Communication studies

The first comprehensive encyclopedia for the growing fields of media and communication studies, the Encyclopedia of Media and Communication is an essential resource for beginners and seasoned academics alike.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, journalism, politics, and social advocacy were largely male preserves.

While never formally recognized as a school of thought in its time, the work of a number of University of Toronto scholars over several decades - most notably Harold Adams Innis and Marshall McLuhan - formulated a number of original attempts to conceptualize communication as a phenomenon, and launched radical and innovative conjectures about its consequences.

One of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A.

Semiotics, Media Studies and Communication Studies are three closely interlinked fields.

Politics, Society, and the Media is the first comprehensive political sociology of the media to be published in Canada.

One of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A.

From handwritten texts to online books, the page has been a standard interface for transmitting knowledge for over two millennia.

Semiotics, Media Studies and Communication Studies are three closely interlinked fields.

Canada has a rich heritage of English-language communication thought.

Identity in the Covid-19 Years explores the how the COVID-19 pandemic has been represented in media, communication and culture, and the role these changes have played in renewing how we understand identity, engage in social belonging and relate ethically to each other and the world.

Social media has irrevocably changed how people consume the news.

Social media has irrevocably changed how people consume the news.

For almost a century, Canadian newspapers, radio and television stations, and now internet news sites have depended on the Canadian Press news agency for most of their Canadian (and, through its international alliances) foreign news.

For almost a century, Canadian newspapers, radio and television stations, and now internet news sites have depended on the Canadian Press news agency for most of their Canadian (and, through its international alliances) foreign news.

In Incorporating Texts into Institutional Ethnographies, Dorothy E.

In Incorporating Texts into Institutional Ethnographies, Dorothy E.

In the late 2000s, television no longer referred to an object to be watched; it had transformed into content to be streamed, downloaded, and shared.

In the late 2000s, television no longer referred to an object to be watched; it had transformed into content to be streamed, downloaded, and shared.

Dynamic Fair Dealing argues that only a dynamic, flexible, and equitable approach to cultural ownership can accommodate the astonishing range of ways that we create, circulate, manage, attribute, and make use of digital cultural objects.

Dynamic Fair Dealing argues that only a dynamic, flexible, and equitable approach to cultural ownership can accommodate the astonishing range of ways that we create, circulate, manage, attribute, and make use of digital cultural objects.

The Gutenberg Galaxy catapulted Marshall McLuhan to fame as a media theorist and, in time, a new media prognosticator.

The Gutenberg Galaxy catapulted Marshall McLuhan to fame as a media theorist and, in time, a new media prognosticator.

The more human knowledge increases, the more signs grow and, with this expansion, the more the boundaries of the science that studies signs also grows.

The Kegan Paul imprint was created and its reputation for a distinguished list of titles established during a forty-year period from 1871 to 1911.

Crime reporting, in one form or another, is as old as crime itself.

Crime reporting, in one form or another, is as old as crime itself.

Contrary to the historiographical commonplace “no Reformation without print” Cultures of Communication examines media in the early modern world through the lens of the period’s religious history.

Contrary to the historiographical commonplace “no Reformation without print” Cultures of Communication examines media in the early modern world through the lens of the period’s religious history.

Journalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices.

Journalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices.

Europe Un-Imagined examines one of the world's first and only trans nationally produced television channels, Association relative a la television europeenne (ARTE).

Europe Un-Imagined examines one of the world's first and only trans nationally produced television channels, Association relative a la television europeenne (ARTE).

Despite years of dominating journalism school classrooms across North America, women remain vastly underrepresented at the highest levels of newspaper leadership.

Despite years of dominating journalism school classrooms across North America, women remain vastly underrepresented at the highest levels of newspaper leadership.

Where do Canadian content requirements come from?

Where do Canadian content requirements come from?

Politics, Society, and the Media is the first comprehensive political sociology of the media to be published in Canada.

The news media are often accused of lacking objectivity.

Published Under the Garamond ImprintThe new century promises to be a roller coaster ride fueled by rapidly changing information and communications technologies (ICTs).

Why do people find themselves repeatedly single when they are desperately searching for the perfect soul-mate with whom to share their future lives?

From a European Perspective This book charts territory that is profoundly important, and yet rarely fully understood.

Words are powerful when they are used correctly.

This book explores the role of language and images in newspaper, radio, online and television news.

Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research.

Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research.

Regional newspapers around the globe are fighting to survive in the face of challenges to their economic model, due to the constant influx of new technology.

Lively and engaging, How to Launch a Magazine in this Digital Age adopts a practical guide for students and inexperienced editors, detailing the process of setting up and launching a new publication -- be it digital, print or a combination of both.

The internet has changed the way we communicate and so changed society and culture.

This book explores the role of language and images in newspaper, radio, online and television news.