Media Studies

Azenita AbdullahPaperback, 200 pages9789672686453   With Special Reference to al-Jahiz's Kitab al-Hayawan   Al-Jahiz (d. 868/869) lived the life of...

Robert MacfarlanePaperback, 48 pages9780241978313   An essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book.   Every book is a kind of...

Danny CainePaperback, 192 pages9781648411632   As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and the sourc...

Edward S Herman, Noam ChomskyPaperback, 432 pages9780099533115   The Political Economy of the Mass Media   A detailed and compelling political stud...

Andrew PettegreeHardback, 480 pages9781800814936   Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - b...

Caleb EverettHardback, 288 pages9780674976580   A sweeping exploration of the relationship between the language we speak and our perception of such...

Arthur PonsonbyPaperback, 252 pages9780648531586   Falsehood in Wartime is a compelling exploration into the early days of war propaganda. Fake new...

James Raven (editor)Paperback, 448 pages9780192886897   The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated tex...

Walter J. OngPaperback, 264 pages30th Anniversary Edition   Walter J. Ong’s classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of ...

Michel DesmurgetAndrew Brown (translation)Paperback, 350 pages9781509546404   All forms of recreational digital consumption – whether on smartphone...

Peter MoreyHardback, 328 pages9780231177740   In an era of rampant Islamophobia, what do literary representations of Muslims and anti-Muslim bigotr...

Neil PostmanPaperback9780679745402   A witty, often terrifying account that chronicles our transformation into a society that is shaped by technolo...

Max FisherPaperback, 352 pages9781529416404   The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World   The Chaos Machine is the story...

Naomi S. Baron Paperback, 320 pages 9780197656884   An engaging and authoritative guide to the impact of reading medium on learning, from a foremos...

Justin E.H. Smith Paperback, 208 pages 9780691235219   An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian d...

Jeff Deutsch Hardback, 216 pages 9780691207766   From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular...

Cathy Rentzenbrink Paperback, 240 pages 9781509891559   Dear Reader is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of...

Maryanne Wolf Paperback, 336 pages 9780060933845   "Human beings were never born to read," writes Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and chi...

Tom Nichols Paperback, 336 pages Second Edition 9780197763834   People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by techn...

Alex Johnson Paperback, 216 pages 9780712353854   How do you create an active reader? Why is reading good for creativity? Why is it vital for teach...

Richard Ovenden Paperback 9781529378764   Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clea...

Ahmed El Shamsy Paperback 9780691241913   How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition   Islamic book culture dates back to ...

Maryanne Wolf Paperback 9780062388773   The Reading Brain in a Digital World   A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf’s Proust and the Squid revealed what we ...

Marshall McLuhan Paperback 9780415253970   When Marshall McLuhan first coined the phrases "global village" and "the medium is the message" in 1964,...