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  • Women, Men and News

    Divided and Disconnected in the News Media Landscape

    by Paula Poindexter, Sharon Meraz, Amy Schmitz Weiss ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This multi-authored scholarly volume explores the divide between men and women in their consumption of news media, looking at how the sexes read and use news, historically and currently, how they use technology to access their news, and how today’s news pertains to and is used by women. The volume also addresses diversity issues among women’s use of news, considering racial, ethnic, international ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Antisocial Media

    How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy

    by Siva Vaidhyanathan ...
    A fully updated paperback edition that includes coverage of the key developments of the past two years, including the political controversies that swirled around Facebook with increasing intensity in the Trump era. If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

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  • News

    The Politics of Illusion, Tenth Edition

    by W. Lance Bennett ...
    Can real news survive in an era of social media and spin? An updated edition of the "smart, provocative introduction to media and American politics."—Paul Freedman, author of Campaign Advertising and American DemocracyFor over thirty years, News: The Politics of Illusion has not simply reflected the political communication field—it has played a major role in shaping it. Today, the familiar news ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digital Disconnect

    How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

    by Robert W. McChesney ...
    Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internet's effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, arguments on both sides fail to address the relationship between economic power and the digital world.McChesney's award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy skewered the assumption that a society ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection

    Why We Think the Internet Connects Us, Why It Doesn't, and How to Rewire It

    by Ethan Zuckerman ...
    A rousing call to action for those who would be citizens of the world—online and off.We live in an age of connection, one that is accelerated by the Internet. This increasingly ubiquitous, immensely powerful technology often leads us to assume that as the number of people online grows, it inevitably leads to a smaller, more cosmopolitan world. We’ll understand more, we think. We’ll know more. We ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Brand Command

    Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control

    by Alex Marland ...
    Series series Communication, Strategy, and Politics
    The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasingly centralized in the Prime Minister’s Office. What is happening to our democracy? In this persuasive book, Alex argues that political parties and government are beholden to the same marketing ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Fast Future

    How the Millennial Generation Is Shaping Our World

    by David D. Burstein ...
    A millennial examines how his generation is profoundly impacting politics, business, media, and activismThey’ve been called trophy kids, entitled, narcissistic, the worst employees in history, and even the dumbest generation. But, argues David Burstein, the millennial generation’s unique blend of civic idealism and savvy pragmatism will enable us to overcome a deeply divided nation facing economic ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Succeeding From The Margins Of Canadian Society: A Strategic Resource For New Immigrants, Refugees And International Students

    by Francis Adu-Febiri,Everett Ofori ...
    It is possible to overcome barriers to minority success in Canada. The stance of this book is that new immigrants, refugees and international students do not have to settle for underachievement despite the cultural and structural disadvantages they face in Canada. The fact is, the unequal social structure of Canada has some cracks, and many minorities have used strategic resources to open up these ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Controlling Knowledge: Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World

    Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World

    by Lorna Stefanick ...
    Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced our capacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controls our access to information, and who decides what others have a right to know about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author Lorna Stefanick offers a thought-provoking and user-friendly overview of the regulatory regime that currently governs freedom of information and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Making Democracy Fun

    How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics

    by Josh A. Lerner ...
    Drawing on the tools of game design to fix democracy.Anyone who has ever been to a public hearing or community meeting would agree that participatory democracy can be boring. Hours of repetitive presentations, alternatingly alarmist or complacent, for or against, accompanied by constant heckling, often with no clear outcome or decision. Is this the best democracy can offer? In Making Democracy Fun ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Cyberactivism

    Online Activism in Theory and Practice

    Edited by MARTHA MCCAUGHEY, Michael Ayers ...
    Cyberactivism is a timely collection of essays examining the growing importance of online activism. The contributors show how online activists have not only incorporated recent technology as a tool for change, but also how they have changed the meaning of activism, what community means, and how they conceive of collective identity and democratic change. Topics addressed range from the Zapatista ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Marketing to the New Majority

    Strategies for a Diverse World

    by David Burgos, Ola Mobolade ...
    Today, diversity is the default, not the exception. "Minorities" are already the majority in some of the biggest cities in the United States, and demographers predict that the same will be true of the country as a whole before 2050. Yet companies continue to address the "general market" as a separate audience from ethnic consumers, rather than acknowledging that the new mainstream is itself ... Read more

    $12.99 USD