Media Practice

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1. The Film Handbook

   By Mark de Valk, Sarah Arnold

   Series: Media Practice

   The Film Handbook examines the current state of filmmaking and how film language, technique and aesthetics are being utilised for today’s ‘digital film’ productions. It reflects on how critical analysis’ of film underpins practice and story, and how developing an autonomous ‘vision’ will best aid...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Magazines Handbook

   3rd Edition

   By Jenny McKay

   Series: Media Practice

   The Magazines Handbook has firmly established itself as the essential introduction to the theories and practices of the modern magazine industry. This fully updated third edition comprehensively examines the business of publishing magazines today and the work of the contemporary magazine journalist...

   Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Sound Handbook

   By Tim Crook

   Series: Media Practice

   'Tim Crook has written an important and much-needed book, and its arrival on our shelves has come at a highly appropriate time.' Professor Seán Street, Bournemouth University The Sound Handbook maps theoretical and practical connections between the creation and study of sound across the multi-media...

   Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Graphic Communication Handbook

   By Simon Downs

   Series: Media Practice

   The Graphic Communication Handbook is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the graphics industry. It traces the history and development of graphic design, explores issues that affect the industry, examines its analysis through communications theory, explains...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Television Handbook

   4th Edition

   By Jeremy Orlebar

   Series: Media Practice

   The Television Handbook is a critical introduction to the practice and theory of television. The book examines the state of television today, explains how television is made and how production is organised, and discusses how critical thinking about programmes and genres can illuminate their...

   Published August 15th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Public Relations Handbook

   4th Edition

   By Alison Theaker

   Series: Media Practice

   The Public Relations Handbook is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the public relations industry. It traces the history and development of public relations, explores ethical issues which affect the industry, examines its relationship with politics, lobbying...

   Published August 9th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Music Industry Handbook

   By Paul Rutter

   Series: Media Practice

   The Music Industry Handbook provides a clear introduction to how the music industry works, unpacking the complex structures within the industry and mapping it as it exists today. Paul Rutter introduces readers to key industry sectors in an easy-to-digest format, then goes on to explore the...

   Published May 12th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Documentary Handbook

   By Peter Lee-Wright

   Series: Media Practice

   'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today’s exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully participate. The practical advice and wisdom here is...

   Published December 1st 2009 by Routledge
9. The Radio Handbook

   3rd Edition

   By Carole Fleming

   Series: Media Practice

   The Radio Handbook is a comprehensive guide to radio broadcasting in Britain. Featuring two entirely new chapters for this edition, You Radio and Sport on Radio, this text offers a thorough introduction to radio in the twenty-first century. Using new examples, case studies and...

   Published July 16th 2009 by Routledge
10. The Alternative Media Handbook

    By Kate Coyer, Tony Dowmunt, Alan Fountain

    Series: Media Practice

    'Alternative Media' is the term used to describe non-mainstream media forms that are independently run and community focussed, such as zines, pirate radio, online discussion boards, community run and owned broadcasting companies, and activist publications such as Red Pepper and Corporate Watch. The...

    Published December 27th 2007 by Routledge