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Review of Frank Bryan, Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How It Works (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003), xviii/320 pp. $49.00 (cloth), $19.00 (paper). Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998), x/341 pp. $55.00 (cloth), $19.99 (paper). Frank Fischer, Citizens, Experts, and the Environment: The Politics of Local Knowledge (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2000), xiv/352 pp. $79.95 (cloth), $22.95 (paper). Bent Flyvbjerg, Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice, trans. Steven Sampson (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998), xiv/304 pp. $55.00 (cloth), $18.00 (paper). Kevin Howley, Community Media: People, Places, and Communication Technologies (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005), xiii/324 pp. $75.00 (cloth), $34.99 (paper).

Communication scholars have played an instrumental role in this field theorizing about the nature of identities in relation to media, interpersonal, organizational, intercultural and rhetorical practices and exploring the political conditions these practices create for persons across the spectrum of gender identities and sexual orientations. Each chapter of Transgender Communication Studies: Histories, Trends, and Trajectories addresses previous communication scholarship on transgender lives, makes an original argument or contribution to the field, and concludes with directions for future rese

In the Social Sciences today, there are a variety of ways to approach the various areas of investigation and a wide range of observational methods. Depending on academic background and research interests, researchers explore and emphasize certain approaches and categorizations at the expense of others in the implementation of their audiovisual investigations. These observations lead us to first question the definition of image in its connection to the object of research and its status and, secondly, to identify the diversity of current practices and uses. Indeed, the status of an image changes according to the media used and the contexts of reception. The circulation of images promotes exchange and connection between the various groups of actors. If we awkwardly accompany images, we risk unwittingly betraying their original meaning. Furthermore, there is the possibility of conflicts or unintended distortions linked to the activities of projection and identification. Our goal will be to propose a methodological framework and establish an initial model for all researchers in Communication Studies using the audiovisual method. Finally, the researcher accepts not only to properly conduct his research, but also to present an audiovisual project taking into account from the start advantages, constraints, issues of influence and scientific impact.

The development of communication studies has been a lively process of adoption and integration of theoretical constructs from Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Critical Communication Studies describes the intellectual and professional forces that have shaped research interests and formed alliances in the pursuit of particular goals. Hanno Hardt reflects on the need to come to terms with the role of history in academic work and locates the intellectual history within the context of competing social theories. The book provides a substantive foundation for understanding the field