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The Media's Influence on SocietySometimes known as the Fourth Estate, the media plays a powerful role in today's society. It is held responsible for keeping the public informed and supporting a healthy democracy. However, some worry that the media presents the news in a way that is too...
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The Politicization of the Supreme CourtAs the most powerful judiciary body in the U.S., the Supreme Court is expected to uphold Constitutional values while remaining insulated from influence by political agendas. In recent years, however, some have perceived the Supreme Court as becoming increasingly politicized, with some labeling the...
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Religion in Contemporary SocietyReligion is on the decline in the United States, as the religiously unaffiliated segment climbs to more than 25 percent of the overall population. This is likely due to demographic shifts, but it may also be influenced by factors such as mass migration from...
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Cancel CultureDeciding not to support a person or corporation you find objectionable is nothing new, but recently, this practice has made headlines and been rebranded as cancel culture. This may be attributed to the #MeToo movement and political divisiveness prevalent in the United States at...
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Why Religion Is Good for American DemocracyHow the actions and advocacy of diverse religious communities in the United States have supported democracy's development during the past century Does religion benefit democracy? Robert Wuthnow says yes. In Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy, Wuthnow makes his case by moving beyond...
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All the News That's Fit to Click: How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of JournalistsFrom the New York Times to Gawker, a behind-the-scenes look at how performance analytics are transforming journalism today--and how they might remake other professions tomorrow Journalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks, likes, comments, and shares. These metrics...
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Reality Media: Augmented and Virtual RealityHow augmented reality and virtual reality are taking their places in contemporary media culture alongside film and television. TThis book positions augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) firmly in contemporary media culture. The authors view AR and VR not as the latest hyped...
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Communication, Culture and Social Change: Meaning, Co-Option and ResistanceDrawing on the culture-centered approach (CCA), this book re-imagines culture as a site for resisting the neocolonial framework of neoliberal governmentality. Culture emerged in the 20th Century as a conceptual tool for resisting the hegemony of West-centric interventions in development, disrupting the assumptions that...
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Plough Quarterly No. 27 - The Violence of LoveHow did violence become OK? And is there any way back? At some point between George Floyd's killing on May 25 and the invasion of the US Capitol on January 6, America's consensus against political violence crumbled. Before 2020, almost everyone agreed that it...
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Handling ObesityThis book explores obesity and how people with the disease manage it. It examines how obesity affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains how obesity can be prevented and treated. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned...
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Handling DepressionThis book explores depression and how people diagnosed with the disorder manage it. It examines how depression affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available. Features include a glossary, web resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common...
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An R Companion for the Third Edition of the Fundamentals of Political Science ResearchAn R Companion for the Third Edition of The Fundamentals of Political Science Research offers students a chance to delve into the world of R using real political data sets and statistical analysis techniques directly from Paul M. Kellstedt and Guy D. Whitten's best-selling...
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Obsession, Aesthetics, and the Iberian City: The Partial Madness of Modern Urban CultureAlthough many depictions of the city in prose, poetry, and visual art can be found dating from earlier periods in human history, Obsession, Aesthetics, and the Iberian City emphasizes a particular phase in urban development. This is the quintessentially modern city that comes into...
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Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab SpringFrom a leading scholar of the Middle East and North Africa comes a new way of thinking about the Arab Spring and the meaning of revolution. From the standpoint of revolutionary politics, the Arab Spring can seem like a wasted effort. In Tunisia, where...
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War Games: Memory, Militarism and the Subject of PlayMany of today's most commercially successful videogames, from Call of Duty to Company of Heroes, are war-themed titles that play out in what are framed as authentic real-world settings inspired by recent news headlines or drawn from history. While such games are marketed as...
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Campus Rape Culture: Identity and MythsThis book looks at rape myths and rape culture within the university environment, examining the development of social identities in the creation and support of such culture. Building on a four-year research project, this book demonstrates how an understanding of rape culture and of...
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Justice and Egalitarian RelationsWhy does equality matter, as a social and political value, and what does it require? Relational egalitarians argue that it does not require that people receive equal distributive shares of some good, but that they relate as equals. Christian Schemmel here provides the first...
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American Ideas of Equality: A Social History, 1750-2020Equality is a fundamental American value. The nation's Declaration of Independence declared equality as a self-evident foundation for political life and the pursuit of equality has continued to dominate policy debates in the twenty-first century. However, equality is a complex idea and it has...
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After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in RwandaIn the wake of unthinkable atrocities, it is reasonable to ask how any population can move on from the experience of genocide. Simply remembering the past can, in the shadow of mass death, be retraumatizing. So how can such momentous events be memorialized in...
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Dead Reckoning: Air Traffic Control, System Effects, and RiskVaughan unveils the complicated and high-pressure world of air traffic controllers as they navigate technology and political and public climates, and shows how they keep the skies so safe. When two airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001,...
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