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21. Media Law and Ethics

    4th Edition

    By Roy L. Moore, Michael D. Murray

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    This is the first textbook to explicitly integrate both media law and ethics within one volume. A truly comprehensive overview, it is a thoughtful introduction to media law principles and cases and the related ethical concerns relevant to the practice of professional communication. With special...

    Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
22. Data Mining Methods for the Content Analyst

    An Introduction to the Computational Analysis of Content

    By Kalev Leetaru

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    With continuous advancements and an increase in user popularity, data mining technologies serve as an invaluable resource for researchers across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. In this comprehensive guide, author and research scientist Kalev Leetaru introduces the...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
23. Justice and the Media

    Reconciling Fair Trials and A Free Press

    By Matthew D. Bunker

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    USE THIS FIRST PARAGRAPH ONLY FOR GENERAL CATALOGS... The First Amendment right of free speech is a fragile one. Its fragility is found no less in legal opinions than in other, less specialized forms of public discourse. Both its fragility and its sometimes surprising resiliency are reflected in...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
24. Communication in Eastern Europe

    The Role of History, Culture, and Media in Contemporary Conflicts

    Edited by Fred L. Casmir

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    This volume represents a clear attempt to learn something from the events in Eastern European countries. It does not start with simplistic or old assumptions based on convenient Western communication models, but instead takes a new approach. If chaos theory could fundamentally change how physicists...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
25. Crafting Society

    Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory

    By Donald G. Ellis

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    The study of communication, language, and discourse is at once simple, elegant, and complex. Each of these areas is informed by "micro" subjective experiences of individuals and the "macro" processes of a culture. Communication itself is thoroughly modern yet it seeks anchorage in the traditions of...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
26. Selective Exposure To Communication

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
27. Emotion and the Structure of Narrative Film

    Film As An Emotion Machine

    By Ed S. Tan

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Introduced one hundred years ago, film has since become part of our lives. For the past century, however, the experience offered by fiction films has remained a mystery. Questions such as why adult viewers cry and shiver, and why they care at all about fictional characters -- while aware that they...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
28. Building Communication Theories

    A Socio/cultural Approach

    Edited by Fred L. Casmir

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Concern with various matters related to humans as they communicate has led to an increase in both research and theorizing during the second half of the 20th century. As a matter of fact, so many scholars and so many disciplines have become involved in this process that it is virtually impossible to...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
29. Persuasive Communication and Drug Abuse Prevention

    Edited by Lewis Donohew, Howard E. Sypher, William J. Bukoski

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    The history of drug abuse prevention campaigns suggests limitations in producing measurable changes in behavior. In the past, there was concern over the possibility of such publicity actually encouraging interest in drug use, rather than discouraging such behavior. Although little or no...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
30. Ties That Blind in Canadian/american Relations

    The Politics of News Discourse

    By Richard L. Barton

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    This volume explores the political impact of journalistic discourse on international -- and especially Canadian/American -- relations. In so doing, it provides a comparative analysis of American and international press accounts of selected Canadian/American issues such as free trade, cruise missile...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge