This book offers a much-needed introduction to studying the media--how the media function, how they are controlled, and the effect they have on their audiences. It provides clear coverage of the key concepts and ideas that are central to media studies, exploring important debates in the discipline and the theories and research evidence that underpin them.

The Watson and Hill dictionary in its 8th edition presents a fresh and comprehensive overview serving all aspect of the study of media and communication. It provides a detailed compendium of the different facets of personal, group, mass media and Internet communication and continues to be a vital source of information for all those interested in how communication affects our lives. The Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies has provided students and the general public alike with a gateway into the study of intercultural communication, public relations and marketing communications since 1984. New entries in this edition explore the profound shifts that have taken place in the world of communication in recent years. The impact of the new online leviathans such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and YouTube is measured against the traditional dominance, globally, of the mass media. Other themes include the interesting changes affecting public service broadcasting, the role of advertising and PR, the nature and extent of regulation, the impact of globalization and the consumerization of knowledge and culture. This volume seeks to make its twenty-first century readers more media literate, as well as more critical consumers of modern news.

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Religion is a small word, but it has a huge impact on both life and death. In Religious Thoughts, author James Watson takes a look at the history of religion through the years and delves into how the various manmade religions were formed and why. Through this historical exploration of religious texts, Watson addresses a host of questions addressing religion, its origins, and its mutations. Religious Thoughts asks: Why, in the beginning, were just three major religions formed? Why were the minor religions-such as Protestant, Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian-started? Did these religions coincide with or cause directly or indirectly major military conflicts? How did religion become so diverse and corrupt? Why and how did the manmade religions evolve? Thoroughly researched, Religious Thoughts asks a wide range of thought-provoking questions and presents Watson's opinions and concerns. It presents a historical time travel through centuries of religious changes, documenting the history of the Abrahamic religions.

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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

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"Big, Bad Bodie: High Sierra Ghost Town" is a compilation of historical items and lore based upon the old ghost town, some from stories told by old timers, some from newspapers of the 19th and 20th centuries, and some from personal knowledge of the authors, acquired as the result of research in the Bodie area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is about life as it was lived in old Bodie, and some of it about death in those early days. (view table of contents)

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America's best warriors, the U.S. Navy SEALs, go back into action when they are given the seemingly impossible task of rescuing a group of captive American prisoners-of-war from the very heart of the communist capital of Hanoi. Original.

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