Mass Media & Communication Books

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41. Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa

    Edited by Herman Wasserman

    Series: Internationalizing Media Studies

    Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of ‘democracy’ and ‘development’. Drawing on diverse case studies from various regions of the...

    Published September 8th 2010 by Routledge
42. The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Radio

    Edited by Christopher H. Sterling, Cary O'Dell

    The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Radio presents the very best biographies of the internationally acclaimed three-volume Encyclopedia of Radio in a single volume. It includes more than 200 biographical entries on the most important and influential American radio personalities, writers,...

    Published July 26th 2010 by Routledge
43. Relocating Television

    Television in the Digital Context

    Edited by Jostein Gripsrud

    Series: Comedia

    For over half a century, television has been the most central medium in Western democracies – the political, social and cultural centrepiece of the public sphere. Television has therefore rarely been studied in isolation from its socio-cultural and political context; there is always something...

    Published June 16th 2010 by Routledge
44. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media

    Edited by Daniel A. Stout

    Series: Religion and Society

    Communication is at the heart of all religions. As an essential aspect of religion, communication occurs between believers, between religious leaders and followers, between proponents of different faiths, and even between practitioners and the deities. The desire to communicate with as well as...

    Published June 1st 2010 by Routledge
45. The Media Student's Book

    5th Edition

    By Gill Branston, Roy Stafford

    The Media Student's Book is a comprehensive introduction for students of media studies. It covers all the key topics and provides a detailed, lively and accessible guide to concepts and debates. Now in its fifth edition, this bestselling textbook has been thoroughly revised, re-ordered and updated...

    Published May 26th 2010 by Routledge
46. International Journalism and Democracy

    Civic Engagement Models from Around the World

    Edited by Angela Romano

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation — the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across...

    Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge
47. Writing for Digital Media

    By Brian Carroll

    Writing for Digital Media teaches students how to write effectively for online audiences—whether they are crafting a story for the website of a daily newspaper or a personal blog. The lessons and exercises in each chapter help students build a solid understanding of the ways that the Internet has...

    Published April 5th 2010 by Routledge
48. War and Conflict Communication

    Edited by Philip Seib

    Series: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

    The close and complex relationship between conflict and communication has been vividly illustrated in work spanning the writings of Homer and Thucydides to blogs bashed out on contemporary battlefields. And in recent decades there has been a huge growth in scholarly and popular interest in the...

    Published March 31st 2010 by Routledge
49. Making Hard Choices in Journalism Ethics

    Cases and Practice

    By David E. Boeyink, Sandra L. Borden

    This book teaches students how to make the difficult ethical decisions that journalists routinely face. By taking a case-based approach, the authors argue that the best way to make an ethical decision is to look closely at a particular situation, rather than looking first to an abstract set of...

    Published March 23rd 2010 by Routledge
50. Wired Youth

    The Social World of Adolescence in the Information Age

    By Gustavo Mesch, Ilan Talmud

    Series: Adolescence and Society Series

    The debate on the social impact of information and communication technologies is particularly important for the study of adolescent life, because through their close association with friends and peers, adolescents develop life expectations, school aspirations, world views, and behaviors. This...

    Published March 2nd 2010 by Routledge