Language Studies category: 15171 books
Drawn from the Ground
Sound, Sign and Inscription in Central Australian Sand Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Sand stories from Central Australia are a traditional form of Aboriginal women's verbal art that incorporates speech, song, sign, gesture and drawing. Small leaves and other objects may be used to represent story characters. This detailed study of Arandic sand stories takes a multimodal approach to...
by Francois Victor Tochon
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
In this monograph on Educational Semiotics, Francois Tochon (along with a number of research colleagues) has produced a work that is truly groundbreaking on a number of fronts. First of all, in his concise but brilliant introductory comments, Tochon clearly debunks the potential notion that semiotics...
Introducing Media Practice
The Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Taking readers from media students to media professionals, **Introducing Media Practice **brings together the 'why' and the 'how to' of media studies. It explains how adding theory to practice improves students' media projects, and shows them how to develop the kind of project skills they need for...
Negative Political Advertising
Coming of Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This volume provides a unique synthesis of the relevant literature from academic studies in the fields of political science, marketing, advertising, speech communication, telecommunication, and public relations combined with the practical wisdom of professional consultants. Offering the reader both...
Popular Culture
Introductory Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
For courses in popular culture, media and society, and sociology of the media.
Pop culture surrounds us. Its products are the movies we watch, the music we listen to, and the books we read; they are on our televisions, phones, and computers. We are its fickle friend, loving to hate it and hating...
Global Japanization?
The Transnational Transformation of the Labour Process
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Global Japaniziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy. The editors present original case studies of work reorganization and workers’...
Learning in Later Life
Challenges for Social Work and Social Care
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Within the UK and Europe, government legislation and policies concerned with demography have asserted a paradigmatic shift towards the increased engagement of older people with public services. The philosophy of user involvement and co-production within these contexts has become integral to finding...
by Serie McDougal III
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Research Methods in Africana Studies is a major contribution to the discipline of Africana studies and social science involving people of African descent in general. This textbook is the first of its kind, offering instruction on how to conduct culturally relevant critical research on Africana communities...
Theory and Research in Mass Communication
Contexts and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
This updated edition presents a civic journalism treatment of the field of mass communication research. The sine qua non of the civic journalism movement seems to center around an implicit assumption that the human mind is an evolved part in the natural world, not a detached spectator as much traditional...
Cases in Public Relations Management
The Rise of Social Media and Activism
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Developed for advanced students in public relations, Cases in Public Relations Management uses recent cases in public relations that had outcomes varying from expected to unsuccessful. The text challenges students to think analytically, strategically, and practically. Each case is based on real events,...
By Any Media Necessary
The New Youth Activism
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital age.
Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org
There is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to...
Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things
An Introduction to Semiotics
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
This book deals with one the most interesting aspects of human life—the search for meaning. It discusses how the science of semiotics is equipped to provide insight on what meaning is and how we produce it. Why is it that certain people routinely put their survival at risk by smoking? Why is it...
by Professor Vincent Mosco
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
"A masterpiece... the one single indispensable book that all media students and scholars need to read to understand this vital and growing area of research."
- Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"A contemporary classic of media studies. Vincent Mosco,...
Globalization and Culture
Global Mélange
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Now updated with new chapters on culture and on populism, this seminal text disputes the view that we are experiencing a “clash of civilizations” as well as the idea that globalization leads to cultural homogenization. Instead, Jan Nederveen Pieterse argues that we are witnessing the formation...