Media Studies

This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture.This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected ... More

Edward Said takes an unusually sharp and penetrating look at the way in which the experts, the policy-makers and the media have dealt with the crisis in Iran and the Middle East. He shows how our traditional misunderstandings of the outside world have led us to continue to misunderstand events of en... More

This is an extremely useful and informative book that provides everything an activist needs to know for communicating effectively through the media. The book explains how you can stage an event or stunt that will put an issue that concerns you in the news. It takes you through the entire process, st... More

India produces more films than any other country in the world, and thesc works are avidly consumed by non-Western cultures in Africa, Eastern Europe, thc Middle East, and by the Indian communities in Australia, Britain, the Caribbean Islands, and North America. Jyotika Virdi focuses on how this domi... More

Al-Jazeera, the independent, all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, emerged as ambassador to the Arab world in the events following September 11, 2001. Arabic for "the island," Al-Jazeera has "scooped" the western media conglomerates many times. With its exclusive access to Osama Bin Laden... More

Read and Learn - How to use the media's appetite for information to your beat advantage. - The facts and fiction about how the media work. - Tv. Radio and Print - which medium is best for your story - How to put your best face forward - 36 guidelines for interview... More

The events of September 11 continue to resonate in powerful, yet sometimes unexpected ways. For many journalists, the crisis has decisively recast their sense of the world around them. The familiar notions of what it means to be a journalist, how best to practice journalism, and what the public can ... More

In an increasingly cluttered media landscape, an elite group of brands stands out: newspapers, magazines and broadcasters with longevity, power, and instant brand recognition. Over decades-and often centuries-they have consolidated their positions against fierce competition, the rise and fall of the... More

The belief that the media plays a central role in a functioning democracy anchors this examination of the constant give-and-take between politics and the media. The variety of themes addressed includes opinion polls and public opinion, how national identity is shaped by the media, and the loss of pu... More

Andrew Burn and David Parker outline how multi-modality theory can be used to analyze texts whicj employ multiple semiotic modes and media, in such a way that a balanced consideration is given to the characteristics of each mode, how they integrate, and how they distribute textual functions between ... More

If you haven’t heard it before, media convergence is here to stay. There’s radio on the Net, Net telephone, Internet facility in television and scientists have developed Personal Area Network (PAN) technologies that allow people to operate systems at their home through an attached chip! And ther... More