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Convergent media and privacy
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Dwyer, Tim,

With Media Convergence, Tim Dwyer has given us a bold restatement of the political economy approach for a 21st century media environment where traditional industry silos are collapsing, and where media users are increasingly engaged with the production and distribution of media and not simply its consumption. The book displays considerable attention to institutional detail and comparative analy…

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-
ISBN/ISSN
9781137306869
Collation
vii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Title
Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business
Call Number
302.23 DWY m
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Celebrity and power: fame in contemporary culture
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Marshall, P. David.

Simultaneously celebrated and denigrated, celebrities represent not only the embodiment of success, but also the ultimate construction of false value. Celebrity and Power questions the impulse to become embroiled with the construction and collapse of the famous, exploring the concept of the new public intimacy: a product of social media in which celebrities from Lady Gaga to Barack Obama are ex…

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2nd ed
ISBN/ISSN
9780816695621
Collation
lii, 290 pages ; 23 cm
Series Title
-
Call Number
306.0973 MAR c
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Fashion cultures revisited: theories, explorations and analysis
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Bruzzi, StellaGibson, Pamela Church.

Following on from the ground-breaking collection Fashion Cultures, this second anthology, Fashion Cultures Revisited, contains 26 newly commissioned chapters exploring fashion culture from the start of the new millennium to the present day. The book is divided into six parts, each discussing different aspects of fashion culture:Shopping, spaces and globalisationChanging imagery, changing mediaA…

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2nd ed
ISBN/ISSN
9780203130544
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xx, 419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Title
-
Call Number
[KOM-LIB-207]
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Wordplay and the discourse of video games: analyzing words, design, and play
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Paul, Christopher A.

In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul examines the broader social discourse about gaming, including: the way players are socialized into gam…

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ISBN/ISSN
9780415893060
Collation
x, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Title
Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture
Call Number
[KOM-LIB-206]
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The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies
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Wolf, Mark J. P.Perron, Bernard.

The number of publications dealing with video game studies has exploded over the course of the last decade, but the field has produced few comprehensive reference works. The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies, compiled by well-known video game scholars Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, aims to address the ongoing theoretical and methodological development of game studies, providing stu…

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ISBN/ISSN
9780415533324
Collation
xxiv, 518 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series Title
Routledge companions
Call Number
[KOM-LIB-205]
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Interpersonal communication: putting theory into practice
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Solomon, Denise.Theiss, Jennifer.

Some of us may believe that interpersonal communication is a matter of common sense or that skillful communication is an innate ability that you either have or you don’t. In this text, Denise Solomon and Jennifer Theiss demonstrate that interpersonal communication skills are not just common sense; nor are they mysterious qualities that defy learning. Interpersonal Communication: Putting Theor…

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-
ISBN/ISSN
9780415807517
Collation
444 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Series Title
-
Call Number
[KOM-LIB-135]
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The handbook of communication and corporate reputation
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Carroll, Craig E.

With the latest insights from the world of communication studies into the nature of corporate reputation, this new addition to Wiley-Blackwell’s series of handbooks on communication and media reflects the growing visibility of large businesses’ ethical profiles, and tracks the benefits that positive public attitudes can bring. Serves as the definitive research collection for a fast-growing…

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-
ISBN/ISSN
9780470670989
Collation
xxvii, 622 pages ; 26 cm.
Series Title
Handbooks in communication and media
Call Number
[KOM-LIB-124]