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Objectivity in journalism is a key topic for debate in media, communication and journalism studies, and has been the subject of intensive historical and sociological research. In the first study of its kind, Steven Maras surveys the different viewpoints and perspectives...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-04-03
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Key Concepts in Journalism
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Almost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene. Whether they express anger or exhilaration, are meant to insult or to...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-04-01
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Neil Postman’s most popular work, Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), provided an insightful critique of the effects of television on public discourse in America, arguing that television’s bias towards entertaining content trivializes serious issues and undermines the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-04-01
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"Genuinely touching, wonderfully revealing" NEW YORKERGarlic and Sapphires is Ruth Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine undetected when she takes on the much coveted and highly prestigious job of New York Times restaurant...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2013-03-31
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This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today. While good spelling is seen as socially and educationally desirable,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-29
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This volume investigates the changes undergone by written communication in our globalized world as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The latter usually functions as a language for communication purposes, but also becomes a language for identification purposes. The study...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-03-28
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Composed of 100 bite-sized entries of 400 to 600 words each, Netymology weaves together stories, etymologies and analyses around digital culture's transformation, and creation, of words. Tom Chatfield presents a kaleidoscopic, thought-provoking tour through the buried...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2013-03-28
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In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
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In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
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This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today. While good spelling is seen as socially and educationally desirable,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
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This book combines ideas about the architecture of grammar and language acquisition, processing, and change to explain why languages show regular patterns when there is so much irregularity in their use and so much complexity when there is such regularity in linguistic...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
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Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
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Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
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If you're confused by commas, perplexed by pronouns, and plain terrified by tenses, English Grammar For Dummies will put your fears to rest. Packed with expert guidance, it covers everything from sentence basics to rules even your English teacher didn't know - if you...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2013-03-15
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Every serious student of journalism should read this book... Denis McQuail has succeeded in producing a work of scholarship that shows what journalists do and what they should do. - Stephen Coleman, University of Leeds "For a half century we have spoken earnestly of...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2013-03-15
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All Our Todays is the first book about the BBC's most influential news and current affairs programme, published to celebrate Today's 40th anniversary in October 1997. Paul Donovan tells the programme's story from the early days of Jack de Manio, through the great...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2013-03-15
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From the very first mouthful, 'Lunch with the FT' was destined to become a permanent fixture in the Financial Times.One thousand lunches later, the FT's weekly interview has become an institution.From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2013-03-14
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"When I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait." With that insight, Pat Schneider invites readers to contemplate their lives and deepest questions through writing. In seventeen concise thematic...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-03-13
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Die Netzgemeinde hegte die Hoffnung, dass im Wege der retrospektiven Digitalisierung eine allumfassende Bibliothek entstehen könnte, welche das Wissen der Menschheit digital zugänglich macht. Schnell zeigte sich den nutzungswilligen Dritten jedoch, dass mit einem...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-03-12
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This book provides a fascinating account of the psycholinguistic and social factors behind variation in speech timing in US English. With detailed discussions of its methods and data, it also acts as a valuable model for conducting corpus (socio)phonetic research.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-03-08
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