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War Remains; Mediations Of Suffering And Death In The Era Of The World Wars
War Remains is an interdisciplinary anthology dealing with the mediations and sense-making narratives of war deaths and suffering in the era of the world wars. In the first half of the 20th century, more than 120 million people died an untimely or violent death – on the battlefield, in concentration camps, through fierce air strikes or as casualties of the many epidemics and hardships that fo…
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Nazism And Neo-Nazism In Film And Media
This timely book takes an original transnational approach to the theme of Nazism and neo-Nazism in film, media, and popular culture, with examples drawn from mainland Europe, the UK, North and Latin America, Asia, and beyond. This approach fits with the established dominance of global multimedia formats, and will be useful for students, scholars, and researchers in all forms of film and media. …
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The Image of Africa in Ghana's Press: the influence of global news organisations
The Image of Africa in Ghana’s Press is a comprehensive and highly analytical study of the impact of foreign news organisations on the creation of an image of Africa in its own press. Identifying a problematic focus on the Western media in previous studies of the African media image, Serwornoo uses the Ghanaian press as a case study to explore the effects of centuries of Afro-pessimistic disc…
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- 9781800640436
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- x, 242p.; ill.
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- 363.80963 MIC t
Out of the shadows, into the streets! : transmedia organizing and the immigra…
An exploration of social movement media practices in an increasingly complex media ecology, through richly detailed cases of immigrant rights activism.For decades, social movements have vied for attention from the mainstream mass media—newspapers, radio, and television. Today, many argue that social media power social movements, from the Egyptian revolution to Occupy Wall Street. Yet, as Sash…
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- 9780262028202
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- xv, 273 p. : ill.
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- 323.329120973 COS o
The environment in the age of the internet; activist, communication, and the …
How do we talk about the environment? Does this communication reveal and construct meaning? Is the environment expressed and foregrounded in the new landscape of digital media? The Environment in the Age of the Internet is an interdisciplinary collection that draws together research and answers from media and communication studies, social sciences, modern history, and folklore studies. Edited b…
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- 9781783742455
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- xiv, 175 p. : ill
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Media effects: advances in theory and research
Now in its fourth edition, Media Effects again features essays from some of the finest scholars in the field and serves as a comprehensive reference volume for scholars, teachers, and students. This edition contains both new and updated content that reflects our media-saturated environments, including chapters on social media, video games, mobile communication, and virtual technologies. In reco…
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- fourth edition
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- 9780429491146
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- x, 444 p : ill.
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- Media effects: advances in theory and research
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- 302.23 MED m
Paradoxes of media and information literacy: the crisis of information
Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy contributes to ongoing conversations about control of knowledge and different ways of knowing. It does so by analysing why media and information literacy (MIL) is proposed as a solution for addressing the current information crisis. Questioning why MIL is commonly believed to wield such power, the book throws into sharp relief several paradoxes that a…
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- 9781003163237
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- xiii, 159 p. : ill.
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- Paradoxes of media and information literacy : the crisis of information
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News literacy and democracy
News Literacy and Democracy invites readers to go beyond surface-level fact checking and to examine the structures, institutions, practices, and routines that comprise news media systems. This introductory text underscores the importance of news literacy to democratic life and advances an argument that critical contexts regarding news media structures and institutions should be central to news …
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- 9780429460227
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- xii, 218 p.
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Translation and social media communication in the age of the pandemic
This collection of essays represents the first of its kind in exploring the conjunction of translation and social media communication, with a focus on how these practices intersect and transform each other against the backdrop of the cascading COVID-19 crisis. The contributions in the book offer empirical case studies as well as personal reflections on the topic, illuminating a broad range of t…
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- 9781003183907
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- 128p.
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Making media matter : critical literacy, popular culture, and creative produc…
This book is an essential resource for media educators working to promote critical thinking, creativity, and civic engagement through their teaching. Connecting theory and research with creative projects and analyses of pop culture, it models an integrated and practical approach to media education. Making Media Matter is an engaging and accessible read for educators and scholars in the areas…
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- viii, 253 p. : ill
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