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Media Studies Personal Connections in the Digital Age Nancy K. Baym, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Kansas Description: The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. In this second edition of her timely and vibrant book, Nancy Baym provides frameworks for thinking critically about the roles of digital media in personal relationships. Rather than providing exuberant accounts or cautionary tales, it offers a data-grounded primer on how to make sense of these important changes in relational life. Fully updated to refl ect new developments in technology and digital scholarship, the book identifi es the core relational issues these media disturb and shows how our talk about them echoes historical discussions about earlier communication technologies. Chapters explore how we use mediated language and nonverbal behavior to develop and maintain communities, social networks, and new relationships, and to maintain existing relationships in our everyday lives. The book combines research fi ndings with lively examples to address questions such as: Can mediated interaction be warm and personal? Are people honest about themselves online? Can relationships that start online work? Do digital media damage the other relationships in our lives? Throughout, the book argues that these questions must be answered with fi rm understandings of media qualities and the social and personal contexts in which they are developed and used. This new edition of Personal Connections in the Digital Age will be required reading for all students and scholars of media, communication studies, and sociology, as well as all those who want a richer understanding of digital media and everyday life. (5F) 978-0-7456-7034-8 07/15 240 pp. P S$30.98 inclu GST, US$22.95 (5F) 978-0-7456-7033-1 07/15 240 pp. C S$88.76 inclu GST, US$64.95 Journalism The Ethical Journalist Making Responsible Decisions in the Digital Age Gene Foreman, Pennsylvania State University, USA Description: This new edition of a well-regarded, student-friendly textbook for journalism ethics has been extensively revised and updated to meet the needs of the 21st century journalist working in the digital age. It educates aspiring journalists on ethical decision-making, with coverage of key applied issues such as the principles of fairness and accuracy, the duty of verifi cation, the role of social media, the problems of plagiarism, fabrication, and confl icts of interest, business issues that affect journalism ethics, and questions relating to source relationships, privacy, and deception in reporting. The book includes extensive revisions to the majority of chapters, as well as six new “Point of View” essays, eight new case studies, and a full glossary. Supplemented by an annually updated companion website with extensive resources for teachers and students, including links to current articles discussing the subjects covered in each of the book’s chapters, and a teachers’ guide that offer sample syllabi, discussion guides, PowerPoint slides, sample quiz and exam questions, and links to audiovisual material. (LT) 978-1-119-03173-4 07/15 440 pp. P US$59.95 18 Visit our website at http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/


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