Beginning Monday, August 6, 2018, visit Senior Acquisitions Editor Daniel Nasset in the exhibit hall at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2018 Conference. Get University of Illinois Press books at the conference discount of up to 40% off with free shipping! Start your shopping list now and check out some of our new media and communication studies titles below!
Becoming the Story: War Correspondents since 9/112
Lindsay Palmer
Becoming the Story examines the transformation of war reporting in the decade after 9/11. Lindsay Palmer delves into times when print or television correspondents themselves received intense public scrutiny because of an incident associated with the work of war reporting. Palmer shows what these events say about how post-9/11 conflicts transformed the day-to-day labor of reporting. But they also illuminate how journalists’ work became entangled with issues ranging from digitization processes to unprecedented hostility from all sides to the political logic of the War on Terror.
Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South
Herman Wasserman
Herman Wasserman analyzes the debates surrounding South Africa’s new media presence against the backdrop of rapidly changing geopolitics. His exploration reveals how South African disputes regarding access to, and representation in, the media reflect the domination and inequality in the global communication sphere. Wasserman delves into the ways these simplistic narratives obscure the country’s internal tensions, conflicts, and paradoxes.
In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship
Jillian M. Báez
In Search of Belonging explores the ways Latina/o audiences in general, and women in particular, make sense of and engage both mainstream and Spanish-language media. Jillian M. Báez’s eye-opening ethnographic analysis draws on the experiences of a diverse group of Latinas in Chicago. In-depth interviews reveal Latinas viewing media images through a lens of citizenship. Báez’s personal interactions and research merge to create a fascinating portrait.
Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports
Andrew C. Billings
Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black go beyond the media bluster to reassess the mascot controversy. Their multidimensional study delves into the textual, visual, and ritualistic and performative aspects of sports mascots. Their original research, meanwhile, surveys sports fans themselves on their thoughts when a specific mascot faces censure. The result is a book that merges critical-cultural analysis with qualitative data to offer an innovative approach to understanding the camps and fault lines on each side of the issue.
Available October 2018–See the advance proof at our table and place your order to get the discount!
Across the Waves: How the United States and France Shaped the International Age of Radio
Derek W. Vaillant
Drawing on a broad range of American and French archives, Derek Vaillant joins textual and aural materials with original data analytics and maps to illuminate U.S.-French broadcasting’s political and cultural development. Vaillant focuses on the period from 1931 until France dismantled its state media system in 1974. His analysis examines mobile actors, circulating programs, and shifting institutions that shaped international radio’s use in times of war and peace.
Wired into Nature: The Telegraph and the North American Frontier
James Schwoch
Merging new research with bold interpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact. The westward spread of telegraphy entailed encounters with environments that challenged Americans to acquire knowledge of natural history, climate, and a host of other fields. Telegraph codes and ciphers, meanwhile, became important political, military, and economic secrets. Schwoch shows how the government’s use of commercial networks drove a relationship between the two sectors that served increasingly expansionist aims.
