Media Studies

One of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over--and upending--nearly every aspect of life...

The concept of culture industry leads a double life. On the one hand, it appears as transparent, being used widely and freely in reference to a bra...

Older women have never been so visible, or so problematised, in popular media culture as now; but what kinds of representations are being offered, ...

This volume brings together the results of fresh research into the formative years of the International Telegraph Union (TU), in the period 1849187...

This collection of essays explores ways in which visual cultures have engaged with armed conflict and politically-motivated acts of violence of all...

Body and Time is an innovative and concise survey of penetrating essays, conceptualizing the body as a physiological system embedded in a social ne...

An important dispatch from a new, multipolar order that is taking form before our eyesA vast cultural movement is emerging from outside the Western...

My Social Media for Seniors Step-by-step instructions for the tasks you care about most Large, full-color, close-up photos show you exactly what to...

In a democratic political system, the media is often entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the rights of the people. As such, it is essenti...

What is social media? Have you got a facebook page but are unsure how it can benefit your company? Or do you want to monitor your social media acti...

This book focuses on the dialectic interrelation between ''news'' and ''change'', whereby news is intended as a textual type in its evolutionary - ...

In May of 1945, the American army, along with those of its Allies, occupied the cities and towns of Hitlers Third Reich. While most American soldie...

Canadian journalist and political insider Dalton Camp left behind a powerful legacy, including books, essays, and newspaper columns on Canadian pol...

Few topics in the news are more hotly contested than the Israeli-Palestinian conflictand news coverage itself is always a subject of debate. But ra...

How craigslist champions openness, democracy, and other vanishing principles of the early webBegun by Craig Newmark as an e-mail to some friends ab...

An essential guide to recognizing bogus numbers and misleading dataNumbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptiveespeci...