Communication Studies Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Public Relations, Activism, and Social Change

    Speaking Up

    By Kristin Demetrious

    Series: Routledge Research in Public Relations

    Why are some voices louder in public debates than others? And why can’t all voices be equally heard? This book draws significant new meaning to the inter-relationships of public relations and social change through a number of activist case studies, and rebuilds knowledge around alternative...

    Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
12. De-Convergence of Global Media Industries

    By Dal Yong Jin

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    Convergence has become a buzzword, referring on the one hand to the integration between computers, television, and mobile devices or between print, broadcast, and online media and on the other hand, the ownership of multiple content or distribution channels in media and communications. Yet while...

    Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
13. Talking Criminal Justice

    Language and the Just Society

    By Michael Coyle

    Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

    The words we use to talk about justice have an enormous impact on our everyday lives. As the first in-depth, ethnographic study of language, Talking Criminal Justice examines the speech of moral entrepreneurs to illustrate how our justice language encourages social control and punishment. This...

    Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge
14. Balancing between Trade and Risk

    Integrating Legal and Social Science Perspectives

    Edited by Marjolein B. A. van Asselt, Esther Versluis, Ellen Vos

    The trade aspects of risk and the risk aspects of trade deserve more systematic and genuine interdisciplinary attention if we are to really understand the global, international and supranational dimensions of risk regulation. This book brings together legal and social science research on risk...

    Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
15. Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games

    Analyzing Words, Design, and Play

    By Christopher A. Paul

    Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

    In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
16. North Africa’s Arab Spring

    Edited by George Joffé

    This book addresses issues surrounding the evolution of the Arab Spring in North Africa. After a general introduction and explanation of the events on a region-wide basis, it turns to examine aspects of each of the countries concerned. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Nasser regime and...

    Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
17. Principles of American Journalism

    An Introduction

    By Stephanie Craft, Charles N. Davis

    In a rapidly changing media landscape, what becomes of journalism? Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamental principles of the craft, Principles of American Journalism introduces students to the core values of journalism and its singularly important role in...

    Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge
18. Interpersonal Communication

    Putting Theory into Practice

    By Denise Solomon, Jennifer Theiss

    Some of us may believe that interpersonal communication is a matter of common sense or that skillful communication is an innate ability that you either have or you don’t. In this text, Denise Solomon and Jennifer Theiss demonstrate that interpersonal communication skills are not just common...

    Published January 2nd 2013 by Routledge
19. Screening the Public Sphere

    Media and Democracy in India

    By Saima Saeed

    For centuries, democracy and development have steered the imagination of governments, citizens, intelligentsia and policymakers alike. Democracy without free media is a contradiction, while development without democracy is futile. Highlighting the power and significance of contemporary media, this...

    Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India
20. Strategic Planning for Public Relations

    4th Edition

    By Ronald D. Smith

    This innovative and popular text provides a clear pathway to developing public relations campaigns and other types of strategic communication. Implementing the pragmatic, in-depth approach of the previous editions, author Ronald D. Smith presents a step-by-step unfolding of the strategic campaign...

    Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge