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By 2050 the world will face the enormous challenge of feeding 9 billion people in the face of climate change, rising energy costs and pressure on food-growing land and resources. This is the first scholarly yet accessible account of the global food situation, synthesising the key issues in one volume.

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An authoritative, comprehensive, and highly accessible assessment of the happiest and least happy countries and cities in the world, as well as of the happiest and least happy cities and states in the United States.

Which are the happiest countries in the world and which nations are the least contented

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This collection interrogates representations of humanitarian crisis, catastrophe and care from the mid-twentieth century to the present across a range of media forms. -- .

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Describes in detail the most recent rapid growth and cross border activities and linkages of an industry of large global media conglomerates.

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This analysis of the worldwide impact of new communications technologies shows how ordinary citizens can protect themselves from media brainwashing.

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Global Radio: From Shortwave to Streaming provides an overview of the global dimensions of radio, from its earliest forms to its modern digital and networked systems. This book provides an insight into the global politics and global social impact of radio over many decades of technological changes and industry transformations.

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This book explores the emergence of "sexy violence" imagery in the global media and focuses on how such imagery is used to advance particular interpretations regarding globalization and the role of gender in such projects.

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This book explores the emergence of "sexy violence" imagery in the global media and focuses on how such imagery is used to advance particular interpretations regarding globalization and the role of gender in such projects. The cases analyzed range from serious news journalism and film to social media spectacles, brought under the umbrellas of media production, contents, and perception.

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Globalization's Impact on Cultural Identity Formation examines the range of factors that affect the cultural identity formation of diasporic, queer bodies in the context of globalization. Atay utilizes cyber-ethnography, a critical research method, to investigate these aspects of identity as presented in mediated realities, such as web pages, chat rooms, blogs, and webcams.

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This book offers a practical yet powerful way to understand the psychological appeal and strong motivation to play video games.

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The "Fresh Air" commentator and New York Times contributor artfully shows how our use of language reveals the true mindset of contemporary America

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This book is a critical cultural studies analysis of the CWs hit teen television drama Gossip Girl (20072012). Bindig examines the show in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, and consumerism, and she explores the potential ramifications of popular media texts like Gossip Girl.

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Explores Goths' expressive practices of dress, fashion, style and the body, in relation to issues of identity and representation. This book shares accounts of the author's experiences exploring gender and sexuality and doing fieldwork in the Gothic subculture.

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Explores Goths' expressive practices of dress, fashion, style and the body, in relation to issues of identity and representation. This book shares accounts of the author's experiences exploring gender and sexuality and doing fieldwork in the Gothic subculture.

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Through an examination of texts from diverse periods and media, Gothic Mash-Ups explores the role that appropriation and intertextuality play in Gothic storytelling. Building on recent scholarship on Gothic remix and adaptation, the contributors demonstrate that the Gothic is a fundamentally hybrid genre.

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This in-depth exploration of Goth culture invites fresh understandingand a critique of contemporary mainstream culture by comparison.

Goth culture is extremely diverse, touching on visual art, fashion, film, music, and body aesthetics.

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