Political Communication in Postmodern Democracy: Challenging the Primacy of P…

This edited collection examines the changing faces of political communication in contemporary democracy. Based on comparative investigations of recent trends in the Netherlands and Great Britain, the essays provide fresh insights and new empirical evidence into the public representation of media-centred politics.

The dynamics of political communication: media and politics in a digital age

What impact do news and political advertising have on us? How do candidates use media to persuade us as voters? Are we informed adequately about political issues? Do twenty-first-century political communications measure up to democratic ideals? The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age, Second Edition explores these issues and guides us through current politic…

Handbook of communication for development and social change

This handbook provides a single reference resource for communication for development and social change. Increasingly, one considers communication to be crucial to effectively tackle the major problems of today. Hence, the question being addressed in this handbook is, is there a right communication strategy? Perspectives on sustainability, participation, and culture in communication have changed…

Understanding media: the extensions of man

This reissue marks the thirtieth anniversary (1964-1994) of McLuhan's classic expose on the state of the then emerging phenomenon of mass media. Terms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon, and McLuhan's theories continue to challenge our sensibilities and our assumptions about how and what we communicate. There has been a notable r…

Mobile Computing

Mobile computing technology address challenges that enable the realization of the global village concept where people can seamlessly access any information from anywhere though any device, while stationary or even at a state of mobility.

Making social worlds: a communication perspective

How one acts during "critical moments" can change the world. The tools and concepts of CMM - Coordinated Management of Meaning - show us how to discern and to act wisely during the moments that shape our future. This text presents the most accessible introduction to CMM, one of the groundbreaking theories of speech communication." "In an age in which what happens anywhere affects us everywhere,…

Mediating the message in the 21st century: a media sociology perspective

This book offers a theoretical approach to media content in the twenty-first century, with an added focus on entertainment media and the Internet

Media sociology

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9780415051101

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1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations

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302.2 BAR m

Mass communication : living in a media world

Mass Communication: Living in a Media World" presents a highly accessible introduction to mass communication that equips students with the critical thinking skills they need to become savvy media consumers. To help students better retain the material, author Ralph E. Hanson uses a storytelling approach that weaves in examples drawn from everyday life. Readers are encouraged to consider the medi…

The emergent organization: communication as its site and surface

This volume explores communication in organizations and advances the theory that an organization is both a pragmatic and cognitive construction. It is written for scholars in organizational communication, org studies, management, and related fields.