Media

From essays to feature articles, from book reports to scripts, in all 37 types of writing are thoroughtly overviewed in this new edition. Solid coverage of good writing principals, subject-specific writing samples for each type of writing covered in the book, and important considerations for writing and the internet, college admissions essays and scholarship applications, and much more all come together in this newly revised classic. Readers will enjoy numerous improvements including: At 448 pages, this edition is much sleeker than the prior edition; All-new sections on term papers, theses, and dissertations; A new, space-saving interior design, making content more easily navigated and offering quicker reference; All-new coverage of the specific considerations when writing for various subjects, including English, social sciences, science, technical subjects, and business; Readers will find fewer samples in the new print edition, but the leaner page count doesn’t eliminate any samples. Readers can find all the samples and more on a companion website. No matter what discipline students are writing for, a sample for the type of paper or composition is available.; Readers will find expanded content on school and college application essays, special program admission essays, and on scholarship application essays. Additional samples of each of these important categories will also be accessible to the reader online. more...

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The feature writers' bible - a complete revision of a classic book more...

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One of America 's most influential writing teachers offers a toolbox from which writers of all kinds can draw practical inspiration. "Writing is a craft you can learn," says Roy Peter Clark. "You need tools, not rules." His book distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writer become more fluent and effective. WRITING TOOLS covers everything from the most basic ("Tool 5: Watch those adverbs") to the more complex ("Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera") and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and love letters, here are 50 indispensable, memorable, and usable tools. "Pull out a favorite novel or short story, and read it with the guidance of Clark 's ideas. . . . Readers will find new worlds in familiar places. And writers will be inspired to pick up their pens." - Boston Globe. "For all the aspiring writers out there-whether you're writing a novel or a technical report-a respected scholar pulls back the curtain on the art." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "This is a useful tool for writers at all levels of experience, and it's entertainingly written, with plenty of helpful examples." -Booklist more...

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The concept of “un-Americanism,” so vital to the HUAC crusade of the 1940s and 1950s, was resoundingly revived in the emotional rhetoric that followed the September 11th terrorist attacks. Today’s political and cultural climate makes it more crucial than ever to come to terms with the consequences of this earlier period of repression and with the contested claims of Americanism that it generated. “Un-American” Hollywood reopens the intense critical debate on the blacklist era and on the aesthetic and political work of the Hollywood Left. In a series of fresh case studies focusing on contexts of production and reception, the contributors offer exciting and original perspectives on the role of progressive politics within a capitalist media industry. Original essays scrutinize the work of individual practitioners, such as Robert Rossen, Joseph Losey, Jules Dassin, and Edward Dmytryk, and examine key films, including The Robe, Christ in Concrete, The House I Live In, The Lawless, The Naked City, The Prowler, Body and Soul, and FTA. more...

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The Indian media is witnessing an explosive situation with newspaper and magazine. circulations increasing in great numbers and television news channels—in. both English and regional languages—going up by the day. Internet news portals,. too, are recording a good number of hits. Journalism, then, holds tremendous promise for both seasoned and budding journalists. However, behind every promise, there lurk dangers and temptations, which must. be scrupulously avoided if the basic values of the profession are to be safeguarded. Otherwise, the relentless spotlight of criticism will turn on journalism and. its practitioners. 21st Century Journalism in India is a path-breaking book that looks at the. practices and theories of journalism in the 21st century. This collection of. writings by practising journalists is perhaps unique in that they have turned. the spotlight on their own profession. The volume is thematically divided into four sections:. - REPRESENTING THE UNREPRESENTED deals with media representation (or lack of. it) of largely ignored sections of society, such as homosexuals, Dalits and. other minorities or weaker groups. - THE PLURALITY OF PRACTICE studies the coverage of vital areas such as economics,. legal issues, science, arts and culture, and humour. - MEDIA IN PERSPECTIVE looks at different kinds of journalistic practices, including. photojournalism. - FUTURE TRENDS discusses newer forms of journalism, like blogging and citizen. journalism. more...

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