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Television Finales

From Howdy Doody to Girls

by Sam Ford, Karen Hellekson, Ensley F. Guffey, David Diffrient, Martha P. Nochimson, Barbara Villez, K. Dale Koontz, Elizabeth L. Rambo, Erika Johnson-Lewis, Mitchell E. Shapiro, Keith Brand, Jeff Thompson, Lori Bindig, Sue Turnbull, Renee Middlemost, Mark Dawidziak, David Hinckley, Stephen Spignesi, Alice Leppert, Shelley Cobb, Hannah Hamad, Stacey Abbott, Katheryn Wright, Eric Gould, Ron Wilson, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, Douglas Snauffer, Clinton Bryant, Michael Donovan, Jeffrey Bussolini, Stephanie Graves, Teresa Forde, Dean DeFino, Trisha Dunleavy, Nikki Stafford, Dana A. Heller, Stan Beeler, Cynthia Burkhead, Joanne Morreale, Asokan Nirmalarajah, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Bill Yousman, Deborah Jermyn, Lincoln Geraghty, Michele Byers, Zeke Jarvis, Kim Akass, Amanda Potter, Gary R. Edgerton, Lynne Hibberd, Robert Thompson, Jason P. Vest, Amy M. Damico, Bill Brioux, Lynnette Porter, Adam Ochonicky, Joseph S. Walker, Gary Gravely, Brett Mills, Paul Wright, Lorna Jewett ...

Series series Television and Popular Culture
Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and ... Read more

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Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and
... Read more
Very Special Episodes

Televising Industrial and Social Change

by Jonathan Cohn, Jennifer Porst, Reba Wissner, Philip Scepanski, Barbara Selznick, David Scott Diffrient, Lindsay Giggey, Erin Copple Smith, Ron Becker0, Erin Giannini1, Mimi White2, Brett Mills3, Apryl Alexander4, Christine Becker5, Jorie Lagerwey6, Taylor Nygaard7 ...

Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential “very special episode” format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows ranging from the birth of Desi Arnaz, Jr. on I Love Lucy to contemporary examples such as a delayed episode of Black-ish and the streaming-era ... Read more

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Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential “very special episode” format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows ranging from the birth of Desi Arnaz, Jr. on I Love Lucy to contemporary examples such as a delayed episode of Black-ish and the streaming-era
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Animals on Television

The Cultural Making of the Non-Human

by Brett Mills ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book is the first in-depth study of the representation of animals on television. It explores the variety of ways animals are represented in audio-visual media, including wildlife documentaries and children’s animated series, and the consequences these representations have for those species. Brett Mills discusses key ideas and approaches essential for thinking about animals drawing on relevant ... Read more

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This book is the first in-depth study of the representation of animals on television. It explores the variety of ways animals are represented in audio-visual media, including wildlife documentaries and children’s animated series, and the consequences these representations have for those species. Brett Mills discusses key ideas and approaches essential for thinking about animals drawing on relevant
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Creativity in the British Television Comedy Industry

by Brett Mills, Erica Horton ...

What is it like to make television comedy? How do writers get their ideas made, and how do commissioners and producers decide what to make? How do members of the comedy industry work with large broadcasters and production companies, and what does it mean to be creative – and stay creative?Drawing on interviews with many key writers such as Sam Bain, Paul Doolan, Graham Linehan, David Mitchell, ... Read more

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What is it like to make television comedy? How do writers get their ideas made, and how do commissioners and producers decide what to make? How do members of the comedy industry work with large broadcasters and production companies, and what does it mean to be creative – and stay creative?Drawing on interviews with many key writers such as Sam Bain, Paul Doolan, Graham Linehan, David Mitchell,
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Reading Media Theory

Thinkers, Approaches and Contexts

by Brett Mills, David M. Barlow ...

What does the Frankfurt School have to say about the creative industries? Does the spread of Google prove we now live in an information society? How is Madonna an example of postmodernism? How new is new media? Does the power of Facebook mean we're all media makers now?This groundbreaking volume – part reader, part textbook - helps you to engage thoroughly with some of the major voices that have ... Read more

$89.99 USD

What does the Frankfurt School have to say about the creative industries? Does the spread of Google prove we now live in an information society? How is Madonna an example of postmodernism? How new is new media? Does the power of Facebook mean we're all media makers now?This groundbreaking volume – part reader, part textbook - helps you to engage thoroughly with some of the major voices that have
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Animals and Landscapes

Multispecies Locations, Space and Place

Edited by Claire Parkinson, Brett Mills ...

Series series Multispecies Encounters
This volume explores various connections between animals and landscapes, challenging traditional anthropocentric framings and acknowledging the agency of other-than-human species in shaping human surroundings.A critical departure from traditional perspectives, Animals and Landscapes challenges the prevalent anthropocentric and ocularcentric approaches to the scenic landscape. Instead, the ... Read more

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This volume explores various connections between animals and landscapes, challenging traditional anthropocentric framings and acknowledging the agency of other-than-human species in shaping human surroundings.A critical departure from traditional perspectives, Animals and Landscapes challenges the prevalent anthropocentric and ocularcentric approaches to the scenic landscape. Instead, the
... Read more

Sociology, Work and Organisation

Seventh Edition

by Tony Watson ...

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, organisations, occupations, management and employment and how they are changing in the twenty-first century.Intellectual and accessible, it is unrivalled in the breadth of its coverage and its authoritative ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, organisations, occupations, management and employment and how they are changing in the twenty-first century.Intellectual and accessible, it is unrivalled in the breadth of its coverage and its authoritative
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The Arrogant Ape

The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters

by Christine Webb ...

**A New York Times’s Notable Book of 2025An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves**Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us ... Read more

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**A New York Times’s Notable Book of 2025An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves**Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us
... Read more

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When Languages Die

The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

by K David Harrison ...

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the ... Read more

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It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the
... Read more
Marketing

A Critical Textbook

by James Fitchett, Gavin Jack, Ming Lim, Michael Saren, Mark Tadajewski, Nick Ellis, Matthew Higgins ...

Written by a team of renowned experts in the field, Marketing: A Critical Textbook provides a unique introduction and overview of critical approaches to marketing.Ideally suited to advanced students of marketing, the book uses examples and ′real world′ case studies to illustrate and discuss major alternative and critical perspectives on the subject, enabling students to constructively question the ... Read more

$100.79 USD

Written by a team of renowned experts in the field, Marketing: A Critical Textbook provides a unique introduction and overview of critical approaches to marketing.Ideally suited to advanced students of marketing, the book uses examples and ′real world′ case studies to illustrate and discuss major alternative and critical perspectives on the subject, enabling students to constructively question the
... Read more
Key Concepts in Creative Industries

by John Hartley, Stuart Cunningham, Michael Keane, John Banks, Jason Potts, Terry Flew ...

Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
This guide to the emerging language of creative industries field is a valuable resource for researchers and students alike. Concise, extensively referenced, and accessible, this this is an exceptionally useful reference work.- Gauti Sigthorsson***, Greenwich University***"There could be no better guides to the conceptual map of the creative industries than John Hartley and his colleagues, pioneers ... Read more

$67.49 USD

This guide to the emerging language of creative industries field is a valuable resource for researchers and students alike. Concise, extensively referenced, and accessible, this this is an exceptionally useful reference work.- Gauti Sigthorsson***, Greenwich University***"There could be no better guides to the conceptual map of the creative industries than John Hartley and his colleagues, pioneers
... Read more
The Wake of Crows

Living and Dying in Shared Worlds

by Thom van Dooren ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law
Crows can be found almost everywhere that people are, from tropical islands to deserts and arctic forests, from densely populated cities to suburbs and farms. Across these diverse landscapes, many species of crow are doing well: their intelligent and adaptive ways of life have allowed them to thrive amid human-driven transformations. Indeed, crows are frequently disliked for their success, seen as ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Crows can be found almost everywhere that people are, from tropical islands to deserts and arctic forests, from densely populated cities to suburbs and farms. Across these diverse landscapes, many species of crow are doing well: their intelligent and adaptive ways of life have allowed them to thrive amid human-driven transformations. Indeed, crows are frequently disliked for their success, seen as
... Read more

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