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Lean In
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 24.95Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women?s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women?s progress in achieving... more...
Lean In
Random House Group Ltd 2013; US$ 22.67Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes, but ask the same women whether they'd feel confident asking for a raise, a promotion, or equal pay, and some reticence creeps in. The statistics, although an improvement on previous decades, are certainly not in women's favour - of 197... more...
The Indian Media Business
SAGE India 2010; US$ 39.95The third edition of Khandekars book moves away from the first two in many ways. It has two new chapterson events and out-of-home mediasegments not covered by any business book so far. It has case studies on a host of companies and issuesfrom The Times Group to the future of newspapers to why the Indian animation business cant... more...
Media and Morality
Wiley 2013; US$ 24.95Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasingly peer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profound significance for the way in which the world is understood by its citizens. It also argues that without... more...
Heavenly Bodies
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 35.95Richard Dyer's classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated, with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since publication of the first edition in 1986. Dyer's illuminating study is based around case studies of three major stars: Marilyn Monroe, Paul Robeson and... more...
The Social Media Reader
NYU Press 2012; US$ 75.00With the rise of web 2.0 and social media platforms taking over vast tracts of territory on the internet, the media landscape has shifted drastically in the past 20 years, transforming previously stable relationships between media creators and consumers. The Social Media Reader is the first collection to address the collective transformation with pieces... more...
Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture
Scribner 2010; US$ 26.00From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs ; Chuck Klosterman IV ; and Eating the Dinosaur , these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans of Klosterman?s writing on media and culture. more...
Monster Loyalty
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 11.99?WE IDENTIFY WITH EACH OTHER. I SEE MYSELF IN MY FANS AND MY FANS SEE THEMSELVES IN ME. I CALL THEM LITTLE MONSTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE MY INSPIRATION.? ?LADY GAGA Famous for her avant-garde outfits, over-the-top performances, and addictive dance beats, Lady Gaga is one of the most successful pop musicians of all time. But behind her showmanship... more...
Children and the Internet
Wiley 2013; US$ 26.95Is the internet really transforming children and young people’s lives? Is the so-called ‘digital generation’ genuinely benefiting from exciting new opportunities? And, worryingly, facing new risks? This major new book by a leading researcher addresses these pressing questions. It deliberately avoids a techno-celebratory approach... more...
Media, Communication, Culture
Wiley 2013; US$ 26.95Media, Communication, Culture offers a bold and comprehensive analysis of developments in the field amidst the effects of postmodernism and globalization. James Lull, one of the leading scholars in the discipline, draws from a wide range of social and cultural theory, including the work of John B. Thompson, Thomas Sowell, Nestor Garcia Canclini, Anthony... more...









