News media are more sophisticated today than ever before, while culture and politics have reached heights of chaos never before seen. How do media outlets choose what to report, and what are the impac
There have been many racially motivated murders in Britain in recent years that have received little media attention or public expressions of concern. The 1993 murder of 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence,
Drawing on the work of international contributors Media Organization and Production examines a wide range of global-local media organizations and the production of different mediums and genres. Follow
Introducing theoretical ideas and the latest empirical findings in this fast-developing field of media communication scholarship and study News, Public Relations and Power has contributions from leadi
Humanitarianism, Communications and Change is the first book to explore humanitarianism in today’s rapidly changing media and communications environment. Based on the latest academic thinking alongsid
Contributed by humanitarian communications practitioners, journalists, and academics mainly from the UK, the 19 chapters in this book consider the role of media and communications in humanitarianism,
More journalists are being killed, attacked and intimidated than at any time in history.Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security examines the statistics and looks at the t
More journalists are being killed, attacked and intimidated than at any time in history.Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security examines the statistics and looks at the t
In what ways can mediated transnational protests express, however emergently or imperfectly, «global civil society» and «global citizenship»? How, in an increasingly fragmented and multilayered commun
The 19 essays in this collection examine not only how media transmits information about crises, but also how they help constitute them. Differing approaches from the humanities and social sciences loo
International charity Oxfam notes that in the past 20 years the number of global disasters, from the Indian Ocean tsunami to the major earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, has quadrupled. As the speed of n
Mass Communication Research Methods provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the key research methods and approaches used in the study of mass communication and media. Originating from
In A Century of Anarchy?: War, Normativity, and the Birth of Modern International Order, Simon challenges the German Sonderweg understanding of the nineteenth century and deconstructs the myth of the
