Forthcoming Mass Communication Books

Forthcoming Books

1. 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...

   To Be Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Global Entertainment Media

   Between Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Globalization

   By Tanner Mirrlees

   A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media. In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production, distribution, marketing, exhibition and consumption of global films and television shows, with an eye to...

   To Be Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Arab Spring

   Critical Analyses

   Edited by Khair Haseeb

   This volume provides a wealth of in-depth, country-specific analyses of the Arab Spring, in addition to works that examine the larger theoretical framework and socio-political implications of events. Unlike other analyses, often from the perspective of Western scholarship from the outside looking...

   To Be Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
4. 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...

   To Be Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
5. Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication

   Edited by Paul M. Pedersen

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication is the only book to offer a fully comprehensive and in-depth survey of the contemporary discipline of sport communication. It explores communication within, through, and for sport in all its theoretical, conceptual, cultural, behavourial, practical and...

   To Be Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture

   Edited by Matthew P. McAllister, Emily West

   The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture provides an essential guide to the key issues, methodologies, concepts, debates, and policies that shape our everyday relationship with advertising. The book contains eight sections: Historical Perspectives considers the historical...

   To Be Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
7. Public Relations and Communication Management

   Current Trends and Emerging Topics

   Edited by Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Ansgar Zerfass, Jeong-Nam Kim

   Public Relations and Communication Management serves as a festschrift honoring the work of public relations scholars James E. Gruning and Larissa A. Grunig. Between them, the Grunigs have published 12 books and more than 330 articles, book chapters, and various academic and professional...

   To Be Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
8. Media Management and Economics Research in a Transmedia Environment

   Edited by Alan B. Albarran

   Series: Electronic Media Research Series

   This landmark work centers on media management and economics within a diverse, international, historical and constantly changing environment. The chapters herein reflect the current state of research and present directions for future study. Developed at the 2012 Research Symposium in conjunction...

   To Be Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
9. Communication Yearbook 37

   Edited by Elisia Cohen

   Communication Yearbook 37 continues the tradition of publishing state-of-the-discipline literature reviews and essays. Editor Elisia Cohen presents a volume that is highly international and interdisciplinary in scope, with authors and chapters representing the broad global interests of the...

   To Be Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
10. African American Women in the News

    Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism

    By Marian Meyers

    African American Women in the News offers the first in-depth examination of the varied representations of black women in American journalism, from analyses of coverage of domestic abuse and "crack mothers" to exploration of new media coverage of Michelle Obama on Youtube. Marian Meyers interrogates...

    To Be Published May 28th 2013 by Routledge