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Power Without Responsibility attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress, offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting, provides a myth-busting account of the internet, and surveys key debates about the role and politics of the media.

Focusing on forensic examples but useful for anyone working in a laboratory, this volume enables researchers to get the most out of their experiments by allowing them to cogently analyze the data they have collected, saving valuable time and effort.

By using research carried out on small business activities this book draws a comprehensive picture of the current situation and speculates on the future, it assesses the impact of factors such as technological innovation and government schemes.

While numerous technical developments are proceeding in the field of radiation therapy, image-guided radiation therapy and the Monte Carlo method have recently attracted much attention. These two topics, covered in this book from sessions presented at the 2006 AAPM Summer School, present significant changes in the influence of technology on the practice of radiation oncology.

In the early 1970s, two titans of Australian and American politics, Gough Whitlam and Richard Nixon, clashed over the end of the Vietnam war and the shape of a new Asia. A relationship that had endured the heights of the Cold War veered dangerously off course. Drawing on new evidence from secret American and Australian records, this book portrays the bitter clash between these two leaders and their competing visions of the world.

Examines the ways in which press, cinema, radio and television have wielded power in the course of this century.

Suitable for forensic scientists and students of the discipline, this book provides the statistical tools and methodology for introducing forensic glass evidence into the laboratory. It presents both the physical and chemical examinations performed on glass.

Talks about five fascinating prime ministers - Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard - and how they view Australia. This book explores the end of the idea of British Australia, and how successive prime ministers have attempted to assert personal, and often competing, visions of Australian nationalism in its place.

Culture Wars charts the battle between two generations, one shaped by the immediate postwar period and the other by the cultural revolt of the 1960s. It was a clash that first exploded in the 1980s, when the conservative press and government ridiculed radical young politicians as the "loony left." However, the values and political agenda of the urban left made significant advances in the 1990s and 2000s when the sixties generation moved into p...

This book examines the relationships between small businesses, large businesses and their local economies. The wide-ranging examination is based on data collected from over 400 businesses in seven contrasting localities in the United Kingdom. All the owner-managers and large organization representatives were interviewed face-to-face and background data was collected from numerous other individuals and sources. The authors' findings have prof...

Reveals the story behind the leader, John Curtin, whose vision, until now, has been overlooked.

An introduction to media studies, covering such topics as: the changing interaction between film and society, the meaning and purpose of media entertainment, national influence on globalizing media systems, the politics and virtual reality shows, and more.

Addresses key topics in relation to democratic theory, media and technology.

How is globalization changing both society and the media? De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media, breaking away from the narrow Anglo-American perspective that has dominated media studies. In a series of case studies from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, the contributors explore relationships be...

How is globalization changing both society and the media? De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media, breaking away from the narrow Anglo-American perspective that has dominated media studies. In a series of case studies from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, the contributors explore relationships be...

Although there are plenty of books devoted to small business and management research, few give much attention to the small enterprise. This book focuses systematically on researching the small firm, from basic issues of definition, to selecting topics and research designs, to fieldwork problems, data analysis and finally, writing and presenting results. The discussion is set in the wider context of issues and problems in business research. Qua...

This is a collection bringing together leading scholars to address key questions and concerns in media and cultural studies - issues of community, geography, identity, cultural production, technology and aesthetics. As well as broad overview chapters considering phenomena such as globalization, post-modernism and post-feminism, the book will also contain case studies including the US after 9/11, media use by diasporic communities, the politics...

Media and Power" addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society. How much power do the media have? Who really controls the media? And what is the relationship between media and power in society? In this major new book, James Curran reviews the different answers which have been given before advancing original interpretations in a series of ground-breaking essays. The book also provides a guided tour of major deba...

Containing new thinking and original surveys, Media & Cultural Theory brings together leading international scholars to address key issues and debates within media and cultural studies. Through the use of contemporary media and film texts such as Bridget Jonesa (TM) Diary and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and using case studies of the USA and the UK after September 11th, James Curran and David Morley examine central topics including: media r...

While small scale enterprise has expanded rapidly in recent years the way ahead looks uncertain. Drawing together recent research and thinking on small business activities from several disciplines, this book gives a comprehensive picture of the current situation and assesses the future. It evaluates the impact of such diverse influences as technological innovation, demogrpahic change, changes in orgh environment, women and entreprenuership, an...