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New books

  • The Second Life Herald : the virtual tabloid that witnessed the dawn of the metaverse - Peter Ludlow, Mark Wallace
    ISBN/ISSN: 0262513226
    Takes us behind the scenes of the Herald as they report on the emergence of a fascinating universe of virtual spaces that will become the next generation of the World Wide Web: a 3-D environment that provides richer, more expressive interactions than the Web we know today. They chronicle the issue that the mainstream media often ignore: conflicts across the client-server divide over who should write the laws governing virtual worlds.
  • Social issues in television fiction - Lesley Henderson
    ISBN/ISSN: 0748625321
    Why are some controversial issues covered in TV soaps and dramas and not others? How are decisions really made 'behind the scenes'? How do programme makers push boundaries without losing viewers? What do audiences take away from their viewing experience? Does TV fiction have a greater impact on public understandings than TV news? This exciting new book draws on unique empirical data to examine the relationship between popular television fiction and wider society.The book gives lively and engaging insights into how and why socially sensitive story lines were taken up by different TV programmes from the late 1980s to the 2000s.
  • Beyond the multiplex : cinema, new technologies, and the home - Barbara Klinger
    ISBN/ISSN: 0520245865
    Since the mid-eighties, more audiences have been watching Hollywood movies at home than at movie theaters, yet little is known about just how viewers experience film outside of the multiplex. This is the first full-length study of how contemporary entertainment technologies and media--from cable television and VHS to DVD and the Internet--shape our encounters with the movies and affect the aesthetic, cultural, and ideological definitions of cinema. Barbara Klinger explores topics such as home theater, film collecting, classic Hollywood movie reruns, repeat viewings, and Internet film parodies, providing a multifaceted view of the presentation and reception of films in U.S. households.
  • Understanding community media - Kevin Howley, ed.
    ISBN/ISSN: 1412959055
    With contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community-based media from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. More than 30 original essays provide an incisive and timely analysis of the relationships between media and society, technology and culture, and communication and community.
  • Language and media : a resource book for students - Alan Durant, Marina Lambrou
    ISBN/ISSN: 0415475740
    This book is a comprehensive introduction to how language interacts with media. It investigates the forms of language found in media discourse; how patterns in such language use contribute to recognizable media genres and styles; and broader social themes and consequences that arise from media language. It uses a wide variety of real texts from the media that include: newspapers covering events such as the Asian tsunami, speeches, blogs, emails, advertizements and interview transcripts from television talk shows including Oprah, etc.
 
 

Guide overview

This guide is a pathfinder to the wide range of high quality Library and online resources available for Media, Communication & Journalism. To browse the latest new titles, scroll down. To navigate the guide to find other resources, use the tabs above. To find journal articles, search in the recommended databases. For help with assignment research or a subject query, contact Max Podstolski, Information Librarian: send email  

 

Featured new book

  • News media communication of sustainability and the environment : an exploration of approaches to improvement - Komathi Kolandai-Matchett
    ISBN/ISSN: 3639162668
    News media coverage of sustainability and environmental issues is often regarded as informal education necessary for gaining public support towards related actions. However, most media content and effect studies on this topic have identified many inadequacies and problems. Moving forward, this book focuses on three improvement approaches that could be instrumental in advancing related news media communication: the educational approach, the media social responsibility approach, and the message framing approach. Those interested in mediated communication as a method for encouraging social change for sustainability, including environmental and social interest groups, universities, media education and training providers, government agencies, journalists, media organisations, and researchers in this field, should find this book useful. (Originally published as a Ph.D. thesis in Mass Communication, University of Canterbury, 2009.)
 

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