Sociology of Media Books

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1. The Race and Media Reader

   Edited by Gilbert B. Rodman

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-80159-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Google and the Culture of Search

   By Ken Hillis, Michael Petit

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-88301-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. The Media Studies Reader

   Edited by Laurie Ouellette

   The Media Studies Reader is a broad and accessible anthology that addresses the key topics, debates and theoretical perspectives associated with the interdisciplinary field of media studies. Emphasizing critical and cultural approaches, the collection provides an up-to-date survey of the major...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-80125-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Policing Television: Police Drama and Cultural Politics

   By Jonathan Nichols-Pethick

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-87788-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Racial Spectacles: Case Studies in Media, Race, and Justice

   By Jonathan Markovitz

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-88383-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Gamers: Digital Gaming and Everyday Life

   By Garry Crawford, Victoria K Gosling

   Digital gaming has, over only a few decades, become a major global and leisure industry rivalling the movie and music sectors. Given gaming's widespread, and increasing, popularity this has in recent years become the focus of increased academic interest and activity, but still relatively little is...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-55620-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Migration, Diaspora, and Information Technology in Global Societies

   Edited by Leopoldina Fortunati, Raul Pertierra, Jane Vincent

   Migrants and diaspora communities are shaped by their use of information and communication technologies. This book explores the multifaceted role played by new media in the re-location of these groups of people, assisting them in their efforts to defeat nostalgia, construct new communities, and...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-88709-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. God, Jews and the Media: Religion's Impact on Israel's Media

   By Yoel Cohen

   The book examines the interactions between Jewish identity and mass media. As such, it covers the Diaspora populations of the US and UK as well as Israel itself. Also included are chapters on journalism, broadcasting, advertising and the internet....

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-47503-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. The Routledge Handbook of Participatory Cultures

   Edited by Aaron Delwiche, Jennifer Henderson

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-88223-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. The Future of Journalism

    Edited by Bob Franklin

    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...

    April 2011 | 978-0-415-59869-9 | Hardback (Routledge)