Bücher der Reihe Routledge Communication Series

As an in-depth analysis of US Pres. debates, focusing on the past four decades, this volume offers insight into the practice & policies of political debate in a public forum. Of interest to scholars and researchers in pol. comm., journalism, & poli. sci.

This thoroughly updated third edition focuses on the primary concerns of media economics, the techniques of economic and business analysis, and the overall characteristics of the media environment; and explores contemporary business practices within spec

The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in 33 countries around the world. As the most comprehensive and reliable source on journalists around the world, it will serve as the primary source for evaluating the state of journalism. It promises to become a standard textbook among journalism, media, and communication students and researchers around the world.

This revised edition covers the process of sports writing. Topics include: observation; interviewing techniques and various structures of articles; types of "leads"; and other style and technique points.

Rev. ed. of: The crisis manager: facing risk and responsibility. 1997.

Tackles the question of media ownership. This title chronicles the myriad changes in the media industry and the factors contributing to these changes. It examines how the media industry is being reshaped by technological forces in the various segments, as well as by social and cultural reactions to these forces.

This volume examines the concept of framing in media issues, establishing a foundation for study of the topic and understanding its application. For scholars and advanced students in journalism & media studies, political science, and related areas.

This work describes the strategies and tactics of opinion management that have been utilised in the United States long before the growth of public relations as an occupation. The book serves as a companion work to the author's "The Unseen Power: Public Relations".

Offers a consideration of destructive communication in organizations - including workplace bullying, racism, stress, and harassment. This book is suitable for scholars and researchers studying organizational communication, and graduate and advanced undergraduate students in organizational communication.

The second edition of Political Public Relations offers an interdisciplinary overview of the latest theory and research in the still emerging field of political public relations, and continues its international orientation to fully contextualize the field amidst the various systems today.

This volume seeks to chronicle changes in the roles of men and women and the changes that need to occur. It addresses issues relevant to female and male differences in power, dominance, communication, equality, and expectations and beliefs.

Presents a variety of scales that measure a number of important communication construct, and are drawn from areas of interpersonal, mass, organizational, and instructional communication - areas in which the use of formal, quantitative scales is well developed.

Offers training, support and advice for prospective news editors. Through history, analyses, and anecdotes, this book offers a grounding to prepare potential editors for the range of their responsibilities in newsrooms: developing ideas; evaluating and editing copy; working with writers; determining what is news; and, directing news coverage.

Offers insights on the state of online news, exploring the issues surrounding this convergence of print and electronic platforms, and the public's response to it. The heart of the book is formed by empirical studies - mostly social surveys - coming out of the media effects and uses traditions.

Illustrates the state of journalistic practice in the United States. This work looks at the demographic and educational backgrounds, working conditions, and professional and ethical values of print, broadcast, and Internet journalists at the beginning of the 21st century; providing results from telephone surveys of nearly 1,500 US journalists.

The reader is encouraged to explore fundamental beliefs with this book - understanding of what the radio enterprise should be about: entertainment and information. A consideration is to arrive at a set of fundamental beliefs about the radio business values in regard to entertainment programming.

This broad consideration of the lifespan component of communication study emphasizes how communicative processes develop, are maintained, and change throughout the life span. Topics covered include language skills, interpersonal conflict management, socialization, care-giving, and relationship development.

This volume provides a summary of current measures used in quantitative communication research. It is appropriate for researchers and graduate students in the communication field.

Organized into three general sections, this work introduces both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications, considers the issues of online identity, taking into account how people construct presentations of self within a social environment, and addresses issues of how the Internet has affected our culture.

This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to political communication in America. Taking a broad-based theoretical and a multi-perspective approach to politics and the press, the author looks at phenomena from a variety of points of view.

In light of the ever-increasing abundance of media channels and messages, selective exposure has become more important than ever for media impacts. This monograph provides a comprehensive review of the research on selective exposure to media messages, which is at the heart of communication science and media effects. It is required reading for media scholars and researchers, and promises to influence and inspire future research.

This volume brings together the major thrusts of contemporary research and theory in political communication. The approach stresses theoretical overviews and research synthesis with the goal of each chapter to provide an overview of the major lines of research, theory and findings for that topic.

Explores the significance of real-world communication concerns that people are confronted with. This book captures the crucial role of communication in creating better social worlds. It serves as a comprehensive guide to the applied communication research field.

Advertising Theory is a comprehensive text that draws on current research and practices in advertising theory by introducing key concepts, models, theories, conflicts, and issues for individuals interested in this area. Editors Shelly Rodgers and Esther Thorson have developed this volume as a forum in which to compare, contrast,

Managing Interpersonal Conflict is a systematic review of conflict research in legal, institutional and relational contexts. Each chapter represents a summary of the existing quantitative social science research using meta-analysis, with contexts ranging from jury selection to peer mediation to homophobia reduction. The contributors provide connections between cutting-edge scholarship about abstract theoretical arguments, the needs of instructional and training pedagogy, and practical applications of information. The meta-analysis approach produces a unique informational resource, offering answers to key research questions addressing conflict.This volume serves as an invaluable resource for studying conflict, mediation, negotiation and facilitation in coursework; implementing and planning training programs; designing interventions; creating workshops; and conducting studies of conflict.