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Advanced Journalism (Paperback): Adarsh Kumar Varma Advanced Journalism (Paperback)
Adarsh Kumar Varma
R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The People, Press, and Politics of Croatia (Hardcover, New): Stjepan Malovic, Gary W. Selnow The People, Press, and Politics of Croatia (Hardcover, New)
Stjepan Malovic, Gary W. Selnow
R2,701 Discovery Miles 27 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Malovic and Selnow examine the evolution of the press-government relationship in Croatia from the Tito era to the present. Their story is one of three interacting players: the Croatian government which until recently has sat firmly in control, the compliant press which seemed little motivated to change, and the largely quiescent public which demanded little from its press or its government. A provocative, often first-hand account that will be of interest to scholars and researchers involved with Balkan current affairs, journalism, and politics.

From Glasnost to the Internet - Russia's New Infosphere (Hardcover): Frank Ellis From Glasnost to the Internet - Russia's New Infosphere (Hardcover)
Frank Ellis
R2,793 Discovery Miles 27 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Soviet collapse of 1991 - the Great August liberation - demonstrated the total exhaustion of Marxist Leninist agitation and propaganda. It was no longer possible to live on slogans. The failure of Soviet agitprop is also the failure of Soviet censorship the latter being a unique institution in anti-thought. This volume analyzes the consequences of censorship, before tackling the media legislation of the Russian Federation and the dangers to the free flow of information emerging both within and outside the Russian Federation.

Cyborg Cinema and Contemporary Subjectivity (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): S Short Cyborg Cinema and Contemporary Subjectivity (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
S Short
R3,334 Discovery Miles 33 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book breaks new ground in providing an in-depth critical assessment of cyborg cinema, arguing that it remains one of the most intriguing and provocative cycles to have emerged in contemporary screen culture. Tracing the cinematic cyborg's transition over the last two decades and evaluating the theoretical significance attributed to this figure, it asks what relevance the cyborg continues to have in terms of understanding human identity, as well as our relationship to technology and to one another.

Diana, A Cultural History - Gender, Race, Nation and the People's Princess (Hardcover, New): J. Davies Diana, A Cultural History - Gender, Race, Nation and the People's Princess (Hardcover, New)
J. Davies
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book intervenes in debates over the significance of Diana, Princess of Wales, by offering a critical account of her status as a media icon from 1981 to the present. It outlines the historical development of representations of Diana, analyzing the ways in which she has been understood via discourses of gender, sexuality, race, economic class, the royal, national identity, and the human. The book goes on to assess the issues at stake in debates over the "meaning" of Diana, such as the gender politics of cultural icon-making and deconstruction, and conflicting notions of cultural value.

What's Fair? - The Problem of Equity in Journalism (Paperback): Geoff Dench What's Fair? - The Problem of Equity in Journalism (Paperback)
Geoff Dench
R1,097 R927 Discovery Miles 9 270 Save R170 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What's fair? It is an old question in journalism. In 1999, it seems more difficult to answer than ever. The cycle of story, spin, and counterspin that surrounds the White House is only the most obvious part of the problem. In the past 25 years, the practice of journalism has changed enormously--particularly in the United States. The demarcation of public and private life that once ruled certain kinds of stories out-of-bounds has eroded, leaving reporters with the unenviable challenge of having to cover events whose seaminess inevitably taints all who touch them. Commercial pressures, and a tidal wave of information and entertainment media, have engulfed the news business--leaving the definitions of journalism and journalistic standards vague and uncertain. And the technology of news reporting is speeding up news cycles in ways that leave little time for sober and measured judgments. "What's Fair?" is a collection of essays from experts in the field that are sure to spark compelling questions and ideas about journalism and its place in our time. In "Fairness--A Struggle," journalists explore a subject that they normally share only with close friends and colleagues--their own struggles with fairness that occurred in places as different as South Africa, Washington, and the South Bronx. In "Fairness--A History," nine contributors examine the history of the fairness question, specifically the establishment of the Hutchins Commission report of 1947, which is evaluated here by a historian, a journalist and a First Amendment authority. In a comparative vein, two authorities on international communications law examine British regulations for fairness in broadcasting at the end of the 20th century. In "Fairness--A Goal," contributors explore what struggles for fairness mean in a variety of contexts, from American newsrooms to post-Communist Poland to Northern Ireland. Many discussions of fairness are either numbingly abstract or impossibly righteous. To avoid those hazards, Robert Giles and Robert Snyder have grounded this volume in stories--the kind of stories journalists tell each other and the kind of stories people tell about journalism. This volume is a testament to journalism that is free yet fair, probing yet credible and authoritative in content yet open to many voices. "Robert Giles" is editor-in-chief of "Media Studies Journal," senior vice president of the Freedom Forum and executive director of Media Studies Center. Formerly the editor and publisher of "The Detroit News," he is the author of "Newsroom Management: A Guide to Theory and Practice. "Robert W. Snyder" is editor of the "Media Studies Journal," a historian, and most recently author of "Transit Talk: New York's Bus and Subway Workers Tell Their Stories. He has taught at Princeton University and New York University, from which he holds a doctorate in history. ""

Sustainable Development and Communication in Global Food Networks - Lessons From India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Maria Touri Sustainable Development and Communication in Global Food Networks - Lessons From India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Maria Touri
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a novel approach to sustainable development through the theory and practice of communication in global food networks, focusing specifically on organic food and fair trade movements. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it brings together the fields of Communication for Development and Social Change, Agri-Food Studies and Economic Geography. This is supported with a participatory method that unveils voices from Indian farming communities, small European businesses and UK-based consumers. The book exemplifies the integral role of communication in sustainable development through direct and mediated communication processes that bring these actors together in the global food market. Such processes include trade relations, self-representation, and information and knowledge exchange through the spaces of the internet. Through these processes the book uncovers the instrumental role of communication in building a more holistic understanding of sustainable development. It also advocates that sustainable solutions require smaller, self-sustained projects and initiatives that pay closer attention to the voices and localized experiences of the people on the ground.

Reframing 9/11 - Film, Popular Culture and the "War on Terror" (Hardcover, New): Jeff Birkenstein, Anna Froula, Karen Randell Reframing 9/11 - Film, Popular Culture and the "War on Terror" (Hardcover, New)
Jeff Birkenstein, Anna Froula, Karen Randell
R5,221 Discovery Miles 52 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

September 11th, 2001 remains a focal point of American consciousness, a site demanding ongoing excavation, a site at which to mark before and after "everything" changed. In ways both real and intangible the entire sequence of events of that day continues to resonate in an endlessly proliferating aftermath of meanings that continue to evolve. Presenting a collection of analyses by an international body of scholars that examines America's recent history, this book focuses on popular culture as a profound discursive site of anxiety and discussion about 9/11 and demystifies the day's events in order to contextualize them into a historically grounded series of narratives that recognizes the complex relations of a globalized world. Essays in Reframing 9/11 share a collective drive to encourage new and original approaches for understanding the issues both within and beyond the official political rhetoric of the events of the "The Global War on Terror" and issues of national security. >

Children, Youth, and American Television (Hardcover): Adrian Schober, Debbie Olson Children, Youth, and American Television (Hardcover)
Adrian Schober, Debbie Olson
R3,884 Discovery Miles 38 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume explores how television has been a significant conduit for the changing ideas about children and childhood in the United States. Each chapter connects relevant events, attitudes, or anxieties in American culture to an analysis of children or childhood in select American television programs. The essays in this collection explore historical intersections of the family with expectations of childhood, particularly innocence, economic and material conditions, and emerging political and social realities that, at times, present unique challenges to America's children and the collective expectation of what childhood should be.

Role Portrayal and Stereotyping on Television - An Annotated Bibliography of Studies Relating to Women, Minorities, Aging,... Role Portrayal and Stereotyping on Television - An Annotated Bibliography of Studies Relating to Women, Minorities, Aging, Sexual Behavior, Health, and Handicaps (Hardcover)
Nancy Signorielli
R2,009 Discovery Miles 20 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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Fundamentalisms and the Media (Hardcover): Stewart M. Hoover, Nadia Kaneva Fundamentalisms and the Media (Hardcover)
Stewart M. Hoover, Nadia Kaneva
R4,902 Discovery Miles 49 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The turn of the twenty-first century has seen an ever-increasing profile for religion, contrary to long-standing predictions of its decline. Instead, the West has experienced what some call a realignment of religion where it persists in conjunction with other institutions and structures. Outside the West, religion is an ever more prominent force in social and political movements of both reform and retrenchment. Across these contexts, no issue in religion is of as much concern as fundamentalism or rather the fundamentalisms within various traditions which are seen to be fomenting religious, social, ethnic, and political tension and conflict. The contributions to this volume represent the first effort to look at fundamental is ms and the media together and address the resulting relations and interactions from critical perspectives of history, technology, geography, and practice. The result lays important groundwork for scholarship on these new and increasingly important phenomena.

Western Broadcasting at the Dawn of the 21st Century (Hardcover): Frieda Saeys, Leen D'Haenens Western Broadcasting at the Dawn of the 21st Century (Hardcover)
Frieda Saeys, Leen D'Haenens
R2,616 Discovery Miles 26 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Broadcasting is an indicator of a society's political, economical, social, cultural and geographical context. While currently at a crossroads, European broadcasting remains diverse due to the fragmentation of national policies. The book introduces the reader to the topic by providing and explaining facts, figures and techniques of analysis. The contributions to the first section examines the general theoretical framework. The articles in the second section map out European media cases. The book's twofold approach is reflected in the accompanying CD-ROM, which also contains examples and hyperlinks.

Native Advertising - Advertorial Disruption in the 21st-Century News Feed (Hardcover): Lisa Lynch Native Advertising - Advertorial Disruption in the 21st-Century News Feed (Hardcover)
Lisa Lynch
R1,485 Discovery Miles 14 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Native Advertising examines the emerging practices and norms around native advertising in US and European news organizations. Over the past five years native advertising has rapidly become a significant revenue stream for both digital news "upstarts" and legacy newspapers and magazines. This book helps scholars and students of journalism and advertising to understand the news industry's investment in native advertising, and consider the effects this investment might have on how news is produced, consumed, and understood. It is argued that although they have deep roots in earlier forms of advertising, native ads with a political or advocacy bent have the potential to shift the relationship between news outlets and audiences in new ways, particularly in an era when trust in the media has reached a historic low point. Beyond this, such advertisements have the potential to shift how media systems function in relation to state power, by changing the relationship between commercial and non-commercial speech. Drawing on real-world examples of native ads and including an in-depth case study contributed by Ava Sirrah, Native Advertising provides an important assessment of the potential consequences of native advertising becoming an even more prominent fixture in the 21st-century news feed.

How the News Makes Us Dumb - The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society (Paperback, Print-On-Demand): C. John Sommerville How the News Makes Us Dumb - The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society (Paperback, Print-On-Demand)
C. John Sommerville
R582 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R103 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We who live at the end of the twentieth century are better informed--and more quickly informed--than any people in history. So why do we also seem more confused, divided and foolish than ever before? Some pundits criticize the news media for political bias. Other analysts worry that up-to-the-minute news reports on radio and television oversimplify complex realities. Still more critics point out that today's reporters can't possibly be experts on the wide variety of subjects they cover. Historian C. John Sommerville thinks the problem with news is more basic. Focusing his critique on the news at its best, he concludes that even at its best it is beyond repair. Sommerville argues that news began to make us dumber when we insisted on having it daily. Now millions of column inches and airtime hours must be filled with information--every day, every hour, every minute. The news, Sommerville says, becomes the driving force for much of our public culture. News schedules turn politics into a perpetual campaign. News packaging influences the timing, content and perception of government initiatives. News frenzies make a superstition out of scientific and medical research. News polls and statistics create opinion as much as they gauge it. Lost in the tidal wave of information is our ability to discern truly significant news--and our ability to recognize and participate in true community. This eye-opening book is for everyone dissatisfied with the state of the news media, but especially for those who think the news really informs them about and connects them with the real world. Read it and you may never again know the tyranny of the daily newspaper or the nightly news broadcast.

Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture - Public Opinion and Emotional Authenticity in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover, 1st... Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture - Public Opinion and Emotional Authenticity in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Heather Kerr, David Lemmings, Robert Phiddian
R2,621 R1,868 Discovery Miles 18 680 Save R753 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores ways in which passions came to be conceived, performed and authenticated in the eighteenth-century marketplace of print. It considers satire and sympathy in various environments, ranging from popular novels and journalism, through philosophical studies of the Scottish Enlightenment, to last words, aesthetics, and plastic surgery.

Media Practice in Iraq (Hardcover): A. Al-Rawi Media Practice in Iraq (Hardcover)
A. Al-Rawi
R1,463 Discovery Miles 14 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A historical survey of the Iraqi media from its beginning up to the present day, focusing on the post-2003 media scene and the political and societal divisions that occurred in Iraq after US-led occupation. Investigates the nature of the media outlets and offers an analysis of the way Iraqi satellite channels covered the 2010 general elections.

Reading Contemporary Serial Television Universes - A Narrative Ecosystem Framework (Hardcover): Paola Brembilla, Ilaria A. De... Reading Contemporary Serial Television Universes - A Narrative Ecosystem Framework (Hardcover)
Paola Brembilla, Ilaria A. De Pascalis
R3,890 Discovery Miles 38 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reading Contemporary Serial Television Universes provides a new framework-the metaphor of the narrative ecosystem-for the analysis of serial television narratives. Contributors use this metaphor to address the ever-expanding and evolving structure of narratives far beyond their usual spatial and temporal borders, in general and in reference to specific series. Other scholarly approaches consider each narrative as composed of modular elements, which combine to create a bigger picture. The narrative ecosystem approach, on the other hand, argues that each portion of the narrative world contains all of the main elements that characterize the world as a whole, such as narrative tensions, production structures, creative dynamics and functions. The volume details the implications of the narrative ecosystem for narrative theory and the study of seriality, audiences and fandoms, production, and the analysis of the products themselves.

Personal Media and Everyday Life - A Networked Lifeworld (Hardcover): T. Rasmussen Personal Media and Everyday Life - A Networked Lifeworld (Hardcover)
T. Rasmussen
R1,722 Discovery Miles 17 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book argues that the plethora of new genres, apps and services in digital personal media must be understood historically and sociologically, and insists that sociology, media and communication theory can provide insight beyond surveys on media use and effects. It introduces key terms like 'personal media', 'personalisation' and the 'lifeworld' in order to embed current media use in a proper historical context and theoretical framework. Theorists like McLuhan, Goffman, Habermas, Luhmann, Bauman, de Certeau and Foucault are discussed to indicate the formative power of personal media in daily life. This book argues that mass communication models will not do in examining the use of personal media. Key communication theories are discussed along with the concepts of skills, social capital and social network.

The Cultural Politics of Austerity - Past and Present in Austere Times (Hardcover): R. Bramall The Cultural Politics of Austerity - Past and Present in Austere Times (Hardcover)
R. Bramall
R1,760 Discovery Miles 17 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the wake of the global financial crisis, the present 'age of austerity' has repeatedly been compared to the wartime and postwar austerity years. For many, the rise of austerity nostalgia suggests a compliant public in thrall to the command to 'keep calm and carry on' while the welfare state is dismantled around them. Yet, at the same time, the idea that the Second World War can serve as a compelling historical precedent for sustainable living has found favour in environmental and anti-consumerist debate. Challenging dominant approaches to 'austerity', Rebecca Bramall explores the presence and persuasiveness of the past in contemporary popular culture, focusing intensively on the contradictions, antagonisms, alternatives and possibilities that the current conjuncture presents. In doing so, she exemplifies a new approach to emergent uses of the past, questioning longstanding assumptions about the relationship between history, culture and politics.

Praying the Scriptures - A Field Guide for Your Spiritual Journey (Paperback): Evan B. Howard Praying the Scriptures - A Field Guide for Your Spiritual Journey (Paperback)
Evan B. Howard
R541 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R94 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although Christians are lovers of the Bible, not all have learned and followed the venerable Christian custom of praying directly from Scripture. In this thoroughly readable and helpful book, Evan Howard shows Christians how to recover and reap the rewards of this vital practice. Praying the Scriptures features down-to-earth guidance on praying the Lord's Prayer and the Psalms, on praying out of the Scriptures for worship, thanksgiving, revival and personal needs. It includes a clear and thorough listing of biblical passages for a variety of prayers. Free of gimmickry but full of practical advice, this book is for new Christians and those who desire a deeper, more biblically saturated prayer life.

Media Borders, Multimodality and Intermediality (Hardcover): L. Ellestroem Media Borders, Multimodality and Intermediality (Hardcover)
L. Ellestroem
R3,276 Discovery Miles 32 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A groundbreaking collection of essays looking at the concepts of 'intermediality' and 'multimodality' - the relationship between various forms of art and new media - and including case studies ranging from music, film and architecture to medieval ballads, biopoetry and Lettrism.

Thackeray the Writer - From Journalism to Vanity Fair (Hardcover): E. Harden Thackeray the Writer - From Journalism to Vanity Fair (Hardcover)
E. Harden
R2,788 Discovery Miles 27 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book conveys Thackeray's development as a book reviewer, journalist, art exhibition critic, short-story writer, satirical essayist and novelist a development that culminates in the creation of his masterpiece, Vanity Fair one of the glories of English imaginative writing. Articulating the connections between these vigorous and lively youthful works, and the growth of Thackeray as an increasingly profound participant observer, Harden reveals the exuberant imaginative growth and deepening understanding of a supremely perceptive critic of human social life.

A History of Journalism and Communication in China (Hardcover): Yunze Zhao, Ping Sun A History of Journalism and Communication in China (Hardcover)
Yunze Zhao, Ping Sun
R4,293 Discovery Miles 42 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From a modern perspective, journalism is highly relevant to modern society, along with the emergence of mass printing system and professionalisation. This book, however, expands the meaning of journalism and views it as a social process. It will not only explore the roots and development of Chinese journalism and communication, but also demonstrate how Chinese journalism and communication interact and struggle with social culture and politics. Arranged in chronological order mainly, this book examines the initial development of Chinese journalism in ancient times in chapter 1, which from then manifested strong political attributes. After the Opium War in 1840, missionaries and businessmen from the West started to set up newspapers and periodicals in China, which brought about the birth of China's modern journalism industry. Then China's private newspapers and political party's press are studied, which are closely linked with political revolutions and have a far-reaching impact on modern Chinese society. What happened to Chinese journalism and communication after the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949? This book reviews the newspaper reforms, and studies the great negative impacts brought by "Cultural Revolution". Noteworthy news phenomena after the reform and opening-up are also covered. This book will appeal to scholars and students in journalism, communication and Chinese studies. Readers interested in Chinese society and modern Chinese history will also be attracted by it.

Science, Entertainment and Television Documentary (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Vincent Campbell Science, Entertainment and Television Documentary (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Vincent Campbell
R3,257 Discovery Miles 32 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The shift from traditional documentary to "factual entertainment" television has been the subject of much debate and criticism, particularly with regard to the representation of science. New types of factual programming that combine documentary techniques with those of entertainment formats (such as drama, game-shows and reality TV) have come in for strident criticism. Often featuring spectacular visual effects produced by Computer Generated Imagery these programmes blur the boundaries between mainstream science and popular beliefs. Through close analysis of programmes across a range of sciences, this book explores these issues to see if criticisms of such hybrid programmes as representing the "rotting carcass of science TV" really are valid. Campbell considers if in fact; when considered in relation to the principles, practices and communication strategies of different sciences; these shows can be seen to offer more complex and rich representations that construct sciences as objects of wonder, awe and the sublime.

Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media (Paperback): Yahya R. Kamalipour, Theresa Carilli Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media (Paperback)
Yahya R. Kamalipour, Theresa Carilli
R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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