Books in the Intersections in Communications and Culture series

Using the Herman & Chomsky "Propaganda Model" that was introduced in 1988, Goss offers a rigorous and accessible portrait of contemporary news media. Following a current survey of media ownership and news worker routines, in a series of case studies, he shows how recent news discourse has developed an Us/Them narrative.

Authored by a group of eminent scholars, each chapter is a history and state-of-the-art description of the major issues in international communication theory. While the book draws on an understanding of communication theory it also highlights each author's lifetime effort to critique the existing trends in communication theory and bring out the very best in each multicultural context.

Documents the barriers to success encountered by US Latino films over the past three decades, as their proponents sought to secure distribution deals and prove the films' worth as commodities. This book examines and illuminates the history of US Latino films.

Brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to discuss the dynamic field of Latina/o Studies. Drawing on media studies, communications, history, education, literature, anthropology, popular music, and sociology, this title explores the limits and possibilities of the category of Latinidad.

Home with Hip Hop Feminism brings together popular culture and the everyday experiences of black women from the hip hop generation to highlight the epiphanic moments when the imagined and real body converge or collide. The book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students interested in media and cultural studies, race and ethnic studies, and gender and sexuality studies.

Authored by a group of eminent scholars, each chapter is a history and state-of-the-art description of the major issues in international communication theory. While the book draws on an understanding of communication theory it also highlights each author's lifetime effort to critique the existing trends in communication theory and bring out the very best in each multicultural context.

What do road infrastructures, media networks, ferry boats, cell phones, automobiles, and airplanes have in common? This book aims to reflect on the simultaneously technological and cultural processes underpinning many of these forms of mobility, concentrating in particular in the North, Central, and South American social context.

What do road infrastructures, media networks, ferry boats, cell phones, automobiles, and airplanes have in common? This book aims to reflect on the simultaneously technological and cultural processes underpinning many of these forms of mobility, concentrating in particular in the North, Central, and South American social context.

Spaces of New Colonialism is an edited volume of essays and interviews by prominent and emerging scholars who examine how the restructuring of capitalist globalization is articulated to key sites and institutions that now cut an ecumenical swath across human societies.

Spaces of New Colonialism is an edited volume of essays and interviews by prominent and emerging scholars who examine how the restructuring of capitalist globalization is articulated to key sites and institutions that now cut an ecumenical swath across human societies.

This work presents the first book-length examination of flak as a form of political harassment, authored by a seasoned researcher on political discourse and mass media.

As corporations ramp up "workforce globalization", social entrepreneurs use online digital platforms to create offline social events where foreigners can meet face-to-face. Through ethnographic study, Erika Polson illustrates how, as a new generation of expatriates uses location technologies to create mobile "places," a new global middle class is emerging.

In Talking Back to Globalization: Texts and Practices, contributors provide a series of case studies that stress the interplay between culture, politics, and commerce. Interviews with Natalie Fenton and Radha S. Hegde survey globalization and its interpenetration with the spheres of journalism, activism, social media, and identity.

In Talking Back to Globalization: Texts and Practices, contributors provide a series of case studies that stress the interplay between culture, politics, and commerce. Interviews with Natalie Fenton and Radha S. Hegde survey globalization and its interpenetration with the spheres of journalism, activism, social media, and identity.

Focusing on Oriental and Western cultures, the book's key case studies are China, North America, and Europe, where intercultural issues are relevant to an increasingly borderless world. Chapters focusing on a single nation or culture analyze findings from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparative studies appeal to transnational theories and norms.

Focusing on Oriental and Western cultures, the book's key case studies are China, North America, and Europe, where intercultural issues are relevant to an increasingly borderless world. Chapters focusing on a single nation or culture analyze findings from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparative studies appeal to transnational theories and norms.