Africana Methodology
This volume critically examines the collection, interpretation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from an Afrocentric perspective. It provides readers with a compilation of essays that evaluate the Africana experience from a methodological perspective.
Japanese Sensibility and Oriental Wisdom
Drawing on a 40-year career as a diplomat, this book demystifies Japanese culture. It is the first in English to examine the twin concepts of Japanese sensibility and Oriental wisdom, arguing for their vital role in fostering closer cooperation between East and West.
Building Cultures of Peace
In a world torn apart by conflict, from families to nations, how do we build a culture of peace? This volume of essays presents multiple perspectives from scholars and practitioners on fostering hope and creating peace in a conflict-ridden world.
Understanding Media Propaganda in the 21st Century
Is Manufacturing Consent still fit for purpose? This book argues that the 2016 election created a ‘year zero’ for journalism, requiring an overhaul of Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model. It is a radical intervention, offering a new model to understand media propaganda.
This volume examines the decolonization of communication studies. It shows that the discipline underwent a rapid paradigm shift after scholars were called upon to rethink the field in the face of a crisis.
Israeli and Palestinian Collective Narratives in Conflict
In the “social laboratory” of Israeli and Palestinian societies, conflicting collective narratives often create obstacles to peace. This book presents a unique approach that transforms these narratives from barriers into powerful tools for promoting reconciliation.
Media Rhetoric
This volume considers how media alters persuasive communication—how we think, argue, and feel. Focusing on advertising and digital media, scholars from around the world demonstrate how persuasive speech is exerted in, through, and by the media in the 21st century.
This volume is a collection of studies from the World Kurdish Congress, focusing on improving the quality of life, science, and culture for progress in Kurdistan. Topics cover health, education, politics, and industry, concluding with recommendations to the government.
Policy Analysis for Big Issues
In a world grappling with corruption and inequality, this book is a beacon of hope with practical solutions. From Harvard to the Himalayas, its real-world examples and actionable insights equip readers with the inspiration needed to ignite transformative change.
Intellectual Developments in Greece and China
This book compares the intellectual developments of ancient Greece and China, presenting a new theoretical model to explain their different trajectories. It offers a superior explanation to outdated studies and provides a sophisticated critique of Eurocentric views.
This book focuses on policies to transform the world into a better place. Drawing from diverse disciplines, it showcases case studies of Jesuit education that provide for a sustainable future through compassion and cooperation in non-technical, accessible chapters.
Contributions to Communicational, Cultural, Media, and Digital Studies
How does communication shape our world? This book explores the powerful dialectic between society and media in the digital age. A key text for cultural and media studies, it offers tools to understand a social force as inevitable as it is influential.
Gajevic explores how journalists interpret justice in their coverage of wars. His deep analysis of war reporting offers a new understanding of societies in times of conflict, focusing on the Yugoslav conflicts of the 1990s and the notion of the transnational community.
This book offers an updated perspective on international media and culture, exploring how the digital environment transforms phenomena from battle rap to citizen journalism. It spotlights pressing issues like information control and the politics that hinder democratization.
Writing as Performance
This volume finds an outlet in autoethnography, creating authentic relations between scholars and their writing. It explores new relationships forced into being by the pandemic, as authors describe personal experiences that shed light upon wider cultural and social dynamics.
Semiotics and Visual Communication IV
Inspired by Roland Barthes, this book explores today’s myths. It examines how daily life and consumer culture—from cinema and sports to online networks and fashion—are socially constructed signs, shaped by global mass communication and visual culture.
This text explores theoretical issues in contemporary rhetoric, including the role of culture, citizenship, and how space and time affect language. A resource for scholars and students, its goal is to stimulate thought and provoke critical responses to the ideas within.
Just as pollution disrupts nature, toxic cultural elements erode society. This book provides a roadmap to reverse this decay, starting with individual empowerment and self-leadership to rebuild our communities and foster sustainable leadership.
This interdisciplinary volume examines women’s global journeys toward peace. International scholars explore how and why contemporary nonviolent tactics have proved effective in the movement from war to building peace amid twenty-first century social changes.
Foreign Policy Posture in Post-Apartheid South Africa
This book explores the link between domestic and foreign policy in South Africa, tracking its evolution since the 1990s. Combining theoretical perspectives and empirical case studies, it demonstrates the complex motives behind the country’s involvement in global affairs.