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11. Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S.

    By Susan C. Boyd

    Series: Routledge Advances in Criminology

    Drug prohibition emerged at the same time as the discovery of film, and their histories intersect in interesting ways. This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of one hundred fictional drug films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
12. The Global Journalist in the 21st Century

    Edited by David H. Weaver, Lars Willnat

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more...

    Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
13. The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture

    Pop Goth

    Edited by Justin Edwards, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet

    Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

    This interdisciplinary collection brings together world leaders in Gothic Studies, offering dynamic new readings on popular Gothic cultural productions from the last decade. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: contemporary High Street Goth/ic fashion, Gothic performance and art...

    Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
14. Ambiguities of Activism

    Alter-Globalism and the Imperatives of Speed

    By Ingrid M. Hoofd

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    This volume provides a critical and in-depth investigation of the relationship between alter-globalist thinking and practices and their popular discourses. It examines the ways in which several alter-globalist activist groups (like Indymedia, no-borders campaigns, and forms of climate change...

    Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
15. The Internet in China

    Cyberspace and Civil Society

    By Zixue Tai

    Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

    The Internet in China examines the cultural and political ramifications of the Internet for Chinese society. The rapid growth of the Internet has been enthusiastically embraced by the Chinese government, but the government has also rushed to seize control of the virtual environment. Individuals...

    Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
16. Explorations in Global Media Ethics

    Edited by Muhammad Ayish, Shakuntala Rao

    Series: Journalism Studies

    Studies of global media and journalism have repeatedly returned to discussions of ethics. This book highlights the difficulty that journalists encounter when establishing appropriate ethical practices and marks the pressing importance of global media ethics as a subject of current debate. A wide...

    Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
17. Foreign Correspondence

    Edited by John Hamilton, Regina G. Lawrence

    Series: Journalism Studies

    Despite the importance of foreign news, its history, transformation and indeed its future have not been much studied. The scholarly community often calls attention to journalism’s shortcomings covering the world, yet the topic has not been systematically examined across countries or over time. The...

    Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
18. How Journalism Uses History

    Edited by Martin Conboy

    Series: Journalism Studies

    How Journalism Uses History examines the various ways in which journalism uses history and historical sources in order to better understand the relationships between journalists, historians and journalism scholars. It highlights the ambiguous overlap between the role of the historian and that of...

    Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
19. The Future of Journalism

    Edited by Bob Franklin

    Series: Journalism Studies

    The future of journalism is hotly contested and highly uncertain reflecting developments in media technologies, shifting business strategies for online news, changing media organisational and regulatory structures, the fragmentation of audiences and a growing public concern about some aspects of...

    Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
20. Organs without Bodies

    On Deleuze and Consequences

    By Slavoj Zizek

    Series: Routledge Classics

    With a new introduction by the author In this deliciously polemical work, a giant of cultural theory immerses himself in the ideas of a giant of French thought. In his inimical style, Zizek links Deleuze's work with both Oedipus and Hegel, figures from whom the French philosopher distanced himself...

    Published April 29th 2012 by Routledge