Media Studies

Azenita AbdullahPaperback, 200 pages9789672686453 With Special Reference to al-Jahiz's Kitab al-Hayawan Al-Jahiz (d. 868/869) lived the life of a b...

Paula Marantz CohenHardback, 232 pages9780691238500   An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social benefits of conversation   Talking Cu...

Robert MacfarlanePaperback, 48 pages9780241978313   An essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book.   Every book is a kind of...

Roland AllenHardback, 416 pages9781788169325   The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks.   We se...

Danny CainePaperback, 192 pages9781648411632   As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and the sourc...

Edward S Herman, Noam ChomskyPaperback, 432 pages9780099533115   The Political Economy of the Mass Media   A detailed and compelling political stud...

Andrew PettegreeHardback, 480 pages9781800814936   Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - b...

Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew PettegreeHardback, 528 pages9781788163422   Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built...

Caleb EverettHardback, 288 pages9780674976580   A sweeping exploration of the relationship between the language we speak and our perception of such...

Arthur PonsonbyPaperback, 252 pages9780648531586   Falsehood in Wartime is a compelling exploration into the early days of war propaganda. Fake new...

James Raven (editor)Paperback, 448 pages9780192886897   The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated tex...

Walter J. OngPaperback, 264 pages30th Anniversary Edition   Walter J. Ong’s classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of ...

Daniel PickPaperback, 368 pages9781781257906   A brilliant and mind-bending exploration of brainwashing and thought control In 1953, at the end of ...

David MikicsHardback, 336 pages9780674724723   Reading, David Mikics says, should not be drudgery, and not mere information-gathering or escape eit...

Michel DesmurgetAndrew Brown (translation)Paperback, 350 pages9781509546404   All forms of recreational digital consumption – whether on smartphone...

Peter MoreyHardback, 328 pages9780231177740   In an era of rampant Islamophobia, what do literary representations of Muslims and anti-Muslim bigotr...

Neil PostmanPaperback9780679745402   A witty, often terrifying account that chronicles our transformation into a society that is shaped by technolo...

Sherry TurklePaperback, 448 pages9780143109792

Max FisherPaperback, 352 pages9781529416404   The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World   The Chaos Machine is the story...

Neil Postman Paperback 9780143113775  

Naomi S. Baron Paperback, 320 pages 9780197656884   An engaging and authoritative guide to the impact of reading medium on learning, from a foremos...

Justin E.H. Smith Hardback, 208 pages 9780691212326   An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dr...

Jeff Deutsch Hardback, 216 pages 9780691207766   From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular...

Johann Hari Paperback, 352 pages 9781526620217   Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get i...