Members' books
In this section we announce recently published books by IAMCR members to the IAMCR community. If you are a member of IAMCR and would like to have your recent book listed, send us a message...
In this book, Toby Miller argues for a different way of understanding violence, one that goes beyond supposedly universal human traits to focus instead on the specificities of history, place, and population as explanations for it.
By Aeron Davis, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman and Gholam Khiabany, this book explores political communications as it relates to debates around the state, infrastructures, elites, populism, political parties, activism, the legacies of colonialism, and more.
In this book, Jairo Lugo-Ocando claims journalism grammar and ideology differ between societies in the Global South, regardless of claims of universality.
Edited by Andrea Grisold and Paschal Preston, this book addresses significant ‘blind spots’ in the two disciplinary areas most related to this book—political economy and media/journalism studies.
Edited by Philippe J. Maarek and Nicolas Pélissier, this book highlights the following paradox: if Europe seems to be crossed by powerful centrifugal forces, a European voter takes shape.
By Mandla J. Radebe, this book provides a Marxist critique of the representation of the nationalisation of the mines debate by the South African commercial media.
By Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross, this book moves beyond the panicky headlines to offer a deeply researched exploration of what it means to parent in a period of significant social and technological change.
By Massimo Ragnedda, this book highlights how, in principle, digital technologies present an opportunity to reduce social disparities, tackle social exclusion, enhance social and civil rights, and promote equity.
By Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller, this book introduces the origins and consequences of digital platforms, examining how artificial intelligence-enabled digital platforms collect and process data from and about users by providing social media and e-commerce services.
By Toby Miller, this book looks at how violence—and resistance to it—characterize Colombian popular culture, from football to soap opera to journalism to tourism to the environment.