Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements
Edited by Andrew T. Lamas, Todd Wolfson, and Peter N. Funke
An in-depth examination of the relevance of Marcuse's writing for today's social movements
440 pages
| 6 x 9
Resources, Engagement, and Recruitment
Edited by Casey A. Klofstad
Cutting-edge research by prominent social scientists on new topics and methods of inquiry in the field of civic participation
294 pages
| 6 x 9
| 20 tables, 29 line drawings
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
Advances in the State of the Art
Edited by Paul A. Djupe
Cutting-edge scholarship that sets the agenda for research on religion and political tolerance
276 pages
| 6 x 9
| 24 tables, 18 figures
Software, Culture, and Political Economy in New Media Capitalism
Robert Gehl
Revealing the underside of our technology-laden world
236 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Content, Critics, and Consumption
Matthew Hughey
Surveying the prevalence and popularity of films in which heroic white characters uplift racial others
230 pages
| 6 x 9
| 12 tables, 2 figs.
Race, Media, and the Central Park Jogger Story
Natalie P Byfield
How the media's racialized coverage of the Central Park Jogger case influenced the conviction of five young minority men accused of "wilding" and affected the American juvenile justice system
242 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 tables, 4 figs.
The Chinese Supervillain and the Spread of Yellow Peril Ideology
Ruth Mayer
How mass media serials featuring Fu Manchu reinforced the cultural notion of the Yellow Peril
216 pages
| 6 x 9
| 30 halftones
Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age
C.W. Anderson
An inside account of dramatic changes in journalism at a large metropolitan newspaper.
236 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 2 figures,16 halftones
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
Race, Sex, and Cinema
Gina Marchetti
A look at American filmmaking in the post-1989 Chinese diaspora
258 pages
| 6 x 9
| 44 halftones
Edited by Paul Smith
A collective manifesto for the future of Cultural Studies
274 pages
| 6 x 9
Edited by Costas Panagopoulos
The first book-length treatment of the public financing of elections in the United States
268 pages
| 6 x 9
| 59 tables
Travis N Ridout and Michael M. Franz
How campaign ads persuade voters
200 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 24 tables, 14 figures
Daniel Lerner, Mass Media, and The Passing of Traditional Society
Hemant Shah
How Daniel Lerner's seminal work contributed to the overall professionalization of communication theory and sociology
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 6 tables, 1 figure