Self-described social entrepreneur and activist Halpern is a co-founder of the Center for Law and Social Policy, an early public interest law firm; the founding dean of the City U. of New York Law School at Queens College, founded with a public interes…
Wolfe and Owens (political science and religion, Boston College) assemble 16 essays by a group of American scholars of public policy, economics, sociology, criminology, law, governance, history, political science, psychiatry, theology, and other fields…
For students and scholars of political science and political economy, civil servants, and policy makers, Veggeland (social science, Lillehammer University College, Norway) examines the regulatory regimes that are currently dominant around the world and…
Essays discuss the physical and social effects of drinking alcohol on teenagers, the effectiveness of current government and college policies, and the role the media plays in underage drinking.
Originally available only to Associated Press members, this is the definitive guide to writing and delivering the news on radio, television, and other broadcast media. While the focus throughout is on the art of finding, researching, writing, editing, producing, and delivering authoritative, accurate, and exciting news stories, it also provides a wealth of information on key technical aspects invo…
Broadcast News Writing Handbook will make students and professionals better writers and better broadcast journalists. With 50 years of combined broadcast journalism experience, the authors discuss how to write, how to craft language, and how to be effective story tellers. Some of the topics covered: Deadly Copy Sins and How to Avoid Them, Interviewing: Getting the Facts and the Feelings, Produci…
Offers a first look at the all-Arab news network and its controversial role in the Arab world. Al-Jazeera, the independent, all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, has emerged as ambassador to the Arab world in the events following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and the war waged in Afghanistan. More than a channel reporting the news as it happens, Al-Jaze…
This textbook teaches journalism students how to think about, report, write, and present news across a variety of platforms including print, television, and on the Web. Topics include (for example) approaching the story, developing context in reporting…
A reprint of the 1985 edition with a new introduction (Andrei Codrescu) and an afterword by the authors. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Today the problems of the 1930s are back in the news, with financial collapse and mass unemployment once again on the rise. In the book, John Stevenson and Chris Cook set about questioning the social and political myths of “the devil`s decade.” They al…
The news is full of modern variations of the Ponzi scheme, which uses money from new investors to pay existing ones, setting up levels of investors to keep growing which always eventually collapse. This book uses case studies to suggest several ex…
This study addresses an internationally famaous death row case in the USA, and its tevevision news coverage. The accused is African American journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal now in his fifties, who is nearing three decades in prison. The news media coverage…
Groover (anthropology, Ball State U.) provides both an overview and case studies of current trends in farmstead archaeology. The author discusses farmstead archaeology as a significant part of understanding and interpreting data regarding the lives, co…
Public communications professionals Chen and Witter consider trends on American women with regards to all sides of politics and non-profit efforts and discuss how social change organizations can better appeal to and address women`s concerns. Studies in…
Sloan, once an editor at National Enquirer, shares his firsthand insight on the history of tabloids. He discusses the trends and evolution of the business, pointing out the innovations of publisher Generoso Paul Pope Jr. in the early 1960s.
Azar Nafasi formed a book club in Tehran comprised of seven young women who got together to discuss such books as THE GREAT GATSBY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DAISY MILLER, and, of course, LOLITA–books forbidden by the Islamic government. In this memoir, Na…
Examines the problem of obesity in contemporary society, discusses changing lifestyles and the role of the food industry in causing and solving the problem.
This revised and updated edition of the BusinessWeek best-seller features best practices for effective marketing and PR practices in the modern world of Web-based communications and includes new case studies and examples to increase sales and r…
Provides information on how to market your business on various social media outlets, explaining how to determine which networks to participate in and why, and how to come up with effective ideas based on proven examples from other companies.
Through never-before-released interviews of marriage-equality leaders, the author presents a case for full marriage equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and proposes strategies for winning desired legislation. By the author of
This release from the children`s CG series NOONBORY teaches preschoolers social lessons about sharing, patience, and teamwork through four episodes following the loveable Lucky, a very small superhero with a very big heart.
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