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New and Bestselling Communication titles & Media Studies 2016-2017 www.sagepub.in Communication & Media Studies | 2016-17 1 July 2016 Rescuing the Debate on Indian Soft Power page 2A from Joseph Nye Daya Kishan Thussu’s Communicating India’s Soft This book is innovative in its approach and Power: Buddha to Bollywood is a rare resource methodology. The focus of its argument throughout on the subject of the country’s ‘soft power’. As the is on the methods, modes of transmission and author himself claims, “on the soft power of China key features of India’s soft power, rather than its itself there are at least half a dozen books published influences and effects. in English – many more in Mandarin – while in the case of India the terrain is blank, despite its large The book creates a new horizon for the analysis array of soft power elements”. of India’s soft power. It is a valuable contribution to the existing discourses on soft power and the By bringing facts, strategies and perspectives mechanisms to wield it in a digitised world. It is a together, the book details the key elements of must-read for practitioners of foreign policy, as well India’s soft power. It explains how soft power has as students of international relations and media been and can be wielded and what the lacunae are studies. in the existing policies of the Indian government for doing so. The author advocates a ‘multiperspectival’ The book lucidly maps out the SAGE VISTAAR approach to bridging the existing gap in the complex concept in its historical, 2016 • 248 pages • ` 495 literature of media and communication studies and Paperback 978-93-515-0816-8 the field of international relations. cultural and political contexts. 15 March 2016 Ditch your preconceptions page 5A This volume offers a comparative An introduction on the four The differences are language study of the media in two very ‘sames’ and three ‘differents’ in (one common written language different countries and the ways the two media systems sets the in China and much higher in which they are changing. stage. The sames are advertising literacy), the degree of control Eighteen writers - mostly (a surprise there), the vast number and regulation, and the media’s scholars and journalists - bring of media outlets, the experience self perception of their role in their experience and differing of journalists in the newsrooms, the two countries. The Chinese perspectives to it, and thought it was their job pick a range of subjects to promote development to look at, through a twin An introduction on the four ‘sames’ and harmony; the Indians India-China lens. The thought their role was to editors have devised and three ‘differents’ in the two keep politicians honest. a framework in which media systems sets the stage. chapters on China and For an Indian student of India alternate through the media, the best gain four sections which explore and the degree of suspicion and is what is learned about media structures, reporters, hostility with which the media China, and what the contrast with practices and comparative case in the two countries regard the the Indian media tells us. There, studies in two areas - social other country. the state is telling you what to do, 2015 • 396 Pages • ` 995.00 media and disaster reporting. here your proprietor is. Hardback (978-93-515-0300-2) Communication & Media Studies | 2016 / 2017 NEW AND MUST-HAVE RESOURCES Contents Media Studies, Media & Society ..................................... 2-3 New Media, Social Media & Digital Media ...................... 4-5 Cultural & Creative Industries ...........................................5-7 Cultural Studies & Popular Culture......................................8 Journalism ........................................................................ 8-9 Political Communication ......................................................9 Public Relations & Advertising .......................................9-10 Corporate Communication ................................................ 10 Bestsellers in Media, Communication & Cultural Studies ....12-13 Reference ........................................................................... 11 Research Methods ........................................................14-21 Index ..............................................................................22-24 SAGE India Communication & Media Studies ................................1A-6A Advertising & PR ................................................................7A Business Communication ..................................................8A Cultural Communication ....................................................9A Political Communication ..................................................10A Film & Theatre Studies............................................. 10A-16A Media Studies, Media & Society SOCIAL MEDIA A Critical Introduction Second Edition Christian Fuchs University of Westminster With social media changing how we use and understand everything from communication and the news to transport, more than ever it is essential to ask the right kinds of questions about the business and politics of social media. This book equips students with the critical thinking they need to understand the complexities and contradictions sample cover sample and make informed judgements. This book is the essential, critical guide for all students of media studiesies and sociology. Readers will neverr looklook at socialsocial media the same way again. CONTENTS What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media? / What are Social Media and Big Data? / Social Media as Participatory Culture / Social Media and Communication Power / The Power and Political Economy of Social Media / Google: Good or Evil Search Engine? / sample cover cover sample Facebook: Surveillance in the Age of Edward Snowden / Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere? / Weibo and Chinese Capitalism / The Political Economy of Online Sharing Platforms in the Age of Airbnb and Uber / WikiLeaks: Can We Make Power Transparent? / Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production? / Conclusion: MEDIA, CCULTUREULTURE Social Media and its Alternatives - Towards a Truly Social Media 2017 • 304 pages Hardback (9781473966826) • £85.00 AND SOCIETYCIETY Paperback (9781473966833) • £26.99 An Introduction Second Edition Paul Hodkinson University of Surrey In his beautifully balanced, clear and broad-ranging account of THE SAGE HANDBOOK a fast-changing field, Paul Hodkinson has successfully brought OF SOCIAL MEDIA together myriad perspectives with which to critically analyse today's media culture and media society.' RESEARCH METHODS - Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Media & Edited by Luke Sloan Cardiff University and Communication, LSE Anabel Quan-Haase Western University Paul Hodkinson's bestseller is back, once again explaining the Offers a step-by-step guide to overcoming concepts and complexities of the media in a friendly, balanced, highly the challenges inherent in research projects engaging style. Additions to the Second Edition include: that deal with ‘big and broad data’, from the • a new chapter on advertising and sponsorship formulation of research questions through to the • new material on media regulation, freedom of speech and fan cultures interpretation of findings. The holistic approach • more emphasis on and examples of digital, interactive and mobile is organised into the following sections: media throughout • Designing Social Media Research • more discussion of media, identity and difference throughout • Collection & Storage • up-to-date examples covering everything from Twitter, news audiences • Analysis of Social Media Data (QUAL) and mobile technologies to media representations of class, youth • Analysis of Social Media Data (QUANT) and disability. • Analysis of Social Media Data (MIXED) Combining a critical survey of the field with a finely judged assessment of • Analytical Tools cutting-edge developments, this Second Edition cements its reputation • Platforms as the 'must have' text for any undergraduate student of media and communication studies. • Theoretical Issues & Debates 2016 • 576 pages CONTENTS Hardback (9781473916326) • £120.00 Elements of Media / Media Technologies / Media Industry / Media Content / Media Users / Media, Power and Control / Media as Manipulation / Construction of News / Public Service or Personal Entertainment / Advertising and Sponsorship / Decline of the National Public: Commercialisation, Fragmentation, Globalisation / Media, Identity and Culture / Identity and Difference in Media Cultures / Media, Ethnicity and Diaspora / Media, Gender and Sexuality / Fans, Communities and Subcultures / Saturation, Fluidity and Loss of Meaning 2017 • 344 pages Hardback (9781473902350) • £80.00 Paperback (9781473902367) • £27.99 2 Media Studies, Media & Society MEDIA AND SOCIETY INTRODUCTION TO Production, Content MEDIA LITERACY and Participation W James Potter University of Nicholas Carah and Eric Louw California, Santa Barbara both at University of Queensland An approachable, skills-focused student A cutting-edge, student focused introduction guide to building media literacy, helping to the broad field of media, culture and students to become more knowledgeable society. Louw and Carah critically explore the about all facets of the media and more emergence of interactive, social and mobile strategic users of media messages. media, alongside established questions of production, content and participation. CONTENTS Why Increase Media Literacy? / Media Literacy