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Intercultural Transmission in the Medieval Mediterranean
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 120.00This volume presents evidence of the extent and effects of intercultural contacts across Europe and the Mediterranean rim, opening up a new understanding of early medieval civilisation and its continuing influence in both Western and Eastern cultures today. From the perspectives of textual transmission, cultural memory, religion, art and cultural traditions,... more...
Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00Studies of intercultural communication in applied linguistics initially focused on miscommunication, mainly between native and non-native speakers of English. The advent of the twenty-first century has witnessed, however, a revolution in the contexts and contents of intercultural communication; technological advances such as chat rooms, emails, personal... more...
Media, Gender and Identity
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 31.95This accessible introduction to the relationship between media and gender draws on queer theory, as well as examples from film, television, and men's and women's magazines. more...
International Radio Journalism
Routledge 1997; US$ 48.95International Radio Journalism is both a theoretical textbook and a practical guide for students of radio journalism, reporters, editors and producers. The book explores the way radio has covered the most important stories this century. more...
Reporting the Israeli-Arab Conflict
Routledge 2004; US$ 124.95For journalists and reporters, the allegation of hegemonic practices constitutes a most serious condemnation. However, this author shows how hegemony is an almost unwitting process which supports the status quo and establishment. more...
Tabloid Television
Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 45.95Fires, floods, accidents, celebrity lifestyles, heroic acts of humble people, cute acts by family pets and the weather. Television's non-news about non-events takes up an increasingly large part of contemporary broadcast journalism, but is regularly dismissed by television pundits as having no place on our screens. To its critics, this 'other news'... more...
News, Gender and Power
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 39.95How do gender relations affect the practice of journalism? Despite the star status accorded to some women reporters, and the dramatic increase in the number of women working in journalism, why do men continue to occupy most senior management positions? And why do female readers, viewers and listeners remain as elusive as ever? News, Gender and Power... more...
Media Technology and Society
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 158.00Challenging the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution', Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms, from the telegraph and the telephone to computers, satellite and virtual reality, is the product of a... more...
Intercultural Communication
Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95Provides support for advanced study of English language and Applied Linguistics. Introduces key theories of intercultural communication and explores how people communicate within and across social groups. Concludes with key readings. more...
Film and Politics in America
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95In A Social Cinema: Film-making and Politics in America , Brian Neve presents a study of the social and political nature of American film by concentrating on a generation of writers from the thirties who directed films in Hollywood in the 1940's. He discusses how they negotiated their roles in relation to the studio system, itself undergoing change,... more...









