Understanding Media Culture

Visual Communication: Understanding Images in Media and Culture provides a theoretical and empirical toolkit to examine implications of mediated im...

DescriptionFrom its origins in academic discourse in the 1970s to our collective imagination today, the concept of "rape culture" has resonated in ...

bell hooks' writings have been touchstones for major debates in the "culture wars", fostering insight into many central questions in communication ...

The fully updated fourth edition of this lively and accessible book argues for the central role of media in understanding and shaping globalization...

Reducere. Marshall McLuhan has been described as Canada's most exciting and original thinker, a member of the small company of intellectual geniuses this cou...

We are all aware of social media and how it is seamlessly integrated into our private and public lives as everyday users, but this book aims to pro...

This book offers a new, interdisciplinary model for understanding audience engagement as a type of behaviour, a form of response and a cost to audi...

Our technologies rely on an ever-expanding infrastructure of wires, routers, servers, and hard drives-a proliferation of devices that reshape human...

A cross-disciplinary tour-de-force, The Genes of Culture integrates insights from philosophy, the physical sciences, social psychology and cultural...

The Heart Of Any Language Is Found Within Its Culture... As anyone who has learned a foreign language will tell you, all language is an experience....

"Obscenity" is central to an understanding of medieval culture, and it is here examined in a number of different media.

Now updated in a second edition, this comprehensive and theoretically rich overview of global media production and reception analyses the subject t...

Reducere. DescriptionOne of the first transnational, feminist studies of Canada's black beauty culture and the role that media, retail, and consumers have pl...

In a crucial shift within posthumanistic media studies, Bernhard Siegert dissolves the concept of media into a network of operations that reproduce...

`The 11 comprehensive and well-documented chapters provide critical insights toward understanding these complex domains and their contemporary role...

Reducere. Mass communication is a sub-field of communication studies and often associated with media studies. It is the process by which a person or organiza...

This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and qu...

Reducere. What is popular culture? Why study popular culture in an academic context? An Introduction to U.S. Popular Culture: People, Politics, and Power int...

Japan, 1972 takes an early-seventies year as a vantage point for understanding how Japanese society came to terms with cultural change. Yoshikuni I...

This book focuses on the philosophy of Chinese martial arts film, arguing that philosophy provides a key to understanding the whole genre.Publisher...

Contributor(s): Author: Edward PandemoniumThe Karma Sutra is a 9-lesson course in understanding and alleviating karmic burdens and limitations. Eac...

It's no secret that teenagers are perpetually connected via social media and mobile devices, but while we've analyzed as a culture how youth are co...

Drama and Digital Arts Cultures is a critical guide to the new forms of playful exploration, co-creativity, and improvised performance made possibl...

DescriptionHow streaming services and internet distribution have transformed global television culture. Television, once a broadcast medium, now al...

DescriptionHow streaming services and internet distribution have transformed global television culture. Television, once a broadcast medium, now al...

From couture fashion to opulent perfumes and decadent food, the luxury goods and services industry has grown at an unprecedented rate even in the c...

DescriptionTechnological changes have radically altered the ways in which people use visual images. Since the invention of photography, imagery has...

Reducere. The actions of a young woman to honor her aborted brother ignite a national firestorm that changes the lives of everyone involved. American Antigon...

Reducere. DescriptionThere's no avoiding popular culture--we've been enculturated into it. What does it mean to be faithful Christians in a pop culture world...

Reducere. Newly Revised & Updated! For students grades 6 -8, ages 11-14. Revised and updated edition of the best-selling dictionary written especially for mi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jonathan HolmesForeword by: Ed WelchFriendship: it's one of the simplest of human relationships in comparison to marriage o...

Reducere. The United States is a nation imperfectly founded but one in which all citizens now enjoy equal freedoms and justice under the law. Unfortunately, ...

Reducere. The United States is a nation imperfectly founded but one in which all citizens now enjoy equal freedoms and justice under the law. Unfortunately, ...

Reducere. In the tradition of The Sociopath Next Door, clinical psychologist Joseph Burgo's The Narcissist You Know is a "clear, easily digestible" (Kirkus R...

DescriptionNarrative Theory and Adaptation offers a concise introduction to narrative theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can ...

Reducere. In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots ac...

To stay competitive in today's market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric practices that focus on outcomes rather than outpu...

DescriptionIn this lavishly illustrated work, Zeina Maasri tells the tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster wars which rag...

In City of Screens Jasmine Nadua Trice examines the politics of cinema circulation in early-2000s Manila. She traces Manila's cinema landscape by f...

DescriptionYou have a voice in this culture...a culture that is literally spinning out of control.The Warrior Within will strengthen, encourage and...

Do not read this book unless you are ready to see the world differently...Psychological Warfare: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Human Behavior...

Reducere. If you want to discover how to detect when some people uses lies and manipulation, then keep reading...Two manuscripts in one book: Psychological W...

Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Over the past thirty years, serial killers have become iconic figures in America, the subject of made-f...

Reducere. Emotional intelligence is an important trait for success at work. IQ tests are biased against minorities. Every child is gifted. Preschool makes ch...

Reducere. Design makes a tremendous impact on the produced world in terms of usability, resources, understanding, and priorities. What we produce, how we ser...

Agnes Varda is a prolific film director, photographer, and artist whose cinematic career spans more than six decades. Today she is best known as th...

Reducere. On Dana Claxton's multimedia investigations of colonialism's destructiveness and the resurgence of First Nation cultureDana Claxton (born 1959) is ...

In this innovative book, Gundula Kreuzer argues for the foundational role of technologies in the conception, production, and study of nineteenth-ce...

Media philosopher Vil m Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, s...

DescriptionFree Speech and Censorship: Examining the Facts is part of a series that uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of cl...

Reducere. Introduction to Public Relations: Strategic, Digital, and Socially Responsible Communication presents a comprehensive introduction to the field of ...

Reducere. The focus of this book is on how applying the principles, practices, strategies, and strengths of servant leadership can help leaders revolutionize...

Reducere. Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are es...

This book explores the weird and mean and in-between that characterize everyday expression online, from absurdist photoshops to antagonistic Twitte...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Dana MorningstarAre you in a relationship or dynamic with a person that can be best described as an emotional rollercoaster...

Reducere. How long has Spanish been spoken in the US and how many people speak it today? Is Spanish being passed down through generations? What role does Spa...

Reducere. DescriptionHACKINGComputer hacking is an often misunderstood activity, with hackers being portrayed in the media as all being criminals and deviant...

Reducere. "And now, a carriage approaches, to take you into the boundless realm of the supernatural..." Since its opening at Walt Disney World in 1971, more ...

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle clas...

The release of No Time To Die in 2020 heralds the arrival of the twenty-fifth installment in the James Bond film series. Since the release of Dr. N...

Reducere. Our children are growing up in a hypersexualized world. It is a subject that most Muslim parents find difficult and awkward to discuss with their c...

Reducere. What is the connection between physics and consciousness? In this groundbreaking new book, Samuel Avery presents the quantum screen, a paradigm-shi...

Reducere. Decency and Deception: Encouragement for a Struggling Nation, takes the reader on an information pack journey looking at the events that transpired...

Reducere. For decades, psychologists, and researchers have studied core values, what Dr. Senka Holzer's calls "psychological DNA." These core values are the ...

Discover what your future holds with BuzzFeed Oracle Cards, a mystical keepsake set of 100 oracle cards and an illustrated guidebook for modern-day...

DescriptionFood brings people together, but can it help heal the racial divide? At The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, a star Black woman chef and a foo...

Reducere. Merit Award, 2007 Christianity Today Theology/Ethics Book With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it be...

Reducere. DescriptionUncommon Love is a landmark Bible study and the first of its kind. In a culture where gay rights, gay marriage, and a surplus of gender ...

Our kids are under tremendous stress and pressure, with a rapidly changing culture demanding more and more from them. More attention, more screens,...

Reducere. How well are you keeping up with the hottest topics in our world today?Should we legalize marijuana?Are the Kardashians good or bad for feminism?Is...