Media & Communications

This book explores the origin and future of "upgrade culture," a collection of cultural habits and orientations based on the assumption that new technologies will rapidly, perpetually, and inevitably emergeThis book will have a broad appeal to...

MTV is the third major breakthrough in music broadcasting, and the first since the late 1960s. "Top Forty" radio was initiated in the 1950s, and along with "free form" or "progressive" rock molded rock music exposure for...

Streaming media has irreversibly revolutionised the ways in which media is transmitted and consumed. Most of us engage with streaming media on a daily basis via platforms that deliver our entertainment: Spotify, YouTube and Netflix are new brands which...

Starting with the belief that learning goes way beyond the classroom, COMversations highlights some of Singapore's top media professionals from print, radio, TV, and social media as they share their communication journeys.Stories from practitioners: Each...

Starting with the belief that learning goes way beyond the classroom, COMversations highlights some of Singapore's top media professionals from print, radio, TV, and social media as they share their communication journeys.Stories from practitioners: Each...

The importance of the daily experience of new information and communication technologies is highlighted by this timely volume. The book is based on work carried out in the European Media Technology and Everyday Life Network and is structured round a...

This book offers an interdisciplinary set of contributions from leading scholars, and explores the complex relationship between media, technology and social movements. It provides a valuable resource for scholars and students working in this rapidly...

The popular notion of a lone scientist privately toiling long hours in a laboratory, striking upon a great discovery, and announcing it to the world is a romanticized fiction. Vincent Kiernan's Embargoed Science reveals the true process behind science...

Are you considering a career in the world of publishing, or simply want to understand more about the industry? If so, The Publishing Business will take you through the essential publishing activities performed in editorial, rights, design, production,...

*Focuses on the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of digital reporting, placing values and concepts above tools so as to help ensure longevity. *Each chapter leads with short interviews, anecdotes and examples from journalists working in that area and concludes with...

A Guide to Commercial Radio Journalism (1999) covers every aspect of the profession, from journalistic practice to media law, and gives detailed instruction on the techniques of editing and using equipment and on the basic skills of writing, reporting...

From its emergence as a modest newspaper to becoming the largest communication group in Argentina, and one of the main communications groups in Latin America, this book examines the media conglomerate Grupo Clarín.Guillermo Mastrini, Martín Becerra and...

*Provides broad coverage of feature writing in variety of media. *Perfect primer for students taking Feature Writing and Journalistic Writing courses, but will also be useful for professionals given its practical nature. *Updated to include more...

*Provides broad coverage of feature writing in variety of media. *Perfect primer for students taking Feature Writing and Journalistic Writing courses, but will also be useful for professionals given its practical nature. *Updated to include more...

The rise of Asia has changed the world, now shaped by greater global connectivity, geopolitics and shifting spheres of influence. Tapping into research and decades of experience in the world’s fastest-moving markets, this book makes a compelling case for...

Sustainability Communication across Asia distils the core components of environmental communication in the diverse milieu of Asian nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and China.The chapters in this book engage readers in a...

Contributing to a rethink of Public Service Media, this book combines theoretical insights and legal frameworks with practice, examining theory and policy development in a bottom-up manner. It explores the practices of Public Service Media across...

Social media generates large amounts of data. A number of new applications have evolved to analyze this data. Integration of generated data needs to be analyzed and visualized in an easy-to-use manner. Digitalization has applications in fields ranging...

The world of publishing is evolving at an ever-increasing speed, with developments in digital workstreams and products, customer expectation, enriched content curation, and user-generated content becoming commonplace. In Publishing in the Digital Age:...

The book reflects on the role of the creative economies in a range of African countries (namely Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda). Chapters explore how creative economies emerge and can be supported in African countries.The contributors...

This book offers the first systematic study of how the 'Anthropocene' is reported in mass media globally, drawing parallels between the use (or misuse) of the term and the media's attitude towards the associated issues of climate change and global...

Global Television (1993) looks at how satellites, fibre optics, compressed digital transmission, and interactive and high-definition television have converged with computer technology to revolutionise TV and film production, TV sets and even the smart...

This book tells the story of diverse online creators--women, ethnic and racial minorities, queer folk and those from hardscrabble backgrounds--producing low budget, high cultural impact web-series which have disrupted longstanding white male domination...

It's a contraption that makes the lists of "Greatest Inventions Ever"; at the same time, it's accused of causing global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits to their voting patterns, to even the way big business...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127895Author Jim DwyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 309g

Sustainability Communication across Asia distils the core components of environmental communication in the diverse milieu of Asian nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and China.The chapters in this book engage readers in a...

Bringing together critical race, queer and decolonial analytical approaches, visual analysis, and multimodal discourse analysis, this book explores the discursive strategies deployed by African luxury brands in an age of cross-platform, intertextual...

At Play presents a collection of work illustrating the wide scope of intellectual dialogue surrounding digital games, as they have become a focal point for the media in recent years and have increasingly become an area of study in academia. Contributors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925523249Author Aaron MannionFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 350g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922235183Author Kevin FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 298g

This book compares American and European media management systems, emphasizing both practical and theoretical implications for successful media organizations. Peter Drucker said the twenty-first century's most important resource would be information, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922633118Author David AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 111g

This book focuses on the transformation of Chinese newspaper companies in aspects of managerial strategies, newsroom practices and interactions with national policies. The comparative case study of two publishers comprises empirical evidence from...

A riveting look at the rise of labor radioBook InformationISBN 9780252073649Author Elizabeth A. Fones-WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Illinois PressPublisher University of Illinois Press

The Future of Creative Work provides a unique overview of the changing nature of creative work, examining how digital developments and the rise of intangible capital are causing an upheaval in the social institutions of work. It offers a profound insight...

Teaches visual literacy, theory, scholarly critique, and practical application of visuals in professional communication careers Visual Communication: Insights and Strategies explores visual imagery in advertising, news coverage, political discourse,...

This volume analyses poverty and welfare reform within a context of low-wage work and the contours of the labour market that welfare recipients are entering. It aims to bring labour into the discussion of welfare reform and creates a bridge between the...

There is hardly an aspect of internet music promotion, sale and distribution which does not have a legal dimension. Since the stakeholders in the process includes artists, their managers, music publishers, record companies, distribution companies and the...

This book reflects critically on issues of diversity, access, and the expansion of digital technologies in audio-visual industries, particularly in terms of economics and policies. It brings together specialists in cultural diversity and media...

This book examines cross-regional film collaboration within the Asia-Pacific region. Through a mixed methods approach of political economy, industry and market, as well as textual analysis, the book contributes to the understanding of the global fusion...