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The Press We Deserve

The Press We Deserve

Originally published in 1970. This book takes an extremely critical look at the British Press and explodes complacently held views of the time about the merits and virtues of British newspapers. From its polemical introduction by the editor it continues with chapters by a strong host of contributors to set the press in historical context consider Fleet Street’s methods and look at the effect of advertising. Particular aspects investigated are that of women’s journalism sport financial journalism and reviewing. Final chapters look at the underground fringe press provincial papers and a comparison with other countries’ press. | The Press We Deserve

GBP 31.99
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Racism and the Press

Racism and the Press

Originally published in 1991. This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary study of the press coverage of ethnic affairs. Examples are drawn mainly from British and Dutch newspapers but data from other countries are also reviewed. Besides providing the reader with a thorough content analysis of the material the book is the first to introduce a detailed discourse analytical approach to the study of the ways in which ethnic minorities are portrayed in the press. The approach focuses on the topics overall news report schemata local meanings style and rhetoric of news reports. Highly original accomplished and penetrating the book is the fruit of a decade of research into the question of racism and the press important for ethnic studies mass communication and media studies sociology and linguistics.

GBP 38.99
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Machine Learning for Managers

Machine Learning for Managers

Machine learning can help managers make better predictions automate complex tasks and improve business operations. Managers who are familiar with machine learning are better placed to navigate the increasingly digital world we live in. There is a view that machine learning is a highly technical subject that can only be understood by specialists. However many of the ideas that underpin machine learning are straightforward and accessible to anyone with a bit of curiosity. This book is for managers who want to understand what machine learning is about but who lack a technical background in computer science statistics or math. The book describes in plain language what machine learning is and how it works. In addition it explains how to manage machine learning projects within an organization. This book should appeal to anyone that wants to learn more about using machine learning to drive value in real-world organizations. | Machine Learning for Managers

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A Press Divided Newspaper Coverage of the Civil War

A Press Divided Newspaper Coverage of the Civil War

Now in paperback A Press Divided provides new insights regarding the sharp political divisions that existed among the newspapers of the Civil War era. These newspapers were divided between North and South - and also divided within the North and South. These divisions reflected and exacerbated the conflicts in political thought that caused the Civil War and the political and ideological battles within the Union and the Confederacy about how to pursue the war. In the North dissenting voices alarmed the Lincoln administration to such a degree that draconian measures were taken to suppress dissenting newspapers and editors while in the South the Confederate government held to its fundamental belief in freedom of speech and was more tolerant of political attacks in the press. This volume consists of eighteen chapters on subjects including newspaper coverage of the rise of Lincoln press reports on George Armstrong Custer Confederate women war correspondents Civil War photojournalists newspaper coverage of the Emancipation Proclamation and the suppression of the dissident press. This book tells the story of a divided press before and during the Civil War discussing the roles played by newspapers in splitting the nation newspaper coverage of the war and the responses by the Union and Confederate administrations to press criticism. | A Press Divided Newspaper Coverage of the Civil War

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A Narrative History of the American Press

A Narrative History of the American Press

Beginning with the American Revolution and spanning over two hundred years of American journalism A Narrative History of the American Press provides an overview of the events institutions and people who have shaped the press from the creation of the First Amendment to today. Gregory A. Borchard’s introductory text helps readers develop an understanding of the role of the press in both the U. S. and world history and how American culture has shaped—and been shaped by—the role of journalism in everyday life. The text along with a rich array of supplemental materials available online provides students with the tools used by both reporters and historians to understand the present through the past allowing readers to use the history of journalism as a lens for implementing their own storytelling reporting and critical analysis skills.

GBP 42.99
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The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions

The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions

This book clarifies the crucial role of periodical press in the advance of colonial print cultures and public debates in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions is a venture of the International Group for Studies of Colonial Periodical Press of the Portuguese Empire (IGSCP-PE) which also invests in comparative studies and conceptual discussions. Moving around urban shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans it approaches the crucial role of periodical press in the development of colonial print cultures and public debates in these regions. By being mostly focused on press from spaces and peoples under the domain of the Portuguese Empire it addresses a bibliographical gap in international discussions moved by the field. The outcome reflects an investment in offering decentred and de-nationalized approaches to the colonial print cultures and press histories under study working as a platform for regional dialogues and comparative perspectives. The studies presented allow a better understanding of transits and connections of both an imperial and a trans-imperial nature contributing to the consolidation of comparative approaches in the studies of European empires and colonialisms. This volume is indispensable for scholars and students in media studies modern history cultural studies literary studies and political science.

GBP 130.00
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Machine Learning in Translation

Machine Learning in Translation

Machine Learning in Translation introduces machine learning (ML) theories and technologies that are most relevant to translation processes approaching the topic from a human perspective and emphasizing that ML and ML-driven technologies are tools for humans. Providing an exploration of the common ground between human and machine learning and of the nature of translation that leverages this new dimension this book helps linguists translators and localizers better find their added value in a ML-driven translation environment. Part One explores how humans and machines approach the problem of translation in their own particular ways in terms of word embeddings chunking of larger meaning units and prediction in translation based upon the broader context. Part Two introduces key tasks including machine translation translation quality assessment and quality estimation and other Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks in translation. Part Three focuses on the role of data in both human and machine learning processes. It proposes that a translator’s unique value lies in the capability to create manage and leverage language data in different ML tasks in the translation process. It outlines new knowledge and skills that need to be incorporated into traditional translation education in the machine learning era. The book concludes with a discussion of human-centered machine learning in translation stressing the need to empower translators with ML knowledge through communication with ML users developers and programmers and with opportunities for continuous learning. This accessible guide is designed for current and future users of ML technologies in localization workflows including students on courses in translation and localization language technology and related areas. It supports the professional development of translation practitioners so that they can fully utilize ML technologies and design their own human-centered ML-driven translation workflows and NLP tasks.

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Power Without Responsibility Press Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

Power Without Responsibility Press Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting; provides a myth-busting account of the internet; a subtle account of the impact of social media and explores key debates about the role and politics of the media. It has become a standard book on media and other courses: but it has also gone beyond an academic audience to reach a wider public. Hailed as ‘a classic of media history and analysis’ by the Irish Times and a book that has ‘cracked the canon’ by the Times Higher it has been translated into five languages. This edition contains six new chapters. These include the press and the remaking of Britain the rise of the neo-liberal Establishment the moral decline of journalism the impact of social media and a history of attempts to reform the press. It contains new research on the relationship between programmes institutions and society. It places key UK institutions in the wider context of international affairs and their impact. The book has been updated to take account of new developments like Brexit and the rise of Jeremy Corbyn and the shift in authority and legitimacy prompted by social media. It does this with a clear explanation of how policy can shape media outcomes. | Power Without Responsibility Press Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

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God of the Machine

God of the Machine

The God of the Machine presents an original theory of history and a bold defense of individualism as the source of moral and political progress. When it was published in 1943 Isabel Paterson's work provided fresh intellectual support for the endangered American belief in individual rights limited government and economic freedom. The crisis of today's collectivized nations would not have surprised Paterson; in The God of the Machine she had explored the reasons for collectivism's failure. Her book placed her in the vanguard of the free-enterprise movement now sweeping the world. Paterson sees the individual creative mind as the dynamo of history and respect for the individual's God-given rights as the precondition for the enormous release of energy that produced the modern world. She sees capitalist institutions as the machinery through which human energy works and government as a device properly used merely to cut off power to activities that threaten personal liberty. Paterson applies her general theory to particular issues in contemporary life such as education . social welfare and the causes of economic distress. She severely criticizes all but minimal application of government including governmental interventions that most people have long taken for granted. The God of the Machine offers a challenging perspective on the continuing worldwide debate about the nature of freedom the uses of power and the prospects of human betterment. Stephen Cox's substantial introduction to The God of the Machine is a comprehensive and enlightening account of Paterson's colorful life and work. He describes The God of the Machine as not just theory but rhapsody satire diatribe poetic narrative. Paterson's work continues to be relevant because it exposes the moral and practical failures of collectivism failures that are now almost universally acknowledged but are still far from universally understood. The book will be essential to students of American history political theory and literature.

GBP 140.00
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Machine Learning and Music Generation

Machine Learning and Music Generation

Computational approaches to music composition and style imitation have engaged musicians music scholars and computer scientists since the early days of computing. Music generation research has generally employed one of two strategies: knowledge-based methods that model style through explicitly formalized rules and data mining methods that apply machine learning to induce statistical models of musical style. The five chapters in this book illustrate the range of tasks and design choices in current music generation research applying machine learning techniques and highlighting recurring research issues such as training data music representation candidate generation and evaluation. The contributions focus on different aspects of modeling and generating music including melody chord sequences ornamentation and dynamics. Models are induced from audio data or symbolic data. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Mathematics and Music. | Machine Learning and Music Generation

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The Civil War Soldier and the Press

The Civil War Soldier and the Press

The Civil War Soldier and the Press examines how the press powerfully shaped the nation’s understanding and memory of the common soldier setting the stage for today’s continuing debates about the Civil War and its legacy. The history of the Civil War is typically one of military strategies famous generals and bloody battles but to Americans of the era the most important story of the war was the fate of the soldier. In this edited collection new research in journalism history and archival images provide an interdisciplinary study of citizenship representation race and ethnicity gender disability death and national identity. Together these chapters follow the story of Civil War soldiers from enlistment through battle and beyond as they were represented in hometown and national newspapers of the time. In discussing the same pages that were read by soldiers’ families friends and loved ones during America’s greatest conflict the book provides a window into the experience of historical readers as they grappled with the meaning and cost of patriotism and shared sacrifice. Both scholarly and approachable this book is an enriching resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in Civil War history American history journalism and mass communication history.

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The Rise and Fall of the British Press

The Rise and Fall of the British Press

The Rise and Fall of the British Press takes an artful look at the past present and immediate future of the printed newspaper. Temple offers a thought-provoking account of the evolution of Britain’s news consumption across the centuries situating it within significant social cultural and political currents of the time. Chapters cover:The impact of key technological developments; from the birth of print and the introduction of television to the rise of the internet and digital media;The ever-shifting power play between political parties and the press; The notion of the ‘public sphere’ and how newspapers have influenced it over the decades;The role of news media during some of Europe’s most significant historical events such as the French Revolution the First and Second World Wars and the Suez crisis; The aftermath of the Leveson inquiry and the question of increased media regulation;The successes and failures of important media players including Baron Beaverbrook and Lord Northcliffe in the nineteenth century and Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Throughout the book parallels are drawn between current issues impacting on the press and society and those from previous decades further illuminating the role both historic and ongoing of the news media in Britain. Temple concludes the book by looking to the future of print journalism calling for a reassessment of its role in the twenty-first century redefining what journalism should be and reasserting its value in society today. This far-reaching analysis will be an invaluable resource for both students and researchers of journalism and media studies.

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The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

First Published in 1973 The Writing Machine presents a comprehensive history of the typewriter. Michael Adler not only investigated the history of the machine but also started collecting typewriters because of the difficulty of discovering what these old machines looked like. Then he found there were other collectors all over the world who supplied him with such a wealth of data that he had eventually to limit the scope of his ‘history’. There are hundreds and hundreds of makes and models of ‘conventional’ front-stroke type bar machines with four-row keyboards but they were virtually all the same. It is the unconventional ones that are interesting and it is on these that the author concentrates. The book is amusing as well as informative and it ends with a complete catalogue of ‘unconventional’ typewriters manufactured up to the 1930s when the ‘conventional’ machine had become universal. This book is a must read for anyone interested to learn about the writing machine. | The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

GBP 105.00
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Redefining Journalism in the Era of the Mass Press 1880-1920

Redefining Journalism in the Era of the Mass Press 1880-1920

At the turn of the 20th century the significant social political and technological changes that were occurring in society also heralded new roles and functions for journalism as a profession and as an aspect of a burgeoning mass mediated society. Redefining Journalism in the Era of the Mass Press 1880-1920 examines journalism’s roles products and practices during an era of rapid change and transformation and how these changes within the field reflected broader social political economic and technological changes. The era of the mass press was one within which the speed and impact of change both reflected and contributed to transformations in journalism – transformations that would endure until the rise of the Internet disrupted the field once again. This book was originally published as a special issue of Media History.

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Reading the Prostitute Appearance Place and Time in British and Irish Press Stories of Prostitution

Reading the Prostitute Appearance Place and Time in British and Irish Press Stories of Prostitution

First published in 1997 this study aims to forge new connections between debates on prostitution media processes and everyday life in its exploration of depictions of female prostitution in British and Irish broadsheet newspapers between 1987 and 1991. Lorna Ryan first examines a range of discourses on prostitution before proceeding to areas including signals of prostitution and images in the press. Encompassing both textual and visual analyses Ryan demonstrates that these newspapers relied on appearance place time motive and intent in categorising women as prostitutes. | Reading the Prostitute Appearance Place and Time in British and Irish Press Stories of Prostitution

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Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research: At the Crossroads reviews the roots of the intersection between machine learning artificial intelligence (AI) and research on crime; examines the current state of the art in this area of scholarly inquiry; and discusses future perspectives that may emerge from this relationship. As machine learning and AI approaches become increasingly pervasive it is critical for criminology and crime research to reflect on the ways in which these paradigms could reshape the study of crime. In response this book seeks to stimulate this discussion. The opening part is framed through a historical lens with the first chapter dedicated to the origins of the relationship between AI and research on crime refuting the novelty narrative that often surrounds this debate. The second presents a compact overview of the history of AI further providing a nontechnical primer on machine learning. The following chapter reviews some of the most important trends in computational criminology and quantitatively characterizing publication patterns at the intersection of AI and criminology through a network science approach. This book also looks to the future proposing two goals and four pathways to increase the positive societal impact of algorithmic systems in research on crime. The sixth chapter provides a survey of the methods emerging from the integration of machine learning and causal inference showcasing their promise for answering a range of critical questions. With its transdisciplinary approach Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research is important reading for scholars and students in criminology criminal justice sociology and economics as well as AI data sciences and statistics and computer science. | Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

GBP 130.00
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The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

This book explores a key aspect of journalism history from a sociological perspective: the rise of the periodical press. With a focus not on the economic and technological causes of this revolution but on the social and political consequences the book takes a global look at this key development in the British press. Taking as a point of departure the theory of E. S. Dallas who defined the periodical as 'the great event in modern history' the book explores these premises and conclusions regarding authorship publishing and readership considering the nineteenth century as a whole. After an introductory section discussing questions of theory and method the analysis first offers an overview of the quantitative growth of the periodical market whether measured in terms of publications readership or authorship before turning to a more detailed consideration of its qualitative determinants and effects again distinguishing the same three aspects. Offering new insight into this key turning point in journalism history this book will be of interest to all students and scholars of journalism and journalism history media history media and communication studies British history and modern history. | The Periodical Press Revolution E. S. Dallas and the Nineteenth-Century British Media System

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Science Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press Movable Types

Science Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press Movable Types

James Mussell reads nineteenth-century scientific debates in light of recent theoretical discussions of scientific writing to propose a new methodology for understanding the periodical press in terms of its movements in time and space. That there is no disjunction between text and object is already recognized in science studies Mussell argues; however this principle should also be extended to our understanding of print culture within its cultural context. He provides historical accounts of scientific controversy documents references to time and space in the periodical press and follows magazines and journals as they circulate through society to shed new light on the dissemination and distribution of periodicals authorship and textual authority and the role of mediation in material culture. Well-known writers like H. G. Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle are discovered in new contexts while other authors publishers editors and scientists are discussed for the first time. Mussell is persuasive in showing how his methodology increases our understanding of the process of transformation and translation that underpins the production of print and informs current debates about the status of digital publication and the preservation of archival material in electronic forms. Adding to the book's usefulness are an extended bibliography and a discussion of recent debates regarding digital publication. | Science Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press Movable Types

GBP 26.99
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Communication Against Domination Ideas of Justice from the Printing Press to Algorithmic Media

Communication Against Domination Ideas of Justice from the Printing Press to Algorithmic Media

This book tackles the philosophical challenge of bridging the gap between empirical research into communication and information technology and normative questions of justice and how we ought to communicate with each other. It brings the question of what justice demands of communication to the center of social science research. Max Hänska undertakes expansive philosophical analysis to locate the proper place of normativity in social science research a looming subject in light of the sweeping roles of information technologies in our social world today. The book’s first section examines metatheoretical issues to provide a framework for normative analysis while the second applies this framework to three technological epochs: broadcast communication the Internet and networked communications and the increasing integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies into our communication systems. Hänska goes beyond the prevailing frameworks in the field by exploring how we answer normative questions and how our answer can change depending on our social context and the affordances of prevailing communications technologies. This book provides an essential guide for scholars as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students of research and theory in communication philosophy political science and the social sciences. | Communication Against Domination Ideas of Justice from the Printing Press to Algorithmic Media

GBP 130.00
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The Printing Unwins: A Short History of Unwin Brothers The Gresham Press (1826-1976)

The Printing Unwins: A Short History of Unwin Brothers The Gresham Press (1826-1976)

First published in 1976 The Printing Unwins is the story of the firm of Unwin Brothers: the saga that began with the enterprise of Jacob Unwin who started the business which grew over the years into the Gresham Steam Press and under his sons George and Edward into Unwin Brothers of London and Woking. The social and economic changes of the years are not overlooked and the book show vividly the ebb and flow of fortune in a family firm with its strong strain of Nonconformity. With sympathy and humour the character and foibles of the various partners are described alongside their constant striving to satisfy customers achieve technical advance and adequate financial return. The book will be of interest to students of literature and history as well to any professional in the world of printing. | The Printing Unwins: A Short History of Unwin Brothers The Gresham Press (1826-1976)

GBP 85.00
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The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

As the world reels from the impact of a global pandemic and increasing intensity of climate-caused hazards the humanitarian sector has never been more relevant. But providing aid to those affected by disasters and crises is more complex than ever. In The Humanitarian Machine aid workers reflect on their own experiences of working in crisis. As they write about their work and the ways in which they each approach the challenges of helping people they comment on some of the most vexing issues facing the humanitarian sector. Each speaks from their own perspective asking tough questions sharing thoughtful reflections about their ongoing work and unpacking what it really means to be a humanitarian worker. The stories they tell whether recounting a specific experience or reflecting on years of practice reveal the dilemmas they face and demystify the overly romanticized aura that sometimes surrounds humanitarian practice. Complementing the candid accounts that humanitarian leaders contribute in this book the editors examine how their stories perceptions and understandings align with similar conversations that take place in other settings. Viewed together in this way the insights and reflections provided in this book will be invaluable for humanitarian practitioners students and researchers alike. | The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

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Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

This book presents a critical analysis of ways in which schizophrenia and people with schizophrenia are represented in the press. Interrogating a 15-million-word corpus of news articles published by nine UK national newspapers over a 15-year period the author draws on techniques from corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to identify the most frequent and salient linguistic features used by journalists to influence and reflect broader public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia. In doing so this book: Evaluates the extent to which media representations are accurate and the extent to which they are potentially helpful or harmful towards people living with schizophrenia; Employs a bottom-up approach guided by linguistic patterns such as collocates and keywords identified by corpus software; Contributes to the de-stigmatisation of schizophrenic disorder by unveiling some of the widespread misconceptions surrounding it; Applies a mixed-methods approach in order to expose attitudes and beliefs found ‘between the lines’ – values and assumptions which are often implicit in the way language is used and therefore not visible to the naked eye. The findings of this monograph will be relevant to advanced students and researchers of health communication corpus linguistics and applied linguistics and will also carry importance for journalists and mental health practitioners. | Representing Schizophrenia in the Media A Corpus-Based Approach to UK Press Coverage

GBP 120.00
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The Focal Press Companion to the Constructed Image in Contemporary Photography

The Focal Press Companion to the Constructed Image in Contemporary Photography

This compendium examines the choices construction inclusions and exemptions and expanded practices involved in the process of creating a photograph. Focusing on work created in the past twenty-five years this volume is divided into sections that address a separate means of creating photographs as careful constructs: Directing Spaces Constructing Places Performing Space Building Images and Camera-less Images. Introduced by both a curator and a scholar each section features contemporary artists in conversation with curators critics gallerists artists and art historians. The writings include narratives by the artist writings on their work and examinations of studio practices. This pioneering book is the first of its kind to explore this topic beyond those artists building sets to photograph. | The Focal Press Companion to the Constructed Image in Contemporary Photography

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