Film, Trauma, and the Holocaust
Joshua Hirsch
How films on the Holocaust gave birth to a new cinematic genre
232 pages
| 6 x 9
| 23 halftones
The Fight to Reclaim Public Broadcasting
Jerold M. Starr
An absorbing account of one of the most contentious battles for community media control ever waged in the U.S.
352 pages
| 6 x 9
The Talkshow in Media Culture
Wayne Munson
The postmodern phenomenon of the talkshow and its place in American culture
288 pages
| 6 x 9
Toby Miller
A crisp and engaging book that proposes how to save the dying humanities
172 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 table, 1 figure
A History of Cable Television
Patrick R. Parsons
The first comprehensive history of cable television in the United States
816 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 tables
Michael M Franz, Paul Freedman, Ken Goldstein, and Travis N Ridout
Surprising findings about the positive effects of political advertising
256 pages
| 6 x 9
| 30 tables 29 figures 7 halftones
Critical Perspectives on Film, Identity, and Diaspora
Edited by See-Kam Tan, Peter X Feng, and Gina Marchetti
How Chinese cinema and global Chinese culture intersect over questions of identity
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 16 halftones
Race, Sex, and Cinema
Gina Marchetti
A look at American filmmaking in the post-1989 Chinese diaspora
258 pages
| 6 x 9
| 44 halftones
Mass Culture in America's Decade of Disaster
Timothy Recuber
Examines the media’s coverage of four American disasters, arguing that media attention directs our concern for the suffering of others toward efforts to soothe our own emotional turmoil
228 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 5 tables
Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, and Television in a Neoliberal Age
Toby Miller
A lively, incisive view of what citizenship means today
248 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables, 1 figure, 1 halftone
McCarthyism Aimed at the Press
Edward Alwood
Shines a new light on a dark era in American journalism
216 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
The Life and Times of Felipe García Villamil, santero, palero, and abakuá
María Teresa Vélez
The world through the eyes of a master religious drummer
256 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 27 halftones
Edward D. Miller
Radio, the nation, and the rise of the voice in broadcasting, in a clearly written, significant history of the birth of the first mass medium
264 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Rethinking Sport and Religion
Daniel A. Grano
Rethinking the changes surrounding religion and elite sport cultures
282 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 halftone
Edited by Renee Hobbs
Leading scholars reveal insights into the core concepts and historical roots of digital and media literacy education
264 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 figure