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Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge by Feona Attwood 9780230284050
Booksplease Price: £90.56Offering a series of case studies of recent media controversies, this collection draws on new perspectives in cultural studies to consider a wide variety of images. The book suggest how we might... -
More Ten Minute Plays by Michael Bigelow Dixon 9780573693076
Booksplease Price: £14.24This sequel to the best-selling anthology contains contemporary plays by some of the world's most important writers. All are perfect for classes and showcases. Contents: After You. Steven Dietz... -
New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen by Philip N. Howard 9780521612272
RRP: £26.00Booksplease Price: £24.60The political campaign is one of the most important organizations in a democracy, and whether issue or candidate specific, it is one of the least understood organizations in contemporary political... -
The Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, Class, and Culture Online by Safiya Umoja Noble 9781433130014
RRP: £123.45Booksplease Price: £110.17From race, sex, class, and culture, the multidisciplinary field of Internet studies needs theoretical and methodological approaches that allow us to question the organization of social relations that... -
New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen by Philip N. Howard
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £68.43The political campaign is one of the most important organizations in a democracy, and whether issue or candidate specific, it is one of the least understood organizations in contemporary political... -
Understanding Cultural Globalization by Paul Hopper 9780745635576
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £49.05Understanding Cultural Globalization is a comprehensive and highly accessible introduction to the critical debates surrounding cultural globalization. Paul Hopper leads the reader through the varied... -
The Handbook of Internet Studies by Mia Consalvo
RRP: £40.95Booksplease Price: £37.58The Handbook of Internet Studies HANDBOOKS IN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA "Highly recommended." CHOICE "A state-of-the-art collection that represents and celebrates the diversity of theoretical and... -
Understanding Cultural Globalization Paul Hopper (University of Brighton) 9780745635583
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £16.19Understanding Cultural Globalization is a comprehensive and highly accessible introduction to the critical debates surrounding cultural globalization. Paul Hopper leads the reader through the varied... -
The Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, Class, and Culture Online by Safiya Umoja Noble 9781433130007
RRP: £30.50Booksplease Price: £28.27From race, sex, class, and culture, the multidisciplinary field of Internet studies needs theoretical and methodological approaches that allow us to question the organization of social relations that... -
Roberto Busa, S. J., and the Emergence of Humanities Computing: The Priest and the Punched Cards Steven E. Jones 9781138587250
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £35.44It's the founding myth of humanities computing and digital humanities: In 1949, the Italian Jesuit scholar, Roberto Busa, S.J., persuaded IBM to offer technical and financial support for the... -
Most Wanted Andi Osho 9780008431013
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.24All Naya and Jake want is their own home. That's not too much to ask, right? 'A wildly original, darkly funny love story about desperation, house prices, and making terrible... -
Sonic Technologies: Popular Music, Digital Culture and the Creative Process Robert Strachan (Lecturer in Music, University of Liverpool, UK) 9781501310621
Booksplease Price: £27.58Awarded a Certificate of Merit at the ARSC Awards for Excellence 2018 In the past two decades digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way we think about, make and use popular music... -
Digital Media and Society: An Introduction by Adrian Athique 9780745662282
RRP: £62.50Booksplease Price: £55.73The rise of digital media has been widely regarded as transforming the nature of our social experience in the twenty-first century. The speed with which new forms of connectivity and communication... -
Digital Media and Society: An Introduction Adrian Athique (University of Waikato) 9780745662299
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £28.09The rise of digital media has been widely regarded as transforming the nature of our social experience in the twenty-first century. The speed with which new forms of connectivity and communication... -
A Murder in Eight Cocktails by Kelly Mullen 9781529945188
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.46‘Every single character jumps off the page. This book will intoxicate you from the very first sip.’ Jeremy Vine 'As fun as murder gets!' Stacey HallsMix one old flame with a splash of suspicion for... -
Teaching Communication and Media Studies: Pedagogy and Practice Jan Fernback 9780415886642
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94Designed for communication/media educators and graduate students, Teaching Communication and Media Studies is a practical and conceptual guide to teaching university courses in communication and... -
Life at the Extremes by Frances Ashcroft 9780006551256
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival. How do people survive extremes of heat,... -
Castells and the Media: Theory and Media by Philip N. Howard 9780745652580
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £40.55One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and communication technologies on social life... -
Community in the Digital Age: Philosophy and Practice by Andrew Feenberg 9780742529595
Booksplease Price: £61.62Is the Internet the key to a reinvigorated public life? Or will it fragment society by enabling citizens to associate only with like-minded others? Online community has provided social researchers... -
Key Concepts in Critical Cultural Studies by Linda Steiner
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.14This volume brings together sixteen essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. Taking into account the vicissitudes of political, social, and... -
Castells and the Media: Theory and Media Philip N. Howard (University of Washington) 9780745652597
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.48One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and communication technologies on social life... -
Cyberpsychology by Angel J. Gordo-Lopez
Booksplease Price: £44.76Cyberpsychology explores the connections between modes of information and the management of the individual in the context of new technologies. Tracing historical and contemporary lines of argument,... -
Key Concepts in Critical Cultural Studies by Linda Steiner 9780252035067
RRP: £88.00Booksplease Price: £71.14This volume brings together sixteen essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. Taking into account the vicissitudes of political, social, and... -
Legends of the Security Services Industry: Profiles in Leadership Keith I. Oringer 9781032259048
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £38.84The global contract security market now totals over $200 billion, with the number of private security officers exceeding that of public law enforcement officers. But this wasn’t always the case... -
Digital Fandom: New Media Studies by Paul Booth 9781433110719
RRP: £101.45Booksplease Price: £89.37This book re-evaluates the way we examine today's digital media environment. By looking at how popular culture uses different digital technologies, Digital Fandom bolsters contemporary media theory... -
Hacking: Digital Media and Technological Determinism Tim Jordan (Open University) 9780745639727
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £15.23Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies. On the one hand, hackers infect the computers of the world,... -
Produsing Theory in a Digital World 2.0: The Intersection of Audiences and Production in Contemporary Theory - Volume 2 by Rebecca Ann Lind 9781433127298
RRP: £123.45Booksplease Price: £110.17Continuing the explorations begun in the first Produsing Theory volume, this book provides a site at which varied theories - some still emerging - can intersect and shine a light into the spaces... -
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life Prof Richard Dawkins 9781474606455
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £9.41A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written, featuring new fractal diagrams, six new 'tales' and the latest scientific developments.THE ANCESTOR'S TALE is a... -
Advertising and Societies: Global Issues, Second Edition by Barbara Mueller 9781433103858
Booksplease Price: £55.02Now in its second edition, Advertising and Societies: Global Issues provides an international perspective on the practice of advertising while examining some of the ethical and social ramifications... -
Produsing Theory in a Digital World 2.0: The Intersection of Audiences and Production in Contemporary Theory - Volume 2 by Rebecca Ann Lind 9781433127281
RRP: £32.95Booksplease Price: £30.39Continuing the explorations begun in the first Produsing Theory volume, this book provides a site at which varied theories - some still emerging - can intersect and shine a light into the spaces... -
Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11: Horror, Exploitation, and the Cinema of Sensation by Aaron Michael Kerner
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £28.96Saw, Hostel, The Devil's Rejects: this wave of horror movies has been classed under the disparaging label "torture porn." Since David Edelstein coined the term for a New York magazine article a few... -
Online Territories: Globalization, Mediated Practice and Social Space by Miyase Christensen 9781433107979
Booksplease Price: £30.73Online Territories brings key research and writings in the interdisciplinary study of new media and society together to answer questions arising from the ways in which online technologies are... -
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society by Bill Bryson 9780008301620
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.42Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal... -
The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project by Daniel J. Kevles 9780674136465
Booksplease Price: £34.27The human genome is the key to what makes us human. Composed of the many different genes found in our cells, it defines our possibilities and limitations as members of the species. The ultimate goal... -
Darwin by William Brown 9780521131957
RRP: £21.00Booksplease Price: £20.41Charles Darwin can easily be considered one of the most influential scholars of his time. His thoughts, ideas, research and writings have had a far reaching impact and influence on modern thought in... -
Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming by Shing-Ling S. Chen 9781793615435
Booksplease Price: £37.81Legal and Ethical Issues of Live Streaming explores the potential legal and ethical issues of using live streaming technology, citing that although live streaming has a broadcasting capability, it is... -
Participatory Culture, Community, and Play: Learning from Reddit by Adrienne L. Massanari 9781433126789
RRP: £130.55Booksplease Price: £116.34What does online community look like in the age of social networking? How do participatory culture platforms reflect both their designers' intentions and the desires of their users? In this incisive... -
Participatory Culture, Community, and Play: Learning from Reddit by Adrienne L. Massanari 9781433126772
RRP: £33.50Booksplease Price: £30.86What does online community look like in the age of social networking? How do participatory culture platforms reflect both their designers' intentions and the desires of their users? In this incisive... -
Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Kathryn Harkup
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £12.41A thrilling and gruesome look at the science that influenced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time... -
Cold Blood: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians by Richard Kerridge
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16As a boy, Richard Kerridge loved to encounter wild creatures and catch them for his back-garden zoo. In a country without many large animals, newts caught his attention first of all, as the nearest...