This engaging text introduces students to the world of media through a unique structure that makes the material easily intelligible and meaningful to their lives. Each chapter is divided into three-part narrative sections, including: history, industry, and controversy. The Third Edition features updated statistics and current examples.

This engaging text introduces students to the world of media through a unique structure that makes the material easily intelligible and meaningful to their lives. Each chapter is divided into three-part narrative sections: history, industry, and controversy. "Mass Media in a Changing World" is the story of where the media came from, why they do what they do, and why those actio...(展开全部)

An “important and deeply researched” (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cutting-edge science that is illuminating the changes in our environment and lifestyles that are making so many of us sick Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have an allergy or you know someone who does. Billions of people wor...(展开全部)

In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions, and rituals from a sociological perspective. C...(展开全部)

"An original contribution to media studies. Beautifully organized, well written and incisive."--James Carey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "The best collection of current thinking in the field."--Elihu Katz, Israel Institute of Applied Social Research "A valuable and stimulating collection for students of the mass media--a very worthy successor to the editors' earl...(展开全部)

In this book the author provides effective strategies for managing the challenges and stimulation of modern living.

作者简介： 劳伦·E.奥克斯是一名生态学家、作家和教育家。她是野生动物保护协会气候适应项目的环境保护科学家，斯坦福大学地球系统科学的兼职教授。劳伦教授关于科学故事讲述技巧以及大学科学传播课程。她于2015年获得斯坦福大学埃米特环境与资源跨学科项目博士学位，2004年获得布朗大学环境研究与视觉艺术学士学位。她的森林相关研究已经被《大西洋月刊》《基督教科学箴言报》《科学美国人》《科学星期五》《赫芬顿邮报》《户外杂志》《史密森尼》和其他媒体报道过。她曾为《纽约时报》和《国家地理》的“开放探索者”撰稿，并联合制作了《红色黄金》和《阿拉斯加黄金》两部环境题材纪录片。 译者简介： 李可欣，同济大学风景园林硕士，四川德阳人。

傑米‧巴特利特（Jamie Bartlett） 德莫斯智庫社群媒體分析中心（Center for the Analysis of Social Media）的主任，專門分析線上社會運動，以及科技對社會的影響。其他著作包含《黑暗網路》與《歐威爾vs恐怖份子》（Orwell Versus the Terrorists）。他現居倫敦。 ■譯者簡介 朱崇旻 曾在美國居住九年，以閱讀為樂，現於台北讀生化科技。喜歡翻譯時推敲琢磨的過程，並認為無論是什麼題材的書，譯者都應該忠實表達出作者的立場。興趣包含寫小說、武術、室內布置和冬眠。