading for anyone interested in the subject." James E. Katz, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. Introduction: the quarter century beyond the Maitland commission report. Chapter 2. Short history of mobile communication. Chapter 3. Mobile communication in everyday life: 3 Billion New Phones. Chapter 4. Mobile communication in everyday life: New Choices, New Challenges. Chapter 5. Debates surrounding mobile communication. Chapter 6. Conclusion: Individual addressability, interlacing and the spillover of the control revolution

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Book Synopsis* Muhlmann is highly regarded as one of the outstanding young scholars of journalism and political communication. * Polity recently published A Political History of Journalism by the same author. This book is designed as a companion volume; it focuses on the relation of journalism to democracy.Trade Review"Muhlmann's insightful analysis raises the reader's ability to understand the problematic of journalism in contemporary democracies." ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1. Critiquing journalism: a difficult exercise. 1. The public: hostage to journalists. 2. Journalists: hostages to the public. 3. Two poles, two risks. What next? Chapter 2. The notion of 'public', and what can be expected of it. 1. The premises of the notion of 'public': liberal England in the seventeenth century. 2. Kant and the principle of publicity (Offentlichkeit). 3. French Enlightenment and American Enlightenment. 4. The denunciation of the naiveties of the notion of 'public': the problem of the domination of the 'homogenous' in democracy. Chapter 3. A first ideal-critique: the journalist-flâneur. 1. Varying the gaze. 2. An ambiguous and frustrating ideal. 3. Fruitless exasperation: Karl Kraus as a modern Sisyphus. Chapter 4. A second ideal-critique: the journalist-at-war. 1. The journalism of the young Karl Marx (1842-43). 2. The crisis of 1843: towards a radical critique of public space. 3. Journalism, an ongoing problem: Marx as journalist-at-war. Chapter 5. A third ideal-critique: journalism as a 'conflictual unifying' of the democratic community. 1. Gabriel Tarde and an answer to Gustave Le Bon. 2. The sociologists of Chicago (R. E. Park, H. M. Hughes) faced with the reality of an 'integrating' journalist. 3. The risk of myth. 4. Towards a 'conflictual unifying'. Two journalistic acts. Chapter 6. The limits inherent to the figure of the 'spectator', and what they tell us about democracy. 1. The journalism of decentring as the search for the limits of 'seeing'. 2. The Sartrean critique of the position of the spectator. 3. From the gaze to listening. Jean Hatzfeld on the Rwandan genocide. Epilogue.

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Book Synopsis* An innovative study that examines the personalised nature of political communication. * A comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private. * International in scope, the book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources.Trade Review'An extremely useful book for those who are interested in the world beyond the level of bar-room gossip.' Morning Star 'Stanyer has delivered a highly persuasive evidence-based study, creatively developed and carried out, drawing on a range of data sets inventively designed to compare how far the private lives of politicians are reported in seven countries. In my view, Intimate Politics has genuine international relevance and should be considered the benchmark study for future scholarship.' Journalism Studies 'Stanyer's treatment of the phenomenon of “intimization” is data-rich, conceptually mature and several-sided. He systematically examines it by genre, over an extended time span and, in a revealing comparative analysis, across seven advanced democracies. Intimate Politics is likely to be the definitive treatment of its subject for years to come.' Jay Blumler, University of Leeds 'For the first time, intimization and popularization are dealt with using hard data, showing that they are not just in the minds of scholars but that they represent tendencies that have emerged in several countries worldwide. Our democracies are facing at the same time new strategies on the part of politicians and also already well-rooted journalistic routines.' Paolo Mancini, Università di PerugiaTable of ContentsContents List of figures and tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Politicians’ Personal Lives in the Media Spotlight 1. Soft Focus: Leaders’ Personal Lives Close-up 2. Digging for Dirt: Publicizing Politicians’ Sex Lives 3. Changing Exposure: Critical Moments and the Uncovering of Politicians’ Infidelity 4. Transnational Revelations: Flows, Access and Control in a Global News Environment 5. Drawing Conclusions: Intimization and Democratic Politics Appendix: Notes on Research Methods and Indicators References Endnotes

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Book SynopsisIt is often remarked that politicians' private lives are becoming a feature of political communication in many advanced industrial democracies. However, there have so far been no genuinely comparative studies examining the personalized nature of political communication. Intimate Politics provides for the first time a systematic comparative analysis of such developments in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it assesses the extent to which the private lives of politicians have become a feature of political communication in each democracy. The book provides a comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private, and whether any developments are universal or more advanced in some democracies than others, and seeks to explain why this might be. Intimate Politics will be of great value for students and scholars of communication and media studies and political science aTrade Review'An extremely useful book for those who are interested in the world beyond the level of bar-room gossip.' Morning Star 'Stanyer has delivered a highly persuasive evidence-based study, creatively developed and carried out, drawing on a range of data sets inventively designed to compare how far the private lives of politicians are reported in seven countries. In my view, Intimate Politics has genuine international relevance and should be considered the benchmark study for future scholarship.' Journalism Studies 'Stanyer's treatment of the phenomenon of “intimization” is data-rich, conceptually mature and several-sided. He systematically examines it by genre, over an extended time span and, in a revealing comparative analysis, across seven advanced democracies. Intimate Politics is likely to be the definitive treatment of its subject for years to come.' Jay Blumler, University of Leeds 'For the first time, intimization and popularization are dealt with using hard data, showing that they are not just in the minds of scholars but that they represent tendencies that have emerged in several countries worldwide. Our democracies are facing at the same time new strategies on the part of politicians and also already well-rooted journalistic routines.' Paolo Mancini, Università di PerugiaTable of ContentsContents List of figures and tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Politicians’ Personal Lives in the Media Spotlight 1. Soft Focus: Leaders’ Personal Lives Close-up 2. Digging for Dirt: Publicizing Politicians’ Sex Lives 3. Changing Exposure: Critical Moments and the Uncovering of Politicians’ Infidelity 4. Transnational Revelations: Flows, Access and Control in a Global News Environment 5. Drawing Conclusions: Intimization and Democratic Politics Appendix: Notes on Research Methods and Indicators References Endnotes

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Book Synopsis* The first book to focus on the changes digital technologies have made on the production, circulation and consumption of photography. * Considers a range of digital cameras and their contexts, from prosumer SLRs to cameras embedded in mobiles.Trade Review"Hand proves to be a reliable guide in taking us throughwhat remains a rather bewildering landscape."European Journal of Communication"Photography is no longer a hobby or a discrete activity, and Martin Hand sets out in his lucid and engaging study just how it has become 'ubiquitous', modifying and making more visual a whole range of existing social practices."Tim Dant, Lancaster University"Hand's book sets contemporary photographic practices in the context of information technologies, changing cultural and economic forms, and a media-saturated society, and provides a lucid analysis of how these constitute "ubiquitous photography". Its combination of cultural theory, analytic insight, and ethnographic sensibility makes it indispensable reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary visual culture."Anne Beaulieu, University of GroningenTable of ContentsDetailed Contents vi List of Figures viii Acknowledgements ix 1 Ubiquitous Photography: A Short Introduction 1 2 Visual Culture, Consumption and Technology 25 3 Images and Information: Variation, Manipulation and Ephemerality 59 4 Technologies and Techniques: Reconfiguring Camera, Photographer and Image 96 5 Memory and Classification: Between the Album and the Tag Cloud 143 6 Conclusion: Ubiquitous Photography and Public Culture 185 References and Bibliography 198 Index 215

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Book SynopsisWith the majority of the world's population now living in cities, questions about the cultural and political trajectories of urban societies are increasingly urgent. Media and the City explores the global city as the site where these questions become most prominent.Trade Review"This elaborate and elegantly written volume connects ideas of cosmopolitanism, urbanity and the media. Crucially, this volume not only provides a compelling summary of existing debates but also offers a novel and exciting approach to these issues. The book will provide an important reference point for anyone seeking to understand some of the central debates of the twenty-first century." Nick Stevenson, University of Nottingham "An impressive contribution to understanding the cultural dynamism of London as a global, cosmopolitan city and London’s position among global cities more generally. Georgiou delves expertly beneath official hype to the street level where diverse creative worlds are shaped by different media, especially in the divisions and cultural encounters of the East End." John Eade, University of Roehampton "Cities are competitive projects of creativity and power. More than half of the human species live in them, and more want to. Myria Georgiou's fascinating new vision of the mediated and cosmopolitan city explores humanity’s biggest project yet by investigating its role in consumption, identity, community and civic action." John Hartley, Curtin UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction - The mediated cosmopolis Chapter 2 Media and the city: synergies of power Chapter 3 Consumption: the hegemonic and the vernacular Chapter 4 - Identity: popular culture and self-making Chapter 5 Community: transnational solidarities Chapter 6 Action: presence and marginality Epilogue - Cosmopolitan contradictions

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Book SynopsisResearch consistently shows how through the years more of our time gets spent using media, how multitasking our media has become a regular feature of everyday life, and that consuming media for most people increasingly takes place alongside producing media.Trade Review“Media Life is a daring, provocative and mindful analysis of the many ways in which media have become an irreducible component of the social. It is written in a very approachable style, presented in an impeccable typographic design, and is impressive in its scope of concepts, terminologies, and the body of examples from market research, art and popular culture.” Christoph Raetzsch, Digital Journalism "Draws on a wide array of sometimes sharply original ideas about both entrapment and opportunity, organizing them vigorously and often with wit." European Journal of Communication "This innovative interpretation of our relationship to media is both coherent and the fruit of much thought. It contains the promise of a long-sought-for new paradigm to replace the original causal-linear model of mass communication." Denis McQuail, University of Amsterdam "Media Life is a fresh and inspiring book, dense in original ideas and intuitions. It is an outstanding book to read, to study, to cite, to have on the shelves of your library, to lend to friends, to suggest to students, and to think about when you yourself take part in media life." Leopoldina Fortunati, University of Udine "In Media Life Mark Deuze gives us an immediate sense of the embedded, interconnected, and multi-modal character and necessity of media in contemporary life. It is also a window into the next generation of communication research and scholarship, where the familiar divides between channel and content, interpersonal interaction and mediated communication, the personal, the institutional, and the systemic will fade and reconfigure. Just as we cannot not communicate, today we cannot not mediate. An indispensable tour of the emerging boundaries of media studies." Leah Lievrouw, University of California Los AngelesTable of ContentsPreface: In Media1. Media Life2. Media Today3. What Media Do4. No Life Outside Media5. Society in Media6. Together Alone7. In Media We Fit8. Life in MediaReferencesEndnotes

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Book SynopsisPaparazzi photography has emerged as a key element in today s media landscape. This book charts the historical and cultural significance of the industry, profiles its protagonists and discusses how its imagery of celebrity have become a major part of media consumption.Trade Review"Kim McNamara has written an excellent and most useful book. Drawing on a rich vein of information from her industry research as well as from the academic literature, McNamara�s Paparazzi is indispensable for anyone wanting to properly understand the contemporary production and circulation of celebrity."Graeme Turner, University of Queensland"In this fascinating and important study Kim McNamara takes issue with the familiar image of the paparazzi as the invasive hooligans of contemporary journalism. Drawing on first hand research in LA, London and Sydney, she explores the working lives of the paparazzi, the structure of the industry, and the way in which social media are transforming celebrity photography. A fresh, insightful and readable book that has much to teach us about news organisations today - highly recommended."Rosalind Gill, City University LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Paparazzi: A Genealogy 2. Paparazzi and Media Practices 3. Agencies and Image Markets 4. Paparazzi and Celebrity News 5. Paparazzi and Photographic Genres 6. Celebrities, Photography, and Privacy Conclusions References

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Book SynopsisIn this new book, Mark Wheeler offers the first in-depth analysis of the history, nature and global reach of celebrity politics today. Celebrity politicians and politicized celebrities have had a profound impact upon the practice of politics and the way in which it is now communicated.Trade Review"A remarkable contribution to the study of political activity and communication. As a starting point for students and instructors of political communication, campaign strategists, and social movements, this book is an excellent introduction."LSE Review of Books"A fascinating insight into the parallel developments of the celebritisation of politicians and the politicisation of celebrities."Times Higher Education"This important book raises challenging questions about the nature of our contemporary politics; how and why has 'celebrity' become such an essential feature in Western democracy? Mark Wheeler provides a scholarly and accessible account of the historical interconnection and development of this phenomenon and what this means for us as citizens. A 'must-read' for anyone concerned with the character and health of contemporary democracy."Heather Savigny, Bournemouth University"A much-needed account of how various types of celebrity actually function within the political realm. Rich with examples and historically and conceptually informed, this excellent book allows us to make real progress in thinking and talking about the dynamic between fame and politics."Michael Higgins, University of Strathclyde"In the past decades, celebrities have increasingly become involved in contemporary politics, and politicians like Barack Obama have become global celebrities. Mark Wheeler engages with the growing literature on celebrity politics, providing a systematic overview on the many dimensions of the current merger of celebrity and politics that illuminates one of the salient political phenomena of our times."Douglas Kellner, UCLATable of ContentsIntroduction1. Celebrity Politics in an era of Late Modernity2. A Historical Analysis of Celebrity Politics: The American Experience3. The Mediatization of Celebrity Politics4. Celebrity Politicians: Politicians as the Stars of Modern Election Campaigns5. Politicized Celebrities: Agency and Activism6. Transnational Celebrity Activism: Advocacy and DiplomacyConclusionNotesBibliography

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Book SynopsisIn this new book, Mark Wheeler offers the first in-depth analysis of the history, nature and global reach of celebrity politics today. Celebrity politicians and politicized celebrities have had a profound impact upon the practice of politics and the way in which it is now communicated.Trade Review"A remarkable contribution to the study of political activity and communication. As a starting point for students and instructors of political communication, campaign strategists, and social movements, this book is an excellent introduction."LSE Review of Books"A fascinating insight into the parallel developments of the celebritisation of politicians and the politicisation of celebrities."Times Higher Education"This important book raises challenging questions about the nature of our contemporary politics; how and why has 'celebrity' become such an essential feature in Western democracy? Mark Wheeler provides a scholarly and accessible account of the historical interconnection and development of this phenomenon and what this means for us as citizens. A 'must-read' for anyone concerned with the character and health of contemporary democracy."Heather Savigny, Bournemouth University"A much-needed account of how various types of celebrity actually function within the political realm. Rich with examples and historically and conceptually informed, this excellent book allows us to make real progress in thinking and talking about the dynamic between fame and politics."Michael Higgins, University of Strathclyde"In the past decades, celebrities have increasingly become involved in contemporary politics, and politicians like Barack Obama have become global celebrities. Mark Wheeler engages with the growing literature on celebrity politics, providing a systematic overview on the many dimensions of the current merger of celebrity and politics that illuminates one of the salient political phenomena of our times."Douglas Kellner, UCLATable of ContentsIntroduction1. Celebrity Politics in an era of Late Modernity2. A Historical Analysis of Celebrity Politics: The American Experience3. The Mediatization of Celebrity Politics4. Celebrity Politicians: Politicians as the Stars of Modern Election Campaigns5. Politicized Celebrities: Agency and Activism6. Transnational Celebrity Activism: Advocacy and DiplomacyConclusionNotesBibliography

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Book SynopsisIn the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This exciting new book explores that transformation by bringing together three leading figures in conversation. Jenkins, Ito and boyd examine the ways in which our personal and professional lives are shaped by experiences interacting with and around emerging media.Stressing the social and cultural contexts of participation, the authors describe the process of diversification and mainstreaming that has transformed participatory culture. They advocate a move beyond individualized personal expression and argue for an ethos of doing it together in addition to doing it yourself.Participatory Culture in a Networked Era will interest students and scholars of digital media and their impact on society and will engage readers in a broader dialogue and conversation about their oTrade Review"Jenkins, Ito and boyd offer us all a wonderful gift in the form of this book — it’s as though one gets a chance to listen in on a great dinner party conversation between three brilliant scholars, reflecting on more than twenty years of trenchant scholarship on culture, play, identity, and the emergence of the digital world."John Palfrey, Phillips Academy"These authors practise what they preach! To unlock the promise of participatory culture, Jenkins, Ito and boyd invite us to join their intellectual conversation as they puzzle over the dilemmas, insights and challenges of living in a networked era. This is an exciting way to engage with a fast-developing field of research, knowledge and experience."Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics"The idea of scholarship as dialogue is one that lies buried deep within the humanities. In the pages of this engaging and accessible book, Jenkins, Ito and boyd have brought the ethos of dialogue very much to the surface. Their conversation is an entirely apt technique for reflecting on what is by now a sustained history of collaboration on questions of informal learning, participation and power in the evolving digital media environment."Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology"Participatory Culture in a Networked Era is an instructive resource for students, researchers and academics alike while casual readers will also find it informative and engaging."ParticipationsTable of ContentsPreface Defining Participatory Culture Youth Culture, Youth Practices Gaps and Genres in Participation Learning and Literacy Commercial Culture Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Activism Reimagining Participatory Culture References

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Book SynopsisEmotions have long been neglected in media research, although their role is a vital ingredient in shaping our shared stories and the ways we engage with them.But emotions, as they circulate through the media, can also be divisive and exclusionary. Karin Wahl-Jorgensen makes the case for researching the role of emotions in mediated politics. Drawing on a series of studies, she explores the complex relationship between emotions, politics and media. The book includes analyses of how Facebook structures emotional reactions; the anger of Donald Trump; the use of personal storytelling in feminist Twitter hashtags; the role of emotionality in award-winning journalism; and the communities created by political fandoms. Essential reading for scholars and students, this important volume opens up new ways of thinking about and researching emotions, media and politics.Trade Review“As wonderfully topical as this book is, I wish we had all owned it and been able to work with our heavily underlined copies of it for decades, given how superbly it advances and nuances our understanding of the place of emotions in media and politics.”Jonathan Gray, University of Wisconsin–Madison “Emotions, Media and Politics moves a complex debate to an impressive new level by articulating brilliantly how mediated political life cannot be understood without taking personal feelings such as love and anger seriously as compasses of rational decision-making. A must-read for scholars of media and communication who want to make sense of Brexit and Putting America First.”Irene Costera Meijer, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Emotions in Mediated Public Life 1 Taking Emotion Seriously: A Brief History of Thought 2 Emotions are Everywhere: The Strategic Ritual of Emotionality in Journalism 3 Authenticity, Compassion and Personalized Storytelling 4 Towards a Typology of Mediated Anger 5 Shifting Emotional Regimes: Donald Trump’s Angry Populism 6 The Politics of Love: Political Fandom and Social Change 7 The Emotional Architecture of Social Media Conclusion: Nine Propositions about Emotions, Media and Politics Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of Blogging provides an accessible study of a now everyday phenomenon and places it in a historical, theoretical and contemporary context. The second edition takes into account the most recent research and developments and provides current analyses of new tools for microblogging and visual blogging. Jill Walker Rettberg discusses the ways blogs are integrated into today's mainstream social media ecology, where comments and links from Twitter and Facebook may be more important than the network between blogs that was significant five years ago, and questions the shift towards increased commercialization and corporate control of blogs. The new edition also analyses how smart phones with cameras and social media have led a shift towards more visual emphasis in blogs, with photographs and graphics increasingly foregrounded. Authored by a scholar-blogger, this engaging book is packed with examples that show howTrade Review"A landmark in social cyberspace studies – and much more than that. It’s about the way today’s popular culture is actually part of large-scale change in the way culture is produced. Jill Walker Rettberg has written a deep and broad book about the real meaning of blogging as evidence for and a driver of an epochal cultural shift. She deftly uses her own experience as a renowned blogger, examined through the expert eye of an experienced communication researcher, to reveal the psychological, social, political and historical meaning of the blogging phenomenon. She brings media studies, ethnology, literary studies, marketing, journalism and sociology together into a brilliant explanatory framework." Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs "Blogging has become an essential backbone of social media. Jill Walker Rettberg’s book brilliantly documents, analyses and situates blogging, constructing an indispensable account of blogging’s history and future in light of social network sites, mobile practices and other media-sharing platforms. This is a key piece of scholarship for anyone trying to understand the intersection of technology and society." danah boyd, Microsoft Research New England, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University "A solid, unbiased, and unfettered introduction to the social aspects of blogging. Recommended." ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Introduction 1 1 What is a Blog? 5 A brief history of weblogs 6 How blogs have adapted to a social media ecosystem 14 Three blogs 17 Defining blogs 30 2 From Bards to Blogs 36 Orality and literacy 37 The introduction of print 41 Print, blogging and reading 44 Printed precedents of blogs 45 The Late Age of Print 47 A modern public sphere? 50 Hypertext and computer lib 53 Technological determinism or cultural shaping of technology? 57 3 Blogs, Communities and Networks 62 Social network theory 66 Distributed conversations 69 Technology for distributed communities 72 Facebook and Twitter as microblogs 76 Publicly articulated relationships 82 Colliding networks 83 Emerging social networks 86 4 Citizen Journalists? 90 Bloggers’ perception of themselves 93 When it matters whether a blogger is a journalist 94 Objectivity, authority and credibility 97 First-hand reports: blogging from a war zone 101 First-hand reports: chance witnesses 104 Bloggers as independent journalists and opinionists 107 Gatewatching 108 Symbiosis 112 5 Blogs as Narratives 115 Goal-oriented narratives 116 Ongoing and episodic narration 118 Blogs as self-exploration 127 Fictions or hoaxes? Kaycee Nicole and lonelygirl15 129 6 Blogging Brands 135 The human voice 136 Advertisements and sponsored posts on blogs 139 Micropatronage 145 Sponsored posts and pay-to-post 147 Exploitation and alienation? 152 Corporate blogs 155 Engaging bloggers 161 Corporate blogging gone wrong 164 7 The Future of Blogging 169 Implicit participation and the perils of personalized media 170 References 176 Blogs Mentioned 186 Index 189

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Book SynopsisPublic relations is, by design, the least visible of the persuasive industries. It operates behind the scenes, encouraging us to consume, vote, believe and behave in ways that keep economies moving and citizens from storming the citadels of power. In this important new book, Sue Curry Jansen explores the ways in which globalization and the digital revolution have substantially elevated PR''s role in management, marketing, governance and international affairs. Since the best PR is invisible PR, it violates the norms of liberal democracy, which require transparency and accountability. Even when it serves benign purposes, she argues, PR is a commercial enterprise that divorces communication from conviction and turns it into a mercenary venture. As a primary source of what now passes as news, PR influences much of what we know and how we know it. Stealth Communications will be an indispensable guide for students of media studies and public relations, as wTrade Review"Stealth Communications offers us critical resources to apprehend the central role of public relations in transforming the conditions for an informed citizenry. Rich with case studies, historical reinterpretations, and contemporary analysis, this book should be required reading for students of media and democratic communication." - Melissa Aronczyk, Rutgers University "Now a multibillion-dollar global industry, the dark art of public relations has never exercised a more pervasive influence. Through judicious examples set in a careful historical framework, Jansen documents how a hidden torrent of managed publicity sweeps through our public sphere. Those who care about democratic decision-making will find Stealth Communications to be essential reading." - Dan Schiller, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Playing Fast and Loose with Words and Worlds 2. History Matters: Progressivism, Muckraking and Commercial Propaganda 3. The Spectacular Growth of Public Relations: The Industry 4. The Industry: PR Agencies and Holding Companies 5. Language Matters: Framing and Spinning 6. Globalization and Privatization of Public Affairs: Nation Branding 7. Fighting Fire with Fire: PR, Social Movements and NGOs 8. We are All in PR Now, Is There a Way Out?

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Book SynopsisPublic relations is, by design, the least visible of the persuasive industries. It operates behind the scenes, encouraging us to consume, vote, believe and behave in ways that keep economies moving and citizens from storming the citadels of power. In this important new book, Sue Curry Jansen explores the ways in which globalization and the digital revolution have substantially elevated PR''s role in management, marketing, governance and international affairs. Since the best PR is invisible PR, it violates the norms of liberal democracy, which require transparency and accountability. Even when it serves benign purposes, she argues, PR is a commercial enterprise that divorces communication from conviction and turns it into a mercenary venture. As a primary source of what now passes as news, PR influences much of what we know and how we know it. Stealth Communications will be an indispensable guide for students of media studies and public relations, as wTrade Review"Stealth Communications offers us critical resources to apprehend the central role of public relations in transforming the conditions for an informed citizenry. Rich with case studies, historical reinterpretations, and contemporary analysis, this book should be required reading for students of media and democratic communication." Melissa Aronczyk, Rutgers University "Now a multibillion-dollar global industry, the dark art of public relations has never exercised a more pervasive influence. Through judicious examples set in a careful historical framework, Jansen documents how a hidden torrent of managed publicity sweeps through our public sphere. Those who care about democratic decision-making will find Stealth Communications to be essential reading." Dan Schiller, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Playing Fast and Loose with Words and Worlds 2. History Matters: Progressivism, Muckraking and Commercial Propaganda 3. The Spectacular Growth of Public Relations: The Industry 4. The Industry: PR Agencies and Holding Companies 5. Language Matters: Framing and Spinning 6. Globalization and Privatization of Public Affairs: Nation Branding 7. Fighting Fire with Fire: PR, Social Movements and NGOs 8. We are All in PR Now, Is There a Way Out?

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Book SynopsisHow are e-book pirates changing the publishing industry? What do ticket scalpers and internet search companies have in common? What role does organised crime play in the global movie business? How do 'jailbroken' iPhones drive innovation? What does a '.Trade Review"The Informal Media Economy may be the most significant media studies volume published this year. Reaching beyond the tired platitudes and self-interested rhetoric of media piracy debates, Lobato and Thomas examine the elaborate interdependence between formal and informal media economies. The book ranges across seemingly discrete corners of the media economy, examining such issues as innovation, circulation and value. Along the way, the authors deliver lucid, thoughtful and provocative insights regarding topics that are absolutely central to media industry studies today."Michael Curtin, University of California, Santa Barbara"By examining relations between formal and informal economies, Lobato and Thomas offer a genuinely fresh and important way of understanding media production and media history. Their book is readable, knowledgeable and provocative, and it makes you wonder throughout: why on earth has no one done this before?"David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds "This book is a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the growing body of work on informality and media economies. It is full of smart syntheses of complex scholarship and original insights into the study of digital media."Joe Karaganis, Columbia University “Overall, this is an insightful, deeply researched, and cleverly crafted book, intended for audiences in academia and beyond that are interested in understanding the complex dynamics of how media is financed, distributed, and exhibited. It fills a gap in current academic research efforts, focusing on aspects of global media entertainment—the informal media economy—oftentimes neglected or overlooked.” Paolo Sigismondi, International Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Formal and informal media 2. Entrepreneurs 3. Work 4. Geographies 5. Regulation 6. Brands 7. Metrics Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisPresumed intimacy' refers to a relationship that requires instant trust, confidence, disclosure and the recognition of vulnerability. Chris Rojek investigates the impact of relationships of presumed intimacy', where audiences form strong identifications with mediated others, whether they be celebrities, political personae or online friends. Arguing that the way the media are able to manage these relationships is a significant aspect of their power structure, the core of the book is an investigation into the complicity of the media in encouraging presumed intimacy and the cultural, social and political consequences arising from this. Beyond this, it examines how intimacy is performed as a masquerade in many social settings the scripts we follow in social settings that try to manufacture a shortcut to intimacy.A compelling look into mediated relationships in the network society, Presumed Intimacy will be a key contribution to the critical analysis of society, mediaTrade Review"Encompassing topics as diverse as Mae West's fame and the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, Charles Dickens's novels and the dilemmas of modern democracy, Rojek's book is a tour-de-force of interdisciplinary social criticism. Ambitious in scope, brilliant in execution, it constitutes nothing less than a profound meditation on what it means to be a human being today."David Inglis, University of Exeter"Rojek has created yet another of his unique and insightful analyses of the contemporary world. As “familiar strangers” we live in a tenuous world built on presumed intimacy. One’s anger about this world builds as one progresses through the book and leads one to applaud Rojek’s call for, among other things, the veracity and emotional integrity that are increasingly being lost in our world of increasing presumed intimacy."George Ritzer, University of MarylandTable of Contents1. Living with Statistical Men and Women 2. Chimerical Risk Management 3. The Shockwaves of Trauma 4. The Lost Neighbour Proposition and the Collateral Damage Problem 5. Horizontal Frontierism: The Juggernaut of Character 6. The Accentuation of Personality 7. Vertical Frontierism: Four Case Studies 8. Cracks in the Mirror 9. The Gestural Economy 10. Institutional and Counter-Institutional Gestural Economies 11. Nuda Veritas Notes References

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Book SynopsisThe public, James Carey famously wrote, is the god-term of journalism, the term without which the entire enterprise fails to make sense. In the last thirty years, scholars have made great progress in understanding just what this means.Trade Review"In this brilliant and wide-ranging book, David Ryfe demonstrates how journalism is deeply shaped by its relations to other institutions of public life. Journalism and the Public is an important contribution to the international comparative study of news." Rodney Benson, New York University "A picture of the public and its relationship with journalism has held us captive. In this excellent book, David Ryfe sets us free. Writing with clarity and verve, he shows that while the relationship varies in response to pressures from state, market, and civil society, a connection between journalism and the public is everywhere at the heart of the profession and what it aims to accomplish." Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, University of OxfordTable of Contents Table of Contents Introduction1 The Tradition A New Approach Plan of the Book Chapter 1 Theory Publics Journalism Journalism and the Public Chapter 2 Emergence Early Cases The Development of the American Field The Field of French Journalism The Form of News Conclusion Chapter 3 Outside the West History Markets The Chinese Field of Journalism Investigative Journalism Conclusion Chapter 4 The Journalistic Imagination Normative Accounts Journalists Should Tell the Truth Journalists Should Build Community Journalists Should Foster Deliberative Conversation What Should Journalists Do? Chapter 5 Journalism and Change A Recap Mapping Change Time and Change Persistence Conclusion Chapter 6 Moving Forward What We Know What We Do Not Know Responses Networked Journalism and Democracy References

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Book SynopsisThe public, James Carey famously wrote, is the god-term of journalism, the term without which the entire enterprise fails to make sense. In the last thirty years, scholars have made great progress in understanding just what this means.Trade Review"In this brilliant and wide-ranging book, David Ryfe demonstrates how journalism is deeply shaped by its relations to other institutions of public life. Journalism and the Public is an important contribution to the international comparative study of news." Rodney Benson, New York University "A picture of the public and its relationship with journalism has held us captive. In this excellent book, David Ryfe sets us free. Writing with clarity and verve, he shows that while the relationship varies in response to pressures from state, market, and civil society, a connection between journalism and the public is everywhere at the heart of the profession and what it aims to accomplish." Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, University of Oxford

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Book SynopsisPaper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization. In the shape of bills, banknotes and accounting books it was indispensible to the economy. As forms and files it was essential to bureaucracy. As letters it became the setting for the invention of the modern soul, and as newsprint it became a stage for politics. In this brilliant new book Lothar Müller describes how paper made its way from China through the Arab world to Europe, where it permeated everyday life in a variety of formats from the thirteenth century onwards, and how the paper technology revolution of the nineteenth century paved the way for the creation of the modern daily press. His key witnesses are the works of Rabelais and Grimmelshausen, Balzac and Herman Melville, James Joyce and Paul Valéry. Müller writes not only about books, however: he also writes about pamphlets, playing cards, papercutting aTrade Review"Balanced and intelligent... Even those who are happy with e-books will be grateful to Muller's publishers for printing White Magic on good, thick, creamy paper and including, at the end, a dozen blank pages, all of which I have covered with untidy, handwritten notes, to make this mechanical mass-produced artifact intimately my own."—New York Review of Books "A richly sprawling history"—Times Literary Supplement "A panoramic literary-historical work reminiscent of Erich Auerbach's Mimesis"—The Washington Post "What a great read! It is a book to warm up the brain on a day of mental fog."—Inside Higher Education "Most of this erudite, engaging work is concerned with the rise of paper and its dominance as civilisation's archive and its role as a 'metaphorical resource': the origin of phrases such as 'a blank page'. As well as being a historical account of the way paper came to permeate every aspect of life, Muller mines European literature for the role paper has played in the stories we tell ourselves."—Sydney Morning Herald "Lothar Müller... tells an alternative history of paper. He argues, convincingly, that paper has been, and continues to be, integral to our civilisation and the modern world. Through a carefully structured sequence of illuminating vignettes, he brings together fascinating facts from across the globe and the centuries to reveal the long-running and fundamental impact of paper on human life, work and culture."—Times Higher Education "Müller's work leaves the reader admiring something that feels magical."—Publishers Weekly "...the tale that Lothar Müller spins in White Magic: The Age of Paper is one that brings paper—as both physical material and a playing field on which the human imagination can run wild—to vivid life. Incorporating a wealth of historical detail, technical information, and critical analysis, Müller makes his account lively and compelling, giving paper a personality and substance that is on par with any words that may appear on it. In his book, paper is not just the silent partner of the printing press. Instead, it is an extremely versatile substance—one whose uses and forms shape human thought and behavior in many ways."—The Nomadic Press "As paper increasingly fades into history, the story of its role and evolution is at risk of being lost, erasing the roadmap that brought us to the digital era. Lothar Müller's White Magic: The Age of Paper goes a long way to averting that fate, going back in time to record and describe in intricate detail how paper came to be, and what it came to be."—South China Morning Post "Consistently readable and highly entertaining, this witty and learned book deftly decouples paper's history from the story of printing to tell new and surprising tales about a medium that continues to pervade our daily life. You'll never look at a blank page in quite the same way again."—Catherine Robson, New York University "This is an absorbing history of paper, fascinating in its detail and magisterial in its scope. Muller writes with the authority of a scholar and the imagination of a poet, filling his book with curious but essential facts and astute perceptions. It is a delight to read."—Jeremy Adler, King's College London "Müller's history of paper is original, engaging and breathtakingly erudite. It explores paper in its materiality, but also as a source of inspiration which has shaped the history of knowledge and creativity. In tracing paper's vital role in the development of human civilisation, the author also argues for its continued importance in the digital age."—Carolin Duttlinger, Wadham College, Oxford "Lothar Müller set out dazzling new insights into the creation of our world, building on Harold Innis’ work on the long and complex emergence of paper. Unique in his White Magic is his subtle blending of cultural and media history with sociological understanding and literary reflexion."—Philippe Despoix, Center of Intermedial Research in Arts, Literatures and Technologies, Université de MontréalTable of ContentsThanks viii PROLOGUE The Microbe Experiment ix PART ONE The Diffusion of Paper in Europe 1 CHAPTER 1 Leaves from Samarkand 3 1.1 The Arab Intermediate Realm 3 1.2 Calligraphy and the Cairo Wastepaper Basket 10 1.3 In Scheherazade’s World 13 1.4 Timur and Suleika 17 CHAPTER 2 The Rustling Grows Louder 22 2.1 The European Paper Mill Boom 22 2.2 Paper, Scholars, and Playing Cards 26 2.3 The Rise of the File: Paper Kings, Chanceries, and Secretaries 31 2.4 The Merchant of Genoa and His Silent Partner 37 2.5 Ragpickers, Writers, and the Pulpit 46 CHAPTER 3 The Universal Substance 52 3.1 Marshall McLuhan and the Pantagruelion of Rabelais 52 3.2 Harold Innis, the Postal System, and Mephisto’s Scrap 61 3.3 The World in a Page: Watermarks, Formats, Colors 70 PART TWO Behind the Type Area 79 CHAPTER 1 The Printed and the Unprinted 81 1.1 The Pitfalls of a Formula: “From Script to Print” 81 1.2 The White Page 85 1.3 “Found among the Papers ...” 89 CHAPTER 2 Adventurers and Paper 94 2.1 Don Quixote, the Print Shop, and the Pen 94 2.2 Picaresque Paper: Simplicius Simplicissimus and the Schermesser 99 2.3 Robinson’s Journal, Ink, and Time 104 CHAPTER 3 Transparent Typography 108 3.1 The Epistolary Novel’s Mimicry of Letter Paper 108 3.2 Laurence Sterne, the Straight Line, and the Marbled Page 115 3.3 The Fragmentation of the Printed Page: Jean Paul, Lichtenberg, and Excerpts 119 PART THREE The Great Expansion 127 CHAPTER 1 The Demons of the Paper Machine 129 1.1 The Mechanization of Sheet-Making 129 1.2 The Loom of Time, the French Revolution, and Credit 140 1.3 Balzac, Journalism, and the Paper Scheme in Lost Illusions 152 1.4 The Secrets of the Scriveners: Charles Dickens and Mr. Nemo 163 1.5 Foolscap and Factory Workers: Herman Melville and the Paper Machine 168 CHAPTER 2 Newsprint and the Emergence of the Popular Press 180 2.1 The Boundless Resource Base 180 2.2 The Newspaper, the Price of Paper, and the Patrioteer 189 2.3 Émile Zola, the Petit Journal, and the Dreyfus Affair 196 CHAPTER 3 Illuminated Inner Worlds 201 3.1 Wilhelm Dilthey, Historism, and Literary Estates 201 3.2 Henry James, Edith Wharton, and the Autograph Hunt 207 3.3 Laterna Magica: Paper and Interiors 215 CHAPTER 4 The Inventory of Modernity 226 4.1 Typewriter Paper, Deckle Edges, and White Space 226 4.2 James Joyce, Newsprint, and Shears 236 4.3 William Gaddis, the Paperwork Crisis, and Punch Cards 242 4.4 Rainald Goetz, the Mystic Writing Pad, and the Smell of Paper 249 EPILOGUE The Analog and the Digital 253 Notes 265 Bibliography 274 Image Credits 292 Index of Names 293

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Book SynopsisPaper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization. In the shape of bills, banknotes and accounting books it was indispensible to the economy. As forms and files it was essential to bureaucracy.Trade Review"Balanced and intelligent... Even those who are happy with e-books will be grateful to Muller's publishers for printing White Magic on good, thick, creamy paper and including, at the end, a dozen blank pages, all of which I have covered with untidy, handwritten notes, to make this mechanical mass-produced artifact intimately my own."—New York Review of Books "A richly sprawling history"—Times Literary Supplement "A panoramic literary-historical work reminiscent of Erich Auerbach's Mimesis"—The Washington Post "What a great read! It is a book to warm up the brain on a day of mental fog."—Inside Higher Education "Most of this erudite, engaging work is concerned with the rise of paper and its dominance as civilisation's archive and its role as a 'metaphorical resource': the origin of phrases such as 'a blank page'. As well as being a historical account of the way paper came to permeate every aspect of life, Muller mines European literature for the role paper has played in the stories we tell ourselves."—Sydney Morning Herald "Lothar Müller... tells an alternative history of paper. He argues, convincingly, that paper has been, and continues to be, integral to our civilisation and the modern world. Through a carefully structured sequence of illuminating vignettes, he brings together fascinating facts from across the globe and the centuries to reveal the long-running and fundamental impact of paper on human life, work and culture."—Times Higher Education "Müller's work leaves the reader admiring something that feels magical."—Publishers Weekly "...the tale that Lothar Müller spins in White Magic: The Age of Paper is one that brings paper—as both physical material and a playing field on which the human imagination can run wild—to vivid life. Incorporating a wealth of historical detail, technical information, and critical analysis, Müller makes his account lively and compelling, giving paper a personality and substance that is on par with any words that may appear on it. In his book, paper is not just the silent partner of the printing press. Instead, it is an extremely versatile substance—one whose uses and forms shape human thought and behavior in many ways."—The Nomadic Press "As paper increasingly fades into history, the story of its role and evolution is at risk of being lost, erasing the roadmap that brought us to the digital era. Lothar Müller's White Magic: The Age of Paper goes a long way to averting that fate, going back in time to record and describe in intricate detail how paper came to be, and what it came to be."—South China Morning Post "Consistently readable and highly entertaining, this witty and learned book deftly decouples paper's history from the story of printing to tell new and surprising tales about a medium that continues to pervade our daily life. You'll never look at a blank page in quite the same way again."—Catherine Robson, New York University "This is an absorbing history of paper, fascinating in its detail and magisterial in its scope. Muller writes with the authority of a scholar and the imagination of a poet, filling his book with curious but essential facts and astute perceptions. It is a delight to read."—Jeremy Adler, King's College London "Müller's history of paper is original, engaging and breathtakingly erudite. It explores paper in its materiality, but also as a source of inspiration which has shaped the history of knowledge and creativity. In tracing paper's vital role in the development of human civilisation, the author also argues for its continued importance in the digital age."—Carolin Duttlinger, Wadham College, Oxford "Lothar Müller set out dazzling new insights into the creation of our world, building on Harold Innis’ work on the long and complex emergence of paper. Unique in his White Magic is his subtle blending of cultural and media history with sociological understanding and literary reflexion."—Philippe Despoix, Center of Intermedial Research in Arts, Literatures and Technologies, Université de MontréalTable of ContentsThanks viii PROLOGUE The Microbe Experiment ix PART ONE The Diffusion of Paper in Europe 1 CHAPTER 1 Leaves from Samarkand 3 1.1 The Arab Intermediate Realm 3 1.2 Calligraphy and the Cairo Wastepaper Basket 10 1.3 In Scheherazade’s World 13 1.4 Timur and Suleika 17 CHAPTER 2 The Rustling Grows Louder 22 2.1 The European Paper Mill Boom 22 2.2 Paper, Scholars, and Playing Cards 26 2.3 The Rise of the File: Paper Kings, Chanceries, and Secretaries 31 2.4 The Merchant of Genoa and His Silent Partner 37 2.5 Ragpickers, Writers, and the Pulpit 46 CHAPTER 3 The Universal Substance 52 3.1 Marshall McLuhan and the Pantagruelion of Rabelais 52 3.2 Harold Innis, the Postal System, and Mephisto’s Scrap 61 3.3 The World in a Page: Watermarks, Formats, Colors 70 PART TWO Behind the Type Area 79 CHAPTER 1 The Printed and the Unprinted 81 1.1 The Pitfalls of a Formula: “From Script to Print” 81 1.2 The White Page 85 1.3 “Found among the Papers ...” 89 CHAPTER 2 Adventurers and Paper 94 2.1 Don Quixote, the Print Shop, and the Pen 94 2.2 Picaresque Paper: Simplicius Simplicissimus and the Schermesser 99 2.3 Robinson’s Journal, Ink, and Time 104 CHAPTER 3 Transparent Typography 108 3.1 The Epistolary Novel’s Mimicry of Letter Paper 108 3.2 Laurence Sterne, the Straight Line, and the Marbled Page 115 3.3 The Fragmentation of the Printed Page: Jean Paul, Lichtenberg, and Excerpts 119 PART THREE The Great Expansion 127 CHAPTER 1 The Demons of the Paper Machine 129 1.1 The Mechanization of Sheet-Making 129 1.2 The Loom of Time, the French Revolution, and Credit 140 1.3 Balzac, Journalism, and the Paper Scheme in Lost Illusions 152 1.4 The Secrets of the Scriveners: Charles Dickens and Mr. Nemo 163 1.5 Foolscap and Factory Workers: Herman Melville and the Paper Machine 168 CHAPTER 2 Newsprint and the Emergence of the Popular Press 180 2.1 The Boundless Resource Base 180 2.2 The Newspaper, the Price of Paper, and the Patrioteer 189 2.3 Émile Zola, the Petit Journal, and the Dreyfus Affair 196 CHAPTER 3 Illuminated Inner Worlds 201 3.1 Wilhelm Dilthey, Historism, and Literary Estates 201 3.2 Henry James, Edith Wharton, and the Autograph Hunt 207 3.3 Laterna Magica: Paper and Interiors 215 CHAPTER 4 The Inventory of Modernity 226 4.1 Typewriter Paper, Deckle Edges, and White Space 226 4.2 James Joyce, Newsprint, and Shears 236 4.3 William Gaddis, the Paperwork Crisis, and Punch Cards 242 4.4 Rainald Goetz, the Mystic Writing Pad, and the Smell of Paper 249 EPILOGUE The Analog and the Digital 253 Notes 265 Bibliography 274 Image Credits 292 Index of Names 293

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication is designed to help readers understand and appreciate how the people of the United States use human communication to select their presidents.Trade ReviewCraig Allen Smith?s Presidential Campaign Communication is a thorough, clear, and comprehensive text that details all of the important elements of presidential campaign communication. The book nicely integrates insights from both political science and communication and is sensitive to historical context. Focusing on the various communicative aspects of presidential campaigns, and full of anecdotes and examples that illustrate the theory, the book would be a useful addition to courses on the presidency, the mass media, and political campaigns. Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University The second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication offers a complete rearrangement and updating of content. As the next election approaches, it is definitely a book I would use in any course focused on the US presidency. Students loved the first edition. They will like this one even more. Martin Medhurst, Baylor University Smith?s second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication provides both breadth and depth in its insightful analysis of campaign communication. This book is one of the very best to examine the role that communication plays in US presidential campaigns.? Mitchell S. McKinney, University of MissouriTable of Contents1 Presidential Campaigns as Communication 2 The Stages of the Quest for the White House 3 The Campaign Trialogue: Citizens, Reporters and Campaigners 4 Campaigns as Rhetorical Puzzles 5 Laws and Rules Shape Campaign Communication 6 America’s Tribes of Voters 7 Media and Messages 8 Acclaiming, Attacking and Defending Candidate Images 9 Persuading, Fast and Slow: Advertising and Speaking 10 Reporting Campaigns for “People Like Us” 11 Presidential Debates: The Rhetorical Super Bowl 12 Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication is designed to help readers understand and appreciate how the people of the United States use human communication to select their presidents.Trade ReviewCraig Allen Smith?s Presidential Campaign Communication is a thorough, clear, and comprehensive text that details all of the important elements of presidential campaign communication. The book nicely integrates insights from both political science and communication and is sensitive to historical context. Focusing on the various communicative aspects of presidential campaigns, and full of anecdotes and examples that illustrate the theory, the book would be a useful addition to courses on the presidency, the mass media, and political campaigns. Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University The second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication offers a complete rearrangement and updating of content. As the next election approaches, it is definitely a book I would use in any course focused on the US presidency. Students loved the first edition. They will like this one even more. Martin Medhurst, Baylor University Smith?s second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication provides both breadth and depth in its insightful analysis of campaign communication. This book is one of the very best to examine the role that communication plays in US presidential campaigns.? Mitchell S. McKinney, University of MissouriTable of Contents1 Presidential Campaigns as Communication 2 The Stages of the Quest for the White House 3 The Campaign Trialogue: Citizens, Reporters and Campaigners 4 Campaigns as Rhetorical Puzzles 5 Laws and Rules Shape Campaign Communication 6 America’s Tribes of Voters 7 Media and Messages 8 Acclaiming, Attacking and Defending Candidate Images 9 Persuading, Fast and Slow: Advertising and Speaking 10 Reporting Campaigns for “People Like Us” 11 Presidential Debates: The Rhetorical Super Bowl 12 Conclusions

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Book SynopsisSocial theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes.Trade ReviewWinner of the Theory Award 2017 of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) "This book by Couldry and Hepp might well become a new classic in the theory of the social, on par with Elias and Latour. Theorizing the mediated construction of reality, the authors sketch the new contours of 'a space where order is at stake.' Mandatory reading for everyone who seriously reflects on the implications of contemporary media systems and practices on society."—José van Dijck, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands "A profound and illuminating attempt to bring core traditions of social theory into the study of media in the digital age. An excellent and pathbreaking book."—Anthony Giddens, member of the House of Lords, former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science "In this wide-ranging, ambitious volume, Couldry and Hepp revisit Berger & Luckmann's classic work on social construction. Their theory of 'deep mediatization' resituates digital media systems and networked "figurations" of communicative action as interdependent, constitutive phenomena in contemporary sociality and social worlds. Mediated Construction is an indispensable contribution to social theory in communication research and media sociology."—Leah Lievrouw, University of California, Los Angeles "This is not a book about media, but a book about the world shaped by media. And it is not just about that empirical reality, but about how to understand it. Couldry and Hepp develop insights from phenomenology and integrate these with critical theory in an exciting combination."—Craig Calhoun, London School of Economics and Political Science "The Mediated Construction of Reality is simply an important book for sociology and for media and communication studies alike – maybe as important as The Social Construction of Reality became half a century ago."—Soziopolis "It might seem overly ambitious for communication studies to develop, rather than just draw upon, social theories that may have an enduring cross-disciplinary impact. Yet, as media sociologists Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Andreas Hepp (University of Bremen) show in The Mediated Construction of Reality, it is time to do just that.... Scholars of interpersonal, organizational, and political communication—or anyone who is concerned about the implications of the digital age—will find insights in this book."—Meng Li, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly "This book is written by a formidable team.... Couldry and Hepp argue convincingly that big data, artificial intelligence and automation intensify the complexity of the social, and its degrees of interdependence... [They] engage in a Herculean struggle to describe the social meaning of data processing in the human lifeworld, and the book is full of sharp observations. I am really glad they took the trouble to write it."—Lars Nyre, New Media & Society "[T]he book…shines with a solid sociological framework, a comprehensive grasp of the relevant literature, and an insightful understanding of the most urgent issues surrounding new media and society. It is simply a must-read for students of the field who seek inspiration for thinking about these issues."—Elaine Yuan, Global Media and CommunicationTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionPart I: Constructing the Social WorldChapter 2: The Social World as Communicative ConstructionChapter 3: History as Waves of MediatizationChapter 4: How We Live With MediaPart II: Dimensions of the Social WorldChapter 5: SpaceChapter 6: TimeChapter 7: DataPart III: Agency in the Social WorldChapter 8: SelfChapter 9: CollectivitiesChapter 10: OrderChapter 11: ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFor successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Whether facing critical questions in an interview, posturing in a leaders' debate, or conversing on a daytime chat show, success is reliant upon a candidate's ability to dramatically but authentically impart a strong individual identity.In this innovative analysis, Geoffrey Craig looks at the interrogative exchanges between politicians and journalists. The power struggles and evasions in these encounters often leave the public exasperated, but it is the politicians' negotiation of these struggles that determines success. Drawing on analyses of the language and performances of leaders such as Barack Obama and David Cameron, Craig examines the particular kinds of interactions that occur across political interviews, debates, conferences, and talk shows. The political games that take place between politicians and journalists, he argues, constitute theTrade Review"How politicians perform seems to matter as much as what they claim to believe in. Crucial to the success of politicians� performances is media representation. Geoffrey Craig�s analysis of this process of making political subjectivities visible is both highly perceptive and rigorously systematic. This book makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the cultural sociology of political performance." Stephen Coleman, University of Leeds "Geoffrey Craig�s study of broadcast political performance is a welcome addition to an expanding literature on the mediation of political communication and journalism. His cases and analyses will be essential reading for students of political communication in the age of mediation." Brian McNair, Queensland University of TechnologyTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements 9 Chapter 1 Mediated Political Performance 16 Chapter 2 Political Games 36 Chapter 3 Political Interviews 58 Chapter 4 Leaders' Debates 83 Chapter 5 Press Conferences 108 Chapter 6 Current Affairs Forum Television 132 Chapter 7 Political Celebrity Interviews 154 Conclusion 178 References 189 Index 209

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Book SynopsisFor successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Whether facing critical questions in an interview, posturing in a leaders' debate, or conversing on a daytime chat show, success is reliant upon a candidate's ability to dramatically but authentically impart a strong individual identity.In this innovative analysis, Geoffrey Craig looks at the interrogative exchanges between politicians and journalists. The power struggles and evasions in these encounters often leave the public exasperated, but it is the politicians' negotiation of these struggles that determines success. Drawing on analyses of the language and performances of leaders such as Barack Obama and David Cameron, Craig examines the particular kinds of interactions that occur across political interviews, debates, conferences, and talk shows. The political games that take place between politicians and journalists, he argues, constitute theTrade Review"How politicians perform seems to matter as much as what they claim to believe in. Crucial to the success of politicians� performances is media representation. Geoffrey Craig�s analysis of this process of making political subjectivities visible is both highly perceptive and rigorously systematic. This book makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the cultural sociology of political performance." Stephen Coleman, University of Leeds "Geoffrey Craig�s study of broadcast political performance is a welcome addition to an expanding literature on the mediation of political communication and journalism. His cases and analyses will be essential reading for students of political communication in the age of mediation." Brian McNair, Queensland University of TechnologyTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements 9 Chapter 1 Mediated Political Performance 16 Chapter 2 Political Games 36 Chapter 3 Political Interviews 58 Chapter 4 Leaders' Debates 83 Chapter 5 Press Conferences 108 Chapter 6 Current Affairs Forum Television 132 Chapter 7 Political Celebrity Interviews 154 Conclusion 178 References 189 Index 209

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Book SynopsisFrom selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online.Trade Review"Politics is personal and the personal is political. As new media platforms enhance our ability to express ourselves and connect with others, everyday politics are performed in public spheres interconnected by social media. Tim Highfield makes this abundantly clear in Social Media and Everyday Politics, a must read volume for those interested in how the language, the practice, and the meaning of political expression evolve in contemporary societies. His approach offers rich theoretical terms, methodological insight, and analytical rigor to our understanding of how social media reorganize political realities."—Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago "This is an excellent book. It is comprehensive and up-to-date. It is a great introduction to social media in general but especially delivers handsomely on its topic of everyday politics and social media. The range of examples and cases are terrific and well-analysed. I especially like the authorial voice grounded, funny, lively, sharp.—Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney "Of special interest to sociology, journalism, and political science scholars, the internet studies encompassed in this book bridge the gap between these disciplines by showing the interaction among them."—Choice "This book is a great introduction to the everday politics of socia media, and the vibrant discussion of important issues makes it worth a read for students and scolars at any level."—Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction: Everyday Politics and Social Media Chapter One: Personal/Political Chapter Two: Political Rituals of Social Media Chapter Three: Media Politics Chapter Four: Breaking News, Scandals, and Crises Chapter Five: Collective and Connective Action Chapter Six: Partisan Politics and Politicians on Social Media Chapter Seven: The Everyday of Elections Conclusion: The Changing Face of Everyday Social Media and Everyday Politics Notes References

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Book SynopsisThe National Film Board of Canada is internationally acclaimed as a beacon of non-commercial filmmaking. This book shows that the NFB, born out of a nation-building project, is involved in the discourses of nation, technology, and social scientific knowledge that shape the Canadian cultural landscape.Trade Review"Zoe Druick is one of the promising members of a new generation of scholars whose work will change the direction of Canadian Film Studies." Gene Walz, University of Manitoba "Druick provides a subtle and well-documented critique of the Film Board's role." Seth Feldman, York University, Ontario "This book fills an important gap in the history of culture and media in Canada. Most valuable is Druick's demonstration of the ways in which the Canadian government and its agencies tend to formulate their cultural policy, aims, and practices in terms of a 'liberal nation-building project' as a form of 'middle way' politics." Kevin Dowler, York University, Ontario

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