Social media and information and communication technologies (ICTs) have played a pivotal role in various conflicts around the world, including the Arab Spring in Tunisia, the war in Syria, Palestinian activism, and the recent protests in Iran.
James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages.
Mediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter.
Mediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter.
What Journalism Could Be asks readers to reimagine the news by embracing a conceptual prism long championed by one of journalism's leading contemporary scholars.
What Journalism Could Be asks readers to reimagine the news by embracing a conceptual prism long championed by one of journalism's leading contemporary scholars.
In the context of profound transformations in the professional, business, technological and social context of journalism, it is crucial for journalism studies and education to move beyond limited approaches to the discipline.
With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains.
With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains.
Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit.
Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit.
With a concise approach that engages students and practitioners, this thoroughly updated fourth edition provides the fundamental knowledge and basic skill preparation required for the professional practice of public relations writing.
This fully updated Second Edition of Dynamics of Media Writing helps students learn transferable skills that can be applied across all media platformsafrom traditional mass media formats like news, public relations and advertising, to digital and social media platforms.
This fully updated Second Edition of Dynamics of Media Writing helps students learn transferable skills that can be applied across all media platformsafrom traditional mass media formats like news, public relations and advertising, to digital and social media platforms.
This fully updated Second Edition of Dynamics of Media Writing helps students learn transferable skills that can be applied across all media platformsafrom traditional mass media formats like news, public relations and advertising, to digital and social media platforms.
"e;At last, a book that covers social media strategy in a practical, timely way that will help guide our students as they transition to the professional world.
"e;At last, a book that covers social media strategy in a practical, timely way that will help guide our students as they transition to the professional world.
"e;At last, a book that covers social media strategy in a practical, timely way that will help guide our students as they transition to the professional world.
Gender in Communication: A Critical Introduction embraces the full range of diverse gender identities and expressions to explore how gender influences communication, as well as how communication shapes our concepts of gender for the individual and for society.
Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry teaches students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using interesting real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources.
Introducing Communication Research: Paths of Inquiry teaches students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner by using interesting real-world examples, engaging application exercises, and up-to-date resources.