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81) James Bond
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The mere hint recently that British actor Idris Elba might take up the mantle of James Bond in future instalments of the film franchise was a major international news story—a testament to the enduring interest and appeal of Bond, a figure who has become a true global icon.
“Fan Phenomena: James Bond” explores the devoted fanbase that has helped make Bond what he is, offering a serious but wholly accessible take on the many different ways that...
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When Ridley Scott envisioned Blade Runner's set as "Hong Kong on a bad day," he nodded to the city's overcrowding as well as its widespread use of surveillance. But while Scott brought Hong Kong and surveillance into the global film repertoire, the city's own cinema has remained outside of the global surveillance discussion. In Arresting Cinema, Karen Fang delivers a unifying account of Hong Kong cinema that draws upon its renowned crime films and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Joshua Wong was born in Hong Kong less than one year before China took back control of the city from the United Kingdom. While the handover was peaceful, Hong Kong's citizens lost their right to fully democratic elections. Joshua's leadership as an activist came to international attention in 2014, during pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The protest became known as the Umbrella Movement. Although Joshua and his student organization called Scholarism...
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Culturas en comunicación reconoce y propone diversas formas de estudiar los procesos comunicativos desde sus distintas dimensiones: intercultural, multicultural o transcultural. Se trata de pensar en la comunicación como un campo analítico de estudio que se despliega en múltiples ámbitos explicativos para dar cuenta del hacer de las personas y los medios enraizados en contextos sociales específicos.
La segunda parte de este libro se enfoca...
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The Publicity Push is designed for the publicity novice and for those who want to self-manage their media activities. The book guides the reader through the communication process, explains how to design effective publicity programs, analyses what makes a newsworthy story, demonstrates how to write a media release, discusses the importance of developing professional relationships with the media and how to manage in a crisis. The book is ideal for the...
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Facebook, Google, and other major internet companies track clicks and use that data to provide personalized content. More and more, each person encounters a unique online world, what some experts call a "web of one." This essential resource explores what filter bubbles are and how they work. It looks at the potential downsides of filter bubbles, such as deepening political divides and the rise of confirmation bias. It offers helpful advice about how...
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This book represents voices of resistance from across the globe to document the communicative processes, practices, and frameworks through which neoliberal global policies are currently being defied. Based on examples, case studies, and ethnographic reports, Voices of Resistance serves as a space for engaging various perspectives from the global margins in dialogue. The emphasis of the book is on the core idea that creating spaces for listening to...
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Esta obra, pretende iniciar el análisis de la producción narrativa de ficción y no-ficción en nuestro continente sudamericano bajo la premisa de que la narrativa transmedia ha existido siempre, sin desconocer que los medios con los cuales se cuentan las historias (de ficción como de no-ficción) están condicionados históricamente.
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Treinta entrevistas a personajes como Juan Rulfo, Juan José Arreola, José Luis Cuevas, Vicente Leñero, Elías Nandino, Juan Soriano, Alicia Alonso y Consuelo Velázquez, elegidas de entre cientos de conversaciones y grabaciones para la radio, la prensa o la televisión realizadas a lo largo de tres décadas de periodismo cultural.
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A lo largo de su primer siglo de vida, la industria audiovisual ha consolidado su saber-hacer (know-how) al ritmo de una doble dinámica: por un lado, un aprendizaje autodidacto, intuitivo, basado en la acumulación de experiencia y, por otro lado, un aprendizaje por emulación, adaptando el modus operandi de otras actividades empresariales basadas en la producción en serie.
Este último es el caso de la dirección o gestión de proyectos (project...
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This book charts the relentless rise of the public relations industry and how it has transformed our society. Revealing the roots of the PR movement in the years leading up to the First World War, it shows how it became a key tool in the struggle to subordinate democracy to corporate rule. It is the first book to offer a history of the emergence of corporate propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic during the 20th century.
The authors show how...
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Thanks to websites and social media platforms, conspiracy theories are able to reach a wider audience today than ever before. Such theories both fascinate and alarm critical thinkers because they challenge media consumers of all ages to hone their media literacy skills. This volume introduces the basic critical thinking concepts needed in order to evaluate the credibility of conspiracy theories, such as those surrounding the September 11 terrorist...
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Most Canadians are city dwellers, a fact often unacknowledged by twentieth-century Canadian films, with their preference for themes of wilderness survival or rural life. Modernist Canadian films tend to support what film scholar Jim Leach calls "the nationalist-realist project," a documentary style that emphasizes the exoticism and mythos of the land. Over the past several decades, however, the hegemony of Anglo-centrism has been challenged by francophone...
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With contributions from leading international experts from within both the communications industry and academia, Trends in Communication Policy Research comprises the very latest developments in the theories, methods and practical applications of this dynamic field. Topical and politically relevant, this authoritative volume will prove an invaluable reference for students and scholars seeking to understand communication policy issues.
95) Information War
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In Information War, former United States Information Agency employee Nancy Snow describes how U.S. propaganda efforts and covert operations are expanding more rapidly today than at any other time in U.S. history, as the Bush administration attempts to increase U.S. dominance by curbing dissent and controlling opinion. Snow lays out the propaganda techniques that the government uses to control dissent in the twenty-first century, spotlights the key...
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This book helps children to develop critical thinking and debating skills. It examines the topic of advertising in a lively and accessible way. Information is presented to help readers deliberate, debate, and decide for themselves. The book looks at the power of advertising: how it works, the pros and cons, the impact of consumerism and how advertising affects our daily lives.
97) Podcasters
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In the digital age, it's never been easier to broadcast your voice to the world. With podcasts, all you need is a microphone, a computer, some time, and a story to tell. Your readers will meet the radio and podcast pioneers who started this trend. Tech-savvy readers will love this behind-the-scenes look of how a podcast is made, and perhaps inspire them to start their own. This contemporary, high-interest volume makes the business side of podcasting...
98) La odisea del libro: la transición digital: Guía para autores, editores, libreros y bibliotecarios
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La odisea del libro es una reflexión sobre el futuro del sector editorial y una guía de consulta para los profesionales que trabajan en él. En apenas 180 páginas de ágil lectura, propone a autores, editores, libreros y bibliotecarios toda una serie de estrategias prácticas para adaptarse al reto digital. Así, aúna análisis teóricos con consejos útiles y concretos. Incluye fichas descargables y ejercicios para ayudar al autor a encontrar...
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Technology, a word that emerged historically first to denote the study of any art or technique, has come, in modernity, to describe advanced machines, industrial systems, and media. McCutcheon argues that it is Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein that effectively reinvented the meaning of the word for modern English. It was then Marshall McLuhan's media theory and its adaptations in Canadian popular culture that popularized, even globalized, a...
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