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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies

Media Space 20+ Years of Mediated Life (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Steve Harrison Media Space 20+ Years of Mediated Life (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Steve Harrison
R5,353 R4,363 Discovery Miles 43 630 Save R990 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Media Space: 20+ Years of Mediated Life is loosely divided into three different, but interconnected, approaches to media space research. Each part opens with an introduction that lays out how readers can best approach the book, and provides a basic guide to the theory and research literature, technological developments and other notable events to help contextualize the book. The social approach uses the rhetoric and methods familiar to a CSCW audience, but moves into actual situations that involve close working bonds, broken trust, shared joy, community building, interpersonal tension, anxiety etc. The section on spatial approaches guides the reader through an intellectual landscape of spatiality, the communications part is a field guide to sense-making in the as-lived mediated condition, demonstrating that media space sense-making combines an understanding of in-the-moment alongside sense made of existence in the world and reflecting upon it."

Who Watches the Watchmen? The Conflict Between National Security and Freedom of the Press (Hardcover): Gary Ross Who Watches the Watchmen? The Conflict Between National Security and Freedom of the Press (Hardcover)
Gary Ross
R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Religion, Law, and Freedom - A Global Perspective (Hardcover, New): Yahya Kamalipour, Joel Thierstein Religion, Law, and Freedom - A Global Perspective (Hardcover, New)
Yahya Kamalipour, Joel Thierstein
R2,703 Discovery Miles 27 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Religion, Law, and Freedom: A Global Perspective" introduces readers to diverse perspectives on the interplay of religion, law, and communications freedom in different cultures around the world. Through discussion and analysis of the religious mores and cultural values that a nation adheres to, a greater understanding of that nation, its laws, and its freedoms can be cultivated. Rather than suggesting that harmony can be achieved without conflict, the essays in this volume seek to present the reader with a variety of perspectives from which to view and understand the relationships among religion, law, and freedom in various cultures. This multifaceted analysis, therefore, helps readers draw their own conclusions as to the best way to resolve cultural conflict brought about by the growing global community.

The book consists of fifteen chapters, authored or coauthored by 17 international scholars representing China, Germany, Israel, Iran, Japan, Latvia, Nigeria, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The chapters are organized into four parts: "Perspectives on Eastern and Western Religions; Press Freedom in Religious and Secular Societies; Journalism, Advertising, and Ethical Issues;" and "Religion, Politics, Media, and Human Rights." This important contribution will especially appeal to researchers and students in such fields as mass communications, legal studies, cultural studies, political science, religion, intercultural communications, international communications, and journalism.

British Youth Television - Transnational Teens, Industry, Genre (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Faye Woods British Youth Television - Transnational Teens, Industry, Genre (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Faye Woods
R3,299 Discovery Miles 32 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this book, Faye Woods explores the raucous, cheeky, intimate voice of British youth television. This is the first study of a complete television system targeting teens and twenty somethings, chronicling a period of significant industrial change in the early 21st century. British Youth Television offers a snapshot of the complexities of contemporary television from a British standpoint - youth-focused programming that blossomed in the commercial expansion of the digital era, yet indelibly shaped by public service broadcasting, and now finding its feet on proliferating platforms. Considering BBC Three, My Mad Fat Diary, The Inbetweeners, Our War and Made in Chelsea, amongst others; Woods identifies a television that is defiantly British, yet also has a complex transatlantic relationship with US teen TV. This book creates a space for British voices in an academic and cultural landscape dominated by the American teenager.

Communication and Midterm Elections - Media, Message, and Mobilization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): John Allen Hendricks, Dan S... Communication and Midterm Elections - Media, Message, and Mobilization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
John Allen Hendricks, Dan S Chill
R2,981 R1,946 Discovery Miles 19 460 Save R1,035 (35%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a comprehensive examination of midterm elections from the lens of communications and media coverage. Using a wide variety of methods, this contributed volume covers the differences, similarities, and challenges unique to midterm elections.

In the Presence of English: Media and European Youth (Hardcover, 2007 ed.): Margie Berns, Kees De Bot, Uwe Hasebrink In the Presence of English: Media and European Youth (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
Margie Berns, Kees De Bot, Uwe Hasebrink
R2,787 Discovery Miles 27 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The starting point for this comparative study on the role of English within the media worlds of European youth is the recognition of the increasing importance of communication with peoples from other cultures and countries.

Within the European Union (EU), English has a special role in this regard. While EU policy promotes all languages spoken in member states, and although English is not the most frequently spoken first language, it is the language two Europeans are most likely to use to make themselves understood. This lingua franca phenomenon occurs not only in the fields of science and technology, but also in business and everyday, personal interactions. The media, which plays an important role in intercultural communication, serves as a cultural forum, and both creates culture and transmits representations of other cultures. Its offerings are often highly internationalized, especially in pop culture, films, TV series, and variety shows, which exercise great influence on cultural and linguistic issues in the multilingual, multicultural EU.

The primary goals of "In the Presence of English: Media and European Youth" are to gain insight into the roles of English in and for Europe; to contribute to discussions of the possibilities of transnational media offerings; to better understand the influence of media in foreign language acquisition and of its role in promoting cross cultural understanding across European cultures; and to better understand the role of English media in the construction of the world view of European youth. The research presented on the relationship of media use to language proficiency has relevance to how schools react to and take advantage of mediainfluences on English acquisition. It also has implications for approaches to language policy and planning issues relating to the present and future role of English in the EU, and the re-evaluation of the presence and prevalence of English in the media both as a threat to the notion of a European identity and as a contributing factor in the creation of such an identity.

Researchers, scholars, practitioners, and students of such fields as second language pedagogy and acquisition, language policy, media and communication, and sociolinguistics as well as educational and social psychology will all have an interest in "In the Presence of English: Media and European Youth."

The Discourse of Politics in Action - Politics as Usual (Hardcover): R. Wodak The Discourse of Politics in Action - Politics as Usual (Hardcover)
R. Wodak
R2,796 Discovery Miles 27 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is an interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians; what politicians actually "do" on the backstage in political organizations. The book offers answers to the widely discussed phenomena of disenchantment with politics and depoliticization.

Metric Power (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): David Beer Metric Power (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
David Beer
R2,617 Discovery Miles 26 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the powerful and intensifying role that metrics play in ordering and shaping our everyday lives. Focusing upon the interconnections between measurement, circulation and possibility, the author explores the interwoven relations between power and metrics. He draws upon a wide-range of interdisciplinary resources to place these metrics within their broader historical, political and social contexts. More specifically, he illuminates the various ways that metrics implicate our lives - from our work, to our consumption and our leisure, through to our bodily routines and the financial and organisational structures that surround us. Unravelling the power dynamics that underpin and reside within the so-called big data revolution, he develops the central concept of Metric Power along with a set of conceptual resources for thinking critically about the powerful role played by metrics in the social world today.

Search Engine Society, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition): A Halavais Search Engine Society, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
A Halavais
R569 R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Save R36 (6%) In Stock

Search engines have become a key part of our everyday lives. Yet there is growing concern with how algorithms, which run just beneath the surface of our interactions online, are affecting society. This timely new edition of Search Engine Society enlightens readers on the forms of bias that algorithms introduce into our knowledge and social spaces, drawing on recent changes to technology, industries, policies, and research. It provides an introduction to the social place of the search engine and addresses crucial questions such as: *How have search engines changed the way we organize our thoughts about the world, and how we work? *In what ways are big data and advances in artificial intelligence already influencing what we know of the world and each other? *To what extent do politics shape search, and does search shape politics? *What does the future of search portend for education, knowledge, work, privacy, and social power? While the search engine is starting to disappear from view, it is, at the same time, having an ever greater effect on how we learn about the world and how it learns about us. This book is a must-read for those who wish to understand the future of the social internet and how search shapes it.

CineTech - Film, Convergence and New Media (Hardcover, 2006 Ed.): Stephen Keane CineTech - Film, Convergence and New Media (Hardcover, 2006 Ed.)
Stephen Keane
R4,251 Discovery Miles 42 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What does it mean to regard cinema as technology? How do special effects change our experience of contemporary film? How important is the Internet to the film industry and film fans? "CineTech" explores these debates and examines the important intersection between film and new media. Providing a comprehensive introduction to the digital practices used in film, this book moves from historical perspectives to up-to-date analysis. Applying these debates through specific case studies, examples are drawn from recent Hollywood blockbusters such as the "Star Wars" prequels and the "Matrix" trilogy. Case studies, exercises, and suggestions for further study make this an ideal resource for courses and student assignments in both film and media studies.

Madness, Power and the Media - Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations of Mental Distress (Hardcover): S. Harper Madness, Power and the Media - Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations of Mental Distress (Hardcover)
S. Harper
R1,466 Discovery Miles 14 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Questioning the psychiatric construction of mental distress as 'illness', and challenging existing studies of media stigmatization, Stephen Harper argues that today's media images of mental distress are often sympathetic, yet tend to reproduce the sexist, classist, racist and individualist ideologies of contemporary capitalism.

Media Messages in American Presidential Elections (Hardcover): Diana Owen Media Messages in American Presidential Elections (Hardcover)
Diana Owen
R2,694 Discovery Miles 26 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing her attention on the audience, Diana Owen investigates the way people process media messages during campaigns. This study examines the role of ads, news stories, poll results, and debates in presidential elections. Based on surveys fielded during the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns, Owen compares these four message categories to determine their relative importance to voters. In addition she investigates how individuals make use of messages in establishing their perception of candidates and issues. Mass communication's uses and gratifications approach provides this study's theoretical foundation. The book is designed for researchers and students in communications and mass media, voting behavior, and public opinion. Using surveys conducted during the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns, Diana Owen first addresses two basic research questions. How do media messages transmitted during presidential elections shape voter attitudes toward and perceptions of candidates and campaign issues? Do different types of media messages influence voters' feelings about candidates and elections in different ways? Focusing on candidate advertisements, newspaper and television news stories, poll results, and presidential debates, she also ties voters' general media use habits to the way they receive and process media messages.

Media, Myth, and Society (Hardcover): A. Berger Media, Myth, and Society (Hardcover)
A. Berger
R1,719 Discovery Miles 17 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using a cultural approach to classical myths, this book examines how they affect psychoanalytic theory, historical experience, elite culture, popular culture, and everyday life. Berger explores diverse topics such as the Oedipus Myth, James Bond, Star Wars, and fairy tales.

Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Dustin Harp, Jaime Loke, Ingrid Bachmann Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Dustin Harp, Jaime Loke, Ingrid Bachmann
R3,621 Discovery Miles 36 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research tackles the breadth and depth of feminist perspectives in the field of media studies through essays and research that reflect on the present and future of feminist research and theory at the intersections of women, gender, media, activism, and academia. The volume includes original chapters on diverse topics illustrating where theorization and research currently stand with regard to the politics of gender and media, what work is being done in feminist theory, and how feminist scholarship can contribute to our understanding of gender as a mediated experience with implications for our contemporary global society. It opens for discussion how the research, theory, and interventions challenge concepts of gender in mediated discourses and practices and how these fit into the evolving state of contemporary feminisms. Contributors engage with discussions about contemporary feminisms as they are understood in media theory and research, particularly in a field that has changed rapidly in the last decades with digital communication tools and through cross-disciplinary work. Overall, the book illustrates how the politics of gender operate within the current media landscapes and how feminist theorizing shapes academic inquiry of these landscapes.

Palestinian Youth Media and the Pedagogies of Estrangement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Sanjay Asthana, Nishan Havandjian Palestinian Youth Media and the Pedagogies of Estrangement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Sanjay Asthana, Nishan Havandjian
R2,775 Discovery Miles 27 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Through an investigation on how Palestinian youth appropriate low-end information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digital media forms, Sanjay Asthana and Nishan Havandjian analyze how certain developments in globalization and media convergence enable young people to create new civic spaces.

The Cyborg Subject - Reality, Consciousness, Parallax (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Garfield Benjamin The Cyborg Subject - Reality, Consciousness, Parallax (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Garfield Benjamin
R2,577 R1,824 Discovery Miles 18 240 Save R753 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book outlines a new conception of the cyborg in terms of consciousness as the parallax gap between physical and digital worlds. The contemporary subject constructs its own internal reality in the interplay of the Virtual and the Real. Reinterpreting the work of Slavoj Zizek and Gilles Deleuze in terms of the psychological and ontological construction of the digital, alongside the philosophy of quantum physics, this book offers a challenge to materialist perspectives in the fluid cyberspace that is ever permeating our lives. The inclusion of the subject in its own epistemological framework establishes a model for an engaged spectatorship of reality. Through the analysis of online media, digital art, avatars, computer games and science fiction, a new model of cyborg culture reveals the opportunities for critical and creative interventions in the contemporary subjective experience, promoting an awareness of the parallax position we all occupy between physical and digital worlds.

Globalization, Political Violence and Translation (Hardcover): E. Bielsa, C. Hughes Globalization, Political Violence and Translation (Hardcover)
E. Bielsa, C. Hughes
R1,468 Discovery Miles 14 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Written by leading scholars in a range of disciplines (from law, philosophy, politics and sociology to media studies and translation studies), this book provides key insights into the globalization of violence and the role of translation in this context, and includes detailed empirical analyses of media representations and translators accounts.

Ethics of Media (Hardcover): N. Couldry, M. Madianou, A Pinchevski Ethics of Media (Hardcover)
N. Couldry, M. Madianou, A Pinchevski
R1,875 Discovery Miles 18 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Events such as the phone-hacking scandal, Wikileaks and the Mohammed cartoons controversy have placed ethics of media at the centre of current debates. Media are not only centralised institutions, but also technologies and means through which we sustain relationships with each other. We live with and in media, and this book sketches and critiques the normative contours of our intensely mediated worlds. What are the 'ethics' of media? What forms would we expect them to take? Do digital media create new ethical dilemmas and what is our responsibility as spectators/witnesses? Bringing together philosophers and media scholars and drawing on a range of contemporary case studies, the book highlights the diversity of competing answers to the question, 'is there an ethics of media?'

Screen Adaptations and the Politics of Childhood - Transforming Children's Literature into Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018):... Screen Adaptations and the Politics of Childhood - Transforming Children's Literature into Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
R. Mccallum
R2,980 Discovery Miles 29 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book features a cutting edge approach to the study of film adaptations of literature for children and young people, and the narratives about childhood those adaptations enact. Historically, film media has always had a partiality for the adaptation of 'classic' literary texts for children. As economic and cultural commodities, McCallum points out how such screen adaptations play a crucial role in the cultural reproduction and transformation of childhood and youth, and indeed are a rich resource for the examination of changing cultural values and ideologies, particularly around contested narratives of childhood. The chapters examine various representations of childhood: as shifting states of innocence and wildness, liminality, marginalisation and invisibility. The book focuses on a range of literary and film genres, from 'classic' texts, to experimental, carnivalesque, magical realist, and cross-cultural texts.

Community without Community in Digital Culture (Hardcover): C. Gere Community without Community in Digital Culture (Hardcover)
C. Gere
R1,455 Discovery Miles 14 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The word 'digital' refers to both digital data, as used in computers, and also the digits, fingers, of the hand, and thus by extension touch, which has long been a trope for connectivity, community, and participation. Thus, in its drive towards greater connectivity, our culture is digital in more than one sense, in that it increasingly encourages such contact (from the Latin, 'com', together, and 'tangere', to touch). But at the same time such technologies always involve separation, gap and distance. Community Without Community in Digital Culture suggests that networks always involve this other aspect of touch, separation, distance and gap, as a necessary concomitant of our fundamental technicity. Thus, against the prevailing presumptions that new technologies involve greater contact, relationality and community, this book proposes that they exemplify the gap inherent in touch, the 'inconceivable, small, 'infinitesimal difference'' that separates us from each other in time and space. In this such technologies are part of the history of the death of God, the loss of an overarching metaphysical framework which would bind us together in some form of relation or communion. This can be understood in terms of contingency, which has the same root as contact.

Judges, Judging and Humour (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Jessica Milner Davis, Sharyn Roach Anleu Judges, Judging and Humour (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Jessica Milner Davis, Sharyn Roach Anleu
R4,249 Discovery Miles 42 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines social aspects of humour relating to the judiciary, judicial behaviour, and judicial work across different cultures and eras, identifying how traditionally recorded wit and humorous portrayals of judges reflect social attitudes to the judiciary over time. It contributes to cultural studies and social science/socio-legal studies of both humour and the role of emotions in the judiciary and in judging. It explores the surprisingly varied intersections between humour and the judiciary in several legal systems: judges as the target of humour; legal decisions regulating humour; the use of humour to manage aspects of judicial work and courtroom procedure; and judicial/legal figures and customs featuring in comic and satiric entertainment through the ages. Delving into the multi-layered connections between the seriousness of the work of the judiciary on the one hand, and the lightness of humour on the other hand, this fascinating collection will be of particular interest to scholars of the legal system, the criminal justice system, humour studies, and cultural studies.

Global Internet Governance - Influences from Malaysia and Singapore (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Susan Leong, Terence Lee Global Internet Governance - Influences from Malaysia and Singapore (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Susan Leong, Terence Lee
R1,709 Discovery Miles 17 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses the complex issue of global Internet governance by focusing on its implementation in Malaysia and Singapore. The authors draw insights, identify, revisit and flesh out the discourses circulating since the 1990s and pitch them against global internet governance concerns. Internet governance, thought managed domestically/nationally, is a global issue. It is at the heart of how the internet works yet remains hidden within the 'black box' of governance language. While several scholars have entered the fray in recent years, especially in the past decade, very few of them are aware that the Malaysian and Singaporean governments have in fact been at the forefront of Internet regulatory strategies from the early 1990s. The book identifies, revisits and gives flesh to some of the discourses circulating in Southeast Asia at the time and pitches it against current governance concerns. Readers of this book will understand how and why Malaysia and Singapore are important contributors to the issue of internet governance. This knowledge will inform a depth of understanding of why China is keenly seeking to stake its demands on internet governance and sovereignty, and likely American and global responses. Readers will also appreciate how and why the regulation of the Internet has been and will remain a site of contestation and control.

Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs of Food Network (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Kelsi Matwick, Keri Matwick Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs of Food Network (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Kelsi Matwick, Keri Matwick
R2,176 Discovery Miles 21 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Food Discourse explores a fascinating, yet virtually unexplored research area: the language of food used on television cooking shows. It shows how the discourse of television cooking shows on the American television channel Food Network conveys a pseudo-relationship between the celebrity chef host and viewers. Excerpts are drawn from a variety of cooking show genres (how-to, travel, reality, talk, competition), providing the data for this qualitative investigation. Richly interdisciplinary, the study draws upon discourse analysis, narrative, social semiotics, and media communication in order to analyze four key linguistic features - recipe telling, storytelling, evaluations, and humor - in connection with the themes of performance, authenticity, and expertise, essential components in the making of celebrity chefs. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to scholars of linguistics, media communication, and American popular culture. Further, in light of the international reach and influence of American television and celebrity chefs, it has a global appeal.

Reading Bridal Magazines from a Critical Discursive Perspective (Hardcover): E. Glapka Reading Bridal Magazines from a Critical Discursive Perspective (Hardcover)
E. Glapka
R2,577 R1,823 Discovery Miles 18 230 Save R754 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bridal magazines have become increasingly popular in Western society, proliferating the idea of a 'princess bride' on her 'big day'. Yet little has been written on how the ever-expanding wedding media and the popular wedding culture constructs gender and affects the ways women live and experience their weddings. Offering a critique of contemporary wedding discourse, this book marries together analyses of media texts and their reception to propose a new approach to media discourse. The analysis richly illustrates how women are invited to embrace not only the stereotypical idea of bridal femininity but also a consumptive way of experiencing it. Through examination of brides' accounts of their 'big days', the book observes the imprints of the popular gender imagery on their self-portraits and self-narratives, and describes the women's diverse approaches to them. Based on insights from gender and critical discourse studies, sociology and audience research, this exploration illuminates the ongoing debate on 'media and gender' and its methodological approaches.

Analysing Digital Interaction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Jo Anne Meredith, David Giles, Wyke Stommel Analysing Digital Interaction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Jo Anne Meredith, David Giles, Wyke Stommel
R3,937 Discovery Miles 39 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates interaction-focused scholarship on online communication. It focuses on a broad range of online contexts including social media, dating apps, online comments, instant messaging and video-mediated interaction. Bringing together experts from a variety of scholarly backgrounds, chapters demonstrate how different microanalytic methods, including conversation analysis, membership categorization analysis and discursive psychology, can be applied to online communication. The book also goes on to address ethical, methodological and theoretical issues of analysing online social interaction. With the explosion of the use of online platforms for everyday and institutional interaction, this book is a timely collection which explores the current state of the field, and considers future directions for microanalysis of online communication.

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