Understanding Global News provides a lively, critical introduction to news media and challenges the often unquestioned notions of media objectivity. By... Læs mere
Looking at orientations in casting, make-up, sets, props, lighting, camera movements, music, and language, this book follows the genres, from animated cartoons to romantic movies. It tracks the stories to their origins and dissects their hidden messages.
Demonstrates the relevance of chaos and complexity theory to communications. The "dynamics" of the title reflect the way collective behaviour is influenced by these theories. The book contains a number of international examples of collective behaviour phenomena.
It applies it to the twin disciplines of mass psychology (under social psychology, mostly in Europe) and collective behavior sociology (mostly in North America) that deal with emergent psychosocial phenomena that lie outside conventional approaches.
By analysing a wide range of empirical research into leadership, this book provides a composite portrait of frequent characteristics, such as personality and demeanour, that influence both the success and popularity of political leaders.