Books in the Routledge Communication Series series

"First edition published by Routledge 1998."

Covering China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India, this book reviews the unique theoretical accomplishments made by Asian communication scholars. It focuses on insights that have been made by adapting Western media theories to the social, cultural, or political contexts that exist in these countries.

Presents the basics of news media feature writing and establishes a foundation for students and writers making feature writing their career. This fifth edition offers a look at newspaper, magazine, newsletter, and online publications, with emphasis on daily newspapers and consumer magazines.

This important book chronicles, responds to, and advances the leading theories in the public relations discipline.

This important book chronicles, responds to, and advances the leading theories in the public relations discipline.

This volume provides a directory of electronic media archives in the USA and Canada. Covering both private and institutional collections, the book is organized by state and city with indexes to provide the reader with the subject and location of specific topics of interest.

This third edition again brings together interdisciplinary contributions to provide a comprehensive and multifaceted resource that reflects the breadth and depth of research on family communication and family relationships.

This third edition again brings together interdisciplinary contributions to provide a comprehensive and multifaceted resource that reflects the breadth and depth of research on family communication and family relationships.

A seminal text, this new edition provides students and scholars a comprehensive survey of the subject¿s key research foundations and trends, authored by the discipline¿s leading scholars. It is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, scholars, policymakers, and healthcare professionals doing work in health communication.

A seminal text, this new edition provides students and scholars a comprehensive survey of the subject¿s key research foundations and trends, authored by the discipline¿s leading scholars. It is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, scholars, policymakers, and healthcare professionals doing work in health communication.

Explores the divide between men and women in their consumption of news media, looking at how the sexes read and use news, how they use technology to access their news, and how news pertains to and is used by women. This book addresses diversity issues among women's use of news, considering racial, ethnic, international and feminist perspectives.

In light of the ever-increasing abundance of media channels and messages, selective exposure has become more important than ever for media impacts. This monograph provides a comprehensive review of the research on selective exposure to media messages, which is at the heart of communication science and media effects. It is required reading for media scholars and researchers, and promises to influence and inspire future research.

Revised edition of the authors' Applied organizational communication, c2008.

Focusing on the agenda-setting function of the news media from an information processing stand-point, this volume examines how individuals expose themselves to news media content and how this content translates into issue salience.

Computers have changed the landscape of both gathering and disseminating information throughout the world. This work is designed to show both students and professional journalists which tools are being used on a daily basis by leading news organizations and journalists.

This title examines the representation, impact and issues relating to the control and regulation of sex in the media. It covers work that has been conducted around the world on the depiction of sex in the mainstream mass media, especially the audio-visual media of film, television and video.