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Development Communication
Wiley 2009; US$ 109.95In Development Communication, top media scholars explore the details of communication in areas where modernization has failed to deliver change. Offers a complete introduction to the history of development communication - the process of systematically intervening with either media or education in order to promote positive social change Discusses... more...
Pirate Modernity
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 44.95Using Delhi?s contemporary history as a site for reflection, Pirate Modernity moves from a detailed discussion of the technocratic design of the city by US planners in the 1950s, to the massive expansions after 1977, culminating in the urban crisis of the 1990s. As a practice, pirate modernity is an illicit form of urban globalization. Poorer urban... more...
Convergence Media History
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 37.95Convergence Media History explores the ways that digital convergence has radically changed the field of media history. Writing media history is no longer a matter of charting the historical development of an individual medium such as film or television. Instead, now that various media from blockbuster films to everyday computer use intersect regularly... more...
Cultural Studies in Question
SAGE Publications 1997; US$ 62.00This major text draws on an outstanding group of internationlly acclaimed scholars and offers a critical reappraisal of the contemporary practice of cultural studies. It focuses in particular on the contribution of cultural studies to the understanding of media, communications and popular cultures in contemporary societies. more...
Media Events in a Global Age
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 39.95"This volume assembles an estimable range of critical analyses of one of the most important mediated artifacts of the modern world?the media event. The authors challenge the construct, extend its usefulness, expand its theoretical basis and application, and examine media events in a far larger and richer context than ever before. Students of global... more...
Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 138.00South-East Asia is one of the most complex regions in the world as far as ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity is concerned with an extremely rich ancient and contemporary history. Because of this, it offers an exceptionally rich field of study for inter-ethnic relations. This book examines interethnic relationships between groups and the dynamics... more...
Culture-on-Demand
Wiley 2008; US$ 115.95This highly original, thought-provoking book – written by a pioneer of communication studies – is the first to analyze the post 9/11 world in terms of global media and popular culture. Written in an engaging and candid manner by a leading expert in this field Argues that cross-cultural understanding can only be achieved by harnessing... more...
Digital Material
Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 39.95A compelling study of the often controversial role and meaning of the new media and digital cultures in contemporary society more...
Cultural Studies
Wiley 2010; US$ 98.95This hands-on survey introduces students to the diverse fields that comprise cultural studies, from visual culture to popular music and new media. It can be used as a standalone text or is the perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies: An Anthology . Provides a comprehensive overview of the field, from cyberculture and digital media to... more...
In The Vernacular
University of Queensland Press 2009; US$ 17.99Collecting important works from one of Australia's leading scholars of media, culture, and policy, this study brings sharper focus upon both historical and industrial contexts. Engaging with the global debate on multiethnic societies by focusing on creativity ?at the margins,? this survey argues that industrial and social trends in media, communications,... more...









