Communication Studies

Semiotics, Media Studies and Communication Studies are three closely interlinked fields. Briefly stated, Semiotics, the science of signs, looks at ...

Canada has a rich heritage of English-language communication thought. For the first time "Canadian Communication Thought" assembles much of this er...

Offering a practical theory for why people make decisions about revealing and concealing private information, Boundaries of Privacy taps into every...

Drawing on the rich and unexplored Bell Canada archives in Montreal, Martin analyses the development of the telephone system in Canada, particularl...

Virtual Culture marks a significant intervention in the current debate about access and control in cybersociety exposing the ways in which the Inte...

How do quantitative methods help us to acquire knowledge of the real world? What are the `do′s′ and `don′ts′ of effective quantitative research? T...

Digital Film and Television Culture introduces a new framework for the aesthetic and cultural analysis of contemporary film and serial drama, stars...

This book is a useful text for advanced students of MIS and ICT courses, and for those studying ICT in related areas: Management and Organization S...

New edition of a classic work on the history of propaganda. Topical new chapters on the 1991 Gulf War, September 11 and terrorism. An ideal textboo...

Well-known journal editors and Communication scholars Alison Alexander and W. James Potter provide an insider′s guide to getting published in schol...

Focusing on the emerging intercultural encounters in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), this book brings together diverse perspectives from t...

Over the last four decades, members of Congress have increasingly embraced media relations as a way to influence national policymaking and politics...

Over the last four decades, members of Congress have increasingly embraced media relations as a way to influence national policymaking and politics...

Given the advanced state of digital technology and social media, one would think that the Democratic and Republican Parties would be reasonably wel...

We live in a boosterish era that exhorts us to play local and buy local. But what does it mean to support local media? How should we define local m...

Within the study of language and social interaction, the concept of 'accountability'-including related concepts, such as 'account' or 'motive,' 'ac...

The first book to bring together the many different everyday gestures that are used all over the world. Desmond Morris has travelled to over 60 cou...

Science communication, once the exclusive preserve of a scientific elite, has not been immune to the growing influence of mass media over society. ...

Combining ethnographic, semiotic, and performative approaches, this book examines texts and accompanying acts of writing of national commemoration....

Combining ethnographic, semiotic, and performative approaches, this book examines texts and accompanying acts of writing of national commemoration....

Expertise is an intriguing construct. Though it is highly desired, it is commonly characterized by exclusivity or being something esoteric making i...

The Internet Revolution in the Sciences and Humanities takes a new look at C.P. Snow's distinction between the two cultures, a distinction that pro...

Why are some civic associations better than others at getting--and keeping--people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Asso...

Discovering Women’s History brings to light the work of a selection of German-speaking women journalists from the first half of the twentieth centu...

Lexicon of the Mouth surveys the oral cavity as the central channel by which self and surrounding are brought into relation. Questions of embodimen...

How can "Speaking Rights to Power" construct political will to respond to human rights abuse worldwide? Examining dozens of cases of human rights c...

The conditions in which 'development'--the process by which people, individually and collectively, enhance their capacities to improve their lives ...

Online social media are changing the face of politics in the United States. Beginning with a strong theoretical foundation grounded in political, c...

As internet use is extending to younger children, there is an increasing need for research focus on the risks young users are experiencing, as well...

Why are some civic associations better than others at getting--and keeping--people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Asso...

Essential Academic Skills encourages and supports students to develop their skills to become the best learners they can be. It takes a step-by-step...

How can "Speaking Rights to Power" construct political will to respond to human rights abuse worldwide? Examining dozens of cases of human rights c...

Ask a person on the street whether new technologies bring about important social change and you are likely to hear a resounding "yes." But the answ...

In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies-including instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebooks, blogs, ...