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Convergence Media History

Edited by Janet Staiger, Sabine Hake

Convergence Media History explores the ways that digital convergence has radically changed the field of media history. Writing media history is no longer a matter…

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June 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99662-4 (Routledge)

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Beyond Prime Time

Television Programming in the Post-Network Era

Edited by Amanda D. Lotz

Daytime soap operas. Evening news. Late-night talk shows. Television has long been defined by its daily schedule, and the viewing habits that develop around it.…

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June 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99669-3 (Routledge)

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Media and Cultural Transformation in China

By Haiqing Yu

This book examines the role played by the media in China’s cultural transformation in the early years of the 21st century. In contrast to the…

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February 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44755-3 (Routledge)

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Television in Post-Reform China

Serial Dramas, Confucian Leadership and the Global Television Market

By Ying Zhu

This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way…

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February 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49220-1 (Routledge)

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The Videogames Handbook

By David Surman

Featuring contributions from leading figures in the videogames industry including the international games scholar Henry Jenkins, Simon and Andrew Oliver, directors of Blitz Games; and…

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January 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38353-0 (Routledge)

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Philosophy Through Video Games

By Jon Cogburn, Mark Silcox

How can Wii Sports teach us about metaphysics?

Can playing World of Warcraft lead to greater self-consciousness?

How can we learn about aesthetics,…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98858-2 (Routledge)

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Googlization of Libraries

Edited by William Miller, Rita Pellen

This book includes a variety of articles which look critically and judiciously at Google and its products, with a focus on Google Scholar and Google…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48381-0 (Routledge)

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Crime, Justice and the Media

By Ian Marsh, Gaynor Melville

Crime, Justice and the Media examines and analyzes the relationship between the media and crime, criminals and the criminal justice system. It considers how crime…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44490-3 (Routledge)

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Adapting to E-Books

Edited by William Miller, Rita Pellen

Electronic books are now having a major impact on library collections. This book provides models for acquisitions policies and reports on several surveys of faculty…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48378-0 (Routledge)

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Key Readings in Media Today

Mass Communication in Contexts

Edited by Brooke Erin Duffy, Joseph Turow

By combining classic studies of mass communication with contemporary research on media, technology, and culture, Key Readings in Media Today will help students to make…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99205-3 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Journalism and Citizenship: New Agendas in Communication
Edited by Zizi Papacharissi
To be published July 17th 2009

Joystick Soldiers: The Politics of Play in Military Video Games
Edited by Nina B. Huntemann, Matthew Thomas Payne
To be published August 12th 2009

Crime and Media: A Reader
Edited by Chris Greer
To be published August 26th 2009

Cultural Adaptation
Edited by Albert Moran, Michael Keane
To be published October 1st 2009

The Emerging Research Library: Our Role in the Digital Future
Edited by Sul H. Lee
To be published October 6th 2009

Militainment, Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture
By Roger Stahl
To be published October 28th 2009

Flow TV: Television in the Age of Media Convegence
Edited by Michael Kackman, Marnie Binfield, Matthew Thomas Payne, Allison Perlman, Bryan Sebok
To be published November 15th 2009

Film Noir: Hard-boiled Modernity and the Cultures of Globalization
By Jennifer Fay, Justus Nieland
To be published November 17th 2009

Trauma and Media: Theories, Histories, and Images
By Allen Meek
To be published November 19th 2009

Entertainment and Society, 2nd Edition: Audiences, Trends, and Impacts
By Shay Sayre, Cynthia King
To be published November 25th 2009

Photography
By Stephen Bull
To be published December 1st 2009

Framing Crime: Cultural Criminology and the Image
Edited by Keith Hayward, Mike Presdee
To be published December 2nd 2009

The Documentary Handbook
By Peter Lee-Wright
To be published December 15th 2009

Television and New Media: Must-Click TV
By Jennifer Gillan
To be published January 1st 2010

Arnheim for Film and Media Studies
Edited by Scott Higgins
To be published January 1st 2010

Race and News: Critical Perspectives
By Christopher P. Campbell, ROCKELL A. BROWN, Cheryl D. Jenkins, Kim LeDuff
To be published January 1st 2010

Global Television Formats: Circulating Culture, Producing Identity
Edited by Tasha Oren, Sharon Shahaf
To be published February 1st 2010

Transcultures - Asia-Pacific Media Representations of Globalization
By Vera Mackie
To be published February 15th 2010

Coverage: Media Spaces and Security after 9/11
By LISA PARKS
To be published March 1st 2010

The Media Student's Book
By Gill Branston, Roy Stafford, Gill Branston
To be published April 1st 2010

Emotion, Genre, and Justice in Film and Television
By Deidre Pribram
To be published April 1st 2010

Ordinary Lives: Studies in the Everyday
By Ben Highmore
To be published May 1st 2010

The Media Studies Teacher's Handbook
Edited by Jon Davison, ELAINE SCARRATT
To be published May 15th 2010

The Race and Media Reader
Edited by GILBERT B. RODMAN
To be published June 1st 2010

Political Communication & Social Theory
By Aeron Davis
To be published June 1st 2010

The American Journalism History Reader: Critical and Primary Texts
Edited by Bonnie S. Brennen, Hanno Hardt
To be published July 1st 2010

What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss
By Greg Smith
To be published July 1st 2010

A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction for AQA
By Peter Bennett, Jerry Slater, Peter WallPeter Wall
To be published July 1st 2010