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This volume is concerned with the legal structure, the economic concentration and the political dynamics of the West German media in a period of rapid technological change. Adopting a "policy-studies" perspective, the author analyzes the shaping of "communication policies".

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Media and Participation in PostMigrant Societies addresses an important shortcoming in the research on participation in media cultures by introducing a special focus on post-migrant conditions to the discussion both as conceptual refinements and as empirical studies.

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A fascinating survey that shows how America's media and politics have influenced each other over the last 200 years.

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Media and Politics in Contemporary Italy provides a concise but comprehensive and authoritative account of media and politics in Italy over a twenty-year period (19942013), that was dominated by Silvio Berlusconi politically, and by television as channel of political communication.

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Drawing on both philosophy and an investigation of what people actually do with media, this book takes aim at the conventional wisdom and opens up new ways of thinking about media and the way we experience change.

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Drawing on both philosophy and an investigation of what people actually do with media, this book takes aim at the conventional wisdom and opens up new ways of thinking about media and the way we experience change.

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Fought when radio was first introduced, the Press-Radio war was an attempt on the part of print journalists to block the emergence of radio news. For nearly a decade, the newspapers of America fought to keep broadcast journalism off the air, exerting various forms of economic, regulatory, and legal pressure against new competitors.

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This condition is familiar to mental health specialists, and is frequently invoked to explain the erratic and socially destructive behavior patterns of the mentally ill.

Following a brief introduction, Chapter 1 describes the experiential bind and the media's imagery of unreality.

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"A critical approach to the cultural function of news media, arguing that news is an institution that performs a function of social control under the guise of the Fourth Estate"--

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The study of media language is increasingly important both for media studies and for discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. Drawing on examples from TV, radio and the press, the author focuses on changing practices of media discourse in relation to wider processes of social and cultural change.

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This book highlights the progressor lack thereofin media regarding portrayals of women, across genres and cultures within the twenty-first century.

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A "dirty materialist" ride through the media cultures of pirate radio, photography, the Internet, media art, cultural evolution, and surveillance.

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This book analyzes and critiques media education in the university and offers tools for developing a more critical direction. Sholle and Denski present the premises of critical pedagogical theory as a framework for re-orienting media studies programs and the discussion of the role of the media in forming important social self-images.

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This book analyzes and critiques media education in the university and offers tools for developing a more critical direction. Sholle and Denski present the premises of critical pedagogical theory as a framework for re-orienting media studies programs and the discussion of the role of the media in forming important social self-images.

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Journalists tend to go from one story to the next with little time to think deeply about the impact their work has on the people they cover, or how their professional practices might be refined. But what the public sees is often negative: intrusive cameras, shouted questions, rude and aggressive behaviour.

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Certain films seem to encapsulate perfectly the often abstract ethical situations that confront the media, from truth-telling and sensationalism to corporate control and social responsibility.

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The eleventh edition of this authoritative book focuses on the most pressing media ethics issues, including coverage the 2024 elections and the emergence of AI. Enabling students to make ethical decisions in an increasingly complex environment, the book focuses on practical ethical theory for use across the media curriculum.

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This book explores and sheds light on the phenomenon of media feedback, which influences us in many perceived and unperceived ways as we are surrounded by it every day.

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This book explores the history, theory, practice, politics, and efficacy of hoaxing through a study of the media activist group the Yes Men. It examines why media hoaxing has emerged as a significant 21st century activist practice and makes a case for the significance of the media hoax as a positive force in the articulation of utopian politics.