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The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert W. McChesney  Publisher Comments The symptoms of the crisis of the U.S. media are well-known--a decline in hard news, the growth of info-tainment and advertorials, staff cuts and concentration of ownership, increasing conformity of viewpoint and suppression of genuine debate. McChesney...
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Journalist and the Murderer (90 Edition)
by Janet Malcolm Publisher Comments In two previous books, Janet Malcolm explored the hidden sides of, respectively, institutional psychoanalysis and Freudian biography. In this book, she examines the psychopathology of journalism. Using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit as her larger...
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
by Hunter S Thompson Publisher Comments The "gonzo" political journalist presents his frankly subjective observations on the personalities and political machinations of the 1972 presidential campaign, in a new edition of the classic account of the dark side of American politics. Reprint....
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Uncommon Carriers
by John A. Mcphee Publisher Comments This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. John McPhee rides from Atlanta to Tacoma alongside Don Ainsworth, owner and...
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Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print
by David Wallis 
Powells.com Staff Pick This collection of articles and essays, that never saw the light of day in the publications that commissioned them, shows that the "cover your ass and protect the bottom line" editorial stance is hardly new. Killed is great journalism given a new...
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Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
by David Wallis Publisher Comments One hundred political cartoons you wanted to see, but weren't allowed to: all were banned for being too hot to handle. Think you live in a society with a free press? These celebrated cartoonists and illustrators found out otherwise. Whether blasting Bush...
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Looking for Trouble: The Life and Times of a Foreign Correspondent
by Richard Beeston Publisher Comments "Looking for Trouble" is a vivid account of 35 years in journalism by a former foreign correspondent and bureau chief of "The Daily Telegraph". It recounts an extraordinary and eventful period in the years before instant communication and mass TV...
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Headless Body in Topless Bar: The Best Headlines from America's Favorite Newspaper
by Staff Of The New Yor Publisher Comments Either you love them or you hate them, but everybody agrees on one thing—there's just nothing like a New York Post headline. Gathered here for the first time ever are the best of the best from the paper's two-hundred-year history. Whether...
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A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl
by Mariane Pearl Publisher Comments For five weeks the world waited for news about Danny Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan....And then came the broadcast of his shocking murder. The complete account of his abduction, the intense effort to rescue...
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Media Unlimited : How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives (02 - Old Edition)
by Todd Gitlin Publisher Comments A provocative new exploration of our media-saturated lives-a worthy successor to Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media. Everyone knows that the media is all around us, but no one quite understands its effect on our lives. Critics and analysts focus on...
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When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion)
by Bennett Publisher Comments < div> < div> During the gravest moments of George W. Bush& #8217; s tenure& #8212; the response to 9/11, the buildup to war with Iraq, the Abu Ghraib scandal& #8212; the media largely reported reality as his administration...
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Writers Life
by Gay Talese Publisher Comments The inner workings of a writer's life, the interplay between experience and writing, are brilliantly recounted by a master of the art. Gay Talese now focuses on his own life —the zeal for the truth, the narrative edge, the sometimes startling...
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The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me
by Ralph Steadman Publisher Comments A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, "The Jokes Over" is the definitive inside story of Hunter S. Thompson and the Gonzo years....
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Introduction To Mass Communication : Media Literacy and Culture - With DVD (5TH 08 Edition)
by Stanley J. Baran Publisher Comments This text encourages students to take more active roles as media consumers and gives them a deeper understanding of the role that the media play in both shaping and reflecting culture. Through this cultural perspective, students learn that audience...
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Censored: The Top 25 Censored Stories (Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News -- The Year's Top 25 Ceensored Stories)
by Peter Phillips Publisher Comments This series highlights the year's 25 most important underreported news stories, alerting readers to deficiencies in corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media....
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Newsthinking the Secret of Making Your F
by Bob Baker Synopsis Written by an experienced editor and reporter, Newsthinking's unique approach to writing and real-world newsroom flavor combine to offer readers an exciting way to improve their newswriting. This book uses a brisk, conversational style to teach readers...
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But Enough about Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous
by Jancee Dunn
Publisher Comments The second I stepped through the doors of Rolling Stone as a real employee, I wanted to shake off my old personality like the rigid husk of a cicada. But how could I cultivate a new, hip persona when I lived with my parents in a New Jersey suburb and...
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Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream News
by Norman Solomon
Publisher Comments The authors of "Through the Media Looking Glass" and the award-winning "Adventures in Medialand" are back with more news analysis and political commentary....
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Journalistic Fraud: How the New York Times Distorts the News and Why It Can No Longer Be Trusted
by Bob Kohn Publisher Comments A life-long reader of the New York Times proves how the once-vaunted newspaper has replaced its original noble mission to present straight news with a new subversive mission to manipulate attitudes and promote leftist agendas. For over a hundred...
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Basics of Design : Layout and Typography for Beginners (02 - Old Edition)
by Lisa Graham Publisher Comments This classic introduction to high-impact page design is now fully updated for a new generation of designers. Basics of Design: Layout and Typography for Beginners demystifies the design process with straightforward and complete explanations of the...
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