The Emmy Award-winning author of Bias identifies 100 high-profile individuals he believes are contributing to deteriorating values and negative behavior patterns in America, in an account that profiles specific personality types and names such figures as Jerry Springer, the rapper Ludacris, and Michael Moore. 250,000 first printing.

Addresses the perennial appeal of the Western, exploring its 19th century popular culture, and its relationship to the economic structure of Hollywood. This work considers the defining features of the Western and traces its main cycles, from the epic Westerns of the 1920s and singing cowboys of the 1930s to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s.

This vast three-volume Encyclopedia offers more than 4000 entries on all aspects of the dynamic and exciting contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its coverage is unparalleled with more than 40 regions discussed and a time-span of 1920 to the present day. "Culture" is broadly defined to include food, sport, religion, television, transport, alongside architecture, dance, film, literature, music and sculpture. The international team of contributors include many who are based in Latin America and the Caribbean making this the most essential, authoritative and authentic Encyclopedia for anyone studying Latin American and Caribbean studies.Key features include:* over 4000 entries ranging from extensive overview entries which provide context for general issues to shorter, factual or biographical pieces* articles followed by bibliographic references which offer a starting point for further research* extensive cross-referencing and thematic and regional contents lists direct users to relevant articles and help map a route through the entries* a comprehensive index provides further guidance.

Providing advice and support, this book includes activities, exam questions, worked examples and revision tips. It is useful for AQA A2 Media Studies exams.

Product Description: In a society predicated on information, the media has a pervasive presence. From government policy to leisure television, the information age touches us all. The papers collected in this book constitute some of today's leading analyses of the information industry...read more

Product Description: Advertising is often used to illustrate popular and academic debates about cultural and economic life. This book reviews cultural and sociological approaches to advertising and, using historical evidence, demonstrates that a rethink of the analysis of advertising is long overdue...read more

Product Description: Advertising is often used to illustrate popular and academic debates about cultural and economic life. This book reviews cultural and sociological approaches to advertising and, using historical evidence, demonstrates that a rethink of the analysis of advertising is long overdue...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Selections from the words and photos of the developers, businessmen, and celebrities of the entertainment and news media relate to the prophecies and expectations of the new media, from the technical side of its development through early broadcasting and advertising to the effects of TV on Americans...read more

A cautionary account of what the author believes to be the coarsening of America's consciousness identifies the ways in which politicians, marketers, and media exploiters easily mislead the public and have directly contributed to destructive ignorance, in a volume that makes strong recommendations on how to repair the damage of 'mass vulgarity.' Original.

Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge

This expanded text provides coverage of on-air announcing and performance, pronunciation, voice, diction, news and commercial delivery, interviewing, ad-libbing, the station setting and equipment, career and job possibilities. Presents these topics within a skills-building framework, focusing on the announcer/performer as a communicator. This book should be of interest to students taking a course on Radio-TV Announcing, Broadcast Performance, On-Air Broadcasting, and Professional Broadcast Communication. An instructor's manual is available. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Another dance of the bull through the china shop of cliches, The Artificial White Man proves the correctness of Tom Wolfe's observation that Stanley Crouch is "the jazz virtuoso of the American essay." This time out, Crouch focuses his attention on issues surrounding the often misdirected American hunger for "authenticity...read more

AS Media Studies: The Essential Revision Guide for AQA is the must-have, self-help resource for students preparing for AQA AS Media Studies exams. Individual sections cover the key topics, including media language, audience, representation, film and broadcast fiction, and advertising and marketing amongst many, many more. Written by experienced teachers and examiners, this excellent revision guide also provides invaluable advice and support, and includes: activities  exam questions  worked examples  advice on how to approach the exam – using the reading time, note taking, planning an answer, ordering your ideas and writing your response revision tips  suggested resources. The authors also cover important questions for students – including: why do we have exams? What is AS Level? What is AQA Media Studies? And how does the exam system work? – so that any student of media studies will find themselves armed and ready to tackle their course head on.

Offers guidelines to capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, spelling, numerals, usage, and style.

In this market-leading text, Stanley Alten, an internationally recognized scholar and expert in the area of audio production, provides students with an introduction to the basic techniques and principles needed for audio production in media. The text has helped professors effectively teach this technically-based course to the introductory audio production student through its clear and current illustrations and photos and student-friendly writing. Comprehensive, technically accurate, and up-to-date, the text covers informational, perceptual, and aesthetic aspects of sound as they apply to each stage of the production process--from planning to post-production.

Product Description: Guy Starkey offers a clearly structured discussion of 'balance' in the media, and the difficulties inherent in both achieving and measuring it. Providing an analysis of theoretical issues, an exploration of practical considerations and a review of methods for assessing journalistic output, it will appeal to students of journalism and media studies...read more