This book captures contemporary debates around indigenous languages and social change communication. Contributors bring together voices from the margins to engage in dialogue about common social change issues in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
This book explores the capitalist exploitation of digital media where creativity is a fundamental element in the production of digital goods. Yilmaz Aliskan focuses in particular on open-source hardware communities in which hackers give up a considerable amount of free time and labour to produce open technology they are not compensated for.
Gender has a tremendous effect on journalists and the journalism industry; the stories they tell; and the people who consume those stories. Alongside histories of journalism, equal rights, and feminist movements, this textbook incorporates issues of race, class, and sexuality including the experiences of men and LGBTQ communities.
Gender has a tremendous effect on journalists and the journalism industry; the stories they tell; and the people who consume those stories. Alongside histories of journalism, equal rights, and feminist movements, this textbook incorporates issues of race, class, and sexuality including the experiences of men and LGBTQ communities.
When Communication Became a Discipline describes how speech and journalism professors embraced the concept of communication as central to their scholarly work. It tells the story of how they transformed themselves and established an academic discipline of communication.
Applause-Cheering, Laughter, and Booing during Debates in the Trump Era
The Audience Decides argues that the political parties, aided and abetted by mass media, have abdicated one of their most important responsibilities: that of providing and vetting the best leadership options available. The search for followers, ratings, and attention has led to the structure of presidential debates, especially during the primary ......
Social isolation across generations is epidemic. But there's still time to end divisive generational stereotypes and reclaim the social connections that unite all of us. This book explores how we got here and how we might change course and foster lasting, rewarding relationships across among generations-from Boomers to Millennials.
Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United States represent the true and right form of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the Americas more broadly. ......
This book illustrates how community and connection have changed over time and how they are currently thriving in the online world. Brooke Dunbar-Treadwell offers support and examples from research, society, and pop culture to address how online spaces can bring us a sense of community if we choose connection.
