The Book Company: New Products - Media Studies

Post-Truth (The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back)

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:07:26 +0000

Welcome to the Post Truth era―a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump’s victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evok..

Price: $12.99

States of Immersion Across Media (Bodies, Techniques, Practices)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:02:26 +0000

'States of Immersion Across Media' invites readers to slow down and reflect on immersive practices, both new and old, their impact on our bodies, the affective attunements they evoke, the disruptions they afford, and the creative encounters they generate.

Price: $64.99

Gentrification and the Media (Building and Propagating Discourses on Exclusive Urban Change)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:33:50 +0000

This collection of case studies focuses on a largely unexplored topic that no book has yet investigated gentrification and the media. There is an emphasis on the theoretical and methodological issues raised when media sources are used to study gentrification by non-media specialists who primarily ..

Price: $64.99

Generative AI and Journalism (From Production to Perception)

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:41:08 +0000

Focusing on three areas of generative AI use—content, production, and reception—this book offers a timely perspective on the impact of generative AI on journalism.

Price: $89.99

Statistics Behind the Headlines

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:59:25 +0000

Constructed from series of headlines and articles connected to scientific or government report. Exploration of statistical concepts in report: source of data, issues with quantifying and measuring variables/features, representation and analysis of statistical models, discussion of whether headline..

Price: $86.99

Healthy Ageing in a Digital World (A Nordic Outlook)

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:18:29 +0000

This book offers a holistic approach to understanding the challenges of ageing populations, digital transformation, and health development/health equity in the Nordics. It will interest media and communication, sociology of health and illness, nursing, gerontology.

Price: $89.99

Documentary's Transmedia Metamorphosis (Content Production and Social Change)

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:16:57 +0000

This book interrogates how the documentary genre is transforming and adjusting its practices to adapt to shifting technologies and fragmented audiences. It will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students of media production, documentary, performance, journalism, communication studies, acti..

Price: $89.99

Religions, Media and the United Nations (The New Humanitarian Landscape)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:27:20 +0000

This book is the first of its kind to make concise connections that tie faith-based engagement with the UN’s sustainable development goals, humanitarian governance, while also linking this to media studies and multilateralism.

Price: $89.99

Communication and Development in a Capitalist World (Unmaking and Remaking Sustainability)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:16:05 +0000

The book argues that communication practices for development and social change are influenced by an underlying, pernicious spirit of capitalism, which assumes that capitalism is good for efficient, sustainable development. It will interest researchers and students of international development, ..

Price: $60.99

Britain's Manufactured Migrant Crisis (A Visual Politics)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:30:15 +0000

Images have become a primary site of contestation in migration politics, weaponised to appeal to what feels true rather than what is empirically true. Drawing on political communication and visual sociology, this book will speak to students and researchers across fields, and to NGOs, think tan..

Price: $60.99