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We are at a defining point in the history of news. Following a surge of fake news, clickbait and conspiracy theories, the 2020s have ushered in a welter of existential threats for public service broadcasting. So, where do we go from here? Former Today...

Traces the history of broadcasting and the infludence developments in broadcasting have had over our social, cultural and economic practices. Examining the broadcasting traditions of the UK and USA, "The Television History Book" make connections between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998013220Author Peter CsathyFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

For over 25 years, Dale Winton (1955-2018) was one of Britain's most popular stars.His warm and winning ways made him one of Britain's most popular and powerful personalities on TV, radio and with live audiences everywhere - but Dale's life was far from...

Want to work as an audio professional in the video games industry? Then this is the book is for you. It provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder.The book covers everything...

The first major biography of Levon Helm, the legendary drummer and singer of the Band. Through rigorous research and interviews with close friends and fellow musicians, author Sandra B. Tooze (Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man) has written an original,...

Recent critically and commercially acclaimed Latin American films such as XXY, Contracorriente, and Plan B create an affective and bodily connection with viewers that elicits in them an emotive and empathic relationship with queer identities. Referring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316316538Author Zack O'Malley GreenburgFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375700088Author John Gregory DunneFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984878991Author Erich SchwartzelFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

Now available in a fully revised and updated sixth edition, Sport Management: Principles and Applications tells you everything you need to know about the contemporary sport industry. Covering both the professional and nonprofit sectors, and with more...

An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the...

The story of Isleworth Studios is essentially that of the British film industry from 1914 to 1952. Beginning with the first British Sherlock Holmes screen adaptation and ending with its Oscar-winning swansong, The African Queen, in the intervening years...

Unique, readable first hand accounts of one of the most significant periods in British television history. Introductory essay from leading academic Julia Hallam (University of Liverpool), sets the creation of Granada in the context of British...

A Los Angeles Times Bestseller Winner of the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards "Ben Fritz crafts an electrifying and essential book that carefully chronicles how Hollywood tradition is collapsing and...

Tom Mangold is known to millions as the face of BBC TV's flagship current affairs programme Panorama and as its longest-serving reporter. Splashed! is the 'antidote to the conventional journalist's autobiography' - a compelling, hilarious and raucous...

Creativity is the fastest growing business in the world.Companies are hungry for people with ideas - and more and more of us want to make, buy, sell and share creative products. But how do you turn creativity into money? In this newly rewritten edition...

This critical study examines the current state of broadcasting in Britain and attempts to describe the mood of broadcasters in the 1980s and the mood of the audiences they serve. A comparison is made between the operation of the UK's oldest and newest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767916356Author Richard AllemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262534529Author Michael D. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787601383Author Jeff BrabecFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Music Sales Ltd

Rocliffe Notes is a compendium for screenwriters and filmmakers which brings together tips and opinions from over 140 film and TV industry professionals, and provides a step-by-step, common-sense guide on how writers and writer-directors can best present...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947937246Author Jeffrey a BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Wisdom of WaltPublisher Wisdom of WaltWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637742204Author Bernard HillerFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Matt Holt BooksPublisher BenBella BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 148mm...

Since the 1930s, the Walt Disney Company has produced characters, images, and stories that have captivated audiences around the world. How can we understand the appeal of Disney products? What is it about the Disney phenomenon that attracts so many...

Just how risky is the movie industry? Is screenwriter William Goldman's claim that "nobody knows anything" really true? Can a star and a big opening change a movie's risks and return? Do studio executives really earn their huge paychecks? These and many...

In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life.The history of Warner Bros. is not just the tale of a...

This compelling account of a turbulent period in the history of the BBC opens at a time of national decline under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, and ends during Margaret Thatcher's iconoclastic Conservative premiership. The...

Benjamin C. Alamar founded the first journal dedicated to sports statistics, the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. He developed and teaches a class on sports analytics for managers at the University of San Francisco and has published numerous...

A propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece California theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow.One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062276704Author Blake J HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

In the 1930s, radio's wide popularity created an important shared experience among Americans, from motorists and pedestrians on the city street to families on the living room couch after dinner. In Radio's Intimate Public, Jason Loviglio shows how early...

Regarded as the undisputed Bible of the movie industry, Ephraim Katz's "The Film Encyclopedia" is the most comprehensive one-volume encyclopedia on film available. This all new seventh edition includes up-to-date additions, and features more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900401128Author Paul RuslingFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint World of RadioPublisher World of Radio

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310956Author Joseph LanzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

She's at the Controls gives a socio-historical examination of the roles of women studio professionals in the UK music industry. At the heart of the book are interviews conducted over six years with 30 female studio practitioners at different stages of...

From the author of the celebrated classic Louder Than Hell comes an oral history of the badass Heavy Metal lifestyle-the debauchery, demolition, and headbanging dedication-featuring metalhead musicians from Black Sabbath and Judas Priest to Twisted...

More than just a simple journey through the history of Pokemon, Daniel Dockery offers an in-depth look at the franchise's many branches of impact and influence. With dozens of firsthand interviews, Monster Kids covers its beginnings as a Japanese video...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358213055Author Joshua RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307388759Author Jeanine BasingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 663gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...