Communication studies

Media Law is an essential and accessible introduction to the subject that will assist media; journalism and law students understand key concepts and aid their revision.

Picking up on some of the themes developed in his critically acclaimed book Understanding Audiences (SAGE, 2000), this new book on audience research focuses on qualitative methods and will draw upon students' own media experience.

For 33 years Betty Purcell worked behind the scenes as an award-winning producer in RTE Radio and Television, with presenters such as Marian Finucane, John Bowman, Pat Kenny and John Kelly.

This exciting collection of papers represents some of the finest communications research published over the last decade.

This book provides a practical and richly informative introduction to feature writing and the broader context in which features journalists operate.

Boyle's study is essential reading for all students, teachers and researchers of sports journalism.

This book explores the lifecycle of digital games.

There are an increasing number of courses on digital games and gaming, following the rise in the popularity of games themselves.

`This is the most well written book I have read for some time.

`This is a very clear and concise summary of media studies, present and future.

Information and communication technologies are said to be transforming urban life dramatically and bringing about rapid economic and cultural globalization.

Combining institutional textual and audience analysis, this book introduces students to the factors which have shaped television's development in contemporary Europe, and invites them to assess the issues that are at stake in its future.

Radical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye.

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This is a systematic and accessible introduction to the critical concepts, structures and professional practices of political communication.

The computer games industry has rapidly matured.

The computer games industry has rapidly matured.

'The five authors have drawn on their enormous range of experience in newspaper and broadcast journalism, at national and regional level, as well as their teaching expertise for this book, which will be essential reading for students in journalism, and as invaluable reference tool for their professional careers'-www.

'As well as guides on how to report courts and councils, Newspaper Journalism offers tips on how to write both news stories and features and how to make and keep contacts.

Blaming the media for reproducing and extolling unrealistic female bodies has almost become a popular truism.

`It is a clich [ac]e but this book is timely, welcome and indeed a breath of fresh air.

Inside Culture offers a fresh and stimulating reassessment of the direction of cultural studies.

`The book makes a successful attempt to map the potentially transformative effects of new media on various aspects of political insitiutions and culture, both at a theorectical and empirical level.

"e;Thussu brings to this project the passion for news of a socially committed former journalist, the political economy of his international relations education and a formidable assembly of global detail, examining the recent explosion of 'infotainment'.

This is a book about the US motion picture industry - its structure and policies, its operations and practices.

Well-informed, thoughtful and transnational in its perspectives, Downing and Husband's work is likely to become the key text in the field.

`This book provides an accessible introduction to the meaning-making practices of multimedia.

They reported wars, outraged monarchs and promoted the case for their country's freedom.

For scholars of media and war, the 2003 invasion of Iraq is a compelling case to study.

Thought always exaggerates' Hannah Arendt writes.

Where is semiotics now?

A book of tips, advice and encouragement for writers at all levels.

Uncovered is an oral history of the stories behind the most ground-breaking and controversial magazine covers ever published, as told by the people who created them.

Has the communication of politics become professionalised?

The Information Society is one of the recurrent imaginaries to describe present-day structures, discourses and practices.

There is no one-size-fits-all way to keep pace with the changes affecting high school students and those who educate them.

This book concentrates exclusively on the dialogic turn in the governance of science and the environment.

With contributions from leading international experts from within both the communications industry and academia, Trends in Communication Policy Research comprises the very latest developments in the theories, methods and practical applications of this dynamic field.

Modern technology has enabled anyone with a digital camera or cell phone to capture images of newsworthy events as they develop, and news organizations around the world increasingly depend on these amateur images for their coverage of unfolding events.

Essential reading for young professionals on the first rung of their career ladders, this second edition is an up-to-date and invaluable guide to improved communication skills, designed to develop the ambitious individual's prospects in their chosen profession.

The audience-producer boundary has collapsed in indigenous and ethnic community broadcasting, and this is the first comprehensive study globally to chart the rise of its new relationship.

A comprehensive introduction to the forms and various philosophical theories of communication, this volume is composed of three sections focusing on the production of culturally relevant communication, the interpretation of communicative messages, and the effects of communication on both speaker and listener.

"e;Peter Cochrane is one of our most far-sighted visionaries, and brings brilliant clarity and focus to our understanding of ourselves and our technologies, and of how profoundly each is transforming the other.

An inside look at the shocking decline of Reuters.

In print for twenty years, Watch Your Words is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering best practices of journalistic writing.

Contains an Open Access chapter.

Contains an Open Access chapter.

Transgenerational Technology and Interactions for the 21st Century explores how we as humans navigate the 21st Century, interacting with technologies, including those that are intended to support and enhance our experiences across the lifespan.

Transgenerational Technology and Interactions for the 21st Century explores how we as humans navigate the 21st Century, interacting with technologies, including those that are intended to support and enhance our experiences across the lifespan.