A Dictionary of Journalism

Author: Tony Harcup
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199646244
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
This dictionary includes over 1,400 entries covering terminology related to the practice, business, and technology of journalism, as well as its concepts and theories, institutions, publications, and key events. An essential companion for all students taking courses in Journalism and Journalism Studies, as well as related subjects.

A Dictionary of Media and Communication

Author: Daniel Chandler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019105755X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 722

Book Description
The most accessible and up-to-date dictionary of its kind, this wide-ranging A-Z covers both interpersonal and mass communication, in all their myriad forms, encompassing advertising, digital culture, journalism, new media, telecommunications, and visual culture, among many other topics. This new edition includes over 200 new complete entries and revises hundreds of others, as well as including hundreds of new cross-references. The biographical appendix has also been fully cross-referenced to the rest of the text. This dictionary is an indispensable guide for undergraduate students on degree courses in media or communication studies, and also for those taking related subjects such as film studies, visual culture, and cultural studies.

Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland

Author: Laurel Brake
Publisher: Academia Press
ISBN: 9038213409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1059

Book Description
A large-scale reference work covering the journalism industry in 19th-Century Britain.

Historical Dictionary of Journalism

Author: Ross Eaman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538125048
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 521

Book Description
This book covers the history of journalism as an institutionalized form of discourse from the acta diurna in ancient Rome to the news aggregators of the 21st century. It traces how journalism gradually distinguished itself from chronicles, history, and the novel in conjunction with the evolution of news media from news pamphlets, newsletters, and newspapers through radio, film, and television to multimedia digital news platforms like Google News. Historical Dictionary of Journalism, Second Edition covers 46 countries, it contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, the dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on a wide array of topics such as African-American journalism, the historiography of the field, the New Journalism, and women in journalism. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about journalism.

Dictionary of Media and Communications

Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317473116
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 359

Book Description
Accessible to wide range of readers from student to lay people, this authoritative reference provides a complete listing of media concepts, figures, and techniques with illustrations and historical commentaries. Written by distinguished scholar and author Marcel Danesi, and with an Introduction by Arthur Asa Berger, a leading figure in the world of media and communications, the dictionary also includes terms related to psychology, linguistics, aesthetics, computer science, semiotics, culture theory, anthropology, and more that have relevance in media studies. Each entry includes a definition in simple, clear language; an illustration where applicable; and, historical commentary (who coined a term for example, why, who uses it, etc.). A bibliography, a directory of online resources, and a time-line of media genres add to the dictionary's usefulness and appeal.

Dictionary of Mass Communication and Media Research

Author: David P. Demers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780922993352
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
This is a clothbound version of the original paperback book (ISBN 0-922993-25-4). The dictionary contains more than 1,400 concepts and terms associated with mass communication--two-thirds of which are not found in other comparable dictionaries. This dictionary provides more comprehensive of most terms than other dictionaries.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics

Author: Iain McLean
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191018279
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 648

Book Description
This best-selling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the whole multi-disciplinary specturm of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. An appendix contains timelines listing the principal office-holders of a range of countries including the UK, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and China. Fully revised and updated for the 3rd edition, the dictionary includes a wealth of new material in areas such as international relations, political science, political economy, and methodologies, as well as a chronology of key political theorists. It also boasts entry-level web links that don't go out of date. These can be accessed via a regularly checked and updated companion website, ensuring that the links remain relevent, and any dead links are replaced or removed. The dictionary has international coverage and will prove invaluable to students and academics studying politics and related disciplines, as well as politicians, journalists, and the general reader seeking clarification of political terms.

A Dictionary of Journalism

Author: Tony Harcup
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191044601
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
A Dictionary of Journalism is an accessible and authoritative quick reference dictionary. It covers over 1,400 wide-ranging entries on the terms that are likely to be encountered by students of the subject, and aims to offer a broad, accessible point of reference on an ever-topical and constantly-changing field that affects everyone's knowledge and perception of the world. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of the subject, it covers terminology relating to the practice, business, and technology of journalism, as well as its concepts and theories, organizations and institutions, publications, and key events. Related topic areas are covered where they impact on or offer explanations of journalism: for example in law, where legislation affects journalistic activity; and where sociological studies seek to aid the understanding of journalism. Appendices include a timeline of journalistic developments, contextualising the ever-evolving nature of journalism, as well as an index of significant individuals in the field. It is an essential companion to all students taking courses in Journalism and Journalism Studies, as well as related subjects such as Communications Studies, Media Studies, and Television and Radio Production.

Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications

Author: Richard Weiner
Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 552

Book Description
The only single source for definitions of the terms used in the media and communications field, this unique reference contains 25,000 definitions from broadcasting, advertising, publishing, and more.

Understanding Journalism

Author: John Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134819889
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
Never has the media been so critically regarded as at the present time. Documenting many areas of debate and dispute between journalists, the media, public organizations and politicians, the author identifies why conflicts will continue. Covering topics from government bias to censorship, official secrets to freedom of information and animal rights to obscenity, this highly informative work is a valuable guide to all those involved in journalism and the media.