The Media and Social Theory

Edited by David Hesmondhalgh, Jason Toynbee

Media studies needs richer and livelier intellectual resources. This book brings together major and emerging international media analysts to consider key processes of media change,...

Will be published May 21st 2008 by Routledge.

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Investigative Journalism

By Hugo de Burgh

Investigative journalism has helped bring down governments, imprison politicians, trigger legislation, reveal miscarriages of justice and shame corporations.

Even today, when much of the media colludes...

Will be published May 23rd 2008 by Routledge.

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Writing for Journalists

By Sally Adams, HARRIETT GILBERT, WYNFORD HICKS, Tim Holmes

Praise for the first edition:

'There are books that are badly written, books that are well written and books that you wish you'd written. This is...

Will be published May 23rd 2008 by Routledge.

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Editing for Today's Newsroom

A Guide for Success in a Changing Profession

By Carl Sessions Stepp

Editing for Today's Newsroom provides training, support and advice for prospective news editors. Through history, analyses, and anecdotes, this book offers a solid grounding to...

Will be published June 5th 2008 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World

By Jesper Stromback, Lynda Lee Kaid

The Handbook of Election Coverage Around the World focuses on the news coverage of national elections in democracies around the globe. It brings together and compares...

Will be published June 5th 2008 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Reporting Disaster on Deadline

By Lee Wilkins, Martha Steffens, Esther Thorson, Greeley Kyle, Kent Collins, Fred Vultee

Will be published June 15th 2008 by Routledge.

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Inside Book Publishing

Fourth Edition

By Giles Clark, Angus Phillips

How do publishers work and make money? Why do they exist?

This expanded and thoroughly revised 4th edition of Inside Book Publishing is designed for...

Will be published June 18th 2008 by Routledge.

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An Introduction to Language and Society

By Martin Montgomery

In this new edition of the bestselling classic textbook, Martin Montgomery explores the key connections between language and social life. Guiding the student through discussions...

Will be published June 24th 2008 by Routledge.

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Book History Through Postcolonial Eyes

Rewriting the Script

By Robert Fraser

This surprising study draws together the disparate fields of postcolonial theory and book history in a challenging and illuminating way.

Robert Fraser proposes that we now...

Will be published June 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Sound Media

From Live Journalism to Musical Recording

By Lars Nyre

FROM MP3 TO MARCONI...

Everyday life is full of soundscapes created by professionals. Sound Media considers how music recording, radio broadcasting and muzak influence people's daily lives...

Will be published June 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Western Media Systems

By Jonathan Hardy

Western Media Systems offers a concise, authoritative and critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe. The book offers a wide-ranging survey...

Will be published June 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Mass Media Ethics

Edited by Lee Wilkins, Clifford G. Christians

This Handbook encapsulates the intellectual history of mass media ethics over the past twenty-five years. Chapters will serve as a summary of existing research and thinking...

Will be published July 23rd 2008 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Communication as Culture, Revised Edition

Essays on Media and Society

By James W. Carey

In this classic text, James W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the...

Will be published July 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Narrating Media History

Edited by Michael Bailey

Based on the work of media historian, James Curran, Narrating Media History explores British media history as a series of competing narratives.

This unique and...

Will be published July 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Language of New Media Design

Theory and Practice

By Radan Martinec, Theo van Leeuwen

This textbook introduces the principles and methods for the analysis and design of non-linear texts, from websites to CD-Roms.

Integrating theory and practice, the book explores a...

Will be published July 31st 2008 by Routledge.

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The Videogames Handbook

By David Surman

Featuring contributions from leading figures in the videogames industry including the international games scholar Henry Jenkins, Simon and Andrew Oliver, directors of Blitz Games; and...

Will be published August 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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Advertising and Public Relations Law

By Roy L. Moore, Erik Collins

Addressing a critical need, this second edition of Advertising and Public Relations Law illustrates the variety of issues and ideas that affect the regulation of...

Will be published August 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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Gatekeeping Theory

By Pamela J. Shoemaker, Timothy Vos

Gatekeeping Theory examines one of the most enduring concepts in mass communication scholarship. Simply put, gatekeeping is the process by which the billions of messages that are...

Will be published August 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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World Cinemas, Transnational Perspectives

Edited by Natasa Durovicova, Kathleen E. Newman

The standard analytical category of "national cinema" has increasingly been called into question by the category of the "transnational." This anthology will examine the premises...

Will be published August 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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Media Today, 3rd Edition

An Introduction to Mass Communication

By Joseph Turow

Media Today puts students at the center of profound changes in the twenty-first century media world -from digital convergence to media ownership- and gives them...

Will be published August 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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