Books in the Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts series

Examines novel techniques in structural designs in various cultural and social scenarios. Featuring innovative application methods, emergent trends, and research on tools being utilized in the field, this publication is a pivotal reference source for designers, researchers, practitioners, and professionals interested in interior design, urban culture, and structural aesthetics.

Offers an authoritative reference source for recent developments in the dynamic field of digital media. This innovative publication features current empirical studies and theoretical frameworks addressing a variety of topics including instant messaging, podcasts, cell phone and tablet applications, e-zines, e-books, e-textiles, virtual worlds, social networking, cyberbullying, and ethical issues.

Focuses on both the positive and negative outcomes of communication and media usage, as well as the overall perceptions of these elements, within conflicting populations. This volume features theoretical perspectives on various intergroup interaction experiences within contemporary ethnic controversies.

Analyses the use and structure of media in political forums in developing nations. This volume features research on the effects of the media on news consumption and the professional and ethical difficulties journalists and editors face in the dissemination of political messages.

Because creative technology encompasses many applications with the realm of art, gaming, the humanities, and digitization, this book features a diverse collection of relevant research for the modern world. It is a pivotal reference publication for educators, students, and researchers in fields related to sociology, technology, and the humanities.

Presents the latest scholarly research on the stimulation and implementation of creative thinking in academic and professional environments. Highlighting the foundations of creativity from theoretical and neuroscientific perspectives, this book is ideally designed for academics, professionals, educators, and practitioners.

Provides a forum for discussion relating to the intersection of projective processes and cognitive neuroscience. This publication offers a neuroscientific perspective on the roles and responsibilities of designers, artists, and architects, with relation to the products they design, and expands on current research in the areas of sensor-perception, cognition, creativity, and behavioural processes.

Actor-Network Theory (ANT), originally a social theory, seeks to organise objects and non-human entities into social networks. Its most innovative claim approaches these networks outside the anthropocentric view, including both humans and non-human objects as active participants in a social context. This volume applies this novel approach to media studies.

Presents the latest scholarly perspectives on delivering political messages to society through musical platforms and venues. Highlighting innovative research topics on an international scale, such as electron campaigns, social justice, and protests, this book is designed for academics, professionals, practitioners, graduate students, and researchers.

Presents the latest scholarly material on the relationship between popular media, art, and visual culture, analysing how this intersection promotes global pedagogy and learning. Highlighting relevant perspectives from both international and community levels, this book is designed for professionals, upper-level students, researchers, and academics interested in the role of art in global learning.

Explores the challenges, opportunities, issues, controversies, and contradictions of digital technologies in relation to media law and ethics and examines occurrences in different socio-political and economic realities. This publication highlights multidisciplinary studies on cybercrime, invasion of privacy, and muckraking.

Highlights innovative trends in electronic preservation techniques. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant topics such as cultural complexities, participative heritage, architectural backgrounds, and virtual reconstruction, this is an ideal publication for academics, graduate students, engineers, and researchers interested in expanding their knowledge of heritage conservation systems.