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Little Bunch of Madmenby Mort Rosenblum
de.Mo Design Limited 2010; US$ 12.00Interest groups, noble and not, prepackage faux-news from skewed points of view. Governments bypass pesky reporters to go straight to the public. Guesswork and lies stand unchecked and unchallenged. This is cheaper than sending reporters to where real news happens. But we cannot afford the inevitable cost of shutting our eyes to reality. This little book is for people who are not prepared to desert. It is a practical textbook for journalists on reporting beyond borders. And, more, it is a general guide for citizens who want to keep track of their world. more...
Does Writing Have a Future?by Mark Poster; Nancy Ann Roth
University of Minnesota Press 2011; US$ 60.00In Does Writing Have a Future?, a remarkably perceptive work first published in German in 1987, VilTm Flusser asks what will happen to thought and communication as written communication gives way, inevitably, to digital expression. In his introduction, Flusser proposes that writing does not, in fact, have a future because everything that is now conveyed in writingùand much that cannot beùcan be recorded and transmitted by other means. Confirming FlusserÆs status as a theorist of new media in the same rank as Marshall McLuhan, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, and Friedrich Kittler, the balance of this book teases out the nuances of these developments. To find a common denominator among texts and practices that span millennia, Flusser... 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...
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...
Encyclopedia of Languageby N. E. Collinge
Routledge 1989; US$ 410.00This well organised and usefully illustrated encyclopaedia explores human language from every angle, and provides comrehensive reference to the state of knowledge and future directions of its study. more...
Rethinking Public Relationsby Kevin Moloney
Routledge 2000; US$ 198.00PR is a AŁ2.3billion UK industry with up to 50,000 jobs, a poor reputation yet a pervasive influence on politics and markets. more...
Language of Metaphorsby Andrew Goatly
Routledge 1997; US$ 49.95Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, Goatly provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communicative situations. more...
Perspectives on Public Relations Researchby Danny Moss; Dejan Vercic; Gary Warnaby
Routledge 1999; US$ 58.95Examines public relations from a variety of different perspectives such as management, rhetoric theory, practitioner, social psychology and historical. Previously only available in hardback. more...
Researching for Television and Radioby Adele Emm
Routledge 2001; US$ 30.95Researching for Television and Radio is an essential guide to the skills necessary for working as a researcher in the television and radio industries. more...
Journalism and Democracyby Brian McNair
Routledge 1999; US$ 49.95Argues that the media are not `dumbing down', but that the quantity of political information in mass circulation has expanded hugely, while different media have adapted to provide accessible and thorough coverage. more...