13 books in Social Science - Media Studies
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Something in the Air
Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation
Written by Marc Fisher
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $27.95
A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth
When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star–and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole... Read more >
Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation
Written by Marc Fisher
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $27.95
A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth
When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star–and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Against the Machine
How the Web Is Reshaping Culture and Commerce -- and Why It Matters
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
How the Web Is Reshaping Culture and Commerce -- and Why It Matters
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
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eBook.
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Against the Machine
Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The News About the News
American Journalism in Peril
Written by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
Freedom of the press is a primary American value. Good journalism builds communities, arms citizens with important information, and serves as a public watchdog for civic, national, and global issues. But what happens when the news turns its back on its public role?
Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington... Read more >
American Journalism in Peril
Written by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
Freedom of the press is a primary American value. Good journalism builds communities, arms citizens with important information, and serves as a public watchdog for civic, national, and global issues. But what happens when the news turns its back on its public role?
Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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unSpun
Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation
Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.00
Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as facts. The news media–once the vaunted watchdogs of our republic–are often too timid or distracted to identify these deceptions.
unSpun is the secret decoder ring for the twenty-first-century world of disinformation. Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen... Read more >
Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation
Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.00
Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as facts. The news media–once the vaunted watchdogs of our republic–are often too timid or distracted to identify these deceptions.
unSpun is the secret decoder ring for the twenty-first-century world of disinformation. Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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unSpun
Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation
Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.00
Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as facts. The news media–once the vaunted watchdogs of our republic–are often too timid or distracted to identify these deceptions.
unSpun is the secret decoder ring for the twenty-first-century world of disinformation. Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen... Read more >
Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation
Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.00
Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as facts. The news media–once the vaunted watchdogs of our republic–are often too timid or distracted to identify these deceptions.
unSpun is the secret decoder ring for the twenty-first-century world of disinformation. Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Something in the Air
Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation
Written by Marc Fisher
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $27.95
A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth
When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star–and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole... Read more >
Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation
Written by Marc Fisher
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $27.95
A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth
When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star–and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Desperate Networks
Starring Katie Couric Les Moonves Simon Cowell Dan Rather Jeff Zucker Teri Hatcher Conan O'Brian Donald Trump and a Host of Other Movers and Shakers Who...
Written by Bill Carter
Read by Dean Olsher
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 2, 2006
Price: $15.00
In the executive offices of the four major networks, sweeping changes are taking place and billions of dollars are at stake. Now Bill Carter, bestselling author of The Late Shift, goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the television industry, capturing the true portraits of the larger-than-life moguls... Read more >
Starring Katie Couric Les Moonves Simon Cowell Dan Rather Jeff Zucker Teri Hatcher Conan O'Brian Donald Trump and a Host of Other Movers and Shakers Who...
Written by Bill Carter
Read by Dean Olsher
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 2, 2006
Price: $15.00
In the executive offices of the four major networks, sweeping changes are taking place and billions of dollars are at stake. Now Bill Carter, bestselling author of The Late Shift, goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the television industry, capturing the true portraits of the larger-than-life moguls... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Making History
The Remarkable Story Behind Canada: A People's History
Written by Mark Starowicz
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2004
Price: $16.95
How to make a successful television series when there’s no money, everyone has been laid off, and your bosses are fighting
Canada: A People’s History was a monumental undertaking for the CBC and its executive producer, Mark Starowicz: thirty-two hours of film, aired in seventeen episodes over two years, and the first... Read more >
The Remarkable Story Behind Canada: A People's History
Written by Mark Starowicz
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2004
Price: $16.95
How to make a successful television series when there’s no money, everyone has been laid off, and your bosses are fighting
Canada: A People’s History was a monumental undertaking for the CBC and its executive producer, Mark Starowicz: thirty-two hours of film, aired in seventeen episodes over two years, and the first... Read more >
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My Turn at the Bully Pulpit
Straight Talk About the Things that Drive Me Nuts
Written by Greta Van Susteren and Elaine Lafferty
Read by Greta Van Susteren
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $12.95
Welcome to the bully pulpit where opinions fly but common sense rules. Here’s where you’ll find straight talk about the most pressing issues of the day, all delivered in the trademark commonsense style of one of America’s most popular and admired television news anchors. Always resisting the political label that attempts... Read more >
Straight Talk About the Things that Drive Me Nuts
Written by Greta Van Susteren and Elaine Lafferty
Read by Greta Van Susteren
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $12.95
Welcome to the bully pulpit where opinions fly but common sense rules. Here’s where you’ll find straight talk about the most pressing issues of the day, all delivered in the trademark commonsense style of one of America’s most popular and admired television news anchors. Always resisting the political label that attempts... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The News About the News
American Journalism in Peril
Written by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $14.95
Freedom of the press is a primary American value. Good journalism builds communities, arms citizens with important information, and serves as a public watchdog for civic, national, and global issues. But what happens when the news turns its back on its public role?
Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington... Read more >
American Journalism in Peril
Written by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $14.95
Freedom of the press is a primary American value. Good journalism builds communities, arms citizens with important information, and serves as a public watchdog for civic, national, and global issues. But what happens when the news turns its back on its public role?
Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Off Camera
Private Thoughts Made Public
Written by Ted Koppel
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $14.00
Ted Koppel, anchor of Nightline, is one of America's most intelligent and respected journalists. With this fascinating book, he finally lets us know the man behind the face we've trusted late at night for almost twenty years.
Off Camera is a daily journal of the year that brought the twentieth century to... Read more >
Private Thoughts Made Public
Written by Ted Koppel
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $14.00
Ted Koppel, anchor of Nightline, is one of America's most intelligent and respected journalists. With this fascinating book, he finally lets us know the man behind the face we've trusted late at night for almost twenty years.
Off Camera is a daily journal of the year that brought the twentieth century to... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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My Pilgrim's Progress
Media Studies, 1950-1998
Written by George W.S. Trow
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $15.00
"Original, provocative and possibly prophetic."-- The New York Times
When his classic Within the Context of No Context was first published, George W. S. Trow parsed television's overwhelming dominance over America's consciousness. In My Pilgrim's Progress, he returns with a provocative tour of politics and the media to show "how 1950... Read more >
Media Studies, 1950-1998
Written by George W.S. Trow
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $15.00
"Original, provocative and possibly prophetic."-- The New York Times
When his classic Within the Context of No Context was first published, George W. S. Trow parsed television's overwhelming dominance over America's consciousness. In My Pilgrim's Progress, he returns with a provocative tour of politics and the media to show "how 1950... Read more >
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