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A smart and surprising political inventory for how America can reunite and revitalize in a time of crisis.

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This book presents background information on the current literary theory known as reader response and examines ways in which response and the teaching of literature has been researched and the findings of that research.

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This book presents background information on the current literary theory known as reader response and examines ways in which response and the teaching of literature has been researched and the findings of that research.

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From 1940 to 1954, The Bell was notable as an outspoken liberal voice at a time of political and intellectual stagnation. While primarily a literary magazine, it is now mostly discussed in the context of its hard political criticism. Carson has unearthed a wealth of sources to put The Bell in its social as well as literary contexts. -- .

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From 1940 to 1954, The Bell was notable as an outspoken liberal voice at a time of political and intellectual stagnation. While primarily a literary magazine, it is now mostly discussed in the context of its hard political criticism. Carson has unearthed a wealth of sources to put The Bell in its social as well as literary contexts. -- .

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As the mission, relevance and intellectual orientation of development studies is increasingly being challenged, this collection of essays argues for the continued necessity to ground the field in a critical political economy approach informed by the contributions of Ashwani Saith.

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This book is a response to the growing concern by social critics that we are becoming a de-voiced society through our preferences for hyper-textual, image-based forms of electronic connectivity. It interrogates the relational losses we suffer when we forget the value of the enchanting voice within immediate ear-to-ear relations.

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This book is a response to the growing concern by social critics that we are becoming a de-voiced society through our preferences for hyper-textual, image-based forms of electronic connectivity. It interrogates the relational losses we suffer when we forget the value of the enchanting voice within immediate ear-to-ear relations.

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This book examines how to more successfully recruit, retain and engage millennial employees in various industries for increased job satisfaction and organizational performance. Experts in various areas of organizational communication share insight and best practices for working with millennials.

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This comprehensive study examines the case of AM stereo and subsequent technologies to demonstrate the FCC's evolution from stern to reluctant regulator.

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This book explores the ways in which Black masculinities are created, negotiated, and contested in public spaces, calling on theory and praxis for social change.

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This book explores the ways in which Black masculinities are created, negotiated, and contested in public spaces, calling on theory and praxis for social change.

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This book presents findings from a community-based critical ethnography of two participatory budgeting processes in Denver, Colorado. Providing detailed descriptions of activist communication, the book offers lessons about the state of democratic culture in the US and alternative pathways for public decision making that can realize social justice.

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This book develops a novel framework for studying relational peace and applies it to several empirical cases. It contributes to a more nuanced understanding of peace, beyond the absence of war, by recognising peace as a web of multiple interactions across time, space and levels of analysis.

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Religion and Media in America is a qualitative study of six distinct ways religion, especially Christianity, has been woven into American popular and civic culture. It uses historical and contemporary analysis to explore how Christianity both adapts to and is affected by new media forms.

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This book examines the religious rhetoric of the culture war in America. It offers examples of divisive rhetoric in the first four chapters and a case study in the final chapter of rhetoric that seeks to avoid division and bring a community together.

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This book presents case studies of various athletes, sports, and public relations scenarios with prescriptive advice for those attempting to repair athletic reputations. This invaluable study is an essential resource for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in sports communication and popular culture.

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From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear, to the values that shape our realities, Globalization has affected nearly every aspect of modern life on this planet. Contributors to this book suggest that globalization is supplanting Cold War ideology and they critique mainstream news media coverage of civil disobedience.

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This book provides students with an authoritative, step-by step guide to media and communications research. Now in its second edition, the book includes an increased focus on the internet, concentrating on both how it has developed as a research tool and simultaneously become a research subject in itself.

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This book examines the Black and mainstream presss digital interpretations of the Tea Party during President Barack Obamas first term. It addresses questions surrounding the idea of our society as one that is postracial and the ongoing struggle of Black people to have their voices heard in the mainstream press.

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This book examines the Black and mainstream presss digital interpretations of the Tea Party during President Barack Obamas first term. It addresses questions surrounding the idea of our society as one that is postracial and the ongoing struggle of Black people to have their voices heard in the mainstream press.

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This book examines how languageboth visual and narrativeshapes societys understanding of gender roles, sex, and sexuality and how visual texts work to reimagine and rearticulate healthy intimacy while challenging rape culture and rape myth acceptance.