Media Studies

In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the representations of global disasters are increasingly common media themes around the world....

This collection of essays confirms Carmen de Burgoss pivotal place in Spanish feminist history by bringing together eminent international scholars ...

The intersection of virtual and physical spaces at the heart of contemporary political protests is a pivotal element in new practices of activism. ...

This book analyzes the intersections of celebrity, self-branding, and mommy culture. It examines how images of celebrity moms playing versions of t...

Examining anew the notions of media imperialism and globalization of media, this book disrupts the generalised consensus in media scholarship that ...

Film Comedy and the American Dream is an examination of national identity in the era of the American superpower as projected in popular comedic fil...

This book seeks to interrogate the representation of Black women in television. Cheers explores how the increase of Black women in media ownership ...

Volume 3 of A History of Early Film examines critical responses to early cinema, including the impassioned thoughts of one of the first film critic...

Different Engines investigates the emergence of technologies in Latin America to create images, sounds, video games, and physical interactions. The...

This book explores the transnational mobility, everyday life and digital media use of childcare workers living and working abroad. Focusing specifi...

From the emergence of digital protest as part of the Zapatista rebellion, to the use of disturbance tactics against governments and commercial inst...

Migrant Labor and Border Securities in Pop Culture explores the conditions for migrant domestic, agricultural, and factory workers as that of conti...

Opting out of Digital Media showcases the role of human agency and cultural identity in the development and use of digital technologies. Based on a...

Disrupting Journalism Ethics sets out to disrupt and change how we think about journalism and its ethics. The book contends that long-established w...

This book is a first attempt to map the broad context of performance studies from a multimodal perspective. It collects original research on tradit...

Go beyond gamifications badges and leaderboards with the new edition of the book, first published in 2011, that helped transform education. Going f...

This volume serves as an in-depth investigation of the diversity of means and practices that constitute (dis)identification and identity constructi...

Based on the best-selling novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides is director Sofia Coppolas evocative debut feature of young love, sex, lo...

In many contemporary and popular forms of religious practice, digital technology and the spiritual are inseparable. Ranging from streaming broadcas...

This ground-breaking book explores the moral dimensions of sexual imagery in contemporary, general-release Asian films. It examines debates that ar...

This book offers a detailed analysis of the Islamic Republic of Irans approach towards human rights in the media. It looks at the state-owned and s...

European cities are contributing to the development of a more sustainable urban system that is capable of coping with economic crises, ecological c...

There is no area of business that is more dramatically affected by the explosion of web-based services delivered to computers, PDAs and mobile phon...

At the turn of the 20th century, the significant social, political, and technological changes that were occurring in society also heralded new role...