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English
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Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals, now in its 17th edition, has set the standard as the single best resource for students and professionals looking to brush up on how communication technologies have developed, grown, and converged, as well as what's in store for the future. The book covers the fundamentals of communication technology in five chapters that explain the communication technology ecosystem, its history, theories, structure,...
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy offers insights into the boundaries of this field of study, assesses why it is important, who is affected, and with what political, economic, social and cultural consequences. Provides the most up to date and comprehensive collection of essays from top scholars in the fieldIncludes contributions from western and eastern Europe, North and Central America, Africa and AsiaOffers new conceptual frameworks...
5) The jungle
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English
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Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Murder—a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the modern era, murder entered the popular psyche,...
7) The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management: How to Manage the Media in the Digital Age
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Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
1st.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (320 pages : 22 illustrations)
Language
English
Description
From the Japanese tsunami and the Egyptian revolution to the Haitian earthquake and the Australian floods, social media has proven its power to unite, coalesce, support, champion, and save lives. Presenting cutting-edge media communication solutions, The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management explains how to choose the appropriate language and media outlet to properly convey your message during and after a crisis. Unveiling the secrets...
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Chandos Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Collective Action 2.0: The Impact of Social Media on Collective Action provides a balanced look into how ICTs leverage and interact with collective action through avoiding technological determinism, utopianism, and fundamentalism, which impacts the current discourse. Recent events in different authoritarian regimes, such as Iran and Egypt, have drawn global attention to a developing phenomenon in collective action: people tend to organize through...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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The author of the landmark work On Killing reveals how violent video games have ushered in a new era of mass homicide--and what we must do about it. Paducah, Kentucky, 1997: a 14-year-old boy shoots eight students in a prayer circle at his school. Littleton, Colorado, 1999: two high school seniors kill a teacher, twelve other students, and then themselves. Utoya, Norway, 2011: a political extremist shoots and kills sixty-nine participants in a youth...
10) The Einstein effect: how the world's favorite genius got into our cars, our bathrooms, and our minds
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shape our world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online following. The Einstein Effect shows all the ways his...
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Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
735 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm
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English
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"Here it is: the first-time look at the remarkable American multinational mass media empire and its century of entertainment--the story of Twentieth Century Fox (1915-2015). The controversies and scandals are here, as are the extraordinary achievements. Among other firsts, the book offers fun tours of its historic production and ranch facilities including never-before-told stories about its stars and creative personalities. The authors primarily tell...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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xxxix, 219 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"In the aftermath of World War II, the United States stood at a precipice. The forces of modernity unleashed by the war had led to astonishing advances in daily life, but technology and mass culture also threatened to erode the country's traditional moral character. As award-winning historian George M. Marsden explains in The Twilight of the American Enlightenment, postwar Americans looked to the country's secular, liberal elites for guidance in this...
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Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Create the very best mixed media with 52 inspiring exercises!Strenthening your understanding and use of color will make your mixed-media art shine as you complete 52 labs that span painting, collage, drawing, assemblage and more. In Color Lab for Mixed Media Artists, color is explored through multiple lenses-nature, history, psychology, expression-as you work through 52 exciting and approachable projects that explore the infinite potential of the...
15) PCs for dummies
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Series
Language
English
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A guide for beginning users covers setup, disks and disk drives, monitors, printers, peripheral equipment, acronyms and jargon, computer security, and common mistakes.
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Publisher
Cumberland House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xiii, 255 pages ; 23 cm
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English
Description
Hines shows how a newspaper, and the world, struggled to find and report the truth of the most disastrous maritime accident in history. The London Daily Telegraph, the largest circulating newspaper in the world at the time of the sinking of the Titanic, was charged with the task of relaying what exactly had happened to the luxury liner. But with false reports abounding and no access to survivors, that task was easier said than done.
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Series
Publisher
Lontar
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Revised English language edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 215 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Half a century ago when Mochtar Lubis' "Twilight in Jakarta" was secreted out of Indonesia and published in London, it was the first Indonesian novel ever to be published in English translation. The novel, a depiction of social and political events in the capital during the run up to a national election, contains a grim cast of characters: corrupt politicians, impotent intellectuals, unprincipled journalists, manipulative Leftists, and impetuous Muslims...
Publisher
1 Earth Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians...
19) Data Control
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Publisher
Wiley-ISTE
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages)
Language
English
Description
Businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of data and information. As such, they are eager to develop ways to Ňmanageň them, to enrich them and take advantage of them. Indeed, the recent explosion of a phenomenal amount of data, and the need to analyze it, brings to the forefront the well-known hierarchical model: 䟚ta, Information, Knowledgeň. 䟚taň- this new intangible manna - is produced in real time. It arrives in a continuous...
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Publisher
O'Reilly
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 179 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Bryan and Marcia have not only provided tips and tricks for detecting and blocking spam and email fraud but have also written the first of its kind Milter reference guide. This book will help you start writing your own special-purpose mail filters quickly and easily. Milters are among the most powerful antispamming tools available. Until now, there has been no clear and helpful resource for you to learn how to set up and use Milters. sendmail Milters:...
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