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Media and Audiences
McGraw-Hill Education 2003; US$ 151.00Ranges across a wide literature, taking both a chronological as well as thematic approach, in order to explore the ways in which the audience, as an analytical concept has changed, as well as examining the relationships which audiences have with texts and the ways in which they exert their power as consumers. more...
The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media
Wiley 2011; US$ 207.95The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media offers original insights into the complex set of relations which exist between gender, sex, sexualities and the media, and in doing so, showcases new research at the forefront of media and communication practice and theory. Brings together a collection of new, cutting-edge research exploring a number of different... more...
Gendered Media
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 28.99Gendered Media addresses the broad topic of gender and media, where 'gender' is not simply a shorthand for 'woman' but also embraces masculinitiy/ies, queer, lesbian and gay identities. Karen Ross provides the necessary historical context against which to read recent sex- and gender-based media phenomena such as Big Brother, Terminator, girls' use... more...
Women and Media
Wiley 2008; US$ 121.95Women and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s. Rooted in a series of interviews with women media workers and activists collected specifically for this book, the text provides an original insight into women’s experiences.... more...
Women and Media
Wiley 2008; US$ 64.95Comprised of original research in diverse genres and medias, Women and Media: International Perspectives brings together eight international scholars to explore key issues of the gender-media relation. Provides important insights into how gender is implicated in media industries. Address key issues of the gender-media relation, from an analysis... more...
The Media and The Public
Wiley 2010; US$ 93.95The Media and the Public explores the ways a range of media, from the press to television to the Internet, have constructed and represented the public. Provides a new synthesis of recent research exploring the relationship between media and their publics Identifies ways in which different publics are subverting the gatekeeping of mainstream media... more...
Who Is Leading Our Schools?
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95Analysing data on school administrator's careers and the factors influencing decisions to enter these careers, this book finds three primary areas for concern: state and local variations in financial rewards, barriers to entry into the field and the numer of administrators nearing retirement. more...
Private Giving to Public Schools and Districts in Los Angeles County
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95A pilot study of schools and districts in Los Angeles County. The authors identify the private givers to public education; examine public-private partnerships that have developed and the mechanisms used to secure private resources; and identify the various types of private giving. more...
Rhetoric Versus Reality
RAND Corporation 2000; US$ 9.95The authors examine the evidence on vouchers in education. They consider how vouchers would affect the academic achievement of participating and non-participating students, which students might use vouchers, who would supply and regulate schooling, and how much a voucher system would cost. more...
Education as Freedom
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 32.99Education as Freedom is a groundbreaking edited text that documents and reexamines African-American empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions to knowledge-making, teaching, and learning and American education from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century, a dynamic period of African-American educational thought and activism. Education... more...
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