Medienwissenschaft

Contributions by Jônathas Miranda de Araújo, Guillaume de Syon, Hugo Frey, Kenan Koçak, Andrei Molotiu, Annick Pellegrin, Benjamin Picado, Vanessa Meikle Schulman, Matthew Screech, and Gwen Athene Ta …

‚If it bleeds, it leads.‘ The phrase captures television news directors‘ famed preference for opening newscasts with the most violent stories they can find. And what is true for news is often true fo …

The ‘other’ is a topic of great interest within and across contemporary photographic practice and theory, yet it remains neglected outside the now well-established field of postcolonial studies. This …

This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundamental effects it has had in the structuring of public de …

The datafication of our world offers huge challenges and opportunities for social science. The ‚data-drivenness‘ of computational research can occur at the expense of theoretical reflection and inter …

Walt Kelly (1913–1973) is one of the most respected and innovative American cartoonists of the twentieth century. His long-running Pogo newspaper strip has been cited by modern comics artists and sch …

Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of the 21st century. The book provides a much-neede …

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century, offered a unique insight into the profound impact of the media on modern society. Jaeho Kang’s …

Son Goku battles the demon king! In Dragon Ball Culture Volume 5 we’ll reunite with Goku and his friends as they compete in the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai. Then we’ll join them as they fight in a life or …

A revised and expanded new edition of Lucy Sante’s classic history of the real-photo postcard, with 130 images and a new afterword. In rural America at the beginning of the twentieth century, the wor …