Journalism & Professional Media Books

New and Published Books

1. Prostitution Scandals in China

   Policing, Media and Society

   By Elaine Jeffreys

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   Prostitution Scandals in China presents an examination of media coverage of prostitution-related scandals in contemporary China. It demonstrates that the subject of prostitution is not only widely debated, but also that these public discussions have ramifications for some of the key social, legal...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. 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
3. The Global Journalist in the 21st Century

   Edited by David H. Weaver, Lars Willnat

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
4. Explorations in Global Media Ethics

   Edited by Muhammad Ayish, Shakuntala Rao

   Series: Journalism Studies

   Studies of global media and journalism have repeatedly returned to discussions of ethics. This book highlights the difficulty that journalists encounter when establishing appropriate ethical practices and marks the pressing importance of global media ethics as a subject of current debate. A wide...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Foreign Correspondence

   Edited by John Hamilton, Regina G. Lawrence

   Series: Journalism Studies

   Despite the importance of foreign news, its history, transformation and indeed its future have not been much studied. The scholarly community often calls attention to journalism’s shortcomings covering the world, yet the topic has not been systematically examined across countries or over time. The...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
6. How Journalism Uses History

   Edited by Martin Conboy

   Series: Journalism Studies

   How Journalism Uses History examines the various ways in which journalism uses history and historical sources in order to better understand the relationships between journalists, historians and journalism scholars. It highlights the ambiguous overlap between the role of the historian and that of...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
7. The Future of Journalism

   Edited by Bob Franklin

   Series: Journalism Studies

   The future of journalism is hotly contested and highly uncertain reflecting developments in media technologies, shifting business strategies for online news, changing media organisational and regulatory structures, the fragmentation of audiences and a growing public concern about some aspects of...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. Advertising, the Media and Globalization

   A World in Motion

   By John Sinclair

   This book offers a critical, empirically-grounded and contemporary account of how advertisers and agencies are dealing with a volatile mediascape throughout the world, taking a region-by-region approach. It provides a clear, systematic, and synoptic analysis of the dynamic relationship between...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. Celebrity and Glamour in Contemporary Russia

   Shocking Chic

   Edited by Helena Goscilo, Vlad Strukov

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This is the first book to explore the phenomenon of glamour and celebrity in contemporary Russian culture, ranging across media forms, disciplinary boundaries and modes of inquiry, with particular emphasis on the media personality. The book demonstrates how the process of ‘celebrification’ in...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Race, Racism and Sports Journalism

    By Neil Farrington, Daniel Kilvington, John Price, Amir Saeed

    Beginning with a theoretical discussion of race, sport and media, this book critically examines issues of race, racism and sports journalism and offers practical advice on sports reporting, including a discussion of guidelines for ethical journalism. In a series of case studies, representations of...

    Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge