New Books in Communications

Interviews with Scholars of Media and Communications about their New Books

Science
Social Sciences
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Jennifer Burek Pierce, "Narratives, Nerdfighter...
An interview with Jennifer Burek Pierce
43 min
1252
Charles R. Acland, "American Blockbuster: Movie...
An interview with Charles R. Acland
74 min
1253
Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, "Stuck with Tourism: ...
An interview with Matilde Córdoba Azcárate
69 min
1254
The Other Side of the Desk with a UP Editor: A ...
Our guest is: Kimberly Guinta, Editorial Director at Rutgers University Press....
45 min
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Kim T. Gallon, "Pleasure in the News: African A...
An interview with Kim T. Gallon
69 min
1256
Richard Ovenden, "Burning the Books: A History ...
An interview with Richard Ovenden
38 min
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Sharon Marcus, "The Drama of Celebrity" (Prince...
An interview with Sharon Marcus
48 min
1258
Waleed F. Mahdi, "Arab Americans in Film: From ...
How are Arab Americans portrayed in Arab films, and just as importantly, how are they portrayed in the works of Arab American filmmakers themselves?
64 min
1259
Edward Wilson-Lee, "The Catalogue of Shipwrecke...
After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library to collect everything ever printed...
46 min
1260
Gemma Milne, "Smoke and Mirrors: How Hype Obscu...
Hype can be combated and discounted, though, if you're able to see exactly where, how and why it is being deployed...
76 min
1261
Marissa J. Moorman, "Powerful Frequencies: Radi...
Moorman narrates Angolan history with the radio at its center...
61 min
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Leela Prasad, "The Audacious Raconteur: Soverei...
Can a subject be sovereign in a hegemony? Can creativity be reined in by forces of empire?
30 min
1263
Scholarly Communications: A Discussion with Eli...
We talk about knowing the research you have done, but communicating the message you want said...
69 min
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Catharine Abell, "Fiction: A Philosophical Anal...
For Abell, fictional entities exist in the same way that marriages and corporations do...
60 min
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Leigh Thompson, "Negotiating the Sweet Spot: Th...
Negotiating at Home, at Work, and Virtually
34 min
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Keith A. Livers, "Conspiracy Culture: Post-Sovi...
Livers offers a solid background that helps historicize the conspiracy preoccupations in Russia...
54 min
1267
Samantha Langsdale and Elizabeth Rae Coody, "Mo...
This book the ways women are made monstrous in popular culture...
53 min
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D. G. Young, "Irony and Outrage: The Polarized ...
Young looks at two distinct genres of communication—irony and outrage—and their respective appeals to liberals and conservatives...
60 min
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Chris Richardson, "Batman and the Joker: Contes...
Richardson presents a cultural analysis of the ways gender, identity, and sexuality are negotiated in the rivalry of Batman and The Joker...
48 min
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Travis Vogan, "ABC Sports: The Rise and Fall of...
Vogan traces the cultural impact of ABC Sports rise in the 1950s until its demise in the 1990s....
54 min
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Ani Maitra, "Identity, Mediation, and the Cunni...
The politics of identity have played center stage in many political debates in the last few years, and is often seen somewhat pejoratively as an epiphenomenal manifestation of the dynamics of capitalism....
72 min
1272
Shyam Sharma, "Writing Support for Internationa...
72 min
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Emily J. H. Contois, "Diners, Dudes, and Diets:...
Contois argues that the figure of The Dude was invented (or perhaps only capitalized on) by marketing and advertising firms to combat “gender contamination” and sell what may be perceived as “feminine” foods to men...
64 min
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Social Media, Grassroots Activism and Disinform...
Sinpeng and Tapsell explore some of the more recent controversies surrounding social media use in Southeast Asia....
20 min
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Vanessa Diaz, "Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino ...
Vanessa Díaz examines the raced and gendered hierarchies and inequalities that are imbricated within the work of producing celebrity in Los Angeles...
47 min