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A Social History of the Media

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful over...

Badvertising - Polluting our Minds and Fuelling Climate Chaos

Uncovers the devastating psychological, social and environmental costs of advertising

Boston Mass-Mediated - Urban Space and Culture in the Digital Age

In the mid-nineteenth century, Boston fashioned itself as a global hub. By the early 1970s, it was barely a dot on the national picture. ...

Breaking the Social Media Prism - How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing

"A eye-opening look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online--and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on soc...

Constant Disconnection - The Weight of Everyday Digital Life

"The weight of constant digital connection is the default condition of working life, home life, and everyday personal life - driving us t...

Contending with Codes in a World of Difference - Transforming a Theory of Human Communication

Contending with Codes in a World of Difference presents a new set of original, fieldwork-based case studies that examine speech codes in ...

Digital Humanities and the Cyberspace Decade, 1990-2001 - A World Elsewhere

Setting out a history of cyberspace and its relationship with the discipline that was to become digital humanities, this book is an accou...

Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa - Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society

This edited volume argues that digital media technologies and platforms are essential for the preservation of Indigenous languages and Af...

Diverging the Popular, Gender and Trauma Aka the Jessica Jones Anthology

Jessica Jones made her first Marvel Comics appearance in Alias #1, November 2001, and went on to star in three ongoing series. In 2015 th...

Empire of the Elite - Condé Nast and the American publishing dream

Indigenous Dispossession, Anti-Immigration, and the Public Pedagogy of Us Empire

Traces the ways that the United States created its empire through public pedagogies surrounding Indigenous dispossession, gendered state ...

Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker - The Dark Side of Film Fandom

This book focuses on fan discourse and discussion surrounding Todd Phillips's Joker (2019), analyzing how far-right ideologues covertly p...

Media Ownership, Journalism and Diversity: What's Wrong with Media Monopolies?

Migration and the Media - Debating Chinese Migration to Italy, 1992-2012

The first book to analyse cultural dynamics of Chinese migration to Italy, Migration and the Media compares Italian, Chinese migrant, and...

Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan - Reading the Regency

Romance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new re...

Social Media and Society - An Introduction to the Mass Media Landscape

Exploring social media's integration with modern society, this text empowers students as social media consumers and creators. The thoroug...

Societal Deception - Global Social Issues in Post-Truth Times

This book provides a comprehensive overview of 'societal deception' - how and why people are deceived and led to believe fake news. Coher...

Sport and the Media - Managing the Nexus

Any successful manager in sport must have a clear understanding of how the media works and the skills to manage the communication process...

Strategic Management in the Media - Theory to Practice

Drawing from a wider range of disciplines than is often the case in media management research, this fully revised third edition of the cl...

Strategic Social Media Management - Theory and Practice

This textbook provides a lively introduction to the fast-paced and multi-faceted discipline of social media management, with internationa...

The Construction of Race in Les Misérables Fanworks - Liberty, Equality, Diversity

By analyzing contemporary Les Misérables online fandom, how can we conceptualize fandom racism, especially when it complicates the typica...

The Information Behavior of Wikipedia Fan Editors - A Digital (Auto)Ethnography

The Information Behavior of Wikipedia Fan Editors: A Digital (Auto)Ethnography explores the information practices of the many Wikipedia "...

Understanding Media - Communication, Power and Social Change

An authoritative and accessible guide to the world's most influential force - the contemporary media Our lives are more mediated than eve...

Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs - From Policy to Podium

By examining China's foreign policy strategy of using "Wolf Warrior" diplomats to challenge American hegemony, this book provides valuabl...