Politics & the Media Books

New and Published Books – Page 5

41. Encoding the Olympics

    The Beijing Olympic Games and the Communication Impact Worldwide

    Edited by Luo Qing, Giuseppe Richeri

    Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

    Encoding the Olympics assembles a uniquely representative international team of media experts to provide a comprehensive review of the global impact of media and cultural communications associated with the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Commissioned by the IOC, this pioneering comparative study – the...

    Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
42. Ambiguities of Activism

    Alter-Globalism and the Imperatives of Speed

    By Ingrid M. Hoofd

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    This volume provides a critical and in-depth investigation of the relationship between alter-globalist thinking and practices and their popular discourses. It examines the ways in which several alter-globalist activist groups (like Indymedia, no-borders campaigns, and forms of climate change...

    Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
43. Foreign Correspondence

    Edited by John Hamilton, Regina G. Lawrence

    Series: Journalism Studies

    Despite the importance of foreign news, its history, transformation and indeed its future have not been much studied. The scholarly community often calls attention to journalism’s shortcomings covering the world, yet the topic has not been systematically examined across countries or over time. The...

    Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
44. Politics and the Media in Twenty-First Century Indonesia

    Decade of Democracy

    Edited by Krishna Sen, David Hill

    Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

    Every political aspirant and activist knows the media are important. But there is little agreement on how an increasingly diversified media operate in post-authoritarian transitions and how they might promote, or impede, the pathways to a sustainable liberal democracy in the 21st century. ...

    Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
45. China's Information and Communications Technology Revolution

    Social changes and state responses

    Edited by Xiaoling Zhang, Yongnian Zheng

    Series: China Policy Series

    In recent years, China has experienced a revolution in information and communications technology (ICT), in 2003 surpassing the USA as the world’s largest telephone market, and as of February 2008, the number of Chinese Internet users has become the largest in the world. At the same time, China...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
46. Political Leadership, Nations and Charisma

    Edited by Vivian Ibrahim, Margit Wunsch

    Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

    This ground-breaking and innovative book examines the influence of charisma on power, authority and nationalism. The authors both apply and challenge Max Weber’s concept of ‘charisma’ and integrate it into a broader discussion of other theoretical models. Using an interdisciplinary approach,...

    Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
47. Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan

    Response and Recovery after Japan's 3/11

    Edited by Jeff Kingston

    Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

    The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan plunged the country into a state of crisis. As the nation struggled to recover from a record breaking magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami that was as high as thirty-eight meters in some places, news trickled out that Fukushima had experienced...

    Published March 1st 2012 by Routledge
48. Military Media Management

    Negotiating the 'Front' Line in Mediatized War

    By Sarah Maltby

    Series: Media, War and Security

    This book examines the practices of actors involved in the media reportage of war, and the ways in which these practices may influence the conduct of modern military operations. War is a complex phenomenon which raises numerous questions about the organization of society that continue to challenge...

    Published February 16th 2012 by Routledge
49. Rethinking the Rhetorical Presidency

    Edited by Jeffrey Friedman, Shterna Friedman

    In The Rhetorical Presidency, Jeffrey Tulis argues that the president’s relationship to the public has changed dramatically since the Constitution was enacted: while previously the president avoided any discussions of public policy so as to avoid demagoguery, the president is now expected to go...

    Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
50. New Media, Politics and Society in Israel

    Edited by Gideon Doron, Azi Lev-On

    This book addresses the social and political landscape of Internet usage in Israel, and studies the formation of a networked information society in the "hi-tech nation". As Israel is considered a highly technologically developed country, it could serve as a model to assess and compare the...

    Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge