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  • The British Media Industries

    An Introduction

    by Vincent Campbell, Paul Smith ...
    The British Media Industries offers an accessible introduction to how the media in Britain operates and the impact that recent political, economic, and technological developments have had on the nature of media industries today.Split into two parts, this book starts by exploring approaches to understanding contemporary media industries through political, economic, and technological terms. The ... Read more

    $72.99 CAD

  • Controversial Images

    Media Representations on the Edge

    by Feona Attwood, Vincent Campbell, I.Q. Hunter, Sharon Lockyer ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Offering a series of case studies of recent media controversies, this collection draws on new perspectives in cultural studies to consider a wide variety of images. The book suggest how we might achieve a more subtle understanding of controversial images and negotiate the difficult terrain of the new media landscape. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Science, Entertainment and Television Documentary

    by Vincent Campbell ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The shift from traditional documentary to “factual entertainment” television has been the subject of much debate and criticism, particularly with regard to the representation of science. New types of factual programming that combine documentary techniques with those of entertainment formats (such as drama, game-shows and reality TV) have come in for strident criticism. Often featuring spectacular ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Canada Lives Here

    The Case for Public Broadcasting

    by Wade Rowland ...
    Canada Lives Here tells the tumultuous story of public broadcasting in Canada, from its inception in 1933 to the CBC’s current, controversial attempts to adapt to collapsing revenues and new technologies. It explores in detail the struggle to preserve public space and foster community in an environment devoted to profit-making, arguing that the ideals of public service broadcasting are more ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Programmed Inequality

    How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing

    by Mar Hicks ...
    Series series History of Computing
    This “sobering tale of the real consequences of gender bias” explores how Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women (Harvard Magazine)In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Porno? Chic!

    how pornography changed the world and made it a better place

    by Brian McNair ...
    Porno? Chic! examines the relationship between the proliferation of pornography and sexualised culture in the West and social and cultural trends which have advanced the rights of women and homosexuals.Brian McNair addresses this relationship with an analysis of trends in sexualised culture since 2002 linked to a transnational analysis of change in sexual politics and sex/gender relations in a ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Out of Print

    Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age

    by Professor George Brock ...
    News and journalism are in the midst of upheaval: shifts such as declining print subscriptions and rising website visitor numbers are forcing assumptions and practices to be rethought from first principles. The internet is not simply allowing faster, wider distribution of material: digital technology is demanding transformative change. Out of Print analyzes the role and influence of newspapers in ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Understanding Media Economics

    by Gillian Doyle ...
    "Expertly synthesizes economic theory and contemporary cases to both explain the structure of the contemporary media industry and shed insight on the significant challenges and controversies confronting the sector."- Lucy Küng, Oxford University and Jonkoping University"A wide-ranging, accessible introduction to media economics and their application to a broad range of media topics from ... Read more

    $89.59 CAD

  • The Migrant Image

    The Art and Politics of Documentary during Global Crisis

    by T. J. Demos ...
    In The Migrant Image T. J. Demos examines the ways contemporary artists have reinvented documentary practices in their representations of mobile lives: refugees, migrants, the stateless, and the politically dispossessed. He presents a sophisticated analysis of how artists from the United States, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East depict the often ignored effects of globalization and the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Introducing the Creative Industries

    From Theory to Practice

    by Rosamund Davies, Gauti Sigthorsson ...
    "This text does a sterling job at identifying, outlining and defining the many elements that go to make up this booming sector of industry. What makes it particularly interesting is that it includes the view of the creative industries from the perspective of working in it, then the definitions of what products and producers are involved, and ends with the broader picture of the creative economy ... Read more

    $86.39 CAD

  • The New Philistines

    (Provocations)

    by Sohrab Ahmari ...
    Contemporary art is obsessed with the politics of identity. Visit any contemporary gallery, museum or theatre, and chances are the art on offer will be principally concerned with race, gender, sexuality, power and privilege.The quest for truth, freedom and the sacred has been thrust aside to make room for identity politics. Mystery, individuality and beauty are out; radical feminism, racial ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Resource Management in Context

    Insights, Strategy and Solutions

    by David Farnham ...
    HR functions within both internal and external contexts. The understanding of both contexts is crucial for comprehending how and why they drive HR strategies and practices in organizations, as well as the rules and structures within which they work. Built around five major themes which impact upon the HR function, and mapping to the CIPD Level 7 Advanced module of the same name, Human Resource ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD