This collection of articles and essays from magazines, newspapers, books, and academic journals is designed to expand the reader's awareness and understanding of the role dress plays in cultures and subcultures across the globe. The text, which represents the very best thinking and writing on the subject today, explores essential topics such as dress and sociology, cultural studies, gender, religion, modesty, and technological changes. The Meanings of Dress, 3rd Edition is newly revised to reflect the current cultural landscape and includes more theory than previous editions, as well as an increased emphasis on the male perspective. The book provides design and merchandising students with insight into how - and why - consumers buy clothing and other products related to dress, and helps them to hone their trend forecasting skills. Instructors, contact your Sales Representative for access to Instructor's Materials.

This concise and practical volume guides the reader through the process of article writing for submission to scholarly journals. It provides helpful examples and clarification of the steps involved and will prove to be an invaluable resource for both novice and experienced researchers. Chapters include selecting a topic, proposal design, research design and methodological considerations, submitting an article for publication and the role of critical readers.

Six marketing communication tools--advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, direct marketing, public relations, and sponsorship--are reviewed in this text for South African learners and practitioners. This fully updated edition focuses on recent developments in marketing communications, highlighting the use of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and instant messaging in marketing. The user friendly and interactive presentation for self-assessment makes this an outcome-based learning tool.

Ethics in the media is a topic of some heated discussion right now in South Africa and is clearly a challenge to practitioners as well as students of communication and media studies. Communication and media ethics in South Africa introduces and grapples with notions of ethical principles and practices, and how these may be applied in a diverse and challenging local context that is still undergoing political and policy transformation. This timely book has been written by reputable South African academics in the field.

New media technology influences our lives in various ways at home and at work. In this publication the contributors share their knowledge of and expertise in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector to provide the reader with information on the latest developments in this field, especially in selected African countries.

Public Relations: African Perspectives investigates public relations in the light of current global issues and critical new developments in the world.

Public relations has become one of the most powerful disciplines of our time. The title consists of five main sections:

• theoretical background to public relations
• public relations research
• public relations education
• public relations practice
• critical issues facing public relations.

In this second edition, new areas of investigation as well as future trends have been added, rendering this edition indispensable for students, scholars and practitioners of public relations.

Various insightful African and South African cases and practical examples illustrate the impact of public relations on academia and professional arenas.