Anamik Saha has taken an integrative approach, combining both cultural studies and political economy perspectives in a cutting-edge book that covers representation and beyond. A wide-ranging exploration of both theory and research, Saha broadens the scope out to also cover postcolonialism, audiences, policy, production and digital race studies.

Each chapter presents distinct concepts and ideas in Critical Discourse Analysis, explaining how to use them in your research - and why. Packed with case studies of news texts, social media content, memes, promotional videos, institutional documents, infographics and webpages, the book shows you how to apply each set of tools to real life examples.

Advertising Creative, Sixth Edition gets right to the point of advertising by stressing key principles and practical information students and working professionals can use.Â

Gender in Communication: A Critical Introduction embraces the full range of diverse gender identities and expressions to explore how gender influences communication, as well as how communication shapes our concepts of gender for the individual and for society at large.

Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences provides a framework to help students understand the relationship between media and society and helps students develop skills for critically evaluating both conventional wisdom and one's own assumptions about the social role of the media. The Seventh Edition retains its basic sociological framwork, but also includes additional discussions of new studies and up-to-date material about a rapidly changing media landscape. This edition significantly...

Combining established theory with original analysis, this book provides a clear account of the social benefits and drawbacks of new media trends and technologies such as emoji, wearables and chatbots and calls for a more critical approach to the rollout of emotional AI in public and private spheres.

The third edition of the bestselling student guide to doing media and cultural studies research provides all the knowledge and practical expertise needed to carry out a project or dissertation.

Examining the role of the media in the generation, circulation and contestation of racist ideas, this text provides the theoretical and analytical tools needed to interrogate how media dynamics and processes impact on racism and anti-racism

A student introduction to the history, present and future of global communication from one of Europe's most respected communication scholars.