Lavishly illustrated with 123 up-to-date film stills and productions shots, this is the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the comprehensive leading textbook for…

This book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for…

Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its…

In this successful and well established textbook, Brian McNair examines how politicians, trade unions, pressure groups and terrorist organizations make use of the media. Separate…

Using case studies, interviews, and empirical sources, this book analyzes the strategies and impact of Internet use by civil society actors and asks how useful…

Crisis Communications presents case studies of organizational and individual problems that may become crises, and the communication responses to these situations. Helping professionals prepare for…

This updated second edition provides a clear and concise introduction to the key concepts of semiotics in accessible and jargon-free language. With a revised introduction…

There is a growing body of work examining the ‘consequences’, or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the…

This is the first book to analyze how the technology to alter images and rapidly distribute them can be used for propaganda and to support…