Language Studies category: 15171 books
Managing Democracy in the Digital Age
Internet Regulation, Social Media Use, and Online Civic Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
In light of the increased utilization of information technologies, such as social media and the ‘Internet of Things,’ this book investigates how this digital transformation process creates new challenges and opportunities for political participation, political election campaigns and political...
by Paul Fairclough, Philip Lynch, Toby Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC
Level: A-level
Subject: Politics
First Teaching: September 2017
First Exam: June 2018
Inspire political thinking with our bestselling politics textbook and help students get their best grade with political commentary and analysis; , fully updated the...
by Eric Louw
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
How have professional communicators transformed the business of politics? How do political bodies use the media to sell domestic and foreign policies to the public? This fully revised new edition of The Media and Political Process assesses the impact of spin doctoring and media activity in liberal...
Communication and Political Crisis
Media, Politics and Governance in a Globalized Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Communication and Political Crisis explores the role of the global media in a period of intensifying geopolitical conflict. Through case studies drawn from domestic and international political crises such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, leading media scholar Brian McNair argues that...
Feminisms in Development
Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
This collection of essays by leading feminist thinkers from North and South constitutes a major new attempt to reposition feminism within development studies. Feminism’s emphasis on social transformation makes it fundamental to development studies. Yet the relationship between the two disciplines...
by Frank Cooney, David Sheerin, Gary Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Exam Board: SQA
Level: National 5
Subject: Modern Studies
First Teaching: September 2017
First Exam: Summer 2018
This second edition comprehensively covers the changes made to the course content and prepares students to cope with the increased emphasis on knowledge and understanding in the...
Reporting Cultures on 60 Minutes
Missing the Finnish Line in an American Newscast
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
This work delves into the act of reporting on different cultures as a means of exploring our own. The way culture is presented to the media highlights various international and intercultural dynamics, as well as the complexity involved in reporting from a cultural standpoint.
Reporting Cultures...
The Enigma of Diversity
The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Diversity these days is a hallowed American value, widely shared and honored. That’s a remarkable change from the Civil Rights era—but does this public commitment to diversity constitute a civil rights victory? What does diversity mean in contemporary America, and what are the effects of efforts...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
In an era increasingly marked by polarized and unproductive political debates, this volume makes the case for a renewed emphasis on teaching speech and debate, both in and outside of the classroom.
Speech and debate education leads students to better understand their First Amendment rights...
by Katherine Adams
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
At the beginning of the 20th century, Progressive reformers set up curricula in journalism, public relations, and creative writing to fulfill their own purposes: well-trained rhetors could convince the United States citizenry to accept Progressive thinking on monopolies and unions and to elect reform...
Communication as Culture, Revised Edition
Essays on Media and Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2008
In this classic text, James W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the words "communication" and "community," he broadens his definition to include the drawing-together of a people that is culture....
Trust Ownership and the Future of News
Media Moguls and White Knights
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2014
Crumbling business models mean news media structures must change. Gavin Ellis explores the past and present use of newspaper trusts – drawing on case studies such as the Guardian, the Irish Times and the Pulitzer Prize winning Tampa Bay Times – to make the case for a form of ownership dedicated to sustaining high quality journalism.
Robot Journalism
Can Human Journalism Survive?
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing all aspects of communications and journalism as automatic processes are being introduced into all facets of classical journalism: investigation, content production, and distribution. Traditional human roles in these fields are being replaced by automatic processes...
The Global Grapevine
Why Rumors of Terrorism, Immigration, and Trade Matter
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Far from mere idle tales, rumors are a valuable window into our anxieties and fears. Rumors let us talk as a community about some very inflammatory issues--issues that may be embarrassing or disturbing to discuss-allowing us to act as if we are talking about real events, not personal beliefs. We can...