Media Theory Books

New and Published Books

1. Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers

   By Stuart Sim

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Postmodernism is an important part of the cultural landscape which continues to evolve, yet the ideas and theories surrounding the subject can be diverse and difficult to understand. Fifty Postmodern Thinkers critically examines the work of fifty of the most important theorists within the...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Biotechnology and Communication

   The Meta-Technologies of Information

   Edited by Sandra Braman

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This volume examines the convergence of biotechnology and communication systems and explores how this convergence directly influences our understanding of the nature of communication. Editor Sandra Braman brings together scholars to examine this convergence in three areas: genetic information and "...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Defending the First

   Commentary on First Amendment Issues and Cases

   Edited by Joseph Russomanno

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   Defending the First provides a collection of new perspectives on the First Amendment in legal and communication contexts. Editor Joseph Russomanno brings together a roster of major figures who have participated in the shaping of First Amendment law over the past 30 years. Readers are taken into a...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. Public Relations in Britain

   A History of Professional Practice in the Twentieth Century

   By Jacquie L'Etang

   In this book the author asks a big question: how did public relations develop in Britain and why? The question is answered through a broad ranging narrative which links the evolution of British public relations in the early twentieth century to key political, economic, social, and technological...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. Managing Uncertainty in Organizational Communication

   By Michael W. Kramer

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   In this book, Michael W. Kramer applies uncertainty reduction theory (URT)--a key theory in current communication scholarship--to the context of organizational communication. Examining URT and the range of research applicable to organizational settings, Kramer proposes a groundbreaking theory of...

   Published April 23rd 2013 by Routledge
6. Disorder and the Disinformation Society

   The Social Dynamics of Networks and Software

   By Jonathan Marshall, James Goodman, Didar Zowghi, Francesca da Rimini

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   Based in both rigorous theoretical work and case studies of software and network usage and installation, this book explores the idea that disruption and disorder are essential to the dynamic composition of contemporary Information Society. It covers topics ranging from organizational and social...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Global Entertainment Media

   Between Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Globalization

   By Tanner Mirrlees

   A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media. In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an analysis of the ownership, production, distribution, marketing, exhibition and consumption of global films and television shows, with an eye to...

   Published March 12th 2013 by Routledge
8. Performing Memory in Art and Popular Culture

   Edited by Liedeke Plate, Anneke Smelik

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   This volume pursues a new line of research in cultural memory studies by understanding memory as a performative act in art and popular culture. The authors take their cue from the observation that art and popular culture enact memory and generate processes of memory. They do memory, and in this...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
9. International Journalism and Democracy

   Civic Engagement Models from Around the World

   Edited by Angela Romano

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation — the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
10. Teaching with the Screen

    Pedagogy, Agency, and Media Culture

    By Dan Leopard

    Teaching with the Screen explores the forms that pedagogy takes as teachers and students engage with the screens of popular culture. By necessity, these forms of instruction challenge traditional notions of what constitutes education. Spotlighting the visual, spatial, and relational aspects of...

    Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge