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Communication and Aging

de Jon F. Nussbaum, Loretta L. Pecchioni & James D. Robinson

This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first edition, emphasizing...

Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology

de Gary M. Olson, Thomas W. Malone & John B. Smith

The National Science Foundation funded the first Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology initiative to look at systems that support collaborations in business and elsewhere. This book explores the global...

Violence on Television: Distribution, Form, Context, and Themes

de Barrie Gunter, Jackie Harrison & Maggie Wykes

Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and violence...

Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning

de Ference Marton, Amy B.M. Tsui & Pakey P.M. Chik

Classroom Discourse and the Space of Learning is about learning in schools and the central role of language in learning. The investigations of learning it reports are based on two premises: First, whatever you...

Communication and Emotion: Essays in Honor of Dolf Zillmann

de Jennings Bryant, David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen & Joanne Cantor

This collection serves two important functions: it synthesizes theory and research in the vital and vibrant area of communication and emotion, and it highlights the scholarly work and contributions of Dolf Zillmann,...

Handbook of Language and Social Interaction

de Kristine L. Fitch & Robert E. Sanders

This Handbook stands as the premier scholarly resource for Language and Social Interaction (LSI) subject matter and research, giving visibility and definition to this area of study and establishing a benchmark...

Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

de Anu Garg

A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words

In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents...

Inside Prime Time

de Todd Gitlin

Prime time: those precious few hours every night when the three major television networks garner millions of dollars while tens of millions of Americans tune in. Inside Prime Time is a classic study of the workings...

Fear, Power, and Politics: The Recipe for War in Iraq after 9/11

de Mary Cardaras

The book explores the dynamic and dysfunctional relationships between the executive and legislative branches of government and the news media after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Their collective behavior...

Audio Production Worktext: Concepts, Techniques, and Equipment

de Sam Sauls & Craig Stark

Providing insight into the impact media convergence has had on the radio industry, this new edition delivers an excellent introduction to the modern radio production studio, the equipment found in that studio,...

HTML5 Mobile Websites: Turbocharging HTML5 with jQuery, Sencha Touch, and Other Frameworks

de Matthew David

Build HTML5-powered mobile web experiences with the aid of development frameworks that speed the development of Native App-like experiences. Build on your foundation of HTML and JavaScript with a complete understanding...

Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation

de Deborah A. Macey, Kathleen M. Ryan & Tanja N. Aho

Media scholars attempt to assess how the media informs and shapes the way we view our lives. This book explores the multiple influences of television in a media landscape that is becoming increasingly fractured....

Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives

de Jane Campbell, Theresa Carilli & Kimiko Akita

Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives comprises 15 articles that address how the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities are depicted in the media. This collection of articles focuses on how the...

A Word a Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

de Anu Garg & Suti Garg

"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!"

-Barbara Wallraff

Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word...

The Formation of Campaign Agendas: A Comparative Analysis of Party and Media Roles in Recent American and British Elections

de Holli A. Semetko, Jay G. Blumler & Michael Gurevitch

This unusual volume seeks to accomplish three related goals:

* to assess the extent and limits of media power in election campaigns

* to extend the concept of media agenda-setting to include the contributions...

The Language of Work

de Almut Koester

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation...

Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents

de Wendy J Hajjar

Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents is a three-stage ethnographic study of media use by the elderly in long-term care facilities....

Communications Technology Handbook

de Geoff Lewis

This is the first point of reference for the communications industries. It offers an introduction to a wide range of topics and concepts encountered in the field of communications technology. Whether you are...

Global Information Society: Technology, Knowledge, and Mobility

de Mark I. Wilson, Aharon Kellerman & Kenneth E. Corey

This unique and empowering text offers a comprehensive, global perspective on the information society from a broad social science perspective. The authors, at the forefront of this dynamic field, provide an...

Tricks Journalists Play: How the Truth is Massaged, Distorted, Glamorized and Glossed Over

de Dennis Barker

Dennis Barker has written a hard-hitting expose of the erosion of standards and values in the media world of newspapers, TV and radio over the past twenty years, in particular those of integrity, independence...