Journalism category: 1922 books
An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media
Scriptwriting Essentials Across the Genres
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
"Wonderfully practical....just what every media writer needs."
Christopher H. Sterling
George Washington University
* Learn what it takes to write for commercials, news, documentaries, corporate, educational, animation, games, the internet, and dramatic film & video productions
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Pitch Perfect
Communicating with Traditional and Social Media for Scholars, Researchers, and Academic Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
"Now, instead of talking to people about the precepts of media relations, I will simply hand them this book. It is so valuable I plan on buying many copies."?Don Hale , Vice President for Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World
The Transformation of an American Newspaper
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
In 2012–2013, one of the largest U.S. newspaper chains, Advance Publications, determined its main product was no longer newspapers but news, and switched from daily print publication of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans to three days a week, while upgrading its presence online (“Digital First”)....
San Antonio
Our Story of 150 Years in the Alamo City
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
A richly illustrated compilation of more that 150 years of coverage on the history and culture of San Antonio from the pages of the San Antonio Express-News.
Transparency, Public Relations and the Mass Media
Combating the Hidden Influences in News Coverage Worldwide
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
This book is about media transparency and good-faith attempts of honesty by both the sources and the gate-keepers of news and other information that the mass media present as being unbiased. Specifically, this book provides a theoretical framework for understanding media transparency and its antithesis--media...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Making the University Matter investigates how academics situate themselves simultaneously in the university and the world and how doing so affects the viability of the university setting.
The university stands at the intersection of two sets of interests, needing to be at one with the world...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
The book studies the current trends of foreign correspondence in Europe. The EU’s expansion has had abundant effects on news coverage and some of the European capitals have become home to the biggest international press corps in world. So, who are these "professional strangers" stationed...
The March of Days
Optimistic Realism through the Seasons of Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Although Patricia M. Boyer won a scholarship to McMaster University with the highest mathematics marks in Ontario and graduated at age 19, literature and languages were her specialty. She first worked as a public librarian, next as a secondary school teacher, then as a newspaper editor. A community...
by Petra Theunissen, Helen Sissons
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
This book aims to provide an interdisciplinary approach to highlight the importance of relationships in public relations, delving not only into the organization-public relationships but also into interpersonal relationships within the industry in order to offer new, empirical insights into the impact...
How Media Inform Democracy
A Comparative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
In this timely book, leading researchers consider how media inform democracy in six countries – the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Taking as their starting point the idea that citizens need to be briefed adequately with a full and intelligent coverage...
by Paul Brighton, Dennis Foy
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2007
Written by two practitioner-academics (who between them have more than fifty years of news industry experience), News Values analyses the shape of the news industry - a world of rolling news and multimedia platforms, and a world where broadcast news is increasingly considered another element of show...
Politics, Media and Democracy in Australia
Public and Producer Perceptions of the Political Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
In Australia, as in many comparable democracies, the role of the media in the political process is high on the public agenda. There is a perception of widespread disillusionment with and disengagement from politics amongst voters, and criticism of the media for failing to fulfil their democratic responsibilities...
Media Amnesia
Rewriting the Economic Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
From Donald Trump, to Brexit and the rise of nationalist populism across Europe, what role has the media played in shaping our current political moment?*BR**BR*Following the news coverage of a decade-long crisis that includes the 2008 financial crash and the Great Recession, the UK deficit, the eurozone...
De Bow's Review
The Antebellum Vision of a New South
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
In the decades preceding the Civil War, the South struggled against widespread negative characterizations of its economy and society as it worked to match the North's infrastructure and level of development. Recognizing the need for regional reform, James Dunwoody Brownson (J. D. B.) De Bow began...