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The News Interviewby Steven Clayman; John Heritage; Paul Drew
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 46.00This much-needed work examines the place of the news interview in Anglo-American society as well as its historical development. Through analyses of well-known interviews, the book explores the relationship between journalists and public figures, and reveals the tensions beneath the surface of the nightly news. more...
Broadcast Journalismby Andrew Boyd
Elsevier 2000; US$ 62.95This new edition of Broadcast Journalism is a major revision to the premier textbook in its field and a standard primer for broadcasting courses. It is an up-to-date practical manual for would-be reporters eager to enter the hectic arenas of radio and TV news. Broadcast Journalism offers a vivid insight into the world of electronic reporting, taking you behind the scenes at ITN and the BBC World Service. Join camera crews on a stakeout at the High Court, and capture the atmosphere in the studios of the world's largest news organisation. All the essential skills are covered, with step-by-step instruction in reporting, recording and editing using the latest equipment. Coverage for radio and TV includes: - Newswriting - Newsgathering - Newsreading... more...
Rebel Journalismby George Burchett; Nick Shimmin; John Pilger
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 23.00An anthology of the writing of Wilfred Burchett, perhaps the greatest journalist and war correspondent Australia has ever produced. more...
Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjectionsby Robert Appelbaum
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 18.00We didn’t always eat the way we do today, or think and feel about eating as we now do. But we can trace the roots of our own eating culture back to the culinary world of early modern Europe, which invented cutlery, haute cuisine , the weight-loss diet, and much else besides. Aguecheek’s Beef, Belch’s Hiccup tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. Named after characters in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night , this lively study draws on sources ranging from cookbooks to comic novels, and examines both the highest ideals of culinary culture and its most grotesque, ridiculous and pathetic expressions. Robert Appelbaum paints a vivid picture... more...
Mr Playboyby Steven Watts
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 16.95The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon "Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages."- Newark Star Ledger "Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography."- Chicago Sun Times "This is a fun book. How could it not be? Watts aims to give a full account of the man, his magazine and their place in social history. Playboy is no longer the cultural force it used to be, but it made a stamp on society."- Associated Press "In Steven Watts' exhaustive, illuminating biography Mr. Playboy , Hefner's ideal for living -- marked by his allegiances to Tarzan, Freud, Pepsi-Cola and jazz -- proves to be a kind of gloss on the Protestant... more...
The Subversive Copy Editorby Carol Fisher Saller
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 13.00Each year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online . Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor standoff, wherein both parties refuse to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling: "This author is giving me a fit." "I wish that I could just DEMAND the use of the serial comma at all times." "My author wants his preface to come at the end of the book. This just seems ridiculous to me. I mean, it’s not a post -face." In The Subversive Copy Editor , Saller casts aside this adversarial view and suggests new strategies... more...
Tabloid Televisionby John Langer
Routledge 1997; US$ 42.95This book provides an eclectic and intriguing look at one of the most maligned areas of television news; John Langer offers some interesting speculation about where television news may be heading. more...
Understanding Journalismby John Wilson
Routledge 1996; US$ 33.95Understanding Journalism covers all the areas that make journalism controversial and provides refreshing, jargon-free insights into the workings of journalism. more...
Power Without Responsibilityby James Curran; Jean Seaton
Routledge 1997; US$ 35.95This book is a classic and authoritative introduction to the history, sociolgy, theory and politics of students and teachers of media and communication studies. more...
Magazines Handbookby Jenny McKay
Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95The Magazines Handbook is a comprehensive introduction to the magazine industry. Tracing the development of magazine publishing, Jenny McKay explores the business of magazines and the role of the magazine journalist. more...