This book addresses various aspects of tourist behaviour, from need-recognition to post-consumption. Supported by practical examples from a range of countries, it is very useful for updating your knowledge or carrying out further research in this field.
This book provides researchers the understandings needed to develop scientifically validated internet survey methods. To avoid ‘Garbage In, Garbage Out,’ it is essential to support best practices in presentation, sampling, data collection, and analysis.
Maurice Moynihan and the Irish State, 1902-1999
He was the elusive civil servant at the heart of the new Irish State. A former Civil War opponent of Éamon de Valera, Maurice Moynihan became his most trusted advisor, writing the 1937 constitution and wielding immense influence over the government he helped create.
This book covers retail space design and its effect on customer experience and consumer behavior. It proposes models and actionable recommendations, blending theory with reality. For students and professionals aiming to elevate their understanding of retail marketing and design.
This book explores the elastic-anisotropic properties of rocks, showing that velocity, density, and anisotropy increase with metamorphic transformations. It also details an acoustopolariscope for analyzing rocks, anisotropic alloys, plastics, ceramics, and gemstones.
Ethnic Issues in the Press of Karachi
This book analyzes the press coverage of Karachi’s ethnic affairs in English and Urdu newspapers. An essential read for historians, researchers, and journalists interested in the ethnic dynamics of Pakistan and the role of the press in covering multi-ethnic societies.
Tomorrow’s Media
This collection of essays from an impressive group of media and broadcasting experts sheds light on where we have come from and where we are going. A unique work of interdisciplinary research, this book exists at an intersection between technology and the arts.
Public Service Media in the Digital Age
Public service media are in dramatic transformation. This book provides analysis of the key issues from an international perspective, bringing together leading researchers to explore the future of broadcasting and the new participatory roles of audiences.
The Automobile and the Environment
This book gathers papers from researchers and engineers on Automotive Powertrains, Alternative Fuels, Vehicle Dynamics, and Transport Safety. It offers new visions on sustainable development and innovation in the modern automotive industry.
Old definitions of journalism are under fire; its occupational identity and importance to democracy, public life, and social justice are contested. This conference proceedings discusses the key concepts, categories and models emerging in conversations about journalism today.
Post-Colonial Distances
This anthology compares popular music in Canada and Australia. Both post-colonial nations create commercial music in the shadow of the US and UK industries, and both have seen tremendous growth in the popular music of their indigenous and immigrant groups.
The Co-Design of an Online Campaign for an Inclusive Community
This volume shows how communication builds our perception of “us” versus “others,” a cultural obstacle that can lead to radicalisation. We can prevent this with participation and counter-narratives, as shown by a European project that pushes the reader beyond prejudice.
This title provides an overview of the role of the media during the attack on Dubrovnik in autumn 1991 by the federal army and Montenegrin reservists, and represents a primary source of information about the propaganda war waged during the conflict between Croatia and Serbia.
Internet Tomography
This book introduces Internet tomography, from basic principles to applications. It focuses on designing Internet Tomography Measurement Systems to map Internet performance, with uses in network design, wireless networks, and Service Level Agreement compliance.
Eelam Online
This book details how the internet helps create political identities among the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. It traces their online engagement in the struggle for a homeland, exploring how communication technologies shape the very “imagination” of a nation.
Power and Communication
This book explores the relationship between power and the media in Western societies. The media exercise symbolic force, but are also subject to political and economic influence. This relationship is paradoxically as strict as it is opaque.
Why do public sector digital projects fail while private companies like Amazon flourish? This book draws on eight years of developing technology for health and social care to reveal what separates success from failure, and why our public services remain rooted in the past.
Women’s Political Visibility and Media Access
Despite laws against gender discrimination, women remain invisible in the media. This book explores women’s political visibility in Nigeria, assessing aggressive tactics, “conscious reporting,” and the use of ICTs as practical ways of bridging this wide gap.
Reading Penguin
Penguin Books democratised reading, becoming the most important British publisher of the 20th century. In these essays, scholars examine Penguin’s significance, from breaking the Lady Chatterley ban to the iconic art of its covers.
This collection of essays highlights the most pressing research topics in infocommunication technologies, including next generation networks, innovative knowledge-based systems, and innovations in healthcare and eHealth.