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41. Media Effects

    Advances in Theory and Research, 3rd Edition

    Edited by Jennings Bryant, Mary Beth Oliver

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    With contributions from some of the finest scholars in the discipline, Media Effects serves not only as a comprehensive reference volume for media effects study but also as an exceptional textbook for advanced courses in media effects. Covering the breadth of the media effects arena, this third...

    Published December 17th 2008 by Routledge
42. Electronic Media Criticism

    Applied Perspectives, 3rd Edition

    By Peter B. Orlik

    Electronic Media Criticism introduces readers to a variety of critical approaches to audio and video discourse on radio, television and the Internet. The book applies key aesthetic, sociological, philosophical, psychological, structural and economic principles to arrive at a comprehensive...

    Published November 11th 2008 by Routledge
43. The Media and Social Theory

    Edited by David Hesmondhalgh, Jason Toynbee

    Series: CRESC

    Media studies needs richer and livelier intellectual resources. This book brings together major and emerging international media analysts to consider key processes of media change, using a number of critical perspectives. Case studies range from reality television to professional journalism, from...

    Published May 15th 2008 by Routledge
44. It's Not TV

    Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era

    Edited by Marc Leverette, Brian L. Ott, Cara Louise Buckley

    Since first going on the air in 1972, HBO has continually attempted to redefine television as we know it. Today, pay television (and HBO in particular) is positioned as an alternative to network offerings, consistently regarded as the premier site for what has come to be called "quality television....

    Published April 8th 2008 by Routledge
45. The Journalistic Imagination

    Literary Journalists from Defoe to Capote and Carter

    By Richard Keeble, Sharon Wheeler

    Focusing on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, this new book explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and celebrate the literary qualities of journalism as a genre. Key features include: an international focus taking in writers...

    Published September 16th 2007 by Routledge
46. The Mediation of Power

    A Critical Introduction

    By Aeron Davis

    Series: Communication and Society

    The Mediation of Power investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday activities. Each chapter examines this theme through an exploration of some of the key topics and debates in the field, including: theories of media and power media policy and the...

    Published July 24th 2007 by Routledge
47. Self Versus Others

    Media, Messages, and the Third-Person Effect

    By Julie L. Andsager, H. Allen White

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Self Versus Others explores the third-person effect and its role in media as a means of persuasion. This scholarly work synthesizes more than two decades of research on the third-person effect, the process in which individuals do not perceive themselves to be impacted by particular messages—...

    Published February 21st 2007 by Routledge
48. Explaining Communication

    Contemporary Theories and Exemplars

    Edited by Bryan B. Whaley, Wendy Samter

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Offering a direct sightline into communication theory, Explaining Communication provides in-depth discussions of communication theories by some of the foremost scholars working in communication today. With contributions from the original theorists and scholars known for their work in specific...

    Published October 22nd 2006 by Routledge
49. Children and Television

    Fifty Years of Research

    Edited by Norma Pecora, John P. Murray, Ellen Ann Wartella

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    This seminal volume is a comprehensive review of the literature on children's television, covering fifty years of academic research on children and television. The work includes studies of content, effects, and policy, and offers research conducted by social scientists and cultural studies...

    Published October 15th 2006 by Routledge
50. The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies

    By Michael Pearce

    Series: Routledge Dictionaries

    Filled with real examples of the way people use English in different contexts, The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies is an indispensable guide to the richness and variety of the English language for both students and the general reader. From abbreviation to zero-article, via...

    Published October 4th 2006 by Routledge