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Oppositions and Ideology in News Discourse
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 140.00Constructed opposition has proved as viable an area of research as traditional antonymy, and a useful tool in looking at ideologically orientated texts. This book investigates how binary oppositions are constructed discursively and the potential ideological repercussions of their usage in news reports in the British press. The focus is particularly... more...
Medienberufe und Steuern
Springer 2012; US$ 31.99Die Beratung von Künstlern und Medienberufen verlangt ein breites Wissen in Recht und Steuern, denn neben den steuerlichen Vorschriften sind oft Fragen der Sozialversicherung oder der Vertragsgestaltung zu beachten. Zahlreiche Beispiele und Checklisten machen den kompakten Leitfaden besonders praxisnah. Ein wertvoller Ratgeber für Journalisten,... more...
Conversational Storytelling among Japanese Women
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 135.00This book presents research findings on the overall process of storytelling as a social event in Japanese everyday conversations focusing on the relationship between a story and surrounding talks, the social and cultural aspects of the participants, and the tellability of conversational stories. Focusing on the participants? verbal and nonverbal behavior... more...
Media Work
Wiley 2013; US$ 22.95The media are home to an eclectic bunch of people. This book is about who they are, what they do, and what their work means to them. Based on interviews with media professionals in the United States, New Zealand, South Africa, and The Netherlands, and drawing from both scholarly and professional literatures in a wide variety of disciplines, it offers... more...
Ill Effects
Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95Ill Effects argues that the question of media influence needs to be debated by those with a clearer understanding of how audiences and media interact with one another. more...
Hollywood Nation
Crown Publishing Group 2005; US$ 14.95Now entering Hollywood Nation?where fact blurs with fiction, virtue with vice Millions of Americans are outraged by the radical politics of self-appointed celebrity pundits like Michael Moore, Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, and Susan Sarandon. And actually, these stars? public pronouncements could be the least of our worries, as New York Times bestselling... more...
Heroes and Villains
Baylor University Press 2007; US$ 24.95Mike Alsford introduces us to a range of heroic and villainous archetypes on a journey through film, television, comic books, and literature. On the way, he addresses questions such as: What is a true hero? What is a true villain? Have we misunderstood these terms? What kind of societal values do our mythical heroes and villains represent? In trying... more...
Representing Health
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 50.00Representing Health addresses the importance of the media in shaping and reflecting public perceptions and attitudes to health and illness. more...
Understanding The Local Media
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 203.00How will local media deal with the challenge of the Internet? This work explains how regional newspapers and broadcast news are owned, regulated and organized; how these factors produce the outputs we see and hear; what we know of audiences' attitude to them; and discusses local media as places of work. more...
Guerrillawinkels, het SoCo Experiment en een volgende Big Bang
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 12.75Steeds minder mensen geloven de informatie waarmee ze elk moment van de dag bestookt worden. Daar is niets mis mee en getuigt van een gezonde twijfel, een kritische houding, mondigheid. Het is echter wel een probleem voor het vak, dat voor haar inkomen afhankelijk is van de verkoop van informatie die waar is: de journalistiek. Onder invloed van brede... more...









