This book explores the changing nature of democracy in light of dramatic changes in the media of mass communication: the Internet, the decline of network television news and the daily newspaper; the growing tendency to treat election campaigns as competing product advertisements; the blurring lines among news, ads, and entertainment. It explores such questions as: Does the Int...(展开全部)

帕特里克·邓利维(Patrick Dunleavy)教授就职于伦敦政治经济学院(London School of Economics and Political Science)及伦敦社会科学院(The Academy of the Social Science，London)，任政治学及公共政策学的教授。他撰写过数部政治学的专著和学术文章，并兼任《政治研究》(Political Studies)期刊的主编。 20多年来，帕特里克教授在伦敦政治经济学院指导过30多位博士生，并教授一门关于如何起草及撰写博士论文的跨学科的大型课程长达十余年之久。本书由帕特里克教授根据自己在多年指导学生及执教过程中所积累的丰富经验编纂而成。 布伦登·奥利里(Brendan O’Leary)是美国宾夕法尼亚大学社会科学的教授以及所罗门·阿施中心主任。

Social theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes. Fifty years after Berger and Luckmann published their classic text The Social Construction of Reality, two leading sociologists of media, Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp, revisit the question of how social theory can understand the processes through whic...(展开全部)

Social theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes. Fifty years after Berger and Luckmann published their classic text The Social Construction of Reality, two leading sociologists of media, Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp, revisit the question of how social theory can understand the processes through whic...(展开全部)

〔英〕保罗·普雷斯顿（Paul Preston） 英国二等勋爵（CBE），历史学家，国际西班牙历史研究的领军人物。伦敦经济学院（LSE）西班牙研究首席教授。他研究西班牙历史长达三十多年，著述丰厚。因其卓越的学术研究，获得很多荣誉，包括大英帝国勋章，伊莎贝拉女王勋章，塞缪尔·约翰逊奖（享有盛誉的非虚构类写作奖）等。主要著作：《西班牙大屠杀》《西班牙内战》《佛朗哥传》《民主国王胡安·卡洛斯传》等。

Product Description Surveying three centuries of economic history, a Harvard professor argues for a leaner global system that puts national democracies front and center. From the mercantile monopolies of seventeenth-century empires to the modern-day authority of the WTO, IMF, and World Bank, the nations of the world have struggled to effectively harness globalization's promise....(展开全部)

伊尼斯，生于加拿大安大略省，受业于加拿大麦克马斯特大学，获硕士学位，后转美国芝加哥大学，师从著名社会学家帕克，获博士学位。1920年起直至去世，执教于多伦多大学，任政治经济学教授、政治经济系系主任、研究生院院长。他在政治经济学、文明史和传播学诸领域的成就，使他成为世界级的著名学者、多伦多传播学派的先驱。前期的代表作聚焦于加拿大经济史和文明史，要者有《加拿大的皮货贸易》、《加拿大经济史》、《鳕鱼业》。后期的两本代表作成为传播学的经典，它们是《传播的偏向》和《帝国与传播》。

One of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection of essays explores the relationship between a society's communication media and that community's ability to maintain control ...(展开全部)