"This comprehensive and well-designed dictionary of more than 30,000 media terms is a basic source for communications scholars, students, and practitioners. It covers jargon and slang as well as historical and technical terms, and includes marketing, journalism, book publishing, graphic arts, advert
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ising, and printing. The book jacket describes Weiner as a "public relations consultant who is renowned for his introduction of the Cabbage Patch Kids." Although targeting a different audience with his dictionary, Weiner's humor and originality are still evident. A dingbat, for example, is "a typographic decoration. No kidding. That's what they're called, except when they're called flubdub." Frisky furniture is "Wall Street Journal Jargon for a dull article that was made a bit more sprightly with anecdotes and pithy quotations." Weiner writes that "the basic premise of this book is that each definition is written so that you can understand it even if you are not a professional working in the field. I tried not to be pedantic or esoteric." He succeeds in this; definitions are straightforward, frequently humorous, and vivid in detail. His editorial advisory board includes organizations such as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, American Society of Newspaper Editors, National Association of Broadcasters, and the Videotex Industry Association, to name a few." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 170 on the 1st ed. 1990)
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"How and to what extent are women in grassroots communication creating avenues for democratic communication and fostering social change? How is grassroots communication consolidating women's views and perspectives on gender subordination and social transformation? Women in Grassroots Communication b
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rings together a stellar cast of contributors from across the globe–Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America–to answer these and other questions. First, they review the various frameworks for addressing the relationship between women, participation, and communication, looking at the ways women have been perceived. Next, the authors look at the social roles of women in their communities, their capabilities to communicate, and their informal networks at the local and community levels. The third section focuses on media production and the issues of media competency, identity, representation, evaluation, and group process. Finally, by looking at the connections between women's participatory practices and wider sociopolitical initiatives, the final chapters examine the issues of organization, leadership, and communication strategies." (Publisher description)
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"This is an international survey of all types of literature on mass communication of the Caribben region presenting 3,695 citations. The book is organized by regions, divided by the nations' ties to a metropolitan power. Countries such as Dominican Republic and Haiti with longer histories of indepen
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dence are listed separately. (The vast reservoirs of data on Cuban mass communication necessitated a separate volume.) Topically, the chapters are divided into possible categories of general studies, advertising, broadcasting, development communication, film, freedom of the press, history of media, journalism education and training, news agencies, popular culture, print media, and telecommunications. Because of the recency of Caribbean mass communication as a field of study, the emphasis in this book is the period from the 1970s to the present. Many works of historical significance, however, are also cited, including nineteenth and early twentieth century works. Overall, the bibliography is representative in covering all genres of publications – books, periodicals, dissertations, theses, and conference papers. Although the bibliography consists mainly of English-language publications, hundreds of citations appear from other languages. The work is complete with a general subject index and author index." (Publisher website)
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