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Digital piracy, audio mashups, The Onion and Wikipedia are all examples of transgression in our current mediascape. This book addresses the multifaceted aspects of transgression in the digital age, from piracy to audio mashups.

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Through biographical sketches concerning several significant traumatic events, this title helps students and working reporters gain insights into the critical components of contemporary journalism practices affecting news judgment, news gathering techniques, as well as legal and ethical issues.

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Through biographical sketches concerning several significant traumatic events, this title helps students and working reporters gain insights into the critical components of contemporary journalism practices affecting news judgment, news gathering techniques, as well as legal and ethical issues.

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The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media.

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(Hardback)

"Examines the rise of Donald Trump through the lens of new media landscapes and cultural shifts that have emerged since the 1980s, when Trump came to prominence"--

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The author of Canical Culture and Adcult analyzes the century in advertising, focusing on the great campaigns, from P.T. Barnum to the Nike's "Just Do It, and describing the dramatic influence of advertising on twentieth-century culture. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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The categories of racial and cultural groups follow the scheme of the 1990 U.S. Census, which provided the most detailed breakdown of race and ethnicity of the American population in the 200-year history of the census.

This sourcebook gives parallel treatment to each of these five census groups.

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Introduces undergraduate students to concepts associated with the study of media fan culture.

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Introduces undergraduate students to concepts associated with the study of media fan culture.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

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The first-ever collection to include a unique and fascinating combination of cinema, animation and games and machinima-- films created in virtual worlds.

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The first-ever collection to include a unique and fascinating combination of cinema, animation and games and machinima-- films created in virtual worlds.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

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Understanding Media Theory is an accessible introduction to mass media theory. The book emphasizes the importance of using theory not only to make sense of the role of the media in society but also to understand particular aspects of the process of mass communication. This is an introduction to theory which students can understand and enjoy.

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"An archaeology of the video game engine examined through the lens of art modding (alterations to video games by players or fans)"--

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Presents a riveting and sobering investigation into Austrlia's race problems, and of how the media demonises Arabs and Muslims. It tells of one man's passionate quest to see justice done, to humanise rather than demonise the people, and how the media get is so wrong.

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The history of HVJ, Vatican Radio, is discussed in this work along with its role in propagating church policies in all areas. Vatican Radio has served as one of the major media instruments of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church since its beginning in 1931.

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Videogame, player, text examines the playing and playful subject through a series of analytical essays focused on particular videogames. -- .

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This handbook presents the views of those who believe violence in the media causes violent behavior and those who remain unconvinced that any such relationship exists, and examines the results of studies on violence in the media and recommendations for its control.

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"A survey of key areas related to digital music and the internet with a focus on how technology impacts the relationship between music and its listeners"--

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