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This review addresses recent work on media practices in situations of religious diversity. I hereby distinguish three approaches in this literature: the media politics of diversity, religious diversity and the public sphere, and the diversity of religious mediations. Whereas the first focuses on the control of representations of religious diversity and difference, the second strand of research looks at the interaction of religious difference and the public circulation of discourse and images. The third approach takes built-in links between media and religious practices as a starting point to investigate the diversity of modes of interaction between religious practitioners and religious otherworlds and the consequences these modes have for sociocultural life. This article argues that a perspective mindful of the intrinsic relationships of religion and media is best positioned to do justice to the questions provoked by the intersection of media practices and religious difference.

The 21st century has brought both opportunities and challenges in our global, boundary-less world. Importantly, managers face a dynamic and interconnected international environment. As such, 21st-century managers need to consider the many opportunities and threats that Web 2.0, social media, and creative consumers present and the resulting respective shifts in loci of activity, power, and value. To help managers understand this new dispensation, we propose five axioms: Social media are always a function of the technology, culture, and government of a particular country or context; Local events rarely remain local; Global events are likely to be (re)interpreted locally; Creative consumers' actions and creations are also dependent on technology, culture, and government; and Technology is historically dependent. At the heart of these axioms is the managerial recommendation to continually stay up to date on technology, customers, and social media.

This lively and accessible study of media and discourse combines theoretical reflection with empirical engagement, and brings together insights from a range of disciplines. Within media and cultural studies, the study of media texts is dominated by an exclusive focus on representation. This book adds long overdue attention to social interaction. The book is divided into two sections. The first outlines key theoretical issues and concepts, including informalisation, genre hybridisation, positioning, dialogism and discourse. The second is a sustained interrogation of social interaction in and around media. Re-examining issues of representation and interaction, it critically assesses work on the para-social and broadcast sociability, then explores distinct sites of interaction: production communities, audience communities and 'interactivity' with audiences. Key features * The book is rich with fascinating examples involving British and US media, including radio, television, magazines and newspapers and their Internet spin-offs. * It brings together insights from conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, cultural studies and media anthropology. * It is key reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates doing media studies, communication and cultural studies and journalism studies

Social Media: Pedagogy and Practice examines how interactive technologies can be applied to teaching, research and the practice of communication. This book demonstrates how social media can be utilized in the classroom to build the skillsets of students going into journalism, public relations, integrated marketing, and other communications fields.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Educating Teachers for a Multicultural School Environment -- Abstract -- Introduction -- References -- Part 1: Readiness of a Teacher to Work with Children While Playing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and Methods -- 3. Results -- 3.1. Play Activity in Russian Daycare Centres -- 3.2. Quality of Pre-School Education -- 3.3. National and Regional Peculiarities of Russian Pre-school Education -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Part 2: Technology of the Didactic Game -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and Methods -- 3. Results -- 3.1. Characteristics of Mothers -- 3.2. Readiness of Children for Studying at School -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Part 3: Multicultural Language Development of Pre-school Children in Russia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Part 4: Preparing to Work with Text in Kindergarten -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Concepts -- 4. From Model to Technologies -- 5. Experimental Strategy -- 6. Experimental Technique -- 7. Parametre Definitions -- 8. Logical Statement Structure -- 9. Efficiency Check -- References -- Biographical Sketches -- Chapter 2 -- International Managerial Communication: An Analysis of Project Team Communication in a China-Based Country Organization -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Review of Literature -- English as World's Business Language and Lingua Franca -- Theory and Practice of Project Management -- National Culture -- Language Competency and Link-Pin Communication in International Business Context -- Research Method -- Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis -- Findings -- Stage 1: Making Initial Contact -- Stage 2: Forming Project Team and Visiting Potential Customer -- Stage 3: Communicating with Commercial Manager for Costing -- Stage 4: Adding Product Line Manager to Relay the State-of-the-Art Technology

Environmental Communication and Travel Journalism considers tourism public relations as elite reputation management, and applies models of political conflict and source-media relations to the analysis of the 'soft' genre of travel journalism. The book seeks to understand how, in whose interests and against what odds discourses of cosmopolitanism and place-branding influence the way travel journalists represent vulnerable and contested environments. Informed by interviews with journalists and their sources, Environmental Communication and Travel Journalism identifies and theorises networks, cultures, discursive strategies and multiple loyalties that can assist or interrupt flows of environmental concern in the cosmopolitan public sphere. The book should be of interest to scholars of environmental communication, environmental politics, journalism, tourism, marketing and public relations.