http://www.press.umich.edu/rss/newMedia.xml New Media Studies and Communications Books en-us ump.webmaster@umich.edu http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3156987 The second entry in the Landmark Video Games series http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3432847 An examination of how musical activity has been transformed by contemporary production practices http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3160053 An interdisciplinary study that traces contemporary notions of "the web" to their origins long before the Internet came into being http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3021514 The origins of our culture's obessions with reality-based media http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1113625 An unsettling look at the history of right-wing political movements in Michigan http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=368267 How the debate on colorblind versus multicultural casting sheds light on on larger sociopolitical questions http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3156836 The inaugural title in the Landmark Video Games series http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=973473 Exploring the materiality of digital devices through electronic waste http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=997198 An international picture of New Woman in film and photography http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=353224 Essays reflecting on the development of the first wave of digital American literature scholarship http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=340136 An academic approach to the popular use of video production technology http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=364002 An in-depth study of the fascinating relationship between new media and everyday life http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=591457 How do nations create and maintain images of power? http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=192221 Indispensable perspectives on America's top documentary filmmaker and political commentator http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=354930 A classic look at doctors in television, updated with two decades of new shows and research http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1168034 Poetry lives on in the digital age http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=293114 Top media studies scholars discuss the evolution of media http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=327161 Film provides a window into American culture and its attitudes toward Asia of the first half of the 20th century http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1597570 An anthropologist's analysis of the world's most popular online world game http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=187388 "Creativity is a means of controlling chaos, finding order. Business and poetry draw their waters out of the same well." ---John Barr, President, Poetry Foundation http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1611960 A new look at digital gaming and the aesthetics of play http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=364475 An in-depth look at skateboarding culture by a promising young scholar. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=331702 How Reagan's immersion in an electronic media culture of performance shaped his political career. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=322627 How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference? http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=243263 The country's top legal reporters comment on and analyze some of the most important oral arguments in recent court history. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=234436 An indispensable and engaging guide to using wikis in the classroom. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=327424 A fascinating study of disease as a trope in German debates about the Nazi past. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=339556 The year's best technology writing. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=286540 A major new work that probes questions of disability and aesthetics across a range of art forms, from Deaf poetry to film noir. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=293023 An insider's view of online games and how they change us. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=104480 Challenges conventional approaches to film by advancing the simple yet revolutionary idea that acting is one of cinema's essential aspects. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=297291 Investigates the multi-faceted nature of hyperlinks and their consequences for commerce, communication, and civic discourse in the world of digital media . http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=312911 This book is the World Bank's first publication presenting good practices from around the world in media and broadcasting policy and regulation and complements existing work in governance, public sector reform, and access to information. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=287891 This collection is a timely intervention in national debates about what constitutes original or plagiarized writing in the digital age. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=308803 Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from Chinese studies, human rights, media studies, law, and other fields, Owning the Olympics reveals how multiple entities---including the Chinese Communist Party itself---seek to influence and control the narratives through which the Beijing Games will be understood.