Media studies Books
Taylor & Francis We Real Cool
Book SynopsisWhen women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news, writes bell hooks. If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse.In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--We Real Cool; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: this is a culture that does not love black males: they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, black men do not love themselves. How could they? How could they be expected to love, surrounded by so much envy, desire, and hate?Trade Review"We Real Cool is a slim book, but it's fat (or phat) with ideas on how to encourage black men to be their real selves in the truest sense of the word." -- Karen Grigsby Bates, Ms. Winter"I read the first page of the preface holding my nose because I am sick of listening to others tell me who I am. I am out of patience with being the topic of someone's ill-informed master's thesis, dissertation, newspaper feature and magazine article. As I read on, though, Hooks put me at ease with her insight, honesty and clear prose...hooks writes to bring attention to the crossroads at which the black male stands. On one side is his very survival and perhaps his redemption. On the other is his enduring marginalization and even extinction." -- Bill Maxwell, St. Petersburg Times"The black American feminist writer-critic and social commentator bell hooks is strong meat. Take the way she spells her name, militantly lower case. She uses terms that can scare the horses: imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy. It can never be said of this writer that she doesn't set her shop-stall up right from the beginning. In her latest work, We Real Cool: BlackMen and Masculinity, hooks states in the preface that these incendiary terms are her terms of reference." -- The IndependentTable of Contents1. Preface: about black men: don't believe the hype2. chapter 1: plantation patriarchy3. chapter 2: gangsta culture: a piece of the action4. chapter 3: schooling black men5. chapter 4: don't make me hurt you: black male violence6. chapter 5: it's a dick thing: beyond sexual acting out7. chapter 6: from angry boys to angry me8. chapter 7: waiting for daddy to come home9. chapter 8: doing the love do10. chapter 9: healing the hurt11. chapter 10: the coolness of being real
£35.99
University of Michigan Press Robert Altmans Nashville
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£23.67
The University of Michigan Press Destination Detroit
Book SynopsisDives deeply into the discourse on refugees that various institutions in Metro Detroit are producing. The way in which local institutions talk about refugees gives us vital clues as to how they are negotiating competing pressures and how the city overall is negotiating competing imperatives.
£23.70
Penguin Putnam Inc Traffic
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Digital Music Wars
Book SynopsisWith the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry and the role of the Internet are rapidly changing. Rather than buying records, tapes, or CDsin other words, full-length collections of musicmusic shoppers can, as they have in earlier decades, purchase just one song at a time. It''s akin to putting a coin into a diner jukeboxexcept the jukebox is in the sky, or, more accurately, out in cyberspace. But has increasing copyright protection gone too far in keeping the music from the masses? Digital Music Wars explores these transformations and the far-reaching implications of downloading music in an in-depth and insightful way. Focusing on recent legal, corporate, and technological developments, the authors show how the online music industry will establish the model for digital distribution, cultural access, and consumer privacy. Music lovers and savvy online shoppers will want to read this book, as will students and researchers interested in new media and the futTrade ReviewBurkart and McCourt weave together materials from disparate sources to provide a comprehensive and clarifying account of the technological, business, and legal developments in a complex and confusing industry. They also alert us to the historical context within which the current drama is playing out. The end result is a book that is both cutting edge and historically grounded—a rare and welcome feat. -- Harmeet Sawhney, Indiana University; editor, The Information SocietyThis concise, precise little book is a spirited polemic against digital capitalism and a mine of information about changes in the music business. Everyone interested in the contemporary cultural industries should read it. -- David Hesmondhalgh, The Open University, the United KingdomBurkart and McCourt provide the first clear and comprehensive account of the Internet's impact on the music industry. From law to mp3s, peer-to-peer networks to DRM, their telling of the modern music industry's storied struggle with technology is always engaging, illuminating, and insightful. For students and scholars alike this book will prove invaluable to an understanding of the complicated legal, technological, commercial, and social issues surrounding today's digital music mayhem. -- Steve Jones, University of Illinois, Chicago; author, Virtual Culture, Rock Formation: Technology, Music, and Mass CommunicationThis is a fascinating and important study for those concerned about trends in the media industries. The book is theoretically solid and provides excellent detail to the concerns of copyright and technological development that will shape the music industry for decades to come. -- Lynn Schofield Clark, University of ColoradoDigital Music Wars should be required reading for anyone interested in the rapidly changing legal and technological landscape that was carved out after World War MP3. Although it deftly explains these shifts to both novices and experts, the book's real strength is in illuminating what is at stake in these battles: the public interest. -- Kembrew McLeod, author, Freedom of Expression and Owning CultureDigital Music Wars provides an essential roadmap to the massive upheaval in the global music business. With a critical eye and the clearest prose, it examines the changing technologies, corporate struggles, government responses, and citizen challenges that are creating the emerging 'celestial jukebox.' Skillfully combining political, economic, and cultural approaches, the authors have written a book that is both comprehensive and a joy to read. -- Vincent Mosco, Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society, Queen's University. . . provides a good survey of the global music business and the technology-driven upheavals that have so changed it in recent years. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *Table of ContentsChapter 1 1 The "Celestial Jukebox" Chapter 2 2 The Music Industry in Transition Chapter 3 3 The Jukebox Contested Chapter 4 4 The Jukebox Implemented Chapter 5 5 Digital Capitalism, Culture, and the Public Interest
£37.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Club Cultures
Book Synopsisaeo A highly innovative contribution towards the study of popular culture which focuses on the youth cultures that revolve around dance clubs and raves. aeo Written in a highly accessible style and illustrated with case studies, the author examines the development of club cultures or "taste cultures".Trade Review'Sarah Thornton's book raises some serious issues about cultural empowerment and the retrograde role of that growing academic discipline, cultural studies.' C-Theory 'The book covers not only the club scene and its relationship with the media, but also the history of the discotheque, the decline of 'live' music and the corresponding rise in popularity of its pre-recorded counterpart, as well as the notion of 'hipness' - a concept central to youth culture.' The Pulse 'If ... an academic, critical analysis of the far-reaching cultural effects of clubbing sets your pulse racing, this thoroughly researched book makes for an essential bedside companion.' Musik 'Club Cultures is staking out new territory. Thornton has provided an accessible and interesting account of her subject that will be of great use to anyone trying to find out whatever happened to youth culture since the heady days of Dick Hebdige as long ago as 1979.' The Times Higher Education Supplement 'Imagine a book that could be subtitled Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dance But Didn't Even Know Such Questions Existed.' Q Magazine 'This major contribution to the study of youth movements also looks at DJs, drugs, fanzines, globalisation and best of all, asks what exactly are the raver hierarchies of hipness? An accessible and informed book, deserving of a wide audience.' Preview 'A highly accessible yet rigorously written study of popular culture ... an important contribution not only to current media debates, but also that oft overlooked question of club music and gender.' Everywoman 'One of the smartest and most audacious pieces of musical sociology in years.' Spin 'Club Cultures provides an interesting out-look on dance culture ... you'll definitely have a better understanding of the phenomenon after reading it.' Bikini 'Club Cultures addresses a number of substantive fields within sociology. As a treatise on popular culture, and the sociology of culture generally, the book is an excellent case study that introduces a way of analyzing subcultures on their own ocnsimptive terms.' American Journal of Sociology 'An admirable degree of theoretical and empirical sophistication and attempt[s] to situate the phenomena under study in a wider social context ... an in-depth account of the origins and meanings of the British club scene ... the empirical observation is deeply and skilfully woven into a rich and carefully constructed analysis ... Club Cultures is a refreshing, provoking and stimulating book which I enjoyed reading. I strongly recommend it and I have no doubt that it will be a success.' European Journal of CommunicationTable of Contents1. The Distinctions of Cultures Without Distinction. 2. Authenticities from Record Hops to Raves. 3. Exploring the Meaning of the Mainstream. 4. The Media Development of 'Subcultures'. Afterword. Bibliography. Index.
£16.14
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Participatory Culture in a Networked Era A
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.Trade 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
£14.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Media and Everyday Politics
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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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Rape and Resistance
Book SynopsisSexual violence has become a topic of intense media scrutiny, thanks to the bravery of survivors coming forward to tell their stories. But, unfortunately, media reports too often portray sexual violence in a way that inhibits proper understanding of its causes, placing too much emphasis on individual responsibility or blaming minority cultures.Trade Review"Alcoff's work is consistently insightful, clearly written, and well argued. She bravely tackles a number of contemporary challenges to feminist philosophy, including attacks on the epistemic authority of sexual assault victims, worries about making normative judgments about sex, difficulties with defining the concept of rape, and the political dangers of public discourse. ... The best book I have read in several years."Debra L. Jackson, California State University, Bakersfield“What Alcoff achieves is a deftly crafted exploration of not only how rape impacts the self, but of what constitutes ‘the self’ and how our selves are constantly in the making. She challenges us to rethink many of the concepts discussed so widely today, doing so in a deeply informed and reflective way.”Criminal Law and Criminal Justice BooksTable of Contents Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Rape after Foucault 1. Global Resistance: A New Agenda for Theory 2. The Thorny Question of Experience 3. Norming Sexual Practices 4. Sexual Subjectivity 5. “Consent”, “Victim”, “Honor” 6. Speaking As (with Laura Gray-Rosendale) 7. The Problem of Speaking for Myself Conclusion: Standing in the Intersection Notes References Index
£18.04
Edinburgh University Press Media Studies
Book SynopsisA third edition of this bestselling Media Studies Reader.Trade ReviewBy providing a range of theoretical perspectives, this book allows readers to explore, analyse, critique and understand the subject further. It features contributions from a variety of writers in the field, and also explores the significance of new media formations. Times Higher Education By providing a range of theoretical perspectives, this book allows readers to explore, analyse, critique and understand the subject further. It features contributions from a variety of writers in the field, and also explores the significance of new media formations.
£29.45
Kogan Page Out of Print
Book SynopsisGeorge Brock is a professor and former head of the prestigious Graduate School of Journalism at City University London. During his career as a journalist he worked for the Observer and The Times, where he was Foreign Editor, Managing Editor and Saturday Editor. He has served as president of the World Editors Forum and is on the board of the International Press Institute. He is a regular commentator on news and journalism in the UK and global media and is an active conference speaker and reviewer.Trade Review"When George Brock talks, in his excellent book, about the "disruption" of the net, the atomisation of news and opinion, he evokes echoes of a different era: an unruly world of vituperation, agitation, even revolution. But this time it may not be the melee of new voices that crowded the pages of centuries past. This time it's a higgledy-piggledy high-tech empowerment that politicians (and editors) can't control." * Peter Preston, The Guardian *"The great virtue of Brock's book is that it deals comprehensively, intelligently and unsentimentally with the entire range of major questions about journalism now [...] it is the best single source available for context about the situation as a whole." * Nicholas Lemann, The Times Literary Supplement *"Brock's stance is refreshing and the book is a pleasure to read." * Word News Publishing Focus *"Seeking to reassure the doom-mongers, [George Brock] delves back into the history of journalism and demonstrates the shaky beginnings and rapid innovation that powered news journalism for three centuries before the maturation and slow decline of the business in the 20th century. His précis of the history is fascinating and elegantly done." * Emily Bell, New Statesman *"Brock is a journalist at heart. His confession at the start of the book reveals that in ample measure. The book is in some ways a response to a taunt by a business columnist that had doubted the ability of a journalism professor to offer credible and useful advice on business. By the time you finish reading the book, you realise that Brock has more than addressed that concern [...] What clearly stands out in Brock's analysis is his articulation of the changing paradigm of the journalism business." * Business Standard *"...optimistic without being sentimental, thought-provoking without being pretentious and realistic without being harsh, which makes it comforting for someone with a keen interest in seeing journalism prevail and hopefully eye-opening for those who wish to better understand it." * Madeleine Maccar, Chicago Center for Literature and Photography *"...makes a significant contribution in the field of journalism studies work on the future of journalism. Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age offers a solid grounding for those looking for a quick brush-up with some current concerns facing the press, as well as a clear grounding in the newspaper crisis that arguably begins back in the 1920s or even 1880s. The compelling argument about industrialization and decline is particularly unique, and the merits of finally having a clear and approachable Leveson breakdown for a global audience is most welcome." * Nikki Usher, International Journal of Communication *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction: from ink to link; Chapter - 01: Communicating whatever we please; Chapter - 02: Furnishing the world with a new set of nerves; Chapter - 03: The gilded age; Chapter - 04: The engine of opportunity; Chapter - 05: Rethinking journalism again; Chapter - 06: The business model crumbles; Chapter - 07: Credibility crumbles; Chapter - 08: The Leveson judgement; Chapter - 09: Throwing spaghetti at the wall; Chapter - 10: Clues to the future
£33.24
Taylor & Francis Ltd Changing Models for Journalism
Book SynopsisExploring the deep transformation that journalism has undergone in the last decade, this book provides students, professors and working journalists with the background on the demise of traditional media in the U.S. and the changes happening in the digital newsrooms.Houston discusses today's changes in journalism in the U.S., comparing and contrasting them with those around the world. Topics discussed include the decimation of the traditional newsrooms, contemporary corporate ownership and investors, the rise of bloggers and digital journalism, finding new audiences, the surge in nonprofit newsrooms and collaborations, investigative centers in the U.S. and globally, new model start-ups, and changing streams of revenue with the expansion of new technologies. The text also looks at the new relationship between journalism professionals and the academy, including the rise in content and stories supplied by university-based newsrooms. Houston, who has been on the frontline of theseTable of Contents1. What happened to traditional journalism 2. New ways emerge: Blogs, digital start-ups, and the rise of nonprofit newsrooms 3. Owners and Investors 4. Revenue Streams 5. Advances in digital tools and innovation for news 6. Universities increasing role in journalism 7. Public media, collaborations, and digital start-ups 8. Activists, Advocates and Solutions 9. Maintaining journalism standards and new ethical challenges and perils
£32.99
Taylor & Francis EntertainmentEducation
Book SynopsisArvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers have developed this unique volume focused on the history and development of entertainment-education. This approach to communication is the process of designing and implementing a media message to both entertain and educate to increase audience members'' knowledge about an educational issue, create favorable attitudes, and change overt behavior. It uses the universal appeal of entertainment to show individuals how they can live safer, healthier, and happier lives. Entertainment formats such as soap operas, rock music, feature films, talk shows, cartoons, comics, and theater are utilized in various countries to promote messages about educational issues. This book presents a balanced picture of the entertainment-education strategy, identifying ethical and other problems that accompany efforts to bring about social change.Trade Review"In this book, Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers provide a comprehensive framework for understanding the entertainment-education approach....The book offers a clear and sound theoretical background and provides a rich overview of what can be done in the area of social development via the entertainment media. It offers powerful arguments regarding how the entertainment-education strategy can contribute to positive change in a world filled with countless media messages by providing numerous examples of how effects can be measured in a more accurate fashion."—International Journal of Intercultural Relations"Singhal and Rogers' publication is a unique contribution to the field and fills a long-standing need....Their book gives a good overview and insight in the history, theory, and 'good practice' of entertainment-education. The nine chapters are written in a lively style and give detailed examples, figures, and statistics....For those interested in communication, education, extension science, and related disciplines Singhal and Rogers' book proves to be a very inspiring and resourceful textbook."—Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension"The growing body of literature on the subject is enhanced by Entertainment-Education and Social Change, which integrates the theoretical, research and practical approaches to this important field of information for social change. The book demonstrates the diversity of entertainment-education programs and practices, both in terms of geography and issues addressed. The book's multidisciplinary approach draws on the experiences and observations of entertainment educators from the perspectives of academia, health communications and entertainment, and provides background and tools for practitioners and students....the book provides a detailed examination of E-E that will serve as a useful guide for students and provide inspiration and strategies for practitioners, and demonstrates that there are many opportunities for further study."—Zeitschrift fur Medienpsychologie"This book on entertainment-education fills a long-standing need in the area of development communication."—Srinivas MelkoteBowling Green State University"This book will be especially useful in courses on mass media and social change, mass media and persuasion, communication campaigns, and development communication."—William J. BrownCollege of Communication and the Arts, Regent University"This book will help public health professionals and scholars realize the potential of the entertainment-education approach."—Tom ValenteSchool of Public Health, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Entertainment-Education. Simplemente María. Miguel Sabido and the Entertainment-Education Strategy. The Hum Log Story in India. The Entertainment-Education Strategy in Music. The Entertainment-Education Strategy in Radio. The Effects of Entertainment-Education. Studying Entertainment-Education Effects. Lessons Learned About Entertainment-Education.
£63.59
The University Press of Kentucky Designing Hollywood
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCostume Design in the Movies Universal Pictures Fox Film and 20th Century-Fox Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures RKO Pictures The Wrap Up
£40.50
Wayne State University Press Transforming Harry
Book SynopsisLooks at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation. John Alberti and P. Andrew Miller have gathered scholars to explore and examine the cultural, political, aesthetic, and pedagogical dimensions of this pop culture phenomenon and how it has changed the reception of both the films and books.Trade ReviewIn Transforming Harry: The Adaptations of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age, editors John Alberti and P. Andrew Miller have used all the spells in their litany to collect a powerful series of essays about adaptations of the popular Harry Potter series. They’ve used accio scholarship to bring invigorating analyses of fandom, transmediation, and adaptation; alohomora to unlock the secrets of the series; and aparecium to reveal the cultural, political, aesthetic, and pedagogical dimensions of the series in the digital age. This is one collection that all Potter scholars and fans must read!""- Paul Booth, author of Digital Fandom 2.0, Game Play, and Playing Fans;""This collection presents a unique look at the Harry Potter phenomenon that expands on the dialogue about the film adaptation of the novels. The contributors offer very timely discussions on the further reception and transformation of the novels beyond the large screen and to the smaller screens of computers and smartphones.""- Cristina Santos, author of Unbecoming Female Monsters: Witches, Vampires and Virgins;""An extraordinary body of seminal scholarship, the primary focus of this informed and informative collection is academic, but it will have immense appeal to a broad range of dedicated, non-academic Harry potter fans.""- Helen Dumont, Midwest Book Review
£29.92
Taylor & Francis RolePlaying Game Studies
Book SynopsisThis handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 50 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to the rise of live action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like Fallout and World of Warcraft. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like transmedia worldbuilding, immersion, transgressive play, or playerâcharacter relations. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms and recommended readings to help fans, students, and scholars Trade Review"Multivocal, robust, and, indeed, compelling....Role-Playing Game Studies is an excellent resource and starting point for a great many research projects touching on RPGs, and a welcome addition to the game studies literature."--Alex Chalk, First Person Scholar"An incredibly wide-ranging look at role-playing games from multiple angles, this book is set to become the authoritative work on the subject for years to come. If you’re looking to learn more about RPGs, whether as a player, researcher or designer, there’s something – many somethings! – in here for you." - Richard Bartle, MMO pioneer, co-creator of MUD, author of Designing Virtual Worlds"The sheer, massive range of subjects that are covered in Role-Playing Game Studies makes it a must-have for any serious scholar in the field. Especially the interdisciplinary texts are worth diving into - since this is, at its heart, an interdisciplinary field." - Claus Raasted, CEO of Dziobak Larp Studios, Chairman of Rollespilsfabrikken, Co-founder of The College of Extraordinary Experiences"Given the sheer number of perspectives compiled within this volume the editors skilfully enable and maintain a coherent narrative whilst allowing for different voices and viewpoints to develop and flourish. It is a generous and yet congruent approach that is to be applauded. In summarising over four decades of research, whilst encouraging an interdisciplinary attitude and introducing the reader to current issues (that should serve as inspiration for future studies), this book should be considered as essential reading for any scholar wanting to incorporate RPGs of any variety into their research." - Sam Illingworth, Games Research NetworkTable of Contents1 The Many Faces of Role-Playing Game StudiesSebastian Deterding and José P. ZagalPART I: DEFINITIONS2 Definitions of "Role-Playing Games"José P. Zagal and Sebastian DeterdingPART II: FORMS3 PrecursorsJon Peterson4 Tabletop Role-Playing Games William J. White, Jonne Arjoranta, Michael Hitchens, Jon Peterson, Evan Torner, and Jonathan Walton5 Live-Action Role-Playing Games J. Tuomas Harviainen, Rafael Bienia, Simon Brind, Michael Hitchens, Yaraslau I. Kot, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, David W. Simkins, Jaakko Stenros, and Ian Sturrock 6 Single-Player Computer Role-Playing GamesDouglas Schules, Jon Peterson, and Martin Picard7 Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games Mark Chen, Riley Leary, Jon Peterson, and David W. Simkins8 Online Freeform Role-Playing GamesJessica Hammer9 The Impact of Role-playing Games on CultureEsther MacCallum-Stewart, Jaakko Stenros, and Staffan Björk PART III: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES10 RPG Theorizing by Designers and PlayersEvan Torner11 Performance Studies and Role-Playing GamesSarah Hoover, David W. Simkins, Sebastian Deterding, David Meldman, and Amanda Brown12 Sociology and Role-Playing GamesJ. Patrick Williams, David Kirschner, Nicholas Mizer, and Sebastian Deterding13 Psychology and Role-Playing GamesSarah Lynne Bowman and Andreas Lieberoth14 Literary Studies and Role-Playing GamesDavid Jara and Evan Torner15 Learning and Role-Playing GamesJessica Hammer, Alexandra To, Karen Schrier, Sarah Lynne Bowman, and Geoff Kaufman16 Economics and Role-Playing GamesIsaac Knowles and Edward Castronova17 Science and Technology Studies and Role-Playing GamesRafael Bienia 18 Game Design and Role-Playing GamesStaffan Björk and José P. Zagal19 Communication Research and Role-Playing GamesWilliam J. WhitePART IV: INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUES20 Worldbuilding in Role-Playing GamesKaren Schrier, Evan Torner, and Jessica Hammer21 Role-Playing Games as Subculture and FandomEsther MacCallum-Stewart and Aaron Trammell22 Immersion and Shared Imagination in Role-Playing GamesSarah Lynne Bowman23 Players and Their Characters in Role-Playing GamesSarah Lynne Bowman and Karen Schrier24 Transgressive Role-playJaakko Stenros and Sarah Lynne Bowman25 Sexuality and the Erotic in Role-PlayAshley ML Brown and Jaakko Stenros 26 Representation and Discrimination in Role-Playing GamesAaron Trammell27 Power and Control in Role-Playing GamesJessica Hammer, Whitney Beltran, Jonathan Walton, and Moyra Turkington
£49.39
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Always Get the Name of the Dog A Guide to Media
Book SynopsisAlways Get the Name of the Dog is a guide to journalistic interviewing, written by a journalist, for journalists. It features advice from some of the best writers and reporters in the business, and takes a comprehensive view of media interviewing across multiple platforms, while emphasizing active learning to give readers actionable steps to become great media interviewers. Through real scenarios and examples, this text takes future journalists through the steps of the interview, from research to source identification to question development and beyond. Whether you are a journalism student or an experienced reporter looking to sharpen your skills, this text can help make sure you get all you need from every interview you conduct.Trade Review"Learning how to interview effectively is one of the most important skills a young reporter must develop. With Nicole Kraft’s Always Get the Name of the Dog: A Guide to Media Interviewing students and new journalists will learn both the basics of the interview and strategies to insure that every interview results in revealing quotes and illustrative anecdotes. Filled with lessons from her career as a reporter, this text also offers excellent tips on quickly developing rapport with interview subjects and turning interviews into conversations. Other aspects of interviewing—including the importance of preparation and how listening can be as important as asking questions—are also emphasized, making Always Get the Name of the Dog one of the best teaching tools on the interviewing process that I’ve read." –Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine, USA"I’ve been interviewed by thousands of news reporters, including Nicole Kraft. More recently, she and I have taught media courses together. No one understands the practical, legal and ethical issues facing reporters better than Professor Kraft. This book is a must read for anyone working in journalism."–Mark R. Weaver, Media Law Attorney, Communications Counsel, Inc."Nicole Kraft is one of the finest professors in the world. Always Get the Name of the Dog is essential reading whether you’re navigating the rigors of j-school, starting your career or an established veteran."–Gerrick D. Kennedy, journalist and author of Parental Discretion Is AdvisedTable of ContentsIntroduction: Welcome to the Conversation Chapter 1: Success Starts with Research Chapter 2: Something about SourcesChapter 3: Getting it Down Chapter 4: Location MattersChapter 5: Questions & AnswersChapter 6: Tricks of the Talking TradeChapter 7: Covering SportsChapter 8: Speeches, Press Conference and Meetings, Oh MyChapter 9: Interviewing Across MediaChapter 10: Ethics of InterviewingChapter 11: Yes, There are Stupid Questions—but You Don’t Have to Ask ThemChapter 12: Let’s Talk
£36.99
University of Minnesota Press How to Do Things with Videogames
Book SynopsisA fresh look at computer games as a mature mass medium with unlimited potential for cultural transformationTrade Review"What can you do with videogames? Play pranks, meditate on politics, achieve zen-like zone-outs, turn the act of travel back into adventure, and describe how to safely exit a plane—among other things, as Ian Bogost explains in this superb, philosophical, and wide-ranging book on the expressive qualities of games."—Clive Thompson, columnist for Wired and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine"Gamers often beg for a critic with the persuasive power and range of a Lester Bangs or a Pauline Kael. With this book, Ian Bogost demonstrates his capacity to take up their mantle and explain to a larger public why games matter in modern culture. The book’s goals are simple, straight forward, and utterly, desperately needed. How to Do Things with Videogames may do for games what Understanding Comics did for comics—at once consolidate existing theoretical gains while also expanding dramatically the range of people who felt able to meaningfully engage in those discussions." —Henry Jenkins, author of Fans, Gamers, and Bloggers: Understanding Participatory CultureTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Media Microecology1. Art2. Empathy3. Reverence4. Music5. Pranks6. Transit7. Branding8. Electioneering9. Promotion10. Snapshots11. Texture12. Kitsch13. Relaxation14. Throwaways15. Titillation16. Exercise17. Work18. Habituation19. Disinterest20. DrillConclusion: The End of GamersNotesGameography
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Ohio University Press Powerful Frequencies
Book SynopsisPowerful Frequencies details the central role that radio technology and broadcasting played in the formation of colonial Portuguese Southern Africa and the postcolonial nation-state, Angola. In Intonations, Marissa J. Moorman examined the crucial relationship between music and Angolan independence during the 1960s and '70s. Now, Moorman turns to the history of Angolan radio as an instrument for Portuguese settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists, and the postcolonial state. They all used radio to project power, while the latter employed it to challenge empire.From the 1930s introduction of radio by settlers, to the clandestine broadcasts of guerrilla groups, to radio's use in the Portuguese counterinsurgency strategy during the Cold War era and in developing the independent state's national and regional voice, Powerful Frequencies narrates a history of canny listeners, committed professionals, and dissenting political movements. All of these employed radio's pTrade Review“This is an outstanding book. Moorman, already the author of a superb and influential social history of Angolan music, writes the definitive work on Angolan radio during the colonial and post-independence periods. It not only unearths new knowledge about Angolan history, but places Angolan developments in the wider canvas of the Cold war. That Moorman has achieved this through a book that is elegantly written and compellingly argued are but two of its many qualities. This will be a must read not only to those focused on modern Africa, but to anyone interested in the workings of state propaganda and the global Cold War.”“Moorman’s incisive study argues that the medium of radio is central to the history of human actors, political movements, wars, as well as the struggle for and the exercise of power in southern Africa. Yet radio has not heretofore been an object of systematic analysis in connection to Angola. Following her groundbreaking Intonations, Moorman once again proves herself to be one of the leading scholars on this key southern African nation.”“A gripping modern history of Angola that engages recent work reconfiguring the place of technology in everyday folks’ ability to experience, make, and make sense of politics as well as the place of the state in the history of settler colonialism, national liberation, decolonization, the Cold War, and postcolonial governance in the wider region.” * American Historical Review *“Marissa Moorman’s new book aptly captures the multiple dimensions of the enduring power of radio in mediating different historical moments in Angola. It is an excellent book that draws on multiple texts to narrate the role of radio both in Angola’s independence struggle and in the post-war of era of nation building.”“Moorman’s skilled narrative style allows her to move easily in her analysis between scales ranging from the global to the densely and vividly local. At moments the text reads like a thriller, one that informs and enlightens, and also complicates how we think about radio.” * Kronos *“In Moorman’s analysis, radio does not just exist for its content, it exists as a particular type of modern technology whose very power stems from its capacity to act (and be acted on) by its audiences…. Powerful Frequencies tells us how and why we need to finely tune our receivers, to attend to these ranging forms of power, and to hopefully—like the Angolans that have listened so carefully—find new ways to innovate and protest.” * Africa Is a Country *
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Taylor & Francis Inc Gay People Sex and the Media
Book SynopsisHere is a provocative book that examines precisely how and why mass communication has an impact upon the sexual realities of our lives. Written in response to a demand for information that cuts across many of the boundaries found in more traditional books on sexuality and mass communication, Gay People, Sex, and the Media covers a broad range of sexual identity, socialization, and mass communication issues and represents a variety of theoretical and methodological orientations. Although the chapters are diverse, they all focus on how the mass media--television, radio, films, newspapers, magazines, and recorded music--contribute significantly to the very definitions we form of ourselves and of each other. In part, this informative volume discusses and analyzes several concerns regarding minority perspectives in the context of the the study of mass media content and effects; analyzes mediated information about AIDS and highlights the responsibility of the mass media to disseminate more aTable of ContentsContents Preface I. Introduction The Body Electric: Human Sexuality and Mass Media II. Gays, Lesbians, and Popular Culture Out of the Mainstream: Sexual Minorities and the Mass Media III. AIDS and the Mass Media Sensationalism or Sensitivity: Use of Words in Stories on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by Associated Press Videotext The Important Role of Mass Media in the Diffusion of Accurate Information About AIDS IV. Research on Adolescent Sexual Socialization Television Viewing and Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior Television Viewing and Early Initiation of Sexual Intercourse: Is There a Link? V. Interpreting Content/Constructing Meaning Sex and Genre on Prime Time Dr. Ruth Westheimer: Upsetting the Normalcy of the Late-Night Talk Show Of Mice and Men: An Introduction to Mouseology, or Anal Eroticism and Disney The Magazine of a Sadomasochism Club: The Tie That Binds The Gay Voice in Popular Music: A Social Value Model Analysis of “Don’t Leave Me This Way” VI. Sexual Minorities and Communication Law Lesbian and Gay Rights as a Free Speech Issue: A Review of Relevant Caselaw VII. Bibliography Gays, Lesbians, and the Media: A Selected Bibliography VIII. Illustrations
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University of Manitoba Press Indigenous Celebrity Entanglements with Fame
Book SynopsisPresents essays that explore the theoretical, material, social, cultural, and political impacts of celebrity on and for Indigenous people. The book questions and critiques the whitestream concept of celebrity and the very juxtaposition of ‘Indigenous’ and ‘celebrity’ and casts a critical lens on celebrity culture's impact on Indigenous people.Table of Contents Introduction - Indigeneity, Celebrity, and Fame: Accounting for Colonialism Chapter. 1 Mino-Waawiindaganeziwin: What Does Indigenous Celebrity Mean within Anishinaabeg Contexts? Chapter 2 Empowering Voices from the Past: The Playing Experiences of Retired Pasifika Rugby League Athletes in Australia Chapter 3 My Mom, The 'Military Mohawk Princess': kahntinetha Horn through the lens of Indigenous female celebrity Chapter 4 Indigenous activism and celebrity: negotiating access, expectation, and obligation Chapter 5 Rags-to-Riches and Other Fairytales: Indigenous Celebrity in Australia 1950-1980 Chapter 6 'Pretty Boy' Trudeau vs. the 'Algonquin Agitator': Hitting the Ropes of Canadian Colonialist Masculinities Chapter 7 Famous 'Last' Speakers: Celebrity and Erasure in Media Coverage of Indigenous Language Endangerment Chapter 8 Celebrity in Absentia: situating the Indigenous of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian social imaginary Chapter 9 Marvin Rainwater and the Pale Faced Indian: How Cover Songs Appropriated a Story of Cultural Appropriation Chapter 10 Collectivity as Indigenous Anti-Celebrity: Global Indigeneity and the Indigenous Rights Movement Chapter 11 Makings, Meanings, and Recognitions: The Stuff of Anishinaabe Stars
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Ig Publishing The Hidden Persuaders
Book SynopsisA discussion of how modern advertising attempts to control our thoughts and desires in order to make us buy the products it produces.
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Cambridge University Press Worse Than Ignorance
Book SynopsisThis Element presents a systematic picture of how health communication failures pose risks for patients and healthcare professionals. The problem brings us back to a perennial questionwhat are good reasons for knowing one is right? This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Cambridge University Press Catching Fire in the News
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Cambridge University Press Amplifying Extremism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding Virtual Reality
Book SynopsisThis book provides critical commentary on key issues around virtual reality, using media technology as a tool to challenge perspectives for learning and understanding cultural diversities.With a focus on empathy, embodiment and ethics, the book interrogates the use of immersive technologies for formal and informal educational contexts. Taking a critical approach to discourses around emerging technology and learning, the book presents the idea that a new literacy is emerging and an emphasis on media and technology is needed in the context of education to explore and experience cultural diversities. Employing a personal reflexive narrative, the chapters highlight key issues through research and interviews with leading practitioners in the field.Understanding Virtual Reality will be of great interest to academics and students interested in the effects of immersive realities on the education experience, and to anyone keen on exploring the paradigm shift from entertaTable of ContentsList of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Introducing Reality; 1. The Virtual Archives; 2. The Virtual Space; 3. A Multitude of Literacies; Part II: Understanding VR; 4. Understanding VR; 5. Virtual Encounters; 6. Understanding VR Audiences; 7. Teaching XR: Digital Inequalities and Education; 8. How to Use Social VR in Higher Education: Case Study of JUXYR Campus in Finland; 9. The Moral Metaverse: Establishing an Ethical Foundation for XR Design; 10. “Unruly Encounters”: Literacies of Error in Immersive Virtual Environments; 11. A Virtual Journey Towards New Literacies; Part III: An Immersive Literacy; 12. Presenting New Literacies; 13. Into the Metaverse
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Radical Journalism
Book SynopsisThis edited volume offers a state-of-the-art synthesis of the historical role of radical journalism, its present iterations, and plans for the future of a journalism that is committed to liberatory movements and politics.Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of ContributorsChapter 1: Radical Journalism at the CrossroadsEugenia Siapera, Seamus Farrell and George SouvlisChapter 2: From the Communist Manifesto to Jacobin Magazine: Towards a Historical Sociology of Radical JournalismGeorge SouvlisChapter 3: Riots as Politics: Socio-Political Context, Demands, and Media Translation – The Case of 1890s KristianiaTiago MatosChapter 4: Radical Media in the AnglosphereSeamus FarrellChapter 5: Radical Journalism à la française: Between Differentiation and StigmaLaurent Thiong-Kay and Nikos SmyrnaiosChapter 6: The Case of ERT and the Prospect of Radical Media in the Era of AusterityChristos Avramidis and Alexandros MinotakisChapter 7: Left-Wing Public Spheres in Post-Soviet ContextsYiannis MylonasChapter 8: Radical Data Journalism Sandra JeppesenChapter 9: The Challenge of Far-Right MediaEugenia SiaperaIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Communication in History
Book SynopsisThis updated eighth edition provides a thorough and engaging history of communication and media through a collection of essential, field-defining essays.The collection reveals how media has been influential in both maintaining social order and enabling social change. Contributions from a wide range of voices offer instructors the opportunity to customize their courses while challenging students to build upon their own knowledge and skill sets. From stone age symbols and early writing to the internet and social media, readers are introduced to an expansive, intellectually enlivening study of the relationship between human history and communication media. New case studies explore the Black Press, the impact of photography on journalism, gender and civil rights discourses in the media, and the effects of algorithmic data on modern social media platforms.This book can be used as a core text or supplemental reader for courses in communication history, communication theory, and introductory courses in communication and media studies.Table of ContentsPart One: The Media of Early Civilization 1. The Earliest Precursor of Writing 2. Media in Ancient Empires 3. Civilization Without Writing—The Incas and the Quipu 4. The Origins of Writing Part Two: The Tradition of Western Literacy 5. The Greek Legacy 6. Writing and the Alphabet Effect 7. Writing Restructures Consciousness Part Three: The Print Revolution 8. Paper and Block Printing—From China to Europe 9. The Invention of Printing 10. Early Modern Literacies 11. Sensationalism and News Part Four: Electricity Creates the Wired World 12. Time, Space, and the Telegraph 13. Anti-Lynching Imagery as Visual Protest in in the 1890s Black Press 14. The Telephone Takes Command 15. Dream Worlds of Consumption 16. Wireless World Part Five: Image and Sound 17. Visual Reportage I 18. Visual Reportage II 19. Inscribing Sound 20. The Making of the Phonograph 21. Early Motion Pictures Chapter 22 “Talkies” and Stardom Part Six: Broadcasting 23. Early Radio 24. The Golden Age of Programming 25. Race on Radio 26. Television Begins 27. Making Room for TV 28. From Turmoil to Tranquility Part Seven: New Media and Old in the Digital Age 29. How Media Became New 30. Popularizing the Internet 31. The World Wide Web 32. A Cultural History of Web 2.0 33. Social Media Retweets History 34. How Algorithms Rule Online Discussion Questions
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Routledge The Art of Editing
Book SynopsisNow in its 12th edition, this core text is the most comprehensive and widely used textbook on editing in journalism. Thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate more online and multimedia formats, this hands-on guide offers a detailed overview of the full process of journalistic editing, exploring both the micro aspects of the craft, such as style, spelling and grammar, and macro aspects, including ethics and legality. Recognizing the pronounced global shift toward online multimedia, the authors continue to stress the importance of taking the best techniques learned in print and broadcast editing and applying them to online journalism. This new edition also includes an in-depth discussion of the role editors and journalists can play in recapturing the public''s trust in the news media. Additional chapters examine how to edit for maximum visual impact and how to edit across media platforms, teaching students how to create a polished product that is grounded in the best practices of journalism.The Art of Editing, 12th edition, remains an essential resource for students of journalism across all media and levels interested in editing, design and media writing, as well as for professionals seeking to refine and refresh their skill set. Accompanying online features include instructor PowerPoints and student exercises. Table of ContentsPreface The Evolution of Editing [Brooks] Journalism’s Credibility Problem [Brooks] The Editing Process [Brooks] Macro Editing for the Big Picture [Pinson] Macro Editing for Legality, Ethics and Propriety [Pinson] Micro Editing for Grammar and Usage [Pinson] Micro Editing for Style, Spelling and Tightening [Pinson] Holistic Editing: Integrating the Macro and Micro [Pinson] Edit Yourself [Brooks] Writing Headlines, Titles, Captions and Blurbs [Brooks] Using Photos, Graphics and Type [Brooks] GlossaryIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd How to Get a Job in Publishing
Book SynopsisSo you've always dreamed of a career in publishing but you don't know where to start or how? You're holding the key in your hands!Using insider information, How to Get A Job in Publishing is the newly revised edition of the classic text for you if you are keen to work in publishing or associated industries or if you are already in publishing and want to go further.Packed with real-life quotes, case studies and practical advice from publishing veterans, and more recent arrivals, the authors differentiate types of publishing and explain how roles and departments work together. They discuss the pros and cons of internships and further study as well as training and lifelong learning, working internationally, networking and building your personal brand. The book includes vital guidelines for applying for publishing roles, including sample CVs and cover letters and a glossary of industry terms, to make sure you stand out from the crowd when you apply for jobs.<Trade Review"How can you land a role in the exciting new world of publishing? This book will help you enormously." -Steve Prentice, Group MD, Special Interest Group, Bauer Media"I wanted a job in publishing but I didn’t know anyone who had anything to do with publishing. Now, with this wise and information-packed book in your hand, finding a role in publishing is considerably easier." –Kate Wilson, CEO, Nosy Crow"It’s crucial that potential entrants to the publishing industry are encouraged, helped, and offered pathways to successful and fulfilling careers. How to Get a Job in Publishing contributes substantially to this career guidance – read it with attention." -Professor Claire Squires, Chair, Association for Publishing Education and Director of the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and CommunicationTable of ContentsForeword - On Books, Kate WilsonForeword - On Publishing Education, Claire SquiresForeword - On Magazines - Steve PrenticeAcknowledgementsIntroduction Why Publishing and Why You? This Publishing Business Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Publishing About Book Publishing About Journal Publishing About Magazine Publishing About Digital Publishing Where Will Your Skill Set Take You? What Job is Right for You? Study, Training and Lifelong Learning Internships, Placements and Work Experience How to Create a Compelling CV How to Put Together Your Job Application Networking and Your Personal Brand Advertised and Non-Advertised Opportunities Recruitment Agencies How to Give a Great Job Interview Referees, Job Offers and Negotiation Working Internationally Your Future in Publishing Useful organisations and websitesBibliographyGlossary of Publishing TermsIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Acting for Animators
Written specifically for animation professionals instead of stage and movie actors, this book's 5th edition provides an essential primer for creating empathetic and dynamic character performance and, in the process, shows how the strongest storytelling structure works.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Visualizations of Urban Space
Book SynopsisThis book explores environments where art, imagination, and creative practice meet urban spaces at the point where they connect to the digital world. It investigates relationships between urban visualizations, aesthetics, and politics in the context of new technologies, and social and urban challenges toward the Sustainable Development Goals.Responding to questions stemming from critical theory, the book focuses on an interdisciplinary actualization of technological developments and social challenges. It demonstrates how art, architecture, and design can transform culture, society, and nature through artistic and cultural achievements, integration, and new developments. The book begins with the theoretical framework of social aesthetics theories before discussing global contemporary visual culture and technological evolution. Across the 12 chapters, it looks at how architecture and design play significant roles in causing and solving complex environmental transformatioTrade Review"Designing an urban environment aimed at a smart city between physical and virtual spaces means visualizing the future. Christiane Wagner’s book, Visualizations of Urban Space, discusses the digital resources and the limits of human perception in the face of artificial intelligence applications and the Internet of Things, regarding automating various processes, simulations, and realities involved in the function of an urban city. Furthermore, it is an aesthetic-social approach to the effects of the fourth industrial revolution, focusing on sustainable development." Lars Christian Grabbe, Dean, Professor Theory of Perception, Communication and Media, Münster School of Design, University of Applied Sciences Münster, Germany "Christiane Wagner’s sensible and powerful book Visualizations of Urban Spaces provides a welcome new consideration of the use of art and technology in designing inclusive urban spaces. Beyond being a brilliant read, this think-piece is a compelling guide through which cities can connect with their citizens in order to advance the global public good." Frank-Jürgen Richter, Chairman, Horasis: The Global Visions Community, Switzerland"Visualizing the city is part of the everyday aesthetic experience in which past, present, and future converge. In Visualizations of Urban Space, Christiane Wagner addresses the urban transformation related to the arts and architectural spaces as part of cities’ material and immaterial heritage. Overall, this is a valuable contribution to the challenges of a more inclusive society, considering education, culture, and new technologies." Edson Leite, Professor and President of the Research Commission at the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Sao Paulo (MAC USP), Brazil"Visualizations of Urban Space by Christiane Wagner is a timely contribution to the expanding literature on the dual role art and technology can play as positive forces in the way we see and experience urban space." Gary Bratchford, President of the Visual Sociology Research Committee, Editor of Visual Studies Journal (Routledge), Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom"One of the most significant characteristics of modernity is urbanization, enormous and high-tech cities where people exchange not only economic goods and services but also culture. Visualizations of Urban Space by Christiane Wagner contains a deep analysis of how twenty-first-century cities become new environments that allow the speechless to have a voice, the invisible to have a presence and the oppressed to state their commands. This could be possible thanks to the intersection of technology, education, art and culture, resources that approach each other, to let societies become more democratic in these new urban spaces."Omar Cerrillo Garnica, Director of the School of Humanities, Education, Architecture, Art and Design, at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Cuernavaca, México Table of Contents1. Cultural Images: Real and Imagined Experiences 2. Urban Space and Collective Consciousness 3. The Arts and Traces of the Ideal City 4. Democratization of Art and Culture 5. Visual Media Effects 6. Urban Resilience: Toward Postcolonial Aesthetics 7. Sociopolitical Facts, Art, and Technology 8. Technicization and Aestheticization of Social and Urban Structures 9. The Urban Image in Motion and Connection 10. The Arts’ Function: Social Inclusion and Sustainability 11. Designing for Sustainability 12. Aesthetic, Social, and Urban Solutions for a New World View
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Taylor & Francis Guidebook for Aligning Practices and Steering
Book SynopsisBuilding on the work of the authorsâ previous volume, the Guidebook for Aligning Practices and Steering MultiâSystem Change translates cuttingâedge theoretical concepts into the language and applied toolkits of change practitioners. This empirically grounded and theoretically sophisticated book provides policymakers and changeâmanagers methods and toolkits for conceptual modelling of change when handling crossâsectoral issues. The authors both âzoom inâ to the granular unfolding change of everyday life and âzoom outâ to examine the âbig pictureâ of socioâtechnical systems such as energy, mobility, food and healthcare. In addition to the social practice theories introduced in the first volume, the authors draw on the multiâlevel perspective that underpins sustainability transition studies and combine two theories. They are also inspired by the Deep Transition concept that tackles multiâsystems change. Bridging the gap between the theorisation of sustainability transitions an
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production
Book SynopsisThis fully revised fourth edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the roles, procedures, and logistics of the film and digital video production process. Author Lorene M. Wales takes the reader from development and pre-production all the way to post-production, marketing and distribution, offering a hands-on approach suitable for projects of any budget and scale, explaining every stage and key role in the life of a film. Focusing on how key roles shape the film production process, Wales guides filmmakers through the A-Z of making a film in today's industry and draws from insights and experiences from working filmmakers throughout. The book is practically focused and includes a wealth of sample checklists, schedules, budgeting, and downloadable forms and templates for practical use. The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to include a new chapter on how to break into the industry, expanded and updated sections on distribution (including theatrical and streamiTable of ContentsPART I. Development and Pre-Production 1. Media Development 2. The Producers 3. Script Breakdown and Scheduling 4. The Budget 5. The Production Team and Staff 6. The Production Office PART II. Production 7. The Director’s Team and 2nd Unit 8. Casting, Actors, Extras, and Stunt People 9. The Art Department 10. The Camera Department 11. Grip and Electric 12. The Sound Department 13. Visual Effects and Special Effects 14. The Wardrobe Department 15. Makeup and Hair 16. Locations 17. The Transportation Department PART III. Post-Production and Beyond 18. Post-Production 19. Music 20. Safety on Set 21. Legal Issues 22. Marketing and Distribution
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling
Book SynopsisStories and narratives are powerful tools for explaining the world around us. This book explores storytelling as a way of engaging audiences with sustainable development issues and reflects on the opportunities and limitations of storytelling for sustainability as an innovative approach to sustainability communication. Bringing together voices and perspectives from research and practice, this volume explores the ways in which storytelling can support change toward sustainability. Unlike other anthologies, the book first provides a sound scientific basis by unfolding the storytelling approach and presenting empirical studies on its impact on effects. It clarifies important terms and presents recent findings on the impact of storytelling on sustainability from an extensive 3-year research project on this question. The second part shows how storytelling can be used in different fields of practice to communicate sustainability in more engaging and effective ways. HereTable of ContentsFOREWORDSustainability Communication "Like Gold"?Thomas PyhelPROLOGUEOf Sustainability and Storytelling – An Introduction to this BookAnna Sundermann, Daniel Fischer, Sonja Fücker, Hanna SelmPART I: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVESChapter 1. SusTelling: Storytelling for SustainabilityDaniel Fischer, Sonja Fücker, Hanna Selm, Martin Storksdieck, Anna Sundermann Chapter 2. Does SusTelling for Sustainability Work? An ExperimentAnna Sundermann, Daniel Fischer, Sonja Fücker, Daniel Hanss, Hanna SelmChapter 3. SusTelling in the Reception Lab – On How Young Adults Perceive StorytellingSonja Fücker, Daniel Fischer, Hanna Selm, Anna SundermannPART II: PRACTICE PERSPECTIVESChapter 4. Telling Your Own Stories: Teaching and Learning StorytellingHanna Selm, Daniel Fischer, Heike Janßen, Torsten Schäfer, Anna Sundermann, Sonja FückerChapter 5. SusTelling in Higher EducationPetra Molthan-Hill, Daniel FischerChapter 6. SusTelling and Constructive Journalism: A Perfect Pair?Maren UrnerChapter 7. Learning from Humboldt – Storytelling as a Method of Science CommunicationDorothee Menhart, Sabine HoscislawskiChapter 8. Storytelling in Corporate Communications – When, Why, and How Storytelling Works in Personnel TrainingJennifer FritzEPILOGUEStorytelling for Sustainability: A Preliminary Conclusion Daniel Fischer, Sonja Fücker, Hanna Selm, Anna SundermannIndex
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Taylor & Francis A History of Modern Chinese Journalism and
Book SynopsisFocusing on the practice of journalism in modern China, this book studies the history of modern Chinese journalism and gives insights on its culture and value.Comprised of four chapters, this book revisits the development of the journalism industry after being introduced to China from the West, analysing the development of the profession in comparative perspective. The first three chapters explore the collision and integration of journalism as an imported product against the backcloth of the social culture of modern China and analyzes the modernization of Chinese journalismâin terms of news concept, public opinion and dissemination of newspapers. The final chapter discusses the constraints of modern Chinese journalism that can hinder true independence and freedom, including religious news publications, subsidies, pricing and the interaction of technology, systems and concepts. Discussions of characteristics of modern Chinese journalism also shed light on the development of co
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Taylor & Francis Regulating the Metaverse
Book SynopsisThe metaverse seems to be on everybodyâs lips â and yet, very few people can actually explain what it means or why it is important. This book aims to fill the gap from an interdisciplinary perspective informed by law and media and communications studies. Going beyond the optimism emanating from technology companies and venture capitalists, the authors critically evaluate the antecedents and the building blocks of the metaverse, the design and regulatory challenges that need to be solved, and commercial opportunities that are yet to be fully realised. While the metaverse is poised to open new possibilities and perspectives, it will also be a dangerous place â one ripe with threats ranging from disinformation to intellectual property theft to sexual harassment. Hence, the book offers a useful guide to the legal and political governance issues ahead while also contextualising them within the broader domain of governance and regulation of digital technologies.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India
Book SynopsisThis book examines cinematic practices in Bollywood as narratives that assist in shaping the imagination of the age, especially in contemporary India. It examines historical films released in India since the new millennium and analyses cinema as a reflection of the changing socio-political and economic conditions at any given period. The chapters in Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India: Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinemas also illuminate different perspectives on how cinematic historical representations follow political patterns and market compulsions, giving precedence to a certain past over the other, creating a narrative suited for the dominant narrative of the present. From Mughal-e-Azam to Padmaavat, and Bajirao Mastani to Raazi, the chapters show how creating history out of myths validate hegemonic identities in a rapidly evolving Indian society.The volume will be of interest to scholars ofTable of ContentsForeword. 1. Of War and Intrigue: ‘Medieval’ as Represented on Indian Screen b2. Humayun and Mughal-e- Azam: History and the Contemporary 3. Re-texturing the Past: The Digital Image and the Contemporary Bollywood Historical 4. The Gender of War: National Masculinities and Hindutva in Bollywood War Cinema 5. “The Surgical Strike that Shook the Mughal Empire”: Evacuation and distortion of histories in contemporary Hindi screen cultures 6. Raazi (2018): Spying for the Nation 7. Title: History into Myth: Popular Hindi Cinema and the Politics of “True Stories” 8. Bahujan Legend, Brahmanical telling: Decoding the lens of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior 9. How Hindutva’s ‘other’ views ‘otherification’: Pakistani response to Bollywood’s Saffron myth making 10. “A Great Republic of Hurt Sentiments”: Counter-histories, Nationalism, and the Controversy of the Historical
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Taylor & Francis Dialogues Between Artistic Research and Science
Book SynopsisThis edited volume maps dialogues between science and technology studies research on the arts and the emerging field of artistic research. The main themes in the book are an advanced understanding of discursivity and reasoning in arts-based research, the methodological relevance of material practices and things, and innovative ways of connecting, staging, and publishing research in art and academia. This book touches on topics including studies of artistic practices; reflexive practitioners at the boundaries between the arts, science, and technology; non-propositional forms of reasoning; unconventional (arts-based) research methods and enhanced modes of presentation and publication.Table of Contents Dialogues between Artistic Research and Science and Technology Studies: An Introduction: Henk Borgdorff, Peter Peters, and Trevor Pinch; Part I: Dialogues; 2. Cataloguing Artistic Research: The Passage from Documented Work to Published Research: Henk Borgdorff; 3. From Quasi-Objects to Artistic Components: Science Studies and Artistic Research: Esa Kirkkopelto; 4. A Thought Experiment on Artistic Research as High-Risk Ethnography: Ruth Benschop; 5. Wisdom in Artistic Research: An Alternative to the Discourse of Art as Knowledge Production: Nora S. Vaage; 6. STS by Material Means: Art Critiquing Science: Hannah Rogers; Part II: Practices; 7. Material Systems: Kinetic Sound Art and STS: Jon Pigott; 8. Negotiation, Translation, Synchronization?: The Role of Boundary Objects in Artistic Research: Johanna Schindler; 9. Figurations of Hybrid Ecologies in Artistic Practice: Desiree Foerster; 10. Crafting Baroque Sound: Making Organ Pipes Matter Artistically: Peter Peters; Part III: Experiments; 11. Everything will be Screen: Readdressing Screenness through Art-based Experiments: Claude Draude; 12. Material Knowledge and Alchemical Practice: Katharine Vones; 13. Kissing and Staring in Times of Neuromania: The Social Brain in Art-Science Experiments: Flora Lysen; 14. Re-enactment as a Research Strategy: Performance Art, Video Analysis, and Vice-Versa: Philippe Sormani
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Political Economy of Media and Communication
Book SynopsisThe first book dedicated specifically to research methods in the political economy of media and communication, it provides a methodological toolkit to investigate the functioning of media, technology, and cultural industries in their historical, institutional, structural, and systemic contexts.Featuring contributions from across the globe and a variety of methodological perspectives, this volume presents the state of the art in political economy of media and communication methods, articulating those methods with adjacent approaches, to study concentration of ownership and power, pluralism and diversity, regulation and public policies, governance, genderization, and sustainability. This collection charts the methodological innovations critical political economists are adopting to analyse a rapidly transforming digital media landscape, exploring ideology, narratives, socio-analysis and praxis in communication with ethnographic and participatory approaches, as well as designs foTrade Review“This book provides an invaluable insight into the long-awaited answer to ‘how do I research this?’ from a critical Political Economy of Media and Communication perspective (PEMC). It allows not only to apply the key methodological and epistemological tenets of PEMC but also to counter its all too often misrepresentation by guardians of corporate power.” - Ana I. Segovia Alonso, Associate Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain“For anyone seeking a deeper understanding of PEC and its methodologies, this book is an indispensable companion. It delves into the types of sources PEC scholars rely on, the methodologies they employ for data collection, and how they skilfully employ history and theory to make sense of their findings. Furthermore, it provides a thoughtful examination of how political economists engage with complementary approaches and the philosophical assumptions guiding their choices. Its multifaceted exploration of the field's core components and evolving directions make it an essential read for both students and seasoned scholars. I enthusiastically recommend this book as an essential resource for anyone interested in the intricate world of political economy of communication (PEC).” - Benedetta Brevini, Associate Professor, University of Sydney and New York UniversityTable of ContentsForeword Janet Wasko Introduction Thomas F. Corrigan and Francisco Sierra Caballero, Rodrigo Gómez,and Joan Pedro-Carañana Part I: EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION Introduction Thomas F. Corrigan 1. Rethinking “method” in the political economy of media and communication: A realist perspective Thomas F. Corrigan 2. A historical-structural approach to media research Enrique E. Sánchez-Ruiz 3. Internet policy research: Critical epistemological and methodological considerations Robin Mansell 4. Who knows? Feminist epistemologies, gendered labor, and a political economy of communication Micky Lee Part II: INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Introduction Rodrigo Gómez 5. With history at its core: Making a case for historical methods in critical political economy Mandy Tröger 6. Political Economy of Communication and Network Analysis Rodrigo Gómez and Ben Birkinbine 7. Audiovisual diversity and subscription video-on-demand services: Mapping the territory in Spain Josep Pedro and Luis A. Albornoz 8. Measuring media pluralism in informative TV programs through a multidimensional multi-scope instrument Chiara Sáez Baeza 9. The framework of analysis as integrative scaffolding for our research Argelia Muñoz Larroa 10. Political economy and critical studies of advertising and media industries Jonathan Hardy Part III: ANALYSIS OF IDEOLOGY, SOCIO-ANALYSIS AND PRAXIS Introduction Joan Pedro-Carañana 11. Quantitative and qualitative content analysis in political economy research: A systematic review of strategies, methods, and techniques Florian Zollmann 12. Elite news content (still) matters now more than ever before: Social movements, social media, elite news media, and the media dependence model Andrew Kennis 13. The dialectical model of social mediation and its methods for researching the social production of communication Joan Pedro-Carañana 14. Structure meets agency: Political economy and ethnography Olga Lucía Sorzano and Toby Miller 15. Participatory action research in political economy: Researchers’ commitment to communication democratization and social justice Adilson Vaz Cabral Filho 16. A methodological proposal for the analysis of the Political Economy of Communication from an intersectional feminist perspective M. Cruz Tornay-Márquez Part IV: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING CHALLENGES Introduction Joan Pedro-Carañana 17. Artificial intelligence and technological accelerationism: A critique of cybernetic ideology Francisco Sierra and Daniela Inés Monje
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Media and Digital Politics
Book SynopsisInformed by critical theory, this book employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) to examine the ever-increasing impact that social media has on politics and contemporary civic discourse.In just the past decade, social media platforms have been at the forefront of political discord that played out in the January 6th insurrection, the expulsion of a US President from major social media platforms, the attempted regulation of social media in various states, and the takeover of Twitter (now X) by one of the richest and (arguably) most financially influential persons in the world. This book examines these phenomena through a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of their meaning and implication for democratic society. Informed by SNA, James Jaehoon Lee and Jeffrey Layne Blevins examine several types of social and political commentary on one of the most influential social media networks and argue that the use of emotional appeals in these posts about social and political topics degrade
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Communicating Ethically
Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated fourth edition provides a broad introduction to the major theoretical perspectives on the ethics of communication. It brings together classical and modern theories of ethical philosophy to address issues at play in specific careers and domains throughout the field. By incorporating a simple framework for ethical reasoning, readers are able to develop their own understanding of various criteria for making ethical judgments. The book applies ethical theories, such as virtue and dialogical ethics, to interpersonal, organizational, political, social media, and digital communication contexts. This edition contains expanded coverage of contemporary and non-Western issues and theories. This includes the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements, fake news, new technologies such as Deepfake videos, Confucian ethics, and Igbo ethics. It also includes a new chapter on the ethics of communicating scientific and medical risks. This book serves as a core textbTable of ContentsPart 1: 1. Introduction to Communication Ethics 2. Character and Virtue Ethics 3. Duties 4. Consequences 5. Relationships 6. Contemporary Challenges to Traditional Ethics Part 2: 7. Ethics of Online Communication and Social Media 8. Ethics in Interpersonal Communication: Relationship and Character 9. Intercultural Communication and Inclusive Communication 10. Ethics of Risk Communication 11. Ethical Issues in Mass Communication 12. Ethics of Political Communication 13. Ethics in Organizational Communication 14. Capstone
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Epidemic Cinema
Book SynopsisThis book examines the recent trend in global cinema to feature infectious disease.As the global crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic materialised the anxieties and discourses of world risk that had long been portrayed in popular media, the book provides a novel definition of the epidemic film genre and offers a systematic look into the narrative and stylistic conventions that characterise it. Epidemic Cinema traces the evolution of the genre from its early cinematic origins to establish the founding principles of a genre standing at the crossroads between science-fiction and horror. It draws on close textual analysis to show how the pandemic reified one of the central predicaments of epidemic narratives: the constant tension existing between free-floating phenomena and the impulse to control and resist such phenomena, ultimately epitomised by the trope of the border. Showing how infectious diseases offer a rich allegorical frame which cinema uses to articulate timely anxieties ofTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Plague-Metaphors in the Age of the VirusChapter 2. The Origins of the GenreChapter 3. Defining the Epidemic GenreChapter 4. Connectivity: Contagion and Viral (Dis)InformationChapter 5. Territorial Conversion: Children of Men and Viral FearChapter 6. Bodily Conversion: Warm Bodies and Viral LoveChapter 7. Containment: Blindness and Viral MediaConclusion
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Routledge Global Journalism Collaborations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Media Arts Education
Book SynopsisThis book introduces and explains the emergent and dynamic discipline of media arts education. Through an examination of its theoretical principles, holistic pedagogy, adaptive instructional practices, and diverse creative capacities, it demonstrates how media arts education can lead to a more student-centered, interdisciplinary, and effective educational model.Chapters combine academic research and practical examples to give an in-depth understanding of media arts education as it exists within schools today, as well as its potential for educational advancement. Author Dain Olsen provides an instructional framework for the discipline, including its history, research from cognitive and learning science, pedagogical principles, and examples of instructional practice. The book discusses how media arts education promotes active, multimodal and inquiry-based learning, constructivist methodology, and transdisciplinary integrations. Media arts affords students the ability to constru
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Bande de Filles
Book SynopsisFew films in the twenty-first century have represented coming-of-age with the beauty and brutality of Bande de Filles (or Girlhood). This book provides an in-depth examination of Céline Sciamma's film, focusing on its portrayal of female adolescence in contemporary Paris.Motivated by the absence of black female characters in French cinema, Sciamma represents the lives of figures that have passed largely unnoticed on the big screen. While observing the girls' tough circumstances, Sciamma's film emphasises the joy and camaraderie found in female friendships. This book places Girlhood in its cinematic as well as its sociocultural context. Pop music, urban violence, and female friendships are all considered here in a book that draws out the complexity of Sciamma's deceptively simple portrayal of coming-of-age.Thoughtful, concise, and deeply contemporary, this book is perfect for students, scholars, and general readers interesteTrade Review"Not only is Smith’s book a stimulating investigation of Sciamma’s oeuvre, but it should also more widely serve as an effective model for film analysis, as it provides useful tools to put the context of production in a two-way dialogue with the movie’s characters and narratives. Moreover, by showing how relevant this film genre is to delving into the politics of representation in the media industry, the book succeeds in giving new meaning and significance to still maturing academic fields such as youth film studies and girl studies."- Hélène B. Ducros, EuropeNow JournalTable of Contents1. Contextualising Bande de Filles/Girlhood 2. Céline Sciamma’s coming-of-age texts 3. Feminising the banlieue in Bande de Filles/Girlhood 4. Solidarity and violence in Bande de Filles/Girlhood 5. Music and the transnational in Bande de Filles/Girlhood 6. Gender fluidity and queer girlhood in Bande de Filles/Girlhood
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Taylor & Francis Mediating Presence
Book SynopsisMediating Presence: Immersive Experience Design Workbook for UX Designers, Filmmakers, Artists, and Content Creators provides the foundation for a broader understanding of the impact of XR as the next medium. The methods presented draw from a wide range of disciplines and professional practice to provide a practical guide to design methods, production techniques, best practices, and terminology that offers an effective roadmap for developing immersive experiences using augmented reality, virtual reality, augmented virtuality, and other emerging immersive media forms.In this book, media designers Peter (Zak) Zakrzewski and David TamÃs present a comprehensive framework for XR media experience design (XRXD) that will allow UX designers, filmmakers, artists, and content creators to connect their audiences to rich, multimodal, immersive experiences for entertainment, learning, creating, and healing. This book guides the reader through a 12+1 step design-based model f
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Taylor & Francis Persuasive Message Design
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