Mark Twain for Book Lovers is a collection of witty and insightful writings about almost everything connected with them by one of the world's greatest writers. The breadth of such a volume is assured by the fact that Mark Twain was intimately involved in every aspect of books--from reading, writing, producing, and critiquing to even marketing ......
Video Games, Politics, and the Battle for Global Influence
What began as entertainment is now a global force shaping politics, culture, the economy, and even warfare. The evolution of video games from a niche pursuit locked onto expensive devices to a mass form of popular entertainment that is accessible everywhere, interwoven with digital technology and sitting at the heart of a thriving cultural and ......
Examining Netflix's global influence through its complex global-local dynamics in Korean media. Korea is a global entertainment powerhouse, thanks in no small part to Netflix. Analyzing the artistry and industry behind Netflix-produced Korean hits like Squid Game, The Glory, and Narco-Saints, Benjamin Han argues that Korea is ground zero for an ......
The first book to focus on the newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass and their impact on Black organizing A robust body of work has established the importance of print in general, and newspapers in particular, to African American culture in the 1800s. Such work regularly acknowledges Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) as one of the most ......
Misinformation Causes, Consequences, and Interventions
In an era defined by information overload and polarized discourse, Sowing the West Texas Wind brings together a diverse array of scholars, scientists, journalists, and legal experts to examine the rise of misinformation and its real-world impacts. The scope goes from the deeply local to the national and global to understand how trust is won and ......
Navigate the evolving world of sport public relations. Now in its fourth edition, Sport Public Relations provides students, educators, and professionals with the foundational knowledge and modern strategies needed to navigate the evolving world of public relations (PR) in sport. The textbook presents essential topics such as media relations, ......
Elizabeth Jordan, Journalist, Editor, and Mystery Author
The first biography of Elizabeth Garver Jordan: an outstanding writer, a visionary in terms of genre, and an astute critic of contemporary American culture. In a career that spanned the Progressive Era to World War II, she was a widely-read journalist (best known for covering the Lizzie Borden case), an influential editor of Harper’s ......
From the author of Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing comes this new collection of personal essays reflecting on the past fifty years of his pursuits and passions in literature, art, and music. Beginning with a memoir of his father's tutelage through letters to a young son away at school, it moves along to his "dual professions" on parallel ......
The Complete Broadcasting Industry Guide: Television, Radio, Cable & Streaming is the go-to source for station data and industry contacts in the US and Canadian television, radio and cable marketplace.
