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31. Race and News

    Critical Perspectives

    By Christopher P. Campbell, Kim M. LeDuff, Cheryl D. Jenkins, Rockell A. Brown

    The history of American journalism is marked by disturbing representations of people and communities of color, from the disgraceful stereotypes of pre-civil rights America, to the more subtle myths that are reflected in routine coverage by journalists all over the country. Race and News: Critical...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
32. Network Nations

    A Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting

    By Michele Hilmes

    In Network Nations, Michele Hilmes reveals and re-conceptualizes the roots of media globalization through a historical look at the productive transnational cultural relationship between British and American broadcasting. Though frequently painted as opposites--the British public service tradition...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
33. Controversies in Media Ethics

    3rd Edition

    By A. David Gordon, John Michael Kittross, John C. Merrill, William Babcock, Michael Dorsher

    Controversies in Media Ethics offers students, instructors and professionals multiple perspectives on media ethics issues presenting vast "gray areas" and few, if any, easy answers. This third edition includes a wide range of subjects, and demonstrates a willingness to tackle the problems raised by...

    Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge
34. The Evolution of Integrated Marketing Communications

    The Customer-driven Marketplace

    Edited by Don Schultz, Charles Patti, Philip Kitchen

    This book reviews, updates and enhances the basic concepts surrounding the academic theory and practice of Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC). Since the introduction of IMC in the late 1980s, the concept has spread around the world. In that expansion, many authors have written about IMC;...

    Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge
35. Journalism After September 11

    2nd Edition

    Edited by Barbie Zelizer, Stuart Allan

    Series: Communication and Society

    Praise for the first edition: This collection of essays comes mainly from academics but nobody should bridle at theorists lecturing practitioners. They properly challenge the way September 11th was reported - in a way that's both an endorsement of the role of the media and a wake-up call on its...

    Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge
36. Media Today

    An Introduction to Mass Communication, 4th Edition

    By Joseph Turow

    Media Today puts students at the center of the profound changes in the twenty-first century media world – from digital convergence to media ownership – and gives them the skills to think critically about what these changes mean for the role of media in their lives. Media Today, Fourth Edition&...

    Published January 30th 2011 by Routledge
37. Journalism Studies

    A Critical Introduction

    By Andrew Calcutt, Philip Hammond

    As the world of politics and public affairs has gradually changed beyond recognition over the past two decades, journalism too has been transformed... yet the study of news and journalism often seems stuck with ideas and debates which have lost much of their critical purchase. Journalism is at a...

    Published January 26th 2011 by Routledge
38. Internet and Society

    Social Theory in the Information Age

    By Christian Fuchs

    Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

    In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and...

    Published January 5th 2011 by Routledge
39. Journalism Education, Training and Employment

    Edited by Bob Franklin, Donica Mensing

    Series: Routledge Research in Journalism

    During this period of rapid and significant change in journalistic practices, journalism educators are re-examining their own profession and contributing to the invention of new models and practices. This edited volume of studies by respected international scholars describes the diverse issues...

    Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge
40. Paranormal Media

    Audiences, Spirits and Magic in Popular Culture

    By Annette Hill

    The paranormal has gone mainstream.Beliefs are on the rise, with almost half of the British population, and two thirds of Americans, claiming to believe in extra sensory perceptions and hauntings. Psychic magazines like Spirit and Destiny, television shows such as Fringe, Ghost Whisperer and Most...

    Published November 2nd 2010 by Routledge