Communication studies

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action.

In this important volume Habermas outlines the views which form the basis of his critical theory of modern societies.

'Business-as-usual' has been transformed across the music industries in the post-CD age.

From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation.

For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle.

In 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.

How can we study organizations from a discursive perspective?

Social theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes.

The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution.

Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization.

This text provides for the first time in book form an exploration of the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life, ranging from, for example, severe acts of violence to more subtle forms of conflict.

This book is a clear, systematic, original and lively account of how media representations shape the way we see our and others lives in a global age.

Communication in Health Organizations explores the communication processes, issues, and concepts that comprise the organization of health care, focusing on the interactions that influence the lives of patients, health professionals, and other members of health institutions.

Communicating Emotion at Work chronicles the rich emotional experiences of employees drawn from a broad cross-section of industries and occupations.

Research consistently shows how through the years more of our time gets spent using media, how multitasking our media has become a regular feature of everyday life, and that consuming media for most people increasingly takes place alongside producing media.

This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of life .

The use of webcam, especially through Skype, has recently become established as one more standard media technology, but so far there has been no attempt to assess its fundamental nature and consequences.

We live in a world where a tweet can be instantly retweeted and read by millions around the world in minutes, where a video forwarded to friends can destroy a political career in hours, and where an unknown man or woman can become an international celebrity overnight.

In Early Modern Europe the first readers of a book were not those who bought it.

Family Conflict takes a life course approach as it provides an accessible discussion of family conflict issues, processes, and outcomes.

In this major new work, Thompson develops an original account of ideology and relates it to the analysis of culture and mass communication in modern Societies.

We live in a world where social interaction is increasingly mediated by technological devices.

A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearAn Atlantic Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of the YearHow a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology.

In focusing on the practices, politics and ethics of listening, this wide-ranging book offers an important new perspective on questions of media audiences, publics and citizenship.

Twitter has become a household name, discussed both for its role in prominent national elections, natural disasters, and political movements, as well as for what some malign as narcissistic chatter.

Current anxiety about the future of news makes it opportune to revisit the notion of professionalism in journalism.

What role can the ordinary citizen perform in news reporting?

Journalists have failed to respond adequately to the challenge of the Internet, with far-reaching consequences for the future of journalism and democracy.

What does it mean that we can be reached on our mobile phones wherever we are and at all times?

This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society.

It is often remarked that politicians private lives are becoming a feature of political communication in many advanced industrial democracies.

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing.

Media power in the global era has to do with how people understand the world, their place in it, and their relation to the others who populate it.

With staggering swiftness, the mobile phone has become a fixture of daily life in almost every society on earth.

With the majority of the world's population now living in cities, questions about the cultural and political trajectories of urban societies are increasingly urgent.

Digital War Reporting examines war reporting in a digital age.

Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site.

Journalism, what happened?

One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and communication technologies on social life.

With books such as Discourse Networks and Gramophone, Film, Typewriter and the collection Literature, Media, Information Systems, Friedrich Kittler has established himself as one of the world's most influential media theorists.

An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital libraryLibraries have long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for everyone.

The internet has shaken the foundations of life: public and private lives are wrought by the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week news cycle that means no one is ever off duty.

Stop.

Acclaimed journalist Leigh Sales has her doubts, and thinks you should, too.

A startlingly honest account of experiencing war and terrorism from the frontline by Peter Stefanovic, one of Australia's leading journalists and foreign correspondents.

Get ahead in your personal and professional life with crowd-pleasing communication skills Packed with advice on improving verbal and non-verbal communication skills alike, Communication Essentials For Dummies is a comprehensive, approachable guide to communication no one should be without.

Get ahead in your personal and professional life with crowd-pleasing communication skills Packed with advice on improving verbal and non-verbal communication skills alike, Communication Essentials For Dummies is a comprehensive, approachable guide to communication no one should be without.

A book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the online economyThe internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies impossible.

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.

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online-and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social mediaIn an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other.