Peter Lang Inc International Academic Publishers imprint: 795 books
Making College Better
Views from the Top
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Today’s colleges and universities are facing mounting criticism from both internal and external interest groups and constituencies. While strident calls for reform accelerate, resources for higher education have weakened. Thus, demands to improve college education abound amidst hard times. This...
The ESPN Effect
Exploring the Worldwide Leader in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
ESPN has grown from a start-up cable network in a small Connecticut town to a $50 billion global enterprise. For the past 35 years, ESPN – along with its sister networks – has been the preeminent source for sports for millions around the globe. Its 24-hour coverage of sports news and programming...
Emerging Perspectives on African Development
Speaking Differently
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Emerging Perspectives on ‘African Development’: Speaking Differently discusses numerous areas of interest and issues about Africa, including contemporary challenges and possibilities of development. The book critically engages the many ways of presenting ‘development,’ highlighting the interplay...
by David C. Bloomfield
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This clear, readable introductory text for undergraduate and graduate Education Law courses or modules offers a practical guide to everyday problems such as student expression, discipline, religion, curriculum, social media, privacy, charter schools, discrimination, special education, and more. Features...
by James Ottavio Castagnera
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The Handbook for Student Law for Higher Education Administrators is a practical tool, intended for administrators, dealing with students in higher education and focusing principally on four-year institutions. Addressing the ever-developing relationship between higher education and the law, the book...
Reporting Bad News
Negotiating the Boundaries Between Intrusion and Fair Representation in Media Coverage of Death
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Reporting Bad News addresses a gap in the literature concerning death reporting and stories of personal tragedy. Much has been written about disasters and large-scale tragedies, but this research concentrates on individual loss and the relationship between journalist and vulnerable interviewee. While...
Global Journalism
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Recent instances of global crisis reporting on climate change and the financial crisis are early embryos of a new form of journalism that is increasingly needed in global times: global journalism.
Instead of associating global journalism with national comparisons of media systems or defining it as...
Radical Imagine-Nation
Public Pedagogy & Praxis
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
This collection of essays, poems, and reflections by scholars, public intellectuals, artists, and community activists (as well as those whose work intersects with all of these categories) constitutes a landmark achievement in critical pedagogy and social justice education. Edited by two leaders whose...
Children Count
Exploring What is Possible in a Classroom with Mathematics and Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Children Count is an interpretive exploration into the teaching of mathematics to children. Through the use of narratives to make meaning of particular pedagogic events, the book explores the possibilities that exist for children and for teachers if mathematics is allowed to thrive in schools as a...
Intellectual Property Law and Interactive Media
Free for a Fee
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Now in its second edition, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of intellectual property law and interactive media. Having been thoroughly updated, this edition captures emerging trends and issues in a shifting landscape (including international contexts and games/virtual worlds), legislative...
by Mohamed Saliou Camara
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Political History of Guinea since World War Two provides an in-depth study of the political evolution of Guinea from World War Two to the present. Based on primary-source information, it examines with rare depth and breadth the eventful history of this nation-state, whose trajectory has impacted in...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
The case studies in this book, many of which have won national or international awards, represent an impressive scope of public relations practice—from public diplomacy to corporate social responsibility to crisis communications to social justice issues and special events. These chapters take a...
Visualizing Culture
Analyzing the Cultural Aesthetics of the Web
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
In an increasingly global society, the ability to identify a culture’s visual aesthetics helps us localize messages for better understanding and resonance with targeted audiences. But how do we identify the visual cues that specific cultures respond to? Based on Web design «best practices» and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
The worldwide integration and globalization of finance, an aspect of «financialization», coincided with the rise of market-oriented neoliberalism promoting free trade and privatization strategies. New Internet-based technologies have reinforced financial market integration, creating a fragile, globally...