The mainstream media in Brazil portrays favelas (unregulated low-income neighbourhoods) in a negative light. This has been the case for over a century, since their very beginning. This book will navigate through the contemporary representation of the favelas in the established media, discussing how this partial representation impacts on issues of ......
The Voices of #MeToo: From Grassroots Activism to a Viral Roar illustrates the intersectional genealogy of #MeToo. This book expands on the duality of public and private citizens; the silencing surrounding identity politics for people of color; the double-bind oppression of the LGBTQ+ community; the discussion of hetero, cisgender men and more.
Trash TV and Raunch Radio : Raising Standards of Popular Culture
Every day America's youth is being exposed to hideously inappropriate speech and behaviour by role models in TV, film, radio, and the music industry. To fight this slide toward Gomorrah a campaign called "The Parents Television Council" has been launched. This book describes what the council is doing to raise our cultural standards.
''The best book I've read on women in broadcasting. . . . It details the incredible struggle women have faced in what some consider a leadership industry.'' -- Larry King, USA Today ''This is a groundbreaking first history of the 'underground' women's movement at the networks. It is told with no holds barred by a leader of that struggle, which is ......
Looking in turn at particular conflicts from the world wars to the Balkans, two veterans of the British Army trace the evolution of the role mass media has played in 20th-century military campaigns. They complain that the media now often seems to be setting the international agenda and usurping the
Journalistic Writing and Editing for the Digital Age
In print for over twenty years, Watch Your Words is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering best practices for journalistic writing, including tips from experts with experience across the journalistic spectrum. These best practices predate the digital age while resonating within it. The fifth edition updates its core content on language ......
Journalistic Writing and Editing for the Digital Age
In print for twenty years, Watch Your Words is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering best practices of journalistic writing. This new, fifth edition includes tips from experts with experience across the journalistic spectrum on best practices that predate the digital age while resonating within it.
