Communication Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Language and Journalism

   Edited by John Richardson

   Series: Journalism Studies

   This book is an indispensable "cutting edge" book for students and researchers of journalism studies seeking a text that illustrates and applies a range of linguistic and discourse-analytic approaches to the analysis of journalism. While the form, function and politics of the language of journalism...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. China's Information and Communications Technology Revolution

   Social changes and state responses

   Edited by Xiaoling Zhang, Yongnian Zheng

   Series: China Policy Series

   In recent years, China has experienced a revolution in information and communications technology (ICT), in 2003 surpassing the USA as the world’s largest telephone market, and as of February 2008, the number of Chinese Internet users has become the largest in the world. At the same time, China...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Visualizing Climate Change

   A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

   By Stephen R.J. Sheppard

   Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps). Using dramatic visual imagery such as 3D and 4D visualizations of future...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research

   Edited by Frank Esser, Thomas Hanitzsch

   Series: ICA Handbook Series

   The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of comparative communication research. It fills an obvious gap in the literature and offers an extensive and interdisciplinary discussion of the general approach of comparative research, its...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces

   Locational Privacy, Control, and Urban Sociability

   By Adriana de Souza e Silva, Jordan Frith

   Mobile phones are no longer what they used to be. Not only can users connect to the Internet anywhere and anytime, they can also use their devices to map their precise geographic coordinates – and access location-specific information like restaurant reviews, historical information, and locations of...

   Published March 7th 2012 by Routledge
6. Military Media Management

   Negotiating the 'front' line in mediatized war

   By Sarah Maltby

   Series: Media, War and Security

   This book examines the practices of actors involved in the media reportage of war, and the ways in which these practices may influence the conduct of modern military operations. War is a complex phenomenon which raises numerous questions about the organization of society that continue to challenge...

   Published February 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. Studying Mobile Media

   Cultural Technologies, Mobile Communication, and the iPhone

   Edited by Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess, Ingrid Richardson

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   The iPhone represents an important moment in both the short history of mobile media and the long history of cultural technologies. Like the Walkman of the 1980s, it marks a juncture in which notions about identity, individualism, lifestyle and sociality require rearticulation. this book ...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
8. Globalisation and Advertising in Emerging Economies

   Brazil, Russia, India and China

   By Lynne Ciochetto

   Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

   Brazil, Russia, India and China are four of the largest and most dynamic contemporary emerging economies in the world. Strong economic growth in each of these economies has been accompanied by the expansion of the advertising and consumer goods sectors. Using a series of country studies, this book...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
9. Media Firms

   Structures, Operations, and Performance

   Edited by Robert G. Picard

   Media Firms presents studies applying the company level approach to media and communication firms. It explores differences among missions, strategies, organizational choices, and other business decisions. Reviewing economic factors and pressures on media and communications companies, this book...

   Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
10. 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