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11. Media and Religion

    Foundations of an Emerging Field

    By Daniel A. Stout

    This text examines the history, theory, cultural context, and professional aspects of media and religion. While religion has been explored more fully in psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the humanities, there is no clear bridge of understanding to the communication discipline....

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
12. 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
13. Selective Exposure To Communication

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
14. 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
15. 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
16. The Formation of Campaign Agendas

    A Comparative Analysis of Party and Media Roles in Recent American and British Elections

    By Holli A. Semetko, Jay G. Blumler, Michael Gurevitch, David H. Weaver, Steve Barkin

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    This unusual volume seeks to accomplish three related goals: * to assess the extent and limits of media power in election campaigns * to extend the concept of media agenda-setting to include the contributions of powerful news sources in the process of election agenda formation * to evaluate...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
17. Public Relations Research Annual

    Volume 3

    Edited by Larissa A. Grunig, James E. Grunig

    Published in book form, this is a scholarly periodical of academic research in public relations, containing refereed reviews and reports of original studies. It follows the current trend toward more solidly grounded, theoretical research in a field that has only begun to mature. The studies and...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
18. Media Accountability

    Who Will Watch the Watchdog in the Twitter Age?

    Edited by William Babcock

    A small collection of well-honed tools has been employed for some time by media practitioners and the public to help maintain and improve the credibility of journalism and the mass media. These media accountability tools have included ethics codes, media critics, news councils, ombudsmen,...

    Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
19. Audience Responses To Media Diversification

    Coping With Plenty

    Edited by Lee B. Becker, Klaus Schoenbach

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
20. Measuring Psychological Responses To Media Messages

    Edited by Annie Lang

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Characterized by its multi-level interdisciplinary character, communication has become a variable field -- one in which the level of analysis varies. This has had important ramifications for the study of communication because, to some extent, the questions one asks are determined by the methods one...

    Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge