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  • Behind the Curtain of Scholarly Publishing

    Editors in Writing Studies

    Edited by Greg Giberson, Megan Schoen, Christian Weisser ...
    Until now there has been little consideration of the intellectual and historical impact editors have had on the young and ever-evolving field of writing studies. Behind the Curtain of Scholarly Publishing provides new and seasoned scholars with behind-the-scenes explorations and expositions of the history of scholarly editing and the role of the scholarly editor from the perspectives of current ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Last Child

    by Michael Spooner ...
    A mixed-race girl must grow up quickly when danger threatens her worldRosalie's biggest problem used to be her own divided feelings. The constant tug-of-war between her white half and her Native American half is hard. She even has two names: Rosalie when she's at the fort with her father and Last Child when she's in the village with her mother.But now a steamboat has carried smallpox into Rosalie ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Researching Writing

    An Introduction to Research Methods

    by Joyce Kinkead ...
    Researching Writing is an accessible, informative textbook that teaches undergraduates how to conduct ethical, authentic research in writing studies. The book introduces students to the research approaches used most often and offers a course framework for professors creating or teaching research courses themselves.Author Joyce Kinkead lays out the research process, including finding and defining ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Planned Obsolescence

    Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy

    by Kathleen Fitzpatrick ...
    Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013A bold approach to re-envisioning the future of academic publishingAcademic institutions are facing a crisis in scholarly publishing at multiple levels: presses are stressed as never before, library budgets are squeezed, faculty are having difficulty publishing their work, and promotion and tenure committees are facing a range of new ways of working ... Read more

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  • Inside the Critics’ Circle

    Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times

    by Phillipa K. Chong ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
    An inside look at the politics of book reviewing, from the assignment and writing of reviews to why critics think we should listen to what they have to sayTaking readers behind the scenes in the world of fiction reviewing, Inside the Critics’ Circle explores the ways critics evaluate books despite the inherent subjectivity involved and the uncertainties of reviewing when seemingly anyone can be a ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Digital Sociology in Everyday Life

    Edited by Jessie Daniels, Karen Gregory, Tressie McMillan Cottom ...
    Digital technologies, digital media, and mobile technologies now shape the experience of everyday life in the Western world, yet the way our quotidian lives are enmeshed with these technologies is far from clearly understood.Through studies of the digital everyday, sociologists are beginning to reinvigorate the sociological imagination in light of digitization. Chapters in this Byte cover topics ... Read more

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  • The Ethics of Emerging Media

    Information, Social Norms, and New Media Technology

    Edited by PhD Bruce E. Drushel, PhD Kathleen German ...
    The Ethics of Emerging Media engages with enduring ethical questions while addressing critical questions concerning ethical boundaries at the forefront of new media development. This collection provides a rare opportunity to ask how emerging media affect the ethical choices in our lives and the lives of people across the globe.Centering on different new media forms from eBay to Wikipedia, each ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Coyote Tales

    by Thomas King ...
    Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler ...
    Two tales, set in a time “when animals and human beings still talked to each other,” display Thomas King’s cheeky humor and master storytelling skills. Freshly illustrated and reissued as an early chapter book, these stories are perfect for newly independent readers.In Coyote Sings to the Moon, Old Woman and the animals sing to the moon each night. Coyote attempts to join them, but his voice is so ... Read more

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  • Technical Communication and the World Wide Web

    Edited by Carol Lipson, Michael Day ...
    Over the past decade, the World Wide Web has dramatically changed the face of technical communication, but the teaching of writing has thus far altered very little to accommodate this rapidly changing context. Technical Communication and the World Wide Web offers substantial and broadly applicable strategies for teaching global communication issues affecting writing for the World Wide Web.Editors ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Should You Believe Wikipedia?

    Online Communities and the Construction of Knowledge

    by Amy S. Bruckman ...
    As we interact online we are creating new kinds of knowledge and community. How are these communities formed? How do we know whether to trust them as sources of information? In other words, Should we believe Wikipedia? This book explores what community is, what knowledge is, how the internet facilitates new kinds of community, and how knowledge is shaped through online collaboration and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Qualified Self

    Social Media and the Accounting of Everyday Life

    by Lee Humphreys ...
    How sharing the mundane details of daily life did not start with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube but with pocket diaries, photo albums, and baby books.Social critiques argue that social media have made us narcissistic, that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube are all vehicles for me-promotion. In The Qualified Self, Lee Humphreys offers a different view. She shows that sharing the mundane ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Coding Literacy

    How Computer Programming Is Changing Writing

    by Annette Vee ...
    Series series Software Studies
    How the theoretical tools of literacy help us understand programming in its historical, social and conceptual contexts.The message from educators, the tech community, and even politicians is clear: everyone should learn to code. To emphasize the universality and importance of computer programming, promoters of coding for everyone often invoke the concept of “literacy,” drawing parallels between ... Read more

    $20.99 USD