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Reflects on human experiences in a digital age.
Examines costs of mediated communication and convenience.
Investigates cultural shifts from technology’s influence.
Highlights risks to face-to-face interactions and emotions.
Discusses alienation and control in modern society.
Encourages reclaiming community, patience, and real connections.
A philosophical invitation to recover our humanity.
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Price Range: $24.99
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Master strong communication principles effectively.
Connects research to everyday life experiences.
Engaging magazine-style readings and pop culture references.
Explores social media's impact on relationships.
Diverse perspectives enhance understanding of relationships.
Includes compelling visuals and thought-provoking activities.
MindTap digital resources available for enhanced learning.
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Price Range: $78.50
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Practical communication skills for personal and professional use.
Reader-friendly text connects theory to real-world practice.
New Chapter 2 focuses on social media communication.
Integrated coverage of mediated communication throughout the book.
Diverse examples and engaging readings enhance understanding.
Compelling cartoons and vibrant photos bring concepts alive.
Popular culture references make learning relatable and fun.
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Price Range: $89.56
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Explores objects across diverse academic disciplines.
Includes writings from renowned scholars and practitioners.
Features original 'object lessons' for innovative study.
Presents classic debates and encourages new discussions.
Enhances understanding of visual culture and object dynamics.
Bridges gaps between various fields of study.
Encourages students to develop observational skills.
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Price Range: $59.39
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Explores Ryan Murphy's influential media career.
Analyzes queer themes in his diverse works.
Considers intersectional perspectives in LGBTQ+ representation.
Engages renowned scholars and emerging voices.
Suitable for Gender and Media studies students.
Highlights unique queer sensibility in storytelling.
Advances understanding of evolving gender identities.
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Price Range: $33.23
6
Updated edition of a cult classic guidebook.
Navigates confusion in the information age.
New maps for understanding data effectively.
Aesthetic considerations vs. clarity in information.
Humorous insights with engaging black-and-white cartoons.
Discussion on communication in modern work environments.
Author is a renowned architect and publisher.
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Price Range: $34.26
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Comprehensive account of publishing's digital transformation.
Explores conflicts between traditional and new publishing models.
Analyzes the rise of ebooks and self-publishing.
Highlights the impact of audiobooks on the industry.
Discusses new players challenging established publishing norms.
Examines resilience of print books in digital age.
Essential reading for book enthusiasts and industry professionals.
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Price Range: $29.26
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Explores unproduction studies in American film industry.
Analyzes unmade, unseen, and unreleased films.
Utilizes archival methods for historical research.
Highlights forgotten figures in film history.
Examines structural forces behind unproduced projects.
Essential for scholars in film and media studies.
Case study based on PCA records analysis.
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Price Range: $24.95
9
Explores humor's role in American politics.
Written by diverse political science experts.
Analyzes media's portrayal of political humor.
Investigates humor's impact on political discourse.
Ideal for media and politics courses.
Engaging insights for public opinion studies.
Combines humor with serious political analysis.
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Price Range: $66.99
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Explores the significance of media interfaces.
Contrasts optimistic and pessimistic views on media.
Proposes the concept of the 'interface effect.'
Analyzes various forms of digital culture.
Engages with philosophy and cultural theory.
Focuses on interfaces as aesthetic activities.
Questions the political implications of interfaces.
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Price Range: $22.95
11
Invaluable collection of Stuart Hall's influential writings.
Covers key cultural studies topics and concerns.
Features classic texts and new interviews with Hall.
Includes contributions from prominent cultural critics.
Analyzes Hall's impact on cultural studies globally.
Addresses issues of race, ethnicity, and identity.
Comprehensive bibliography of Stuart Hall's works included.
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Price Range: $45.05
12
Visually stunning and mentally stimulating insights.
Encourages deeper observation of everyday objects.
32 short chapters for accessible learning.
Transforms perception of nature and mind.
Explores beauty in mundane experiences.
Combines artistic and scientific perspectives effectively.
Inspires curiosity about the world around us.
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Price Range: $33.61
13
Teach students to distinguish true from false information.
Develop critical thinking and media analysis skills.
Implement constructivist media decoding in classrooms.
Incorporate CMD across all grade levels.
Connect CMD with project-based and social-emotional learning.
Provide real-life examples of CMD implementation.
Empower students to navigate a complex media landscape.
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Price Range: $33.41
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Explores adaptations across various media forms.
Challenges critical views on adaptations' value.
Examines adaptation as a storytelling process.
Offers a comprehensive study of adaptation's breadth.
Reconsiders the book versus movie debate.
Illuminating insights from renowned scholar Linda Hutcheon.
Essential reading for adaptation enthusiasts and scholars.
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Price Range: $9.99
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Analyzes U.S. military actions in Fallujah, Iraq.
Explores memory of military heroics versus civilian casualties.
Discusses media's role in shaping war narratives.
Examines military influence on public information dissemination.
Highlights the impact of mediatization on contemporary warfare.
Offers insights for media and communication studies students.
Reframes propaganda as targeted knowledge manipulation strategy.
Price Range: $165.43
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Comprehensive guide to television studies.
Explores production techniques and viewer interpretation.
Updated methods and theories for modern teaching.
New chapter on production modes included.
Integrates discussions on media convergence.
Over 300 high-quality illustrations included.
Companion website with educational resources available.
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Price Range: $39.15
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Features debates from 40 renowned art theorists.
Explores diverse perspectives on photography's nature.
Provocative insights into photography's role in society.
Challenges traditional views of photographic representation.
Part of Routledge's influential Art Seminar series.
Encourages critical thinking about photographic definitions.
Ideal for students and enthusiasts of photography theory.
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Price Range: $39.96
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Explores the allure of photography's power.
Imaginary dialogue with Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida.
Examines meaninglessness in photographic imagery.
Discusses the pain of powerful visual experiences.
Extensively illustrated with a range of images.
Highlights photography's unique expressive capabilities.
Investigates the complexity of seeing and perception.
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Price Range: $42.66
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Explores television audience dynamics and pleasures.
Challenges criticisms of cultural studies approach.
Provides insights from Ien Ang's recent writings.
Discusses popular television without naive populism.
Encourages critical engagement with media audiences.
Designed for scholars and media enthusiasts alike.
Promotes deeper understanding of audience interactions.
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Price Range: $39.71
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Challenges traditional social responsibility model of journalism.
Proposes individual-first paradigm for media survival.
Documents print journalism's significant circulation decline.
Explores impact of blogs and user-generated content.
Examines financial struggles of major newspapers.
Argues for a mindset shift in journalism practices.
Highlights the importance of meeting individual news demands.
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Price Range: $52.87
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Pioneering anthology establishing Dolls Studies as a field.
Revises definitions of dolls and their significance.
Includes diverse age ranges beyond childhood.
Explores dolls in nontraditional cultural contexts.
Utilizes innovative methodologies and theoretical frameworks.
Analyzes how dolls shape identities and ideologies.
Features contributions from leading scholars in the field.
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Price Range: $42.87
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Explores sound’s role in educational practices.
Encourages performative listening and writing techniques.
Transforms classroom interactions through sound awareness.
Creates relationships between bodies, classrooms, and pedagogy.
Offers fragments of sound as learning opportunities.
Invites further exploration of listening in education.
Re-imagines educational spaces through sound experiences.
Price Range: $100.05
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Comprehensive analysis of digital journalism in India.
Focuses on marginalized groups' perspectives.
Explores women's, Dalits', and Muslims' voices.
Provides alternatives to mainstream news narratives.
In-depth interviews with digital journalism practitioners.
Insights into India's new media landscape.
Valuable resource for media and journalism studies.
Price Range: $64.99
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Explores Victorian science popularizers' impact.
Focuses on over thirty influential writers.
Examines dramatic lecturing techniques and styles.
Highlights the role of women in science.
Discusses tensions between religion and science.
Insights into the market for scientific knowledge.
Offers new perspectives on scientific authority.
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Price Range: $29.97
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Explores Asian American masculinity and cultural politics.
Reconceptualizes the model minority narrative effectively.
Analyzes racial and gendered subjectivities in-depth.
Discusses self-subjugating and self-flagellating masochism.
Examines cultural performances across various media.
Challenging traditional Asian Americanist perspectives thoughtfully.
Engages with literature, theater, and video games.
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Price Range: $31.57
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Explores realism in twentieth-century Indian novels.
Analyzes cultural and social contexts of literature.
Highlights key themes and narrative techniques.
Interdisciplinary approach for diverse academic audiences.
Addresses evolving gender and identity representations.
Links literary trends to historical developments.
Essential for students of Indian literature and culture.
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Price Range: $37.56
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Explores relationships of presumed intimacy in media.
Analyzes audience identification with celebrities and personalities.
Investigates media's role in managing intimacy.
Discusses cultural and political consequences of intimacy.
Examines intimacy as a performance in social settings.
Provides critical insights into network society dynamics.
A significant contribution to media and cultural studies.
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Price Range: $21.80
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Accessible introduction to mass communication concepts.
Encourages critical thinking about media consumption.
Storytelling approach enhances material retention.
Real-life examples illustrate mass communication principles.
Highlights impact of digital media and COVID-19.
Revised Eighth Edition with updated content.
Explores diverse dimensions of mass communication.
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Price Range: $103.20
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Explores Spanish horror cinema and TV's recent boom.
Analyzes key filmmakers and their influential works.
Discusses cultural anxieties behind horror's rise.
Investigates distinctive traits of Spanish horror productions.
Considers political and social influences on cinema.
Features diverse critical and theoretical perspectives.
Essential reading for horror film enthusiasts and scholars.
Price Range: $111.40
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Explores collective memory post-Second World War.
Analyzes Holocaust memory's transformation over time.
Examines tensions in personal vs. official commemoration.
Addresses issues of false memory and denial.
Highlights new German memory after Berlin Wall's fall.
Discusses victimhood and European memory contexts.
Combines theory with historical case studies effectively.
Price Range: $35.00
