Media, Information & Communication Industries Books

New and Published Books

1. The Future of Journalism

   Edited by Bob Franklin

   Series: Journalism Studies

   The future of journalism is hotly contested and highly uncertain reflecting developments in media technologies, shifting business strategies for online news, changing media organisational and regulatory structures, the fragmentation of audiences and a growing public concern about some aspects of...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Online Consumer Behavior

   Theory and Research in Social Media, Advertising and E-tail

   Edited by Angeline G. Close

   Social media (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, Twitter) have changed the way consumers and advertisers behave. It is crucial to understand how consumers think, feel and act regarding social media, online advertising, and online shopping. Business practitioners, students and marketers are trying...

   Published April 24th 2012 by Routledge Academic
3. The World Television Industry (Routledge Revivals)

   An Economic Analysis

   By Peter Dunnett

   First published in 1990, The World Television Industry uses economic analysis to examine recent changes in the television industry. It uses the theory of public good and a model of industrial organization to identify the major forces determining the nature of the television product in the late...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. China's Rise in the World ICT Industry

   Industrial Strategies and the Catch-Up Development Model

   By Lutao Ning

   Series: China Policy Series

   One of the most striking phenomena of China’s remarkable economic growth is that its huge volume of exports are becoming high-tech. China is now the world's largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) exporter, having overtaken Japan and the European Union in 2003 and the United States...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. Organizations and Popular Culture

   Information, Representation and Transformation

   Edited by Carl Rhodes, Simon Lilley

   Throughout its history, popular mass-mediated culture has turned its attention to representing and interrogating organizational life. As early as Charlie Chaplin’s cinematic classic Modern Times and as recently as the primetime television hit The Simpsons, we see cultural products that engage...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
6. InterMedia in South Asia

   The Fourth Screen

   Edited by Rajinder Dudrah, Sangita Gopal, Amit Rai, Anustup Basu

   The emergence of new media today in South Asia has signalled an event, the meaning of which remains obscure but whose reality is rapidly evolving along gradients of intensity and experience. Contemporary media in and from South Asia have come to sense a new arrangement of value, sensation, and...

   Published February 13th 2012 by Routledge
7. Management and Information Technology

   Challenges for the Modern Organization

   Edited by Peter Ekman, Peter Dahlin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

   Information technology has come to play an important role in organizations over the last few decades. Though it began as an entity dealt with by specialists, IT has evolved to become an everyday tool with both operational and strategic impacts. Most modern organizations have adopted different forms...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
8. Careers in Creative Industries

   Edited by Chris Mathieu

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   This book comprises current, original, empirical studies of career-making in theatre, music, film, TV, visual arts, fashion design, and architecture from Asia, Europe, and North America. This format facilitates comparative analysis of central features of career-making within as well as across both...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
9. China's New Creative Clusters

   Governance, Human Capital and Investment

   By Michael Keane

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   Recognising that creativity is a major driving force in the post-industrial economy, the Chinese government has recently established a range of "creative clusters" – industrial parks devoted to media industries, and arts districts – in order to promote the development of the creative industries....

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. Creativity in Peripheral Places

    Redefining the Creative Industries

    Edited by Chris Gibson

    Creativity is said to be the fuel of the contemporary economy. Dynamic industries such as film, music, television and design have changed the fortunes of entire cities, from Nashville to Los Angeles, Barcelona to Brisbane and beyond. Yet creativity remains mercurial – it is at the heart of...

    Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge