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Observation Points
University of Minnesota Press 2012; US$ 83.00National parks are the places that present ideas of nature to Americans: Zion, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone bring to mind quintessential and awe-inspiring wilderness. By examining how rhetoric—particularly visual rhetoric—has worked to shape our views of nature and the “natural” place of humans, Observation Points offers... more...
Reading into Racism
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 56.95Published in the year 1985, Reading into Racism is a valuable contribution to the field of Education. more...
Representing the Family
SAGE Publications 2001; US$ 62.00Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which academic research and welfare policy have colluded with political rhetoric and the popular media to re-invent a mythical ideal family. more...
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Visual Representations and Interpretations
Elsevier Science 2004; US$ 225.00The value of multi-disciplinary research lies in the exchange of ideas and methods across the traditional boundaries between areas of study. It could be argued that many of the advances in science and engineering take place because the ideas, methods and the tools of thought from one discipline become re-applied in another. The topic of "the visual"... more...
Image Critique and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Intellect 2008; US$ 10.00Taking the fall of the Berlin Wall as a key marker in recent history a period in which increasingly we find ourselves watching instant history unfold live on air the book presents a new critical concept of image critique: a double procedure of both a critique of images and the use of images as a means to engage with our contemporary... more...
Allusions in the Press
De Gruyter 2004; US$ 182.00This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how allusions function meaningfully in discourse. It explores... more...
News Ombudsmen in North America
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 122.00This book offers the most comprehensive look to date at the effort of about forty U.S. media organizations to make themselves more accountable. Nemeth provides a critical assessment of the ombudsmen's work from the ombudsmen themselves, their editors, media critics, and scholars. more...
AARP PowerPoint 2010 For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 1.50Add some pizzazz to your presentations Slideshows are one of the best ways to captivate your audience during a presentation, and this one-of-a-kind mini guide will show you how to build great-looking slides, add sound and video, animate your slideshow graphics, and more. Whether you're showing off pictures from your summer vacation or trying to raise... more...







