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  • Public Scholarship in Communication Studies

    by Thomas J. Billard, Silvio Waisbord, Amy Jordan, Rachel Kuo, Philip M Napoli, Chad Raphael, Paula Gardner, Holley Wilkin, Srividya Ramasubramanian0, Sue Robinson1, Yidong Wang2, Elaine Almeida3, Aymar Jean Christian4, Stacey L Connaughton5, Susan Mancino6, Daniel Kreiss7, Shannon C McGregor8, Danielle K Brown9, Todd P Newman0, Becca Beets1, Larry Gross2 ...
    Prometheus brought the gift of enlightenment to humanity and suffered for his benevolence. This collection takes on scholars’ Promethean view of themselves as selfless bringers of light and instead offers a new vision of public scholarship as service to society.Thomas J Billard and Silvio Waisbord curate essays from a wide range of specialties within the study of communication. Aimed at scholars ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Voices for Transgender Equality

    Making Change in the Networked Public Sphere

    by Thomas J Billard ...
    Series series Journalism and Political Communication Unbound
    Transgender rights have emerged as an important topic of everyday conversation across the country in recent years and become, in many ways, the flashpoint du jour of the American culture wars. During the Trump presidency in particular, transgender people were thrust onto the center stage of US politics. Faced with unrelenting hostility and an increasingly complicated media system, transgender ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between

    Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media

    by Fatima Q. Al Hattami, Sara Austin, Thomas J Billard, Nancy Bressler, Claire Burdfield, Chrys Egan, Rebecca Feasey, Susan G. Kahlenberg, Brian L. MacAuley, Jennifer Miller, Jerralyn R. R. Moudry0, Annick Pellegrin1, Christopher J. Olson2, CarrieLynn D. Reinhard4, Richard J. Schaefer6, Heike Steinhoff7 ...
    Current characters in children’s entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture books to animated television series, children’s entertainment media around the world has consistently depicted stereotypically traditional gender roles and heterosexual relationships as the normal way that ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

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  • Gay, Inc.

    The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics

    by Myrl Beam ...
    A bold and provocative look at how the nonprofit sphere’s expansion has helped—and hindered—the LGBT causeWhat if the very structure on which social movements rely, the nonprofit system, is reinforcing the inequalities activists seek to eliminate? That is the question at the heart of this bold reassessment of the system’s massive expansion since the mid-1960s. Focusing on the LGBT movement, Myrl ... Read more

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  • The Space of the World

    Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can't?

    by Nick Couldry ...
    Over the past thirty years, humanity has made a huge mistake. We handed over to big tech decisions that have allowed them to build what has become our "space of the world" – the highly artificial space of social media platforms where much of our social life now unfolds. This has proved reckless and has huge social consequences.The toxic effects on social life, young people’s mental health, and ... Read more

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  • From Voice to Influence

    Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age

    Edited by Danielle Allen, Jennifer S. Light ...
    How have online protests—like the recent outrage over the Komen Foundation's decision to defund Planned Parenthood—changed the nature of political action? How do Facebook and other popular social media platforms shape the conversation around current political issues? The ways in which we gather information about current events and communicate it with others have been transformed by the rapid rise ... Read more

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  • Digital Criminology

    Crime and Justice in Digital Society

    by Anastasia Powell, Gregory Stratton, Robin Cameron ...
    The infusion of digital technology into contemporary society has had significant effects for everyday life and for everyday crimes. Digital Criminology: Crime and Justice in Digital Society is the first interdisciplinary scholarly investigation extending beyond traditional topics of cybercrime, policing and the law to consider the implications of digital society for public engagement with crime ... Read more

    $66.99 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

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  • Out in the Country

    Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America

    by Mary L. Gray ...
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    Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize for Outstanding Monograph from the Society of Lesbian and Gay AnthropologistsWinner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Sexualities SectionWinner of the 2010 Congress Inaugural Qualitative Inquiry Book Award Honorable MentionFrom Wal-Mart drag parties to renegade Homemaker's Clubs, Out in the Country ... Read more

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  • Remaking the News

    Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age

    Edited by Pablo J. Boczkowski, C. W. Anderson ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    Leading scholars chart the future of studies on technology and journalism in the digital age.The use of digital technology has transformed the way news is produced, distributed, and received. Just as media organizations and journalists have realized that technology is a central and indispensable part of their enterprise, scholars of journalism have shifted their focus to the role of technology. In ... Read more

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  • Indigenous Peoples Rise Up

    The Global Ascendency of Social Media Activism

    by Bronwyn Carlson, Jeff Berglund, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Sheila Cote-Meek, Nicholet A. Deschine Parkhurst, Marisa Duarte, Mohan Dutta, Phoebe Elers, Steve Elers0, Andrew Farrell1, Ryan Frazer2, Tristan Kennedy3, Mounia Mnouer4, Taima Moeke-Pickering5, Ann Pegoraro6, Debbie Reese7, Cutcha Risling Baldy8, Julia Rowat9, Carly Wallace0, Alex Wilson1 ...
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    Indigenous Peoples Rise Up: The Global Ascendency of Social Media Activism illustrates the impact of social media in expanding the nature of Indigenous communities and social movements. Social media has bridged distance, time, and nation states to mobilize Indigenous peoples to build coalitions across the globe and to stand in solidarity with one another. These movements have succeeded and gained ... Read more

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