Media, entertainment, information and communication industries

Richard Pratt was one of Australia's most successful, formidable and charismatic businessmen.

John Ilhan: A Crazy Life tells the fascinating story of John Ilhan -- a working-class immigrant who overcame incredible odds to become one of the richest men in Australia.

Discover the remarkably honest and captivating story of one of the world's greatest ever singing talents, Sir Tom Jones 'Brilliantly told' SUNDAY TIMES 'A terrific, star-studded journey' DAILY EXPRESS ______ 'For a lot of years, I've answered a lot of questions, but have never told my story before .

The starkly different ways that American and French online news companies respond to audience analytics and what this means for the future of newsWhen the news moved online, journalists suddenly learned what their audiences actually liked, through algorithmic technologies that scrutinize web traffic and activity.

Abridged and edited for the modern reader and available in paperback for the first time ever, this second edition brings back into print a classic autobiography of Middle Americaan immensely readable document that enriches our understanding of Progressivism and politics, journalism, and the social history of small-town America from Reconstruction into the Roaring Twenties.

Roosevelt bit me and I went mad, William Allen White said of his first encounter with Teddy in 1897.

Revisiting an almost-forgotten American interracial literary culture that advanced racial pluralism in the decades before the 1960sIn Impermanent Blackness, Korey Garibaldi explores interracial collaborations in American commercial publishing-authors, agents, and publishers who forged partnerships across racial lines-from the 1910s to the 1960s.

A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal-and seeing your book through to successful publicationThe scholarly book proposal may be academia's most mysterious genre.

The starkly different ways that American and French online news companies respond to audience analytics and what this means for the future of newsWhen the news moved online, journalists suddenly learned what their audiences actually liked, through algorithmic technologies that scrutinize web traffic and activity.

The moral and political role of German journalists before, during, and after the Nazi dictatorshipJournalists between Hitler and Adenauer takes an in-depth look at German journalism from the late Weimar period through the postwar decades.

How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries-and why that might be a good thingThe digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries-music, publishing, television, and the movies.

“I hope we’re as good friends when you finish your book as we are now,” Ben Bradlee, the legendary former executive editor of The Washington Post, told Jeff Himmelman in March 2010.

'Wilder has created a gem of a novel with characters who unfold in complex and unexpected ways.

Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, authors of Trust Agents, are back with The Impact Equation to show you how to make social media pay.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION'The Lean Startup changes everything.

'Simple can be harder than complex.

El atraso cultural y político heredado por las colonias españolas debido a la incorporación tardía de España a la modernidad, su impermeabilidad a la gran revolución industrial en el resto de Europa y su forma de gobierno aun de carácter feudal, produjo en los colonizados una sensación de inferioridad, menosprecio y poca valoración de lo local al compararse con los individuos y ambientes "modernos, cultos y avanzados" de otras latitudes y coloniajes, sensación que permanecería vigente hasta las primeras dos décadas del siglo XX.

News coverage of law can be a daunting task for any journalist, especially in a time when public interest in media coverage of the courts has greatly intensified.

In Altman on Altman, one of American cinema's most incorrigible mavericks reflects on a brilliant career.

A Los Angeles Times BestsellerWinner of the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards"e;Ben Fritz crafts an electrifying and essential book that carefully chronicles how Hollywood tradition is collapsing and new models are fueling the future.

Puts allegations over the Australian media''s recent reporting of politics and election campaigns to the test.

This book shows how European integration is debated in the mass media, and how this affects democratic inclusiveness.

This book examines why copyright exceptions are necessary and the forces that have shaped the UK legislation.

This book shows how European integration is debated in the mass media, and how this affects democratic inclusiveness.

Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States.

Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States.

Argues that constitutional courts develop public relations strategies to increase the transparency of judicial behavior and promote judicial legitimacy.

This book analyzes how reality television fuelled heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the Middle East.

Non-technical analysis of how cultural industries contribute to economic growth and the policies required to ensure cultural industries will flourish.

Sellers marshals diverse evidence, resulting in this comprehensive and unprecedented examination of politicians'' promotional campaigns and journalists'' coverage of those campaigns.

This book develops a new theoretical framework for understanding cosmopolitan communications and identifies the conditions under which global communications are most likely to endanger cultural diversity.

The most concise and accessible introduction available to bibliographical research and to the history of bibliography.

Explains one of the most important phenomena in Western Europe: the rise of far-right parties.

This book analyzes how reality television fuelled heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the Middle East.

Examines responsiveness and representation across a range of policy domains in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

Sellers marshals diverse evidence, resulting in this comprehensive and unprecedented examination of politicians'' promotional campaigns and journalists'' coverage of those campaigns.

This book develops a new theoretical framework for understanding cosmopolitan communications and identifies the conditions under which global communications are most likely to endanger cultural diversity.

The most concise and accessible introduction available to bibliographical research and to the history of bibliography.

This book examines how the Internet can improve public communications and enrich democracy.

Using income surveys and various political-economic data, this book shows that income inequality is fundamental to the dynamics of US politics.

An anthology of the writing of Wilfred Burchett, perhaps the greatest journalist and war correspondent Australia has ever produced.

This study was the first to compare the film industry in Britain, France and the United States between 1890 and 1940.

Spinuzzi examines the networks of activity that make a telecommunications company work and thrive.

Considers the culture of censorship which emerged between 1625 and 1640 in England.

Describes the control of Russian television by government, and the reaction of ordinary citizens.

A comprehensive account of the internationalisation of literary copyright, focusing on nineteenth century international copyright law.

A comprehensive 2006 investigation of the Book of Martyrs''s compilation, printing, publication, illustration, and reception.

This 2007 book was the first to describe and evaluate modern spectrum management tools.

This book is an insider''s view of the business of production of TV programs.

The Indexing Companion, first published in 2007, gives an overview of indexing for professional indexers, editors, authors, librarians and others.