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"An Introduction to Television Studies" is a comprehensive introduction to the field of television studies. It provides resources for thinking about key aspects of television studies, beginning with a critical evaluation of approaches that can be used to study television and introduces institutional... More

"The Public Relations Handbook" is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the public relations industry. It traces the history and development of public relations, explores ethical issues which affect the industry, examines its relationship with politics, lobbying... More

In this pioneering and entertaining book, Roz Kaveney examines the crucial films and television shows in the teen-driven genre and reveals the inner workings of their consistent themes. From John Hughes' early films, to the cheerleaders of "Bring It On," the films and their characters deal with sex ... More

McLuhan's phrase, "the medium is the message", is his best known and most misunderstood concept. Levinson presents the accuracy of McLuhan's thinking and examines why his theories about media are more important to people today than when they were first written.Marshall McLuhan died on the last day o... More

"Television Culture" provides a comprehensive introduction to television studies. Fiske examines both the economic and cultural aspects of television, and investigates it in terms of both theory and text-based criticism. Fiske introduces the main arguments from current British, American, Australian,... More

"Writing for Journalists" is about the craft of journalistic writing: how to put one word after another so that the reader gets the message or the joke, goes on reading and comes back for more. It introduces the reader to the essentials of good writing, making use of many examples of previously publ... More

What is the point of graphic design? Is it advertising or is it art? What purpose does it serve in our society and culture? Malcolm Barnard explores how meaning and identity are at the core of every graphic design project and argues that the role and function of graphic design is, and always has bee... More

"English for Journalists" is an invaluable guide not only to the basics of English, but to those aspects of writing, such as reporting speech, house style and jargon which are specific to the language of journalism. This revised and updated edition includes a discussion of the recent debates surroun... More

Examines the power of the media and the divisions between the liberal pluralist and the Marxist approaches to the analysis of the nature of the media. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.Examines the power of the m... More

Long before TV Land, the Game Show Network, and Cartoon Network cornered the market, reruns had been a staple of American television for decades. The economics of broadcasting made recycling programs a standard practice as early as the 1950s, but it was not until the mid 1970s that reruns were singl... More

The most up-to-date source available on medium wave, shortwave, and television broadcasts. Provides articles, reviews, propagation predictions, maps, and more.... More

This revised, restructured and thoroughly updated edition of a classic text covers six centuries of publishing in Britain, from before the invention of the printing press to the electronic era.At the beginning of the 21st century, the publishing industry is being transformed by new technologies. Ove... More

This comprehensive history reviews the story of British publishing, from Caxton--who set up the first press in England--to the present. The author reviews the early trade in bibles, popular ballads and chapbooks, and the ever-widening range of literature bought by the expanding literate public. He a... More

The developments in digital television technology provide the unprecedented opportunity to drastically extend the role of television as a content delivery channel. E-health, e-commerce, e-government, and e-learning are only a few examples of value-added services provided over digital televisions inf... More

"The Newspapers Handbook" remains the essential guide to working as a newspaper journalist. It examines the ever-changing, everyday skills of newspaper reporting and explores the theoretical, ethical and political dimensions of a journalist's job. "The" "Newspapers Handbook "encourages a critical ap... More

"Visual Digital Culture" considers the effect of new image technologies on the forms and experience of mass visual culture. Examining the digital imaging techniques employed in films such as "Forrest Gump" and "Toy Story," and across a wide range of media including music video, computer games, theme... More

From re-runs of "classics" like "The Avengers" or "Starsky and Hutch," to current series influenced by the genre like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the action series is enjoying a revival at the center of prime-time tv. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to the specific history, nature and ... More

"Global Journalism Research" offers a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches for studying journalists and journalism around the world at a time when economic, political, and cultural forces are changing journalism dramatically. In addition, it presents a diverse range of journalis... More