Communication, Mass Media and Journalism

Understanding Media [Paperback] Marshall McLuhan

John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: Citizens, Filmmakers, Hackers

Cinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century. Today, It continues to adapt and Grow as new technologies and reviewing platforms become av...

On Dialogue [Paperback] David Bohm

Journalism entered the twenty-first century caught in a paradox. The world had more journalism, across a wider range of media, than at any time since the birth of the western free press in the eighteenth century. Western journalists had found them...

"The successful speaker, in a sense, is like an actor-he must get inside the character, know what he wants to say, and believe in what he's saying." ...

About the Book On 14 July 2013, India closed down its telegraph service, drawing the curtain over an important chapter in its history of telecommunications. Introduced during the colonial period, the telegraph network was opened for public use on ...

About the Book How RTI changed the face of investigative journalism in India, forever… The RTI Act has helped investigative journalism in getting information that otherwise would have been almost impossible to unearth despite legal provision...

In this updated Fourth Edition of Media Analysis Techniques, author Arthur Asa Berger provides students with a clear, practical guide to media analysis techniques. Written in an accessible style with the authors own creative illustrations, the boo...

The Art and Science of Cinema provides a clear and concise study of the film world. The book deals with the film technology, movie history, great filmmakers, actors, pictures & aesthetics, narrative, genres, plays and documentaries. The reader...

Part of the Themes in Politics series, this reader examines the emergence of the Indian public sphere and its interplay with politics, society, and culture. The volume surveys a wide range of communication media contributing to this development–...

This adapted version of Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, international fourth edition, is designed to serve as a textbook for the undergraduate students of electrical, electronics and communication engineering. Retaining the uniqu...

From the Back CoverGain the technical and business insight needed to plan, deploy, and manage the services provided by the Microsoft Azure cloud. This second edition focuses on improving operational decision tipping points for the professionals le...

Offering an accessible introduction to the study of film genres and genre films, this book examines the use of genre in cinema from its beginnings to the present day. This book explains the various elements of genre, the importance of genre in po...

Fully updated and expanded throughout, this second edition of Film Theory: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the key theorists, concepts, and debates that have shaped the study of moving images. The book examines film theory from i...

Social media is acutely prone to misuse—thanks to its independent and undisciplined nature—necessitating regulation. The book addresses this concern, analysing critical sociopolitical issues related to social media regulation and discussing the la...

About the Book Through a series of edited interviews with new media practitioners including young web developers, programmers, artists, writers and producers, The New Media Handbook examines the essential diversity of new media by combining critic...

About the Book November 9, 2009 will mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the monumental event that signaled the beginning of the end of Communism in the former Soviet Union. Yet, why was this collapse of Communism considered final, bu...

This student-friendly text provides a comprehensive exploration of the methods and approaches employed within design scholarship, drawing upon influences from history, art history, anthropology and interdisciplinary studies such as science and tec...

Counter-Gaze Media, Migrants, Minorities assesses the situation of migrant minorities not just in Third World colonised countries in South Asia but also in the Western societies in Europe which hitherto had not been subjected to any meaningful ana...

About the Book For those who think, read, teach, and write about Bollywood, this book is the release of the year!   They are the ‘stars’ who sit behind the camera and create magic between ‘Action’ and ‘Cut’. Meet the directors of N...

First of its kind book to have extensive coverage of reporting, with a special focus on beat reporting. Beat Reporting and Editing:  Journalism in the Digital Age ;offers an extensive and pioneering study of reporting for all the news beats, and ...

About the Book In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations, and concern that the internet has heightened rather than combated various forms of political and social inequality, it is time we ask: what comes after a broken internet? Ramesh Srinivasa...

From TikTok and Fortnite to Grindr and Facebook, Aynne Kokas delivers an urgent look into the technology firms that gather our data, and how the Chinese government is capitalizing on this data flow for political gain. On August 6, 2020, the Trump...

A textbook that explains the basic concepts of journalism using examples and stories from real life Journalism: Principles and Practice is an essential textbook that tells us about the theory and practice of journalism. This edition covers new top...

This book studies the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in journalism. It traces the origin, growth and development of the media and communication industry in the globalized world and discusses the implications of technologies such as Augmented...

This book gives an overview of the development, significance, and impact of radio as a medium of mass communication in modern society. It provides a thorough understanding of the various wings and functionaries of the radio industry. The book also...

New ideas, new models of communications and newer perspectives through which communication has been studied, applied, or practiced, have evolved and changed overtime. But they all exist in juxtaposition so as to present an integrated scenario of c...

The book Communication Models presents the evolutionary scenario of communication concepts and strategies, concerns and challenges, and the changes in modalities of communications, both people oriented and technology oriented. The style of present...

This comprehensive Reader brings together seminal texts in media and communication from both traditional as well as more recent scholarship. Readings are drawn from an international range of scholars and organized to reflect the growing internati...

Global News Media: Countering Western Hegemony in International News explores the bias and disinformation in Western media, particularly in its coverage of the Ukraine War and the Gaza genocide. This book presents “un-Western” perspectives on inte...

Wireless Communication provides an exhaustive coverage of the basic topics and the latest developments in the field of wireless communication. Beginning with an overview of the current scenario in the study of wireless systems, the book gradually ...

India after globalization is an increasingly mediatized society. Today, media experiences, desires, dream worlds, and fears have enveloped our time with force that was unimagined before. The blurring of the private and the public is now dramatical...

Writing for the Media provides guidelines for writing news and features for newspapers and magazines, and writing for the Web. Readers are introduced to the dynamics of news production for print: from editorial decision making to reporting, editin...

Since its inception in early 2001, The Hoot (www.thehoot.org) has held a mirror to the way journalists have practiced their craft in India. Known for flagging uncomfortable truths and raising hard-hitting questions, the site examines ways in which...

Updated to include information and discussion on new technologies and new critical ideas, Jonathon Bignell and Jeremy Orlebar present this excellent critical introduction to the practice and theory of television, which relates media studies theori...

Fully revised and updated, 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 dimensio...

Public Relations: Principles and Practices is a comprehensive textbook designed for students of mass communication, corporate communications, and public relations (PR). The core concepts of PR have been explained through numerous examples, exhibit...

This second expanded edition of Media Ethics is aimed at sensitizing aspiring media students to issues faced by working professionals. It offers a theoretical rationale for acting in an ethical manner and provides practical guidelines as well.

This comprehensive reference text discusses fundamental concepts, applications, design techniques, and challenges in the field of planar antennas. The text focuses on recent advances in the field of planar antenna design and their applications in ...

The Routledge Companion to Business Journalism provides a complete and critical survey of the field of business and economic journalism.

This flexible textbook provides an integrated approach to user experience (UX) writing and equips students and practitioners with the essential principles and methods to succeed in writing for UX.The fundamental goal of UX writing is to produce us...

Based on the auto-ethnographic work of a team of scholars who developed the first Black Digital Humanities program at a research institution, this book details how to centralize Black feminist praxes of care, ethics, and Black studies in the digit...

A New Semiotics is an introductory guide to the field of semiotics. Assuming no prior knowledge of semiotics, this accessible text takes a fresh look at semiotics and suggests that many of the forebears and many contemporary contributors to semiot...

Closely examining how the news media reports economic and financial matters, this book equips students with solid methodological skills for reading and interpreting the news alongside a toolkit for best practice as an economic journalist. How to R...

Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research addresses the need for a discipline-cum-methodology-tailored book that navigates the current research spectrum of communication and social media ("CommSocMed"). It examines cont...

Through a multidisciplinary collection of case studies, this book explores the effects of the digital age on medieval and early modern studies.

In this comprehensive, advanced introduction to group communication, the field's leading experts summarize theory, methodological advancements, and current research in the field.This book follows a coherent structure specifying clear objectives an...

Emphasizing the perspective of ordinary users, this book compares the uses of the internet in three centers of the global economy and world politics: China, Europe, and the United States. It examines the internet as the current centerpiece of comm...

This book provides an introduction to public relations (PR) that employs pedagogical experiential learning models to assist students in developing the skills and competencies required by the PR industry.The book takes the reader on a journey from ...

Design is everywhere. It influences how we live, what we wear, how we communicate, what we buy, and how we behave. To design for the real world and define strategies rather than just implement them, you need to learn how to understand and solve ...

This volume provides engaging accounts with transmedia practices in the long nineteenth century and offers model analyses of Victorian media (e.g., theater, advertising, books, games, newspapers) alongside the technological, economic, and cultural...

The second edition of this innovative textbook provides a comprehensive overview of mass communication theories, as well as their origins and empirical supports in psychology, sociology, political science, and philosophy. Each chapter presents a s...

Local Journalism investigates the range of meanings associated with the 'local newspaper' and considers how digital technology has disrupted the fabric of the local news industry.Divided into two parts, this book first provides a theoretical accou...

What debates have caused spectrum policy to change course and which will determine its future direction? This book examines these issues through a series of chapters from a range of notable experts.The backdrop is a period of turbulent change in w...

Strategic Communication deals with the principles behind strategic communication planning. It covers the professional practice steps involved in researching, planning, writing, evaluating and implementing a communication strategy. This book links ...

The twelfth edition of this classic textbook provides an overview of communication and media law including the most current legal developments. It explains laws affecting the daily work of writers, broadcasters, public relations practitioners, pho...

This edited collection brings together critical and up-to-date assessments of how mainstream American and British media cover their respective foreign policies, paying special attention to 'official enemies'. In the age of the internet and social ...

Drawing on innovations in the business of journalism, this book offers a comprehensive guide to using the human-centred design methods of product management to serve readers and bolster digital success in news organizations.An Introduction to News...

This new textbook is a timely and interdisciplinary resource for students looking for an introduction to Korean popular culture, exploring the multifaceted meaning of Korean popular culture at micro and macro levels and the process of cultural pro...