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Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Ageis an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation. The movie version of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, premiered in 2001, in between publication of the fourth and fifth books of this global literary phenomenon....
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Español
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This Spanish nonfiction book gives students a close-up look at media by exploring all forms and how it plays an important role in society. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. Students will learn to tell the difference between facts and opinions with this exciting book and the accompanying extension activity. This 32-page full-color Spanish book defines media, explains how to separate...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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There has been a lot of talk about "fake news" in the news lately. Being able to spot the difference between credible and non-credible sources is a vital 21st century skill to have. Learn the tricks and traps of deception and the skills required to achieve information literacy--and always get to the truth of the matter! Packed with fun facts and detailed sidebars, this informational text explores contemporary issues and high-interest, relevant subjects....
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Series
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English
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This nonfiction book gives students a close-up look at media by exploring all forms and how it plays an important role in society. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. Students will learn to tell the difference between facts and opinions with this exciting book and the accompanying extension activity. This 32-page full-color book defines media, explains how to separate fact from fiction....
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English
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Have you ever wondered how podcasts are created? This nonfiction math reader teaches students multiplication while they are engaged in reading about how a science-fiction-themed podcast series is created from start to finish. This book integrates math and literacy skills, combining informational text, problem-solving, and real-world connections to help students explore mathematics in a meaningful way. Vibrant images, simple practice problems, and...
6) Manga Mad
Publisher
Ray Castle Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Comics and anime are the biggest pop culture in Japan. Manga are for adults, not only children. Politicians, office ladies and salarymen read them. Racy sexual and violent fantasies, beyond censorship, are given free reign in the world of manga. Obsessive fans are called Otaku. Electric town, Akihabara, Tokyo, comic capital of world, is their virtual reality wonderland. Comiket at Tokyo Big Site is the biggest comic market and cosplay gathering.
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A human, and humorous, look at New Jersey’s WFMU, a radio station that refuses any programming boundaries. Most of its disc jockeys are unpaid volunteers, working for their love of surprising, spontaneous radio. They play everything from flat-out uncategorizable strangeness to every form of rock and roll, experimental music, jazz, psychedelia, hip-hop, hand-cranked wax cylinders, gospel, Inuit marching bands, R&B, C&W, radio improvisations, spoken-word...
Publisher
New Deal Films, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Smithsonian Magazine once asked the rhetorical question, 'Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, week after week?' The Rio Grande Sun, published in Espanola, New Mexico is considered one of the best weekly newspapers in the country. Bob Trapp, the Sun's founder, editor, and publisher, is the quintessential newspaperman, the last of a vanishing breed--an honest, fearless, independent journalist,...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On Thanksgiving Day 2012, American photojournalist James "Jim"Foley was kidnapped in Syria and went missing for two years before the infamous video of his public execution sent shockwaves and introduced much of the world to ISIS. Jim: The James Foley Story, by close childhood friend Brian Oakes, tells the story of his life through intimate interviews with his family, friends and fellow journalists – while fellow hostages reveal never-before-heard...
Publisher
Film Art Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Set against the contrasting backdrops of Manhattan and Los Angeles, this film examines the life of one of the world’s greatest celebrities of print journalism - Dominick Dunne. ..Drawing on the memories of big names in Dunne’s field, including Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Tina Brown, Joan Didion and octogenarian New York Post gossip columnist Liz Smith as well as legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans (The Godfather, Chinatown), the film...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learns he has cancer, he dedicates his life to achieving his dream of performing comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman. As Steve says, ‘If you stop chasing your dreams, you’re already dead.”
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English
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A trip to the International Fireworks Festival becomes an adventure in learning multiplication! Join Stella as she travels to Montreal with her father, a pyrotechnician who creates and sets off fireworks displays. Students will develop their multiplication skills as they read about the precise proportions, calculations, and measurements behind pyrotechnics. This math reader integrates math and literacy skills, combining problem solving and real-world...
Publisher
Comedy Dynamics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Featuring candid interviews with comedy legends, including: Janeane Garofalo, Jim Gaffigan, Margaret Cho, Aisha Tyler, Ari Shaffir, Kurt Metzger, Michael Che, Godfrey, Ted Alexandro and many more, Adventures in Comedy delves into the adversities that all comedians face on their roller coaster journeys toward fame. The film shadows one comic’s (Tom McCaffrey) experiences doing stand-up, giving a glimpse into the harsh realities and struggles that...
14) Homo Promo
Publisher
Jenni Olson
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
This spectacular showcase of vintage movie trailers offers a crash course in lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) movie history and a colorful look at nearly every major mainstream queer-themed film produced between 1953 and 1977! Archivist Jenni Olson is one of the world’s leading experts on LGBT film history — curated from her private collection of rare original 35mm coming attractions trailers, Homo Promo has entertained audiences at LGBT...
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Español
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A las y los integrantes del Colegio de Licenciados en Ciencias de la Comunicación de Baja California Sur nos enorgullece y nos causa una profunda satisfacción este logro editorial. Al inicio del confinamiento por la pandemia Covid-19 propusimos un libro colectivo donde las y los participantes escribiéramos de manera concisa nuestra experiencia laboral en nuestro estado: cómo pasamos de la teoría universitaria a la praxis del campo laboral. Esto...
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English
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The news, reality TV, social networks; what do they all have in common? Not only are they sources of information, but they are also forms of media that impact society and public perception. These days a lot of information is driven by celebrity culture, and reality TV has a become a driving force behind the appeal for audiences to experience and interact with it.
Reality TV as a wave of entertainment has given way to the rise of a new mode for fortune...
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English
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Since emerging from tabloid-television infamy as the former host of Inside Edition, Bill O'Reilly has taken his brand of provocative rhetoric to the next level: from shock-TV to the No Spin Zone. Despite his outspoken support for Bush's tax cuts and a war with Iraq, and his attacks on everything from National Public Radio to "welfare mothers," O'Reilly fashions his program, The O'Reilly Factor, as "without an agenda or any ideological prejudices."...
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Español
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Esta obra tiene como propósito delimitar el ámbito de la crónica, relacionar los elementos que han hecho posible la evolución de este género periodístico en América Latina y, sobre todo, reunir en un solo volumen sus diferentes dimensiones. Con ello se busca poner a disposición de estudiantes de pregrado, especialistas y lectores en general, información pertinente acerca de una de las formas del periodismo que de mejor forma puede dibujar...
19) Propaganda, Inc
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English
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An eye-opening overview of American cultural policy fully updated through the end of the Bush presidency, Propaganda, Inc. reveals how the United States Information Agency became a bureaucracy deeply distrustful of dissent, and one-way in its promotion of American corporate interests overseas.
Nancy Snow spent two years inside the Agency, and here provides an insider's account of its crooked relationship to corporate interests and war-a must-read...
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English
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Now that virtually anyone can become a journalist, from bloggers to citizens recording an event with a smartphone, the teaching of journalism ethics is more important than ever. This book covers the essentials for students growing up in the digital age. Addressed is the importance of the news and news watchdogs in the virtual wild west of news reporting. Also covered is censorship and the importance of transparency in journalism. Finally, readers...
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