Media & Communications Books

New and Published Books

1. Mapping Media in China

   Region, Province, Locality

   Edited by Wanning Sun, Jenny Chio

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Mapping Media in China is the first book-length study that goes below the ‘national’ scale to focus on the rich diversity of media in China from local, provincial and regional angles. China’s media has played a crucial role in shaping and directing the country’s social and cultural changes, and...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
2. Prostitution Scandals in China

   Policing, Media and Society

   By Elaine Jeffreys

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   Prostitution Scandals in China presents an examination of media coverage of prostitution-related scandals in contemporary China. It demonstrates that the subject of prostitution is not only widely debated, but also that these public discussions have ramifications for some of the key social, legal...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Media Studies: The Basics

   By Julian McDougall

   Series: The Basics

   There have been seismic shifts in what constitutes (the) media in recent years with technological advances ushering in whole new categories of producers, consumers and modes of delivery. This has been reflected in the way media is studied with new theories, concepts and practices coming to the fore...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. Contemporary Black American Cinema

   Race, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies

   Edited by Mia Mask

   Contemporary Black American Cinema offers a fresh collection of essays on African American film, media, and visual culture in the era of global multiculturalism. Integrating theory, history, and criticism, the contributing authors deftly connect interdisciplinary perspectives from American studies,...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. War Beyond the Battlefield

   Edited by David Grondin

   In an effort to make sense of war beyond the battlefield in studying the wars that were captured under the rubric of the "War on Terror", this special issue book seeks to explore the complex spatial relationships between war and the spaces that one is not used to thinking of as the battlefield...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
6. Sex Crime and the Media

   By Chris Greer

   Sex crime has become one of the most intense areas of public and political concern in recent decades. This book explores the complex influences that shape its construction in the press. Media representations give important clues as to how we should perceive the nature and extent of sex crime, how...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. Language and Journalism

   Edited by John Richardson

   Series: Journalism Studies

   This book is an indispensable "cutting edge" book for students and researchers of journalism studies seeking a text that illustrates and applies a range of linguistic and discourse-analytic approaches to the analysis of journalism. While the form, function and politics of the language of journalism...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Analysing Media Discourses

   Edited by John E. Richardson, Joseph D. Burridge

   The continual growth in the significance of mass-mediated communication makes it essential that we are able to reflect upon and critically appreciate the semiotic processes that are involved in their impact upon social and cultural life. This edited collection showcases a range of diverse...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. Media and the Creation of Babe Ruth

   By Patrick Adam Trimble

   Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

   Babe Ruth is among the most lasting of American icons. A baseball player who emerged from the sports pages of the Jazz Age, he has become one of the dominant symbols of traditional cultural values, nationalism, and masculine identity. His is a media persona that has changed drastically over the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Ambiguities of Activism

    Alter-Globalism and the Imperatives of Speed

    By Ingrid M. Hoofd

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    This volume provides a critical and in-depth investigation of the relationship between alter-globalist thinking and practices and their popular discourses. It examines the ways in which several alter-globalist activist groups (like Indymedia, no-borders campaigns, and forms of climate change...

    Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge