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His Accidentally Pregnant Princess by Jennifer Faye The CEO, his
housekeeper...and her double confession! In this Princesses of
Rydiania story, when CEO Antoine meets a stranger in need, he
offers her work and refuge as his temporary housekeeper. Their
mutual attraction is intensely distracting, but Antoine knows he
should resist a woman who's lost her memory. When they give in to
their undeniable desire Antoine is faced with shocking
consequences... Because Cecelia is actually a princess-and now
she's accidentally pregnant! Fiji Escape with Her Boss by Justine
Lewis From Fijian fling...to for ever? Single mum Lucy is nervous
to be accompanying new boss Marcus on a work trip to Fiji. Having
sacrificed so much for her son, she's determined to seize this
career-defining moment-if she can keep her growing attraction to
Marcus under control! Marcus has protected himself since a tragic
accident tore his family apart. His desire for Lucy is undeniable,
but can he offer her little family everything they truly
deserve...?
Notable events, surprising nuggets and entertaining coincidences
from music history – the perfect companion for any fan of popular
music
Originally published in 1991, this introduction to studying the
television audience discusses developments in semiology and
cultural studies and their contribution to our understanding of the
power of television. How, in the most precise and intricate sense,
does television influence the way we think about the world? What
ideological role does it play in contemporary culture? Does TV
control us or do we control it? This insightful book assesses the
progress in responding to these questions and offers some answers
of its own. In the 1980s, with the emergence of semiology and
cultural studies in particular, there were a number of significant
theoretical developments in our understanding of television's power
of which this book provides an overview while also incorporating
traditional approaches. It suggests that television influences us
ambiguously and unpredictably, depending upon who we are and how we
think. Ambiguity does not blunt television's power, it simply
diversifies it into a very modern kind of omnipotence. Employing
two major qualitative audience studies, this impressive study
illustrates its argument with findings that are both unexpected and
disturbing.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH has played detective and monster, barrister
and scientist, politician and painter, comic and spy. Still only in
his thirties, he has become one of Britain's foremost acting
talents, excelling in theatre, television, radio and cinema. With a
string of starring and supporting roles, he has portrayed
contemporary icons, historical figures and fictional favourites,
from Stephen Hawking, to William Pitt the Younger, to Frankenstein.
He has become a radio comedy staple too, as the bungling airline
pilot Captain Martin Crieff, in Radio 4's Cabin Pressure. But
inevitably, he is still best known for his idiosyncratic and boldly
21st century incarnation of Sherlock Holmes in the BBC TV series,
Sherlock. In this book, Justin Lewis traces Benedict Cumberbatch's
career to date, from his early promise in Harrow School plays,
through his first supporting roles in film, theatre and TV, to
national and international acclaim. He examines his considerable
contributions not only to Sherlock, but also to Sir Tom Stoppard's
adaptation of Parade's End on television, and to feature films such
as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Star Trek Into Darkness and War
Horse.
First published in 1990, this investigative overview of the
politics of arts' and cultural funding examines the question of
public support for the arts. Looking at both popular commercial
forms of culture, including radio, pop music and cinema, and the
more traditional highbrow arts such as drama and opera, Art,
Culture and Enterprise was the first book of its kind to deal
systematically with the politics of contemporary culture. Drawing
examples from specific British venues, Justin Lewis shows how
innovative projects work in practice, and considers arts marketing
and the promotion of culture as an economic strategy. A
particularly relevant title in the context of the debate
surrounding Arts Council funding, this reissue will prove valuable
for artists, administrators and students of media and cultural
studies, alongside those with a general interest in the future of
public art and culture.
Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference
guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among
those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive
and up-to-date guide are:
- theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of
television - Marxism; semiology; feminism
- concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative;
representation; bias
- television genres - soap opera; news; science fiction
- methods used for understanding television - content analysis;
audience research
- relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership;
social policy.
Originally published in 1991, this introduction to studying the
television audience discusses developments in semiology and
cultural studies and their contribution to our understanding of the
power of television. How, in the most precise and intricate sense,
does television influence the way we think about the world? What
ideological role does it play in contemporary culture? Does TV
control us or do we control it? This insightful book assesses the
progress in responding to these questions and offers some answers
of its own. In the 1980s, with the emergence of semiology and
cultural studies in particular, there were a number of significant
theoretical developments in our understanding of television's power
of which this book provides an overview while also incorporating
traditional approaches. It suggests that television influences us
ambiguously and unpredictably, depending upon who we are and how we
think. Ambiguity does not blunt television's power, it simply
diversifies it into a very modern kind of omnipotence. Employing
two major qualitative audience studies, this impressive study
illustrates its argument with findings that are both unexpected and
disturbing.
First published in 1990, this investigative overview of the
politics of arts' and cultural funding examines the question of
public support for the arts. Looking at both popular commercial
forms of culture, including radio, pop music and cinema, and the
more traditional highbrow arts such as drama and opera, Art,
Culture and Enterprise was the first book of its kind to deal
systematically with the politics of contemporary culture. Drawing
examples from specific British venues, Justin Lewis shows how
innovative projects work in practice, and considers arts marketing
and the promotion of culture as an economic strategy. A
particularly relevant title in the context of the debate
surrounding Arts Council funding, this reissue will prove valuable
for artists, administrators and students of media and cultural
studies, alongside those with a general interest in the future of
public art and culture.
Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference
guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among
those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive
and up-to-date guide are:
- theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of
television - Marxism; semiology; feminism
- concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative;
representation; bias
- television genres - soap opera; news; science fiction
- methods used for understanding television - content analysis;
audience research
- relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership;
social policy.
Is polling a process that brings "science" into the study of
society? Or are polls crude instruments that tell us little about
the way people actually think? The role of public opinion polls in
government and mass media has gained increasing importance with
each new election or poll taken.
Here Lewis presents a new look at an old tradition, the first
study of opinion polls using an interdisciplinary approach
combining cultural studies, sociology, political science, and mass
communication. Rather than dismissing polls, he considers them to
be a significant form of representation in contemporary culture; he
explores how the media report on polls and, in turn, how publicized
results influence the way people respond to polls. Lewis argues
that the media tend to exclude the more progressive side of popular
opinion from public debate. While the media's influence is limited,
it works strategically to maintain the power of pro-corporate
political elites.
Climate Change and the Media brings together an international group
of scholars to discuss one of the most important issues in human
history: climate change. Since public understanding of the issue
relies heavily on media coverage, the media plays a pivotal role in
the way we address it. This edited collection - the first scholarly
work to examine the relationship between climate change and the
media - examines the changing nature of media coverage around the
world, from the USA, the UK, and Europe, to China, Australasia, and
the developing world. Chapters consider the impact of public
relations and fictional programming, the relationship between
public understanding and media coverage, and the impact of the
media industries themselves on climate change. At a time when
governments must take action to alleviate the catastrophic risk
that climate change poses, this collection expertly details the
pivotal role the media plays in this most fundamental of issues.
ENEDICT CUMBERBATCH has played detective and monster, barrister and
scientist, politician and painter, comic and spy. Still only in his
thirties, he has become one of Britain's foremost acting talents,
excelling in theatre, television, radio and cinema. With a string
of starring and supporting roles, he has portrayed contemporary
icons, historical figures and fictional favourites, from Stephen
Hawking, to William Pitt the Younger, to Frankenstein. He has
become a radio comedy staple too, as the bungling airline pilot
Captain Martin Crieff, in Radio 4's Cabin Pressure. But inevitably,
he is still best known for his idiosyncratic and boldly 21st
century incarnation of Sherlock Holmes in the BBC TV series,
Sherlock. In this book, Justin Lewis traces Benedict Cumberbatch's
career to date, from his early promise in Harrow School plays,
through his first supporting roles in film, theatre and TV, to
national and international acclaim. He examines his considerable
contributions not only to Sherlock, but also to Sir Tom Stoppard's
adaptation of Parade's End on television, and to feature films such
as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Star Trek Into Darkness and War
Horse.
THE EVOLUTION OF SERVICE
Serving others is what we do, yet when we fail to serve
ourselves, we fail to create the lives we were meant to lead. What
makes a great leader? Why do some professionals progress and
inspire the best out of their contemporaries while others struggle
to be professional? The principles of leadership have not changed
over time. What has changed is how we lead. The demands of our
world force us to get more out of every member on our team. To
serve and lead at the highest level we must instigate both
individual and collective leadership to have a compounding effect
on our community.
A regular in the charts and in the gossip columns, Olly is regarded
by many as a possible successor to icons like Robbie Williams and
Will Young. But not content with his triumphs as a singer, he has
also become a TV fixture. After becoming the co-host of The Xtra
Factor, he graduated to his own series, Olly: Life on Murs, in
2012. Olly Murs: The Biography follows his journey from suburbia to
stardom and beyond. It explores how a seemingly ordinary and
grounded Essex boy was determined to follow his dream - and strong
and shrewd enough to survive the heady world of entertainment.
Along the way, we see how his promising first career as a semi-pro
footballer was halted and we discover how he deals with the pros
and cons of a celebrity lifestyle.
It is now more than a quarter of a century since the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published their first
comprehensive report on the dangers posed by anthropogenic global
warming. Over the last twenty-five years the weight of evidence
about the causes and consequences of climate change has become
compelling. The solutions are fairly simple-we must switch to more
sustainable and efficient forms of energy production. And yet they
remain elusive-globally we produce significantly more greenhouse
gases now than we did back in 1990. The sad truth is that this
inaction has made climate change inevitable-the only question that
remains is whether we can prevent it spiraling out of control. How
do we explain this colossal global failure? The problem is
political rather than scientific: we know the risks and we know how
to address them, but we lack the political will to do so. The media
are pivotal in this equation: they have the power to set the public
and the political agenda. Climate Change and the Media, Volume 2
gathers contributions from a range of international scholars to
explore the media's role in our understanding of the problem and
our willingness to take action. Combined, these chapters explain
how and why media coverage has, to date, fallen short in
communicating both the science and the politics of climate change.
They also offer guidance about how the media might shift from being
the problem to becoming part of the solution.
Climate Change and the Media brings together an international group
of scholars to discuss one of the most important issues in human
history: climate change. Since public understanding of the issue
relies heavily on media coverage, the media plays a pivotal role in
the way we address it. This edited collection - the first scholarly
work to examine the relationship between climate change and the
media - examines the changing nature of media coverage around the
world, from the USA, the UK, and Europe, to China, Australasia, and
the developing world. Chapters consider the impact of public
relations and fictional programming, the relationship between
public understanding and media coverage, and the impact of the
media industries themselves on climate change. At a time when
governments must take action to alleviate the catastrophic risk
that climate change poses, this collection expertly details the
pivotal role the media plays in this most fundamental of issues.
It is now more than a quarter of a century since the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published their first
comprehensive report on the dangers posed by anthropogenic global
warming. Over the last twenty-five years the weight of evidence
about the causes and consequences of climate change has become
compelling. The solutions are fairly simple-we must switch to more
sustainable and efficient forms of energy production. And yet they
remain elusive-globally we produce significantly more greenhouse
gases now than we did back in 1990. The sad truth is that this
inaction has made climate change inevitable-the only question that
remains is whether we can prevent it spiraling out of control. How
do we explain this colossal global failure? The problem is
political rather than scientific: we know the risks and we know how
to address them, but we lack the political will to do so. The media
are pivotal in this equation: they have the power to set the public
and the political agenda. Climate Change and the Media, Volume 2
gathers contributions from a range of international scholars to
explore the media's role in our understanding of the problem and
our willingness to take action. Combined, these chapters explain
how and why media coverage has, to date, fallen short in
communicating both the science and the politics of climate change.
They also offer guidance about how the media might shift from being
the problem to becoming part of the solution.
Priestly ministry in the Church of England needs a radical
rethink...George Herbert died in 1633. His legacy continues. His
poems are read and sung, and his parish ministry remains the model
for the Church of England's understanding of how and where and why
its priests should minister. But there is a problem. The memory of
Herbert celebrated by the Church is an inaccurate one, and, in its
inaccuracy, is unfair on Herbert himself and his successors in the
ordained ministry. This is a book of the long view. It sets out to
assess realistically the context of Herbert's life and to explore
the difficulties of parish life today. By examining the status and
role of parish clergy since Herbert's time and today, it draws on
the work of historians, social anthropologists, psychologists and
theologians, and presents their ideas in a readable and passionate
style. It argues that the future strength of parochial ministry
will be found in a recovery of historic, renewed understandings of
priestly ministry, and concludes by outlining more sustainable
patterns of practice for the future.In a climate of uncertainty for
the future of the church, it will be an encouragement for priest
and people, and welcomed by both. >
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