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Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts

4th Edition

By Susan Hayward

Series: Routledge Key Guides

Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts is an essential guide for anyone interested in movie.

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Media Production

A Practical Guide to Radio & TV

By Amanda Willett

Media Production is an introductory guide to radio, TV and movie production techniques. Illuminating the step by step process from conception to delivery, from the initial brainstorms, through planning, research and editing, this book creates a guided structure to help students learn about media production.

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Videogames

2nd Edition

By James Newman

This updated second edition examines the emergence of new platforms as well as changing patterns of production and consumption in its analysis of Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and mobile gaming.

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Doing Film Studies

By Sarah Casey Benyahia and Claire Mortimer

Series: Doing... Series

Doing Film Studies examines what it really means to study movie, encouraging the reader to question the dominant theories as well as understanding the key approaches to cinema.

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Have you seen the companion website?

Did you know Reframing Photography is more than just a textbook? We have a wide range of online resources available at the book's companion website, including updated information on equipment and further activities, information and links to related sites.
An Introduction to Book History

2nd Edition

By David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery

This second edition of An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. Each fully revised and updated chapter contains new material and covers recent developments in the field.

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Understanding Popular Music Culture

4th Edition

By Roy Shuker

This extensively revised new edition of Understanding Popular Music Culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the production, distribution, consumption and meaning of popular music and the difficulties and debates that surround the analysis of popular culture and popular music.

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Now Available - An Introduction to Television Studies, 3e

Have you ordered your complimentary exam copy yet? In this comprehensive textbook, now updated for its third edition, Jonathan Bignell provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, including audience research, television history and broadcasting policy, and the analytical study of individual programmes.
Think you know everything about the internet?

‘The research is impressive, and the arguments are persuasive’ -- Irish Times

If you think you know everything about the internet, this book may change your mind. Its analysis not only contradicts the pronouncements of leading journalists, but also assails established academic orthodoxy. Misunderstanding the Internet is an accessible book that is grounded in scholarly research. It aims to puncture myths by providing analysis based on empirical data and is guaranteed to enliven any classroom discussion about the costs and opportunities of the digital age. Order a complimentary exam copy if you teach a related course.
Now Available: The Public Relations Strategic Toolkit

The Public Relations Strategic Toolkit provides a structured approach to understanding public relations and corporate communications. The focus is on professional skills development as well as approaches that are widely recognized as 'best practice'. Original methods are considered alongside well established procedures to ensure the changing requirements of contemporary practice are reflected. Order your complimentary exam copy if you teach a relevant course!