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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Extremism in a Multifaceted Revolutionary Age -- 2.1 Iraq in Turmoil -- 2.2 Syria: A Distorted Uprising -- 2.3 Radical Islam Under Scrutiny: Rise of ISIS and al-Hashd al-Shaabi -- 2.4 Recruitment and Mobilization -- Chapter 3: Jihād, Salafi-Jihadism, and Sectarianism -- 3.1 Salafi-Jihadism -- 3.2 Sectarianism -- Chapter 4: Media Landscape in a Changing Middle East -- 4.1 Freedom, Sectarianism, and Extremism in the New Media -- 4.2 Mediatized Extremism -- Chapter 5: Discourse: Theory and Practice -- 5.1 Media Discourse and Digitalization -- 5.2 Discursive Ideologization -- 5.3 Manipulation -- 5.4 Data Set and Selection Strategy -- Chapter 6: Media Discourse in Syria and Iraq -- 6.1 Syrian Media Discourse -- 6.1.1 Pro-Government Media -- 6.1.2 Pro-Opposition Media -- 6.1.3 Pro-Kurdish Media -- 6.2 Iraqi Media Discourse -- 6.2.1 Pro-Shia Government Media -- 6.2.2 Pro-Sunni Opposition Media -- 6.2.3 Pro-Kurdish Media -- 6.3 Ideologization, Manipulation, and Sectarianization Within the Syrian and Iraqi Media Discourse -- Chapter 7: Radical Islamists in the Digital Era: A Multifaceted Extremist Discourse -- 7.1 ISIS Discourse -- 7.1.1 Ideologization Within ISIS Discourse -- 7.1.2 Manipulative Strategies in ISIS Discourse -- 7.2 Al-Hashd al-Shaabi Discourse -- 7.2.1 Ideologization Within the Discourse of al-Hashd al-Shaabi -- 7.2.2 Manipulative Strategies in al-Hashd al-Shaabi Discourse -- 7.3 Sectarian Extremism in the Manipulative and Ideological Discourse of ISIS and al-Hashd al-Shaabi -- Chapter 8: Conclusions: Discursive Practices by Sectarian-Guided Propaganda Machines -- 8.1 Incubators of Extremism: Media Discourse in Syria and Iraq -- 8.2 Evolution of Extremist Discourse in the Heart of the Middle East.

This book introduces, explains, and explores communication in the modern Arab world. Focusing on contemporary times and the lasting effects of the Arab Spring, the book reveals how the growth of media and communication technologies have acted as agents of change, providing evidence of mass communication's potential to transform societies.

This book makes a contribution to the debates on diasporic identities and transnational communication. It provides an analysis of the Cuban American community and their relationship to Miami-based English- and Spanish-language media. Based on extensive ethnographic data, the author demonstrates how different media have been used, produced and influenced by segments of the Cuban American community in Miami, Florida. After establishing the significance of Miami as a locale to receive a high number of migrants after the Cuban revolution in 1959, what follows is an exploration of the interplay of

This collection brings together research from independent scholars and studies supported by the Kaiser Foundation to illustrate innovative research on the media's sexual content and adolescents. Contributors address the topic of sexuality and the role of media

It's projected that China's internet population will hit 718 million by 2013, comfortably the largest base of net users in the world. Central to this are issues of ownership, freedom and censorship. But what is China's perspective and on the proliferation of new media within China and what are its concerns? This revealing book outlines the phenomenal recent digital developments seen across China and the vast amount of new media and internet usage. Annual Report on Development of New Media in China (Volume 1) presents a clear analysis of the key characteristics and trends found in present day C

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Making Media: Production, Practices, and Professions / Deuze, Mark / Prenger, Mirjam -- Production -- Research -- 2. Media Industries: A Decade in Review / Holt, Jennifer / Perren, Alisa -- 3. Media Production Research and the Challenge of Normativity / Lee, David / Zoellner, Anna -- 4. Access and Mistrust in Media Industries Research / Vonderau, Patrick -- 5. Cultural and Creative Industries and the Political Economy of Communication / Miège, Bernard -- 6. The Platformization of Making Media / Nieborg, David / Poell, Thomas / Deuze, Mark -- Economics and Management -- 7. The Disappearing Product and the New Intermediaries / Bilton, Chris -- 8. Value Production in Media Industries and Everyday Life / Bolin, Göran -- 9. Transformation and Innovation of Media Business Models / Villi, Mikko / Picard, Robert G. -- 10. Shifts in Consumer Engagement and Media Business Models / Chan-Olmsted, Sylvia / Wang, Rang -- 11. Media Industries' Management Characteristics and Challenges in a Converging Digital World / Faustino, Paolo / Noam, Eli -- Policy -- 12. Global Media Industries and Media Policy / Flew, Terry / Suzor, Nicolas -- 13. Media Concentration in the Age of the Internet and Mobile Phones / Winseck, Dwayne -- Practices -- Innovation -- 14. Making (Sense of) Media Innovations / Krumsvik, Arne H. / Milan, Stefania / Bhroin, Niamh Ní / Storsul, Tanja -- 15. Start-up Ecosystems Between Affordance Networks, Symbolic Form, and Cultural Practice / Werning, Stefan -- Work Conditions -- 16. Precarity in Media Work / O'Donnell, Penny / Zion, Lawrie -- 17. Making It in a Freelance World / Cohen, Nicole S. -- 18. Diversity and Opportunity in the Media Industries / Eikhof, Doris Ruth / Marsden, Stevie -- 19. Labour and the Next Internet / Mosco, Vincent -- Affective Labour -- 20. Affective Labour and Media Work / Siapera, Eugenia -- 21. Affective Qualities of Creative Labour / Cantillon, Zelmarie / Baker, Sarah -- 22. A Business of One or Nurturing the Craft: Who are You? / Gershon, Ilana / Deuze, Mark -- Professions -- Music -- 23. Music in Times of Streaming: Transformation and Debate / Johansson, Sofia -- 24. Popular Music, Streaming, and Promotional Media: Enduring and Emerging Industrial Logics / Meier, Leslie M. -- Television -- 25. Show Me the Money: How Revenue Strategies Change the Creative Possibilities of Internet-Distributed Television / Lotz, Amanda D. -- 26. Flexibility, Innovation, and Precarity in the Television Industry / Dwyer, Paul -- Social Media -- 27. Creator Management in the Social Media Entertainment Industry / Craig, David -- 28. #Dreamjob: The Promises and Perils of a Creative Career in Social Media / Duffy, Brooke Erin -- Public Relations and Advertising -- 29. Redefining Advertising in a Changing Media Landscape / Rosengren, Sara -- 30. Perceptions and Realities of the Integration of Advertising and Public Relations / Supa, Dustin -- Digital Games -- 31. Game Production Logics at Work: Convergence and Divergence / Kerr, Aphra -- 32. Reflections on the Shifts and Swerves of the Global Games Industry / O'Donnell, Casey -- Journalism -- 33. 'It Never Stops': The Implicit Norm of Working Long Hours in Entrepreneurial Journalism / Brouwers, Amanda / Witschge, Tamara -- 34. Transmedia Production: Key Steps in Creating a Storyworld / Serrano Tellería, Ana / Prenger, Mirjam -- Conclusion -- 35. Making Media: Observations and Futures / Jenkins, Henry / Saad Corrẽa, Elizabeth / Fung, Anthony / Bosch, Tanja -- Author Biographies

Language and Humour in the Media provides new insights into the interface between humour studies and media discourse analysis, connecting two areas of scholarly interest that have not been studied extensively before. The volume adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, concentrating on the various roles humour plays in print and audiovisual media, the forms it takes, the purposes it serves, the butts it targets, the implications it carries and the differences it may assume across cultures. The p