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ISSN: 1329-878X |
Books Available for ReviewMIA receives review copies of recent publications from a number of publishers, and these can be made available to reviewers who will undertake to produce the review within the stated time. The policy is to publish many short reviews of two types:
Reviewers are typically members of the academic community, including postgraduates. We also encourage our colleagues in industry to contribute to this part of the journal. A styleguide for reviewers is available here. If you are interested in reviewing any of these books, please contact the Book Review Editor, Susan Bye s.bye@latrobe.edu.au. Alley, Dodd, Gamers and Gorehounds: The Influence of Videogames on the Contemporary American Horror Film, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2007, ISBN 978 3 8364 12737 1, 85 pp., US$54.00. Barbosa, Roberto, International Copyright Law and Litigation: A Mechanism for Improvement, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2008, ISBN 978 3 8364 3745 5, 285 pp., US$111.00. NEW Bechman, Karen & Ma, Jean (eds) Still Moving: Between Cinema and Photography, Duke University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0822341550, 328pp., $US23.95 NEW Belfiore, Eleonora & Bennett, Oliver, The Social Impact of the Arts: An Intellectual History, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, ISBN 978-0230572553, 248pp.,$US75.00 NEW Bennett, W. Lance., Lawrence, Regina G. & Livingston, Steven, When The Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina, University Of Chicago Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0226042848, 278pp., $US22.50 Bontempo, Melissa, Online Museum Communities: Challenges and Possibilities, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2007, ISBN 978 3-8364-1653-5, 120 pp., US$64.00. NEW Calvert, Sandra L. & Wilson, Barbara J. (eds) The Handbook of Children, Media and Development, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008, ISBN 978-1405144179, 640pp., $US199.95 Carlsson, Ulla & Helland, Knot (eds), Media Structures and Practices: As Time Goes By. Studies and Reflections from a Scandinavian Horizon, Nordicom, Goteborg University Sweden, 2007, ISBN 978-9189471474, 231pp Cormack, M. Hourigan, N., Minority Language Media, Multilingual Matters Ltd, Clevedon, Avon, 2007, ISBN 1 8535 9963 7, 274 pp., A$66.78. Cvjeticanin, Biserka (editor), Dynamics of Communication: New Ways and New Actors, Institute for International Relations, 2006, Croatia. ISBN 978-953-6096-39-8. De Vere Brody, Jennifer, Punctuation: Art, Politics, and Play, Duke University Press, Durham & London, 2008, ISBN 978-0822342359, xi + 221 pp., USD 21.95. Gieseler, Carly, Killing the Vamp: Analyzing the Silent Film Vamp as Gendered "Other" and Embodiment of the Psychoanalytic Death Drive, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2007, ISBN 978 3 8364 2638 1, 193 pp., US$76.00. NEW Griffin, E, A First Look at Communication Theory (7th Edition), Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2008, ISBN 978-0071287944 Kim, Hyowon, Adopted Colors: Identity, Race, and the Passion for Other People's Nationalism, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2008, ISBN 978 3 8364 6604 2, 217 pp., US$111.00. Kitching, Gavin, Trouble with Theory, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2008, ISBN 978-1741755220, xvi + 220 pp., AUD 29.95. NEW Lewis, Tania, Smart Living: Lifestyle Media and Popular Expertise, Peter Lang, New York, 2008 ISBN 978-0-8204-8677-2 (paperback) ISSN 1529-2428, SFR34,00. Moll, Marita & Shade, Regan, For $ale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada, 2008, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, ISBN978 0 88627 591 4, xi + 143 pp., CAN$14.95. Rasmussen, Terje, Techno-Politics and Some Structural Challenges Facing the Internet, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2008, ISBN 978 3 8364 6977 7, 65 pp., US$64.00. NEW Russell, Catherine, The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity, Duke University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0822343127, 488pp., $US27.95 NEW Rydin, Ingegerd & Sjöberg, Ulrika (eds) Mediated Crossroads: Identity, Youth Culture, and Ethnicity, Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, 2008, 223 p. ISBN 978-91-89471-65-8, Price €30 Samuel-Azran, Tal & Caspi, Dan (eds), New Media and Innovative Technologies, Ben-Gurion University Press/Tzivonim Publishing, Beer-Shiva & Mevasseret Zion, 2008, ISBN 0 079400000231, 295 pp., AU$27.00. Sellier, Genevieve (Translated by Kristin Ross), Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema, Duke University Press, Durham and London, 2008, ISBN 978-0822341925, vi + 269pp., US $25.00. Starks, Michael, Switching to Digital Television: UK Public Policy and the Market, Intellect / UNSW Press, Bristol UK, Chicago USA, 2007, ISBN 9781841501727, xii + 251 pp., AUD 60.00. Strömbäck, Jesper, Ørsten & Aalberg, Toril (eds), Communicating Politics: Political Communication in the Nordic Countries, Nordicom, Göteborg University, 2008, ISBN 978-9189471634, 276 pp., € 30.00. Storment, Ryan, Other Spaces, Other Voices: Heterotopic Spaces in Island Narratives, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2008, ISBN 978 3 8364 3808 7, 101 pp., US$64.00. Tahvonen, Erik, The Crisis of Imagination: Representation and Resistance in Holocaust Diaries, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, 2008, ISBN 978 3 8364 3816 2, 137 pp., US$76.00. NEW Thomas, Padip Ninan, Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India, Sage Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-8178298344, 228pp., $US39.95 NEW Turkle, Sherry, The Inner History of Devices, MIT Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0262201766, 208pp., $US24.95 von Krogh, Torbjorn, Media Accountability Today… and Tomorrow: Updating the Concept in Theory and Practice, Nordicom, Göteborg, 2008, ISBN 9189471580, 158 pp., €25. NEW Whissel, Kristen, Picturing American Modernity: Traffic, Technology, and the Silent Cinema, Duke University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0822342014, 288pp., $US22.95 NEW Williams, Linda, Screening Sex, Duke University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0822342854, 424pp., $US24.95 NEW Wilson, Pamela & Stewart, Michelle (eds) Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics, Duke University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0822343080, 376pp., $US24.95
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