Romance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new reader-centric model that engages with romance readers as genre experts.
Literature and Computation presents some of the most relevantly innovative recent approaches to literary practice, theory, and criticism as driven by computation and situated in digital environments.
This book provides a unique insider's look at the world's largest film industry, now globally known as 'Bollywood' and challenges existing notions about Indian films.
This book examines the influence of key films on public understanding of big data and the algorithmic systems that structure our digitally mediated lives.
Exploring the dynamic genres of animation and comic book films, this book examines the transmedia role of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and its critical involvement in attempts to diversify representations in youth-oriented cinema and culture.
Focusing on the unique story of the "e;recolonisation"e; of Hong Kong since 2019, this book describes the environment of news gathering and publishing during this period and studies how this has connected to wider political, economic, and social changes.
Discussing the state of play in contemporary popular culture, specifically the role of crime and crime control in the video game medium, this book discusses the criminological importance of video games.
Wearable technology, including smartwatches, biometric trackers, and body cameras, are often touted as helpful tools that record, produce, and analyze data about daily life to improve our individual habits and health or to solve serious public issues.
Advertising Disability invites Cultural Disability Studies to consider how advertising, as one of the most ubiquitous forms of popular culture, shapes attitudes towards disability.
Erkennen, was stimmt und was nicht- 25 % der Deutschen geben an, sehr große Angst vor der Verbreitung von Desinformationen zu haben (Statista)- Richtige Meinungsbildung ermöglicht fundierte Entscheidungen, fördert Verständnis und verbessert die Zusammenarbeit- Mit zahlreichen Quizfragen zur SelbstkontrolleDieses Buch vermittelt eine Fähigkeit, die trotz Aufklärung und Bildung nach wie vor in der Gesellschaft unterrepräsentiert ist: sich anhand gesicherter Erkenntnisse eine fundierte Meinung zu bilden.
TV-Journalismus ist beliebt: Dreiviertel aller Bundesbürger informieren sich auf diese Weise über das aktuelle (Welt)Geschehen: sei es Politik, Kultur oder Sport.
Der Sammelband gibt einen breiten Überblicküber Serious Games und gamifizierte Lernelemente in der schulischen Bildung sowie über die Erfahrungen und den nachhaltigen Lernerfolg dieser Formate.
This collection offers close readings on Hammer's cycle of horror films, analysing key films and placing particular emphasis on the narratives and themes present in the works discussed.
Die Digital Change Summit bietet als Konferenzformat der Hochschule Mittweida eine jährliche Plattform für Wissenschaft sowie Praxis und ermöglicht spannende Einblicke zu Themen der digitalen Transformation.
Die Digital Change Summit bietet als Konferenzformat der Hochschule Mittweida eine jährliche Plattform für Wissenschaft sowie Praxis und ermöglicht spannende Einblicke zu Themen der digitalen Transformation.
Providing students and scholars with the tools they need to understand the problematic racialized social structures present in the mainstream media, this book highlights how students can be empowered to challenge these social systems.
This book explores the ways in which adolescents in Nigeria domesticate technology and the role of digital gatekeepers such as parents, guardians, and teachers in their digital lifeworlds.
While video games have blossomed into the foremost expression of contemporary popular culture over the past decades, their critical study occupies a fringe position in American Studies.
Spätestens seit der Corona-Pandemie werden Verschwörungstheorien zunehmend als gesellschaftspolitisches Problem wahrgenommen und sind zum Politikum geworden.
Despite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scholars concentrating on the US theater and cinema traditions.
Director David Lynch is best known for films that channel the uncanny and the weird into a distinct "e;Lynchian"e; aesthetic, in which sound and music play a key role: Lynch not only writes his intended sounds into the script but also often takes on the role of creating the sounds himself.
This handbook reviews the extant literature on the most important issues in health and science journalism, with a focus on summarizing the relevant research and identifying key questions that are yet to be answered.
Das zweibändige Werk versteht sich als ein theorieorientierter und zugleich empirisch-analytischer Beitrag zu einer Soziologie der Geschlechter und der ‚Geschlechtlichkeit‘.
Independent photojournalism and documentary photography are indispensable tools of political education for a democratic society and an essential part of shaping public opinion—especially in our so-called 'post-factual' times.
Der unabhängige Fotojournalismus und die Dokumentarfotografie sind für eine demokratische Gesellschaft ein unabdingbares Instrument der politischen Bildung und ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der öffentlichen Meinungsbildung – gerade in unseren oft so bezeichneten »postfaktischen « Zeiten.
German film in the Wilhelmine and Weimar periods is regarded as marked by a strong sense of cultural conservatism and the aspiration to be recognized as an art form.
The handbook presents key contributions from scholars worldwide, providing a comprehensive exploration of current trends in media industries from diverse perspectives.
