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Communication, Mass Communication & Journalism – Spring 2015

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Give your students FREE online resources! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration. sagepub.com | cqpress.com Request your free review copy today at sagepub.com or at 1-800-818-7243! JOURNALISM Advancing the Story Journalism in a Multimedia World, Third Edition Debora Halpern Wenger, University of Mississippi • Deborah Potter, Newslab This fully updated Third Edition builds on the essential strengths of the original text by providing clear instruction on reporting and producing for multiple platforms with real-world examples, advice from professional journalists, and exercises to stimulate additional conversations. Free online learning modules created by the authors can be bundled with the text. The self-testing, tutorial package allows students to work through interactive skill-building exercises that provide an opportunity to build a portfolio. Paperback + Online Module Bundle ISBN: 978-1-4833-8124-4 • ©2015 • 432 pages • online resources • • Editing for the Digital Age Thom Lieb, Towson University Editors and writers will gain tools to ensure their published material is accurate, readable, and complete. Designed for today's digital publishing landscape, the text is built around the many issues that writers and editors now face on a daily basis, from checking for legal issues and writing headlines that will attract readers to creating multimedia packages to support an article or post; and using various forms of social media to curate content and connect with audience members. Writing and grammar exercises are woven into every chapter to progressively build students' editing skills. Spiral ISBN: 978-1-4833-0654-4 • January 2015 • 208 pages • online resources • Write Choices Elements of Nonfi ction Storytelling Sue Hertz, University of New Hampshire A valuable resource for writers at any stage of their career, this text seeks to understand the art and craft of factual narrative. Sue Hertz guides writers through key decisions in order to tell the best story possible. Blending how-to instructions, illuminating examples, and writers' commentaries drawn from original interviews, readers will cultivate their nonfi ction storytelling skills by exploring the universal decisions all writers confront when crafting factual narratives. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-3085-6 • March 2015 • 256 pages • COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS Data Literacy A User's Guide David Herzog, Missouri School of Journalism David Herzog, a journalist with a decade of experience using data analysis to transform information into captivating storytelling, introduces students and professionals to the fundamentals of data literacy, a key skill in today's world. Assuming the reader has no advanced knowledge of data analysis or statistics, this book shows how to create insight from publicly-available data through exercises using simple Excel functions. Extensively illustrated, step-by-step instructions within a concise, yet comprehensive, reference will help readers identify, obtain, evaluate, clean, analyze and visualize data. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4833-3346-5 • February 2015 • 224 pages • online resources • COMMUNICATION THEORY Applying Communication Theory for Professional Life A Practical Introduction, Third Edition Marianne Dainton, La Salle University • Elaine D. Zelley, La Salle University This fully updated Third Edition helps students understand communication theory and its importance to their careers in communication and business. Practical and reader-friendly, the book offers succinct coverage of the major theories that have clear applicability to communication and business practitioners. Paperback ISBN:978-1-4522-7654-0 • ©2015 • 280 pages • online resources • MASS COMMUNICATION BESTSELLER! Mass Communication Living in a Media World, Fifth Edition Ralph E. Hanson, University of Nebraska at Kearney Designed to give students the media literacy principles and critical thinking skills they need to become a self-aware media consumer, this text provides comprehensive yet concise coverage of all aspects of mass media, along with insightful analysis and fun, conversational writing. In every chapter, students will explore the latest developments and current events that are changing the face of media today. New to the Fifth Edition: • New Media Transformations boxes help students understand the rapid rate of media changes over recent decades • Original infographics illustrate key issues and pro- mote data and media literacy • Ten new chapter-opening vignettes featuring such stories as Edward Snowden's leaks of electronic Na- tional Security Agency documents • New Interactive ebook free when bundled with the print text, provides students with an enhanced, enrich- ing, and interactive learning experience Print + Interactive eBook ISBN: 978-1-4833-9195-3 • January 2015 • 480 pages • • Issues in Media Selections from CQ Researcher, Third Edition For current coverage of controversial and important issues centering on media, look to the balanced reporting, complete overviews and engaging writing that CQ Researcher has consistently provided for more than eighty years. This brief reader allows students to see the links between media, culture, business and politics, and an opportunity to view the issues from all sides while giving them a window into the relationships between media, culture, business, and politics. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4833-8585-3 • January 2015 • 328 pages Bundle and Save! Instructors, give your students Issues in Media for $14 when you bundle it with Mass Communication! Use ISBN: 978-1-4833-9295-0 MEDIA LAW The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication Fourth Edition Robert Trager, University of Colorado-Boulder • Joseph Russomanno, Arizona State University • Susan Dente Ross, Washington State University • Amy Reynolds, Louisiana State University This text offers a clear and engaging introduction to media law. The authors present comprehensive coverage and analysis of this essential topic to future journalists and media professionals. 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