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  • Esports Motivations

    What's Driving the Fastest Growing Sports Phenomenon?

    by Lee K. Farquhar, Alexander E. Carter, Weiyue Chen, Yuya Kiuchi, Scott Parrott, Brian Petrotta, Brett Sherrick, Courteney Smith, Joar Svensson, Ryan Tan0, Bryan M. Trude1, Kenon A. Brown2, Dr. Ryan Rogers3 ...
    Series series Emerging Insights into Esports
    This edited volume explores the various and unique motivations driving the rapidly-growing esports industry, which attracts attention and financial investment from major sponsors, athletic organizations, and entertainment values. Contributors draw on a variety of perspectives and theoretical vantage points to examine the multitude of traditions, cultures, expectations, and rituals that different ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Media & Mental Health

    Using Mass Media to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Illness

    by Scott Parrott ...
    Series Book 17 - Health Communication
    The mass media are an important source of information about mental health, yet television shows, news stories, social media posts, and other media fare often perpetuate stereotypes and misunderstandings about mental illness. For 70 years, scholars in media studies, psychology, sociology, and other fields have investigated media representations of mental illness and how exposure to media content ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Head Game

    Mental Health in Sports Media

    by Andrew C. Billings, Andrew C. Billings, Scott Parrott ...
    Series Book 9 - Communication, Sport, and Society
    We are witnessing a sea change regarding mental health in sports media, led in part by professional athletes such as Michael Phelps, Kevin Love, Naomi Osaka, and Simone Biles, who are sharing their own experiences with mental illness, bucking stereotypes in which people experiencing mental health issues are condemned to unfulfilling lives. From quarterbacks to pitchers, power forwards to Olympic ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Media Stereotypes

    From Ageism to Xenophobia

    Edited by Andrew C. Billings, Scott Parrott ...
    When we think about the "pictures in our heads" that media create and perpetuate, what images are we truly referencing? Issues of media stereotypes and representation (both past and present) are crucial to advancing media literacy. Media Stereotypes: From Ageism to Xenophobia becomes one-stop shopping for synthesizing what we know within the composite of stereotyping research in the United States. ... Read more

    $43.79 USD

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  • Media Effects and Society

    by Elizabeth M. Perse, Jennifer Lambe ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    Grounded in theoretical principle, Media Effects and Society help students make the connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole. The text also explores how the relationship individuals have with media is created, therefore helping them alleviate its harmful effects and enhance the positive ones. The range of media effects addressed herein includes news diffusion, ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media

    Edited by Dafna Lemish ...
    This second, thoroughly updated edition of The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media analyzes a broad range of complementary areas of study, including children as media consumers, children as active participants in media making, and representations of children in the media.The roles that media play in the lives of children and adolescents, as well as their potential ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Media Disparity

    A Gender Battleground

    by Gaye Tuchman, Julie L. Andsager, Dunja Antunovic, Kim Bissell, Timothy Brown, Sim Butler, Dianne Bystrom, Steve J. Collins, Donna Z. Davis, Stine Eckert, Tracy Everbach, Fangfang Gao, J. Robyn Goodman, Adriane Grumbein, Valerie Hennings, Michelle R. Nelson, Hye-Jin Paek, Weina Ran, Kathleen Boyce Rodgers, Alexandra M. Vilela, Stacey J.T. Hust, Linda Steiner, Carolyn M. Byerly, Barbara G. Friedman, Marie Hardin, Anne Johnston ...
    For decades, scholars have repeatedly found the inequity of gender representations in informational and entertainment media. Beginning with the seminal work by Gaye Tuchman and colleagues, we have repeatedly seen a systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media. Examining the latest research in discourse and content analyses trending in both domestic and international circles ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The End of Bias: A Beginning

    The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias

    by Jessica Nordell ...
    **Finalist for the NYPL Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Lukas Book Prize, and the Royal Society Science Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by World Economic Forum, AARP, Greater Good, and** Inc.The End of Bias is a transformative, groundbreaking exploration into how we can eradicate unintentional bias and discrimination, the great challenge of our age.Discussions of un ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Baseball Life Advice

    Loving the Game That Saved Me

    by Stacey May Fowles ...
    **National BestsellerA Globe and Mail Best BookA National Post Best Book of the YearA passionate ode to baseball, its culture, and its community, which both celebrates and challenges the game – and reminds us why it really matters.**For Stacey May Fowles, the game of baseball is one of "long pauses punctuated by tiny miracles." In this entertaining and thoughtful book, Fowles gives us a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Breaking the Age Code

    How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live

    by Becca Levy, PhD ...
    Recipient of the 2023 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Book AwardYale professor and leading expert on the psychology of successful aging, Dr. Becca Levy, draws on her ground-breaking research to show how age beliefs can be improved so they benefit all aspects of the aging process, including the way genes operate and the extension of life expectancy by 7.5 years.The often-surprising results of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Basketball

    Much More Than Just a Game

    by Larry A. McKenzie ...
    Larry McKenzie, the only coach to win four back-to-back state titles in the 100 year history of the Minnesota State Boys Basketball tournament is sharing his success strategies for winning on the court and in life. Much More than just a Game is a must read for young athletes and their parents navigating the game. Incorporating 10 life lessons, Coach McKenzie shows why BASKETBALL is merely a ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Battle for Your Brain

    Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology

    by Nita A. Farahany ...
    A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook