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Alternative Journalism, Alternative Voices
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95Bringing together new and classic work by Tony Harcup, this book considers the development of alternative journalism from the 1970s up until today. Bringing theory and practice together, Harcup builds an understanding of alternative media through the use of detailed case studies and surveys. Including opinions of journalists who have worked in... more...
Journalism Across Boundaries
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00Journalistic activity crosses national borders in creative and sometimes unexpected ways. Drawing on many interviews and newsroom observation, this book addresses an overlooked but important aspect of international journalism by examining how journalists carry out their daily work at the transnational and regional transborder level. more...
Women, Infanticide and the Press, 18221922
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95Goc applies Critical Discourse Analysis to infanticide news in the period 1822-1922 to reveal both the broader patterns and the particular rhetorical strategies journalists in England and Australia used to report on infanticidal women. Her study is a rich and nuanced treatment of how infanticide narratives were politicized in the press and woven into... more...
From Headlines to Hard Times - I Went From Presenting The News to Sleeping Rough. This is The True Story of My Rise to the Top, My Demise and My Salvation
John Blake Publishing 2010; US$ 8.47In his heyday as a top television news broadcaster, Ed Mitchell interviewed high-profile politicians such as Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair. He commanded a six-figure salary, travelled the world and had a seemingly perfect family life. But, behind the scenes, Ed was battling the demons of alcohol and debt which led ultimately to his... more...
Der witzige, tiefe, leidenschaftliche Kierkegaard
Universitätsverlag Winter 2013; US$ 56.08Hauptbeschreibung Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts setzt in Deutschland und Österreich eine breite Kierkegaard-Rezeption ein. Die Begeisterung für die Schriften des Dänen erfasst Philosophen, Theologen und Schriftsteller. Diese Arbeit konzentriert sich auf die Bedeutung Kierkegaards für die Literatur und fragt nach ihren Gründen und Funktionen. Wozu... more...
Breaking News
Wiley 2004; US$ 24.95An inside look at the shocking decline of Reuters. * Features exclusive interviews with Reuters staffers, competitors, and clients * Written by two former Reuters journalists * Examines one of the biggest stories in recent journalism history more...
De-Scribing Empire
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 43.95De-Scribing Empire is a stunning collection of first-class essays. Collectively they examine the formative role of books, writing and textuality in imperial control and the fashioning of colonial world-views. The volume as a whole puts forward strategies for understanding and neutralising that control, and as such is a major contribution to the field.... more...
A Magazine of Her Own?
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 45.95Like the corset, the women's magazines which emerged in the nineteenth century produced a `natural' idea of femininity: the domestic wife; the fashionable woman; the romancing and desirable girl. Their legacy, from agony aunts to fashion plates, are easily traced in their modern counterparts. But do these magazines and their promises empower or disempower... more...
What News?
Taylor and Francis 1991; US$ 157.00A survey of the role and the future prospects of the local press in the 1990s. The authors also take into account the radical changes the local press have been through with new technology and the proliferation of free newspapers. more...
The Press and Popular Culture
SAGE Publications 2001; US$ 58.00Martin Conboy explores the complex and dynamic relationship between the popular press and popular culture. He argues for the importance of an historical perspective in understanding the contemporary relationship between the popular and the press. The book concludes with an analysis of the popular press in a globalized media environment. more...









