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Definition for Mass Media
The definition of communication from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
The definition of mass media from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
Finding more resources in the Library's collections
Encyclopedia of media and communication by Call Number: Baker-Berry P 87.5 .E55 2013ISBN: 9781442611696The first comprehensive encyclopedia for the growing fields of media and communication studies, the Encyclopedia of Media and Communication is an essential resource for beginners and seasoned academics alike.
The international encyclopedia of communication theory and philosophy by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118290736The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy is the definitive single-source reference work on the subject, with state-of-the-art and in-depth scholarly reflection on key issues from leading international experts. ...
Nonverbal communication: studies and applications by Call Number: Baker-Berry P 99.5 .H53 2010ISBN: 9780195378573Publication Date: 5th ed.Nonverbal Communication is a sophisticated introduction to communicating nonverbally, meant for upper-level courses in either communication or psychology departments. The breadth of coverage sets it apart, addressing issues like including body alterations, biofeedback, andolfactics, which are not always included in other nonverbal communication textbooks. ...
The 7 triggers to yes: the new science behind influencing people's decisions by Call Number: Baker-Berry HF 5718 .G73 2008ISBN: 9780071544375Introducing 7 scientifically proven ways to masterfully apply the skill of persuasion and get the results you want. Everybody knows that the best way to persuade people to reach the "Yes" response is by using logic and reason, right? Wrong. According to the latest research in neuroscience, most people respond to emotional cues rather than rational ones. ...
Ethics of cultural appropriation by Call Number: Baker-Berry GN 496 .E835 2009ISBN: 9781405161596The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation undertakes a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic questions that arise from the practice of cultural appropriation. It explores cultural appropriation in a wide variety of contexts, among them the arts and archaeology, museums, and religion. It questions whether cultural appropriation is always morally objectionable. ...
Kant's philosophy of communication by Call Number: Baker-Berry B 2798 .E67 2016ISBN: 9780820704869In this highly original work, G. L. Ercolini engages in a new and inspired reading of Kant that places communication at its center--a move that many Kantian scholars might have deemed impossible. Indeed, Kant has typically been characterized as the epitome of abstract and detached thinking, one who dismissed rhetoric as an art of semantic delusion. The need to communicate technically rigorous ideas to the general public was, for Kant, a persistent and pressing concern, and points to the way in which his treatment of rhetoric has been understood. ...
The persuasion handbook: developments in theory and practice by Call Number: Baker-Berry HM 1196 .P47 2002ISBN: 9780761920069The Persuasion Handbook provides readers with cogent, comprehensive summaries of research in a wide range of areas related to persuasion. From a topical standpoint, this handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach, covering issues of interest to interpersonal and mass communication researchers as well as psychologists and public health practitioners. ...
Body language I: beyond words by Call Number: Streaming videoSome of your students may be bilingual and some may have taken a course in Spanish, Latin, or Japanese. But are any of them fluent in Kinesics? Kinesics is the study of body language as a form of communication. People engaged in a conversation may exchange 200 words per minute, but more than half of their communication is nonverbal. We often use gestures, postures and eye contact without thinking twice about them, but these behaviors can communicate so much beyond the words that we use. ...
Digital nation by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #9856ISBN: 9781608831944Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we've gained? In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, FRONTLINE presents an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world.
Dirt. The complete first seasonCall Number: Jones Media DVD #6599 discs 1-4ISBN: 9780788881435As editor-in-chief of Hollywood's most influential gossip rag, Lucy Spiller can make or break a celebrity, but her obsession with outing the darker side of the glamorous life unleashes the demons of her own past and makes her a victim of the machine she has created.
Generation like by Call Number: Streaming videoFRONTLINE correspondent Douglas Rushkoff explores how the perennial teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media, and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these young consumers.- Viral globalization: social mobilization through new/social media byCall Number: Baker-Berry LD 1447.7 .P3775 2010M.A.L.S. Thesis
- The Web 2.0 job search jump start: a short course in social mediaCall Number: Jones Media DVD #10117
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