Communication studies Books

Monuments and memorials commemorating the dead and past events around the world have recently gained importance, not least because we are living in an era in which many are driven to record and archive the events of their lives. Cemeteries, in...

There are multiple aspects of electronically-mediated communication that influence and have strong implications for legal practice. This volume focuses on three major aspects of mediated communication through social media. Part I examines social media...

The second edition focuses on the media and entertainment sector (M&E), with more information relevant to encompass broadcasters migration to file-based production. New technology and new products are also included and there is more detail on systems...

An avalanche of acronyms, terms-of-art, buzz words, and short-hand phraseology confronts today's busy communications professionals. Now in its 3rd edition, Tech Terms is an invaluable learning tool to help grasp key aspects of the television and video,...

In an effort to halt increasing media competition and decreasing audience shares, Branding has become the new mantra among television station and network executives. Branding TV: Principles and Practices second edition goes beyond the jargon of branding...

Building large integrated content management systems is a daunting task and there is little guidance for the implementation process for the mid-level manager. There are thousands of home grown or old standalone systems in need of upgrading and expanding...

Eight years after the Arab Spring there is still much debate over the link between Internet technology and protest against authoritarian regimes. While the debate has advanced beyond the simple question of whether the Internet is a tool of liberation or...

While much has been written of the importance of Agrippa in Augustus' rise to power as the first emperor of Rome, Maecenas remains a shadowy figure despite being a vital part in the success of Augustus. After the assassination of Julius Caesar,...

Communication Yearbook 34 continues the tradition of publishing rich, state-of-the-discipline literature reviews. This volume offers insightful descriptions of communication research as well as reflections on the implications of those findings for other...

This book applies a set of corpus investigation techniques to the study of evaluation, or stance, or affect, in naturally-occurring discourse. Evaluative language indicates opinions, attitudes, and judgments. It is an important part of activities such as...

Our use of media touches on almost all aspects of our social lives, be they friendships, parent-child relationships, emotional lives, or social stereotypes. How we understand ourselves and others is now largely dependent on how we perceive ourselves and...

First Published in 2013. This landmark work centers on media management and economics within a diverse, international, historical and constantly changing environment. The chapters herein reflect the current state of research and present directions...

Plain Language and Ethical Action examines and evaluates principles and practices of plain language that technical content producers can apply to meet their audiences' needs in an ethical way. Applying the BUROC framework (Bureaucratic, Unfamiliar,...

Make the right IPTV business decisions with a thorough understanding of the technology and the business implications of the broadband video revolution. Master key trends transforming the world of broadcast television and the Web with this guide to...

Hands-On Guide to Windows Media is a practical guide that teaches how to distribute audio and video efficiently and effectively over computer networks. This book enables you to get up and running quickly and focuses on one of the most popular tools in...

"John Rhodes' Videoconferencing for the Real World, is a one of the world's most comprehensive blueprints on the awesome power of videoconferencing."From the Foreword by Brad CaldwellChairman ICIA and President ofIntegrated Media Services, Anaheim,...

This book provides a critical political economic examination of the impact of increasingly concentrated global media industries. It addresses different media and communication industries from around the globe, including film, television, music,...

This book explores the purpose, practice and effects of public relations (PR) at a time that has been variously described as an era of populism, post-truth and fake news. It considers how PR processes have contributed to the current social condition of...

Combining literary criticism and theory with anthropology and cognitive science, this highly relevant book argues that we are fundamentally shaped by dialogue. Patrick Grant looks at the manner in which dialogue informs and connects the personal,...

This innovative text reinvigorates argumentation studies by exploring the experience of argument across cultures, introducing an anthropological perspective into the domains of rhetoric, communication, and philosophy. The Anthropology of Argument fills...

Self and Other in an Age of Uncertain Meaning explores the nature and origins of widespread problems of self in modern societies. It examines the paradoxical interplay between the modern world's many benefits and freedoms, and its mounting social...

By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, this textbook gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing persuasive writing and speaking in a wide range of settings and in...

There have been noticeable demographic changes recently in the use of English around the world. English as a medium of communication is now the contact language of native speakers from many diverse speech communities who interact with each other in...

Journalism Beyond Orwell adapts and updates pioneering work by Richard Lance Keeble to explore George Orwell's legacy as a journalist in original, critical - and often controversial - ways.Though best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen...

From the start, women were central to a century of westward migration in the U.S. Community Building and Early Public Relations: Pioneer Women's Role on and after the Oregon Trail offers a path forward in broadening PR's Caucasian/White male-gendered...

Approaches to Specialized Genres provides a timely update of the field of genre studies, with 14 cutting-edge contributions split into five sections using and integrating an exceptionally wide variety of methods and perspectives (such as ESP genre...

Examines the paradoxes inherent in the search for symbolic immortality, arguing that there is only one truly serious literary problem: the transmission of texts to posterity.

A professional introduction to the end-to-end process of digital filmmaking!The EDCF Guide to Digital Cinema Production sheds light on the ongoing and confusing transition from analog to digital technology in film production. In addition to a complete...

From the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed sociolinguist to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words.Women and men...

Indicado na bibliografia dos melhores cursos de comunicação do país, este livro faz uma análise minuciosa da profissão de jornalista. Abordando a rotina do repórter e a construção da identidade desse profissional, a autora compõe um rico mosaico,...

Nach über 3 Jahrzehnten Abstinenz begann Thomas Holzapfel 2019 wieder, seine Vision einer Musikreform namens DAS DESINTERESSIERTE KLAVIER als "mühelose Musik" in einigen Tonaufzeichnungen zu dokumentieren. Die Mühelosigkeit fehlt ihm in den Klavierstilen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Medien und Politik, Pol. Kommunikation, Note: 1,0, Hochschule für Politik München, Veranstaltung: Medienpolitik und Medienrecht, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Verfassung der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Sonstiges, Note: 1,3, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Institut für Theater- und Medienwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Proseminar: Die Untoten, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Medien und Politik, Pol. Kommunikation, Note: 1, Universität Salzburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In letzter Zeit gab es in Österreich immer wieder Debatten um die Zahlung der...

This book explores the images of women in Africanoral literature. For girl children in particular, theimages of women are seen as performing the role oftraining the girl child into patriarchal society's ideal woman-described in this book as "the...

There I was: a lone male among more than 30 females.Then it suddenly hit me. I was an oddity - a male ina female profession, public relations. Womenoutnumber men three to one, and the figure isincreasing. But why is this happening? This landmarkstudy...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Medien und Politik, Pol. Kommunikation, Note: 1,7, Universität Paderborn, Veranstaltung: Medien in der Inszenierungsgesellschaft, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1 Historie der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Medien und Politik, Pol. Kommunikation, Note: 2, Universität Siegen, Veranstaltung: Nation&Ethnizität. Neue politische Konfliktlinien?, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser...

Zugänglichkeit ist nicht einfach vorhanden, sondern geht laufend verloren, muss neu geschaffen oder erhalten werden: Vielfältige Mechanismen steuern die Zugänglichkeit von Information über die Zeit hinweg. Hierzu zählen gesellschaftliche Prozesse ebenso...

This handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings. The volume includes theoretical...

The volume has four parts: Part I (Language minorities and inequality) analyses language contact and linguistic diversity as a global phenomenon, Part II (Language planning and language change) focuses on colonialism, imperialism and economics as factors...

Suchmaschinen erschließen Nutzern die Informationsvielfalt des Internets und sind deshalb seit langem das meistgenutzte Angebot im Netz. Technische Neuerungen wie die Autovervollständigungs- oder Personalisierungsfunktion üben dabei einen wachsenden...

Con centotrentadue illustrazioni il celebre artista Leonardo Agosto Rosa raffigura in Espressione e Mimica una vasta gamma di espressioni e gesti italiani.La prima parte comprende 144 illustrazioni del volto e della postura della testa nelle seguenti...

Work Pressures fills the void of research on the nature of pressures on individuals in the workplace. It offers a broad view of how work pressures can compromise the performance and vitality of individuals and their organizations. The contributions to...

Defining Sport Communication is a comprehensive resource addressing core topics and issues, including humanistic, organizational, relational, and mediated approaches to the study of sport communication. It provides foundational work in sport...

This volume examines the consequences, implications, and opportunities associated with issues of diversity in the electronic media. With a focus on race and gender, the chapters represent diverse approaches, including social scientific, humanistic,...