Comparative literature

The study of music in commercials is well-suited for exploring the persuasive impact that music has beyond the ability to entertain, edify, and purify its audience.

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally.

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally.

From HGTV and the Food Network to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, television is preoccupied with the pursuit and exhibition of lifestyle.

From HGTV and the Food Network to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, television is preoccupied with the pursuit and exhibition of lifestyle.

A growing number of scholars have sought to re-centre emotions in our study of international politics, however an overarching book on how emotions matter to the study of politics and war is yet to be published.

A growing number of scholars have sought to re-centre emotions in our study of international politics, however an overarching book on how emotions matter to the study of politics and war is yet to be published.

The study of Chinese media is a field that is growing and evolving at an exponential rate.

The study of Chinese media is a field that is growing and evolving at an exponential rate.

In the two decades bracketing the turn of the millennium, large-scale weather disasters have been inevitably constructed as media events.

In the two decades bracketing the turn of the millennium, large-scale weather disasters have been inevitably constructed as media events.

Disability and Digital Television Cultures offers an important addition to scholarly studies at the intersection of disability and media, examining disability in the context of digital television access, representation and reception.

Disability and Digital Television Cultures offers an important addition to scholarly studies at the intersection of disability and media, examining disability in the context of digital television access, representation and reception.

For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America's role in global affairs.

For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America's role in global affairs.

What Greek philosopher thought writing would harm a student's memory?

What Greek philosopher thought writing would harm a student's memory?

What is it like to make television comedy?

This book explores the written and unwritten requirements Black journalists face in their efforts to get and keep jobs in television news.

This book explores the written and unwritten requirements Black journalists face in their efforts to get and keep jobs in television news.

What happened when Sesame Street and Big Brother were adapted for African audiences?

What happened when Sesame Street and Big Brother were adapted for African audiences?

This volume explores how advances in the fields of evolutionary neuroscience and cognitive psychology are informing media studies with a better understanding of how humans perceive, think and experience emotion within mediated environments.

This volume explores how advances in the fields of evolutionary neuroscience and cognitive psychology are informing media studies with a better understanding of how humans perceive, think and experience emotion within mediated environments.

As LGBTQ claims acquire global relevance, how do sexual politics impact the study of International Relations?

As LGBTQ claims acquire global relevance, how do sexual politics impact the study of International Relations?

The focus of this book is on the media representations of the use of the Internet in seeking intimate connections-be it a committed relationship, a hook-up, or a community in which to dabble in fringe sexual practices.

The focus of this book is on the media representations of the use of the Internet in seeking intimate connections-be it a committed relationship, a hook-up, or a community in which to dabble in fringe sexual practices.

The Intersectional Athlete Body on Reality TV examines the treatment of women, non-White and queer participants on MTV's The Challenge, a physical competition lauded as 'America's fifth sport', interrogating the treatment of the intersectional body within the reality TV landscape and the influence of professional sports culture.

While some have argued that we live in a 'postfeminist' era that renders feminism irrelevant to people's contemporary lives this book takes 'feminism', the source of eternal debate, contestation and ambivalence, and situates the term within the popular, cultural practices of everyday life.

While some have argued that we live in a 'postfeminist' era that renders feminism irrelevant to people's contemporary lives this book takes 'feminism', the source of eternal debate, contestation and ambivalence, and situates the term within the popular, cultural practices of everyday life.

The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what 'ordinary' people are doing on air - what they say, and how and where they get to say it.

The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what 'ordinary' people are doing on air - what they say, and how and where they get to say it.

Production Studies, The Sequel!

Production Studies, The Sequel!

This book serves as an accessible critical introduction to the broad category of American political television content.

This book serves as an accessible critical introduction to the broad category of American political television content.

Contemporary television has been marked by such exceptional programming that it is now common to hear claims that TV has finally become an art.

Contemporary television has been marked by such exceptional programming that it is now common to hear claims that TV has finally become an art.

The Routledge Companion to Asian American Media offers readers a comprehensive examination of the way that Asian Americans have engaged with media, from the long history of Asian American actors and stories that have been featured in mainstream film and television, to the birth and development of a distinctly Asian American cinema, to the ever-shifting frontiers of Asian American digital media.

The Routledge Companion to Asian American Media offers readers a comprehensive examination of the way that Asian Americans have engaged with media, from the long history of Asian American actors and stories that have been featured in mainstream film and television, to the birth and development of a distinctly Asian American cinema, to the ever-shifting frontiers of Asian American digital media.

In cognitive research, metaphors have been shown to help us imagine complex, abstract, or invisible ideas, concepts, or emotions.

In cognitive research, metaphors have been shown to help us imagine complex, abstract, or invisible ideas, concepts, or emotions.

In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G.

In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G.

Public service media (PSM) have been the mainstay of Western European broadcasting for a number of decades.

Public service media (PSM) have been the mainstay of Western European broadcasting for a number of decades.

In the age of "e;complex Tv"e;, of social networking and massive consumption of transmedia narratives, a myriad short-lived phenomena surround films and TV programs raising questions about the endurance of a fictional world and other mediatized discourse over a long arc of time.

In the age of "e;complex Tv"e;, of social networking and massive consumption of transmedia narratives, a myriad short-lived phenomena surround films and TV programs raising questions about the endurance of a fictional world and other mediatized discourse over a long arc of time.

The antihero prevails in recent American drama television series.