Communication studies

In this anthology, a journey around the world and through time is undertaken in 21 countries on no less than six continents.

This second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics provides a comprehensive introduction and reference point to key areas in the field of stylistics.

A classic of British cultural studies, Profane Culture takes the reader into the worlds of two important 1960s youth cultures-the motor-bike boys and the hippies.

This new version of the authoritative textbook in the field of visual sociology focuses on the key topics of documentary photography, visual ethnography, collaborative visual research, visual empiricism, the study of the visual symbol and teaching sociology visually.

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Public speaking is a much coveted yet difficult art.

Today's instantaneous and ever-present news stream frequently presents a sensationalized or otherwise distorted view of the world, demanding constant critical engagement on the part of everyday citizens.

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

What is the best way to understand black political ideology?

Throughout the centuries, different cultures have established a variety of procedures for handling and disposing of corpses.

This book provides a historical overview and then-and-now comparison of performing for British television drama.

Why the genius of Jewish humor runs risks as well as rewardsHumor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity.

The book addresses the rapid shifts which have taken place within cartography, and argues that no amount of technological sophistication will lead to neutral representations, and that as such critical cartography provides a solid foundation for questioning the power of maps.

This book presents a detailed account of a self-study in which the author considers why a developmental perspective matters in language learning within an intercultural orientation, and how teachers of languages might understand and attend to this notion in their work.

Winner of two National Communication Association awards:Communication Ethics Division's 2018 Single-Author Book of the Year AwardOrganizational Communication Division's 2018 Outstanding Book of the Year AwardExtensive work in psychology and neuroscience reveals that individuals are born with moral intuitions, and this volume capitalizes on that recent insight to provide a new perspective on how to lead organizational ethics.

Western Media Systems offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe.

Countering assumptions about early American print culture and challenging our scholarly fixation on the novel, Jared Gardner reimagines the early American magazine as a rich literary culture that operated as a model for nation-building by celebrating editorship over authorship and serving as a virtual salon in which citizens were invited to share their different perspectives.

This book examines the concept of persuasion in written texts for specialist audiences in the English and Czech languages.

In a declaration of the ascendance of the American media industry, nineteenth-century press barons in New York City helped to invent the skyscraper, a quintessentially American icon of progress and aspiration.

Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe.

During its 33-season run, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001) left an indelible mark on millions of children and their caregivers.

This book undertakes a unique, coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema.

From the New York Times to Gawker, a behind-the-scenes look at how performance analytics are transforming journalism today-and how they might remake other professions tomorrowJournalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks, likes, comments, and shares.

Rhetorical Touch argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approaching the sense of touch through the kinds of bodies and minds that rhetorical history and theory have tended to exclude.

This book provides an innovative and policy-oriented analysis of gender stereotypes in advertising regulation from a socio-legal perspective.

Social psychology studies one of civilization's most central concerns: human relationships.

This book is about supporting students in Higher Education using language, and specifically using a combination of written text based linguistic approaches alongside and with other non-text related languages.

This lively and ground-breaking collection brings together work on forms of popular television within the authoritarian regimes of Europe after World War Two.

The prolonged conflict in Iraq has shown us war's transformative effect.

This book examines the challenges and possibilities of conducting cultural environmental history research today.

This book explores the struggles that immigrant women experience when communicating with their transnational families through information and communication technologies (ICTs).

From the colonial era to the onset of the Civil War, Magazines and the Making of America looks at how magazines and the individuals, organizations, and circumstances they connected ushered America into the modern age.

Über welche Kompetenzen müssen Menschen heute verfügen, um Krankheiten erfolgreich zu bewältigen oder - besser noch - zu vermeiden und um ihre Gesundheit zu erhalten und zu fördern?

Research is considered an activity aimed at obtaining new knowledge, and its application to solve problems or questions of a scientific nature.

This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt.

By highlighting the scope and limitations of local NGO agencies, this book presents a unique perspective of the relationship between peacebuilding theory and its application in practice, outlining how well-educated, well-connected local decision makers and thinkers navigate the uneven power dynamics of the international aid system.

Detailed and comprehensive analysis of how the Treaty of Lisbon emerged in 2007 this book explores the role played by the German Council Presidency and the EU's institutional actors in securing agreement among the leaders of member states on an intergovernmental conference as well as a new treaty text to replace the rejected Constitutional Treaty.

Why are some transnational public-private partnerships (PPPs) highly effective, while others are not?

The first book about the Albatross Press, a Penguin precursor that entered into an uneasy relationship with the Nazi regime to keep Anglo-American literature alive under fascism The Albatross Press was, from its beginnings in 1932, a “strange bird”: a cultural outsider to the Third Reich but an economic insider.

This book analyzes the impacts of growing political turmoil and distrust in democracy on public opinion, political communication and electoral behavior of Latin American citizens over the first two decades of the 21st century.

Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out contemporary issue advocacy in the context of an understanding of American politics.

This edited book explores the development and reconfiguration of Middle Eastern diasporic communities in the West in the context of increased political turmoil, civil war, new authoritarianism, and severe constraints on media in the Middle East.

The Online Journalism Handbook offers a comprehensive guide to the ever-evolving world of digital journalism, showcasing the multiple possibilities in researching, writing, and storytelling provided by new technologies.

The first decade of the 21st century raised many questions regarding hegemonic power.

This edited volume explores development in the so-called 'fragile', 'failed' and 'pariah' states.