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21. Mapping an Empire of American Sport

    Expansion, Assimilation, Adaptation and Resistance

    Edited by Mark Dyreson, J.A. Mangan, Roberta J. Park

    Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

    Since the mid-nineteenth century, the United States has used sport as a vehicle for spreading its influence and extending its power, especially in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim, but also in every corner of the rest of the world. Through modern sport in general, and through...

    Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
22. The Routledge Reader in Rhetorical Criticism

    Edited by Brian Ott, Greg Dickinson

    Bringing together 50 key readings on rhetorical criticism in a single accessible format, The Rhetorical Criticism Reader furnishes instructors with an ideal resource for teaching and practicing the art of rhetorical criticism. Unlike existing readers and textbooks, which rely on cookie-cutter...

    Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
23. Classical Rhetoric and Modern Public Relations

    An Isocratean Model

    By Charles Marsh

    Series: Routledge Research in Public Relations

    This book expands the theoretical foundations of modern public relations, a growing young profession that lacked even a name until the twentieth century. As the discipline seeks guiding theories and paradigms, rhetorics both ancient and modern have proven to be fruitful fields of exploration....

    Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
24. Neurorhetorics

    Edited by Jordynn Jack

    Series: Rhetoric Society Quarterly

    In academia, as well as in popular culture, the prefix "neuro-" now occurs with startling frequency. Scholars now publish research in the fields of neuroeconomics, neurophilosophy, neuromarketing, neuropolitics, and neuroeducation. Consumers are targeted with enhanced products and services, such as...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
25. Orality and Literacy

    The Technologizing of the Word, 3rd Edition

    By Walter J. Ong

    Series: New Accents

    Walter J. Ong’s classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, written, printed and electronic technologies, and their impact on philosophical, theological, scientific and literary thought. This thirtieth anniversary edition – coinciding with Ong’s centenary year –...

    Published September 27th 2012 by Routledge
26. Qualitative Research Methods for Media Studies

    By Bonnie S. Brennen

    This book introduces the essential qualitative methods used in media research, with an emphasis on integrating theory with practice. Each method is introduced through step-by-step instruction on conducting research and interpreting research findings, alongside in-depth discussions of the historical...

    Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
27. The Politicization of Europe

    Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media

    By Paul Statham, Hans-Jörg Trenz

    Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

    This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU’s attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since: an increasing visibility for...

    Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
28. E-Participation in Southern Europe and the Balkans

    Issues of Democracy and Participation Via Electronic Media

    Edited by Euripidis Loukis, Ann Macintosh, Yannis Charalabidis

    The rapid development and the growing penetration of information and communication technologies (ICT) provide tremendous opportunities for a wide and cost effective application of the ideas of participative democracy and public participation in government decision and policy making. ICT can drive...

    Published September 19th 2012 by Routledge
29. Group Processes

    Edited by John M. Levine

    Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

    It is impossible to understand human behavior without understanding the critical role that groups play in people’s lives. Most of us belong to a range of formal and informal groups, including families, work teams, and friendship cliques. These groups absorb a great deal of our time and energy and...

    Published September 4th 2012 by Psychology Press
30. Routledge Handbook of Political Management

    By Dennis W. Johnson

    The Routledge Handbook of Political Management is a comprehensive overview of the field of applied politics, encompassing political consulting, campaigns and elections, lobbying and advocacy, grass roots politics, fundraising, media and political communications, the role of the parties, political...

    Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge