This groundbreaking volume introduces readers to the key concepts and debates in deaf studies, offering perspectives on the relevance and richness of deaf ways of being in the world. In Open Your Eyes, leading and emerging scholars, the majority of whom are deaf, consider physical and cultural boundaries of deaf places and probe the complex intersections of deaf identities with gender, sexuality, disability, family, and race. Together, they explore the role of sensory perception in constructi...

Combining established theory with original analysis, this book provides a clear account of the social benefits and drawbacks of new media trends and technologies such as emoji, wearables and chatbots and calls for a more critical approach to the rollout of emotional AI in public and private spheres.

What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English.

Examining the role of the media in the generation, circulation and contestation of racist ideas, this text provides the theoretical and analytical tools needed to interrogate how media dynamics and processes impact on racism and anti-racism

The third edition of the bestselling student guide to doing media and cultural studies research provides all the knowledge and practical expertise needed to carry out a project or dissertation.

Ellen Helsper goes beyond questions of digital divides and who's connected or not. She asks why and how social and digital inequalities are linked, as she reveals the tangible outcomes of socio-digital inequalities to everyday lives in an expert exploration of contemporary theory, research and practice in socio-digital inequalities. She makes an urgent call to broaden our horizons, to expand our theoretical and methodological toolkits, and work collectively to achieve a fairer digital future ...

This love letter to reading is a philosophical take on why we read and collect books, told through a working-class lens

This love letter to reading is a philosophical take on why we read and collect books, told through a working-class lens

A student introduction to the history, present and future of global communication from one of Europe's most respected communication scholars.

Dieses Buch möchte eine Einführung in die Möglichkeiten eines kommunikativ-produktionsorientierten Unterrichts sein, mit einem knappen theoretischen Unterbau und vor allem Beispielen aus der Praxis. Es will herkömmliche textanalytische Methoden nicht ersetzen, sondern sie ergänzen. Zugleich will es eine Auseinandersetzung mit wichtigen Veröffentlichungen aus den letzten zwanzig Jahren zu diesem Thema ermöglichen. Das Buch soll u.a. mit wichtigen Auswahlkriterien vertraut machen, es sol...