Forthcoming Newspapers Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Introducing the Language of the News

   A Student's Guide

   By M. Grazia Busa

   Introducing the Language of the News is a comprehensive introduction to the language of news reporting. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the book provides an accessible analysis of the processes that produce news language, and discusses how different linguistic choices promote different...

   To Be Published August 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Contemporary Editing

   3rd Edition

   By Cecilia Friend, Don Challenger

   Contemporary Editing offers journalism students a forward-looking introduction to news editing, providing instruction on traditional newsroom conventions along with a focus on emerging news platforms. This comprehensive text provides students with a strong understanding of everything an editor does...

   To Be Published September 25th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Rise of China and Transformation of the US-China Relationship

   Forging Partnership in the Age of Strategic Mistrust

   Edited by Suisheng Zhao

   The rise of China has transformed Sino-US relations in the 21st century. Although the United States remains atop the global power hierarchy, its relative leverage has become more restraint as China has steadily stepped up as a counterweight to US influence. The Sino-US relationship has, therefore,...

   To Be Published October 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Digital Innovations for Mass Communications

   Engaging the User

   By Paul Martin Lester

   In every field of mass communications—advertising, entertainment studies, journalism, public relations, radio-television-film, tourism, and visual reporting—professionals understand the importance of storytelling. Regardless of whether the finished product is a commercial, an in-depth investigative...

   To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. Advanced Reporting

   Essential Skills for Impact Journalism

   By Miles Maguire

   News gathering is a large, complicated, and often messy task that has traditionally been viewed by journalists as irretrievably idiosyncratic, best learned through trial and error. This book takes the opposite approach, presenting a comprehensive framework and methodology--a protocol--that...

   To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge
6. Popular Media and the American Revolution

   Shaping Collective Memory

   By Janice Hume

   The American Revolution--an event that gave America its first real "story" as an independent nation, distinct from native and colonial origins--continues to live on in the public's memory. Each year on July 4th, the United States honors its history with fireworks and similar patriotic displays...

   To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge
7. Media and Entertainment Law 2/e

   2nd Edition

   By Ursula Smartt

   Ursula Smartt’s Media and Entertainment Law presents a contemporary analysis of the law relating to the media and entertainment industry both in terms of its practical application and its theoretical framework. It provides a clear, current and comprehensive account of this exciting subject, through...

   To Be Published March 14th 2014 by Routledge
8. Mapping Foreign Correspondence in Europe

   Edited by Georgios Terzis

   Series: Routledge Studies in European Communication Research and Education

   The book studies the current trends of foreign correspondence in Europe. The EU’s expansion has had abundant effects on news coverage and some of the European capitals have become home to the biggest international press corps in world. So, who are these "professional strangers" stationed in Europe...

   To Be Published April 30th 2014 by Routledge