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1	Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers more books like this by Michael Connelly add to wishlist In these vivid, hard-hitting pieces, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends--and of, course, the killers--to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care more books like this by Suzanne Gordon add to wishlist A leading health care journalist unravels the complexity of the current nursing shortage while offering possible solutions to the resulting health care crisis. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Gender, Race and Class in Media: A Text-Reader more books like this by Dr. Gail Dines (Editor), Jean McMahon Humez (Editor) add to wishlist Gender, Race and Class in Media examines the mass media as economic and cultural institutions that shape our social identities. Through analyses of popular mass media entertainment genres, such as talk shows, soap operas, television sitcoms, advertising and pornography, students are invited to engage in critical mass media scholarship. A ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $77.33! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America more books like this by Laura Ingraham add to wishlist Conservative commentator Ingraham excoriates the rule of the elites, whom she blames for ruining America. The "elites," also called liberals, not only do not uphold American values, they condescendingly look down on those who do. Ingraham blames Hollywood, the lawyers, and the media for being elitist, smug, and Anti-American. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism Is Seducing America more books like this by Dr. Drew Pinsky, M.D. (Read by), S Mark Young add to wishlist Why are we so deeply interested in celebrity lives and loves, their endlessly repeated journey from rising star to inevitable flame out? In spite of extreme fame, fortune, and opportunity, why do their lives always seem so steeped in drama? And-most important - how are their lives changing ours? In this shattering new book, authors Drew Pinsky and ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $16.38! \| SVS
6	Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction more books like this by David Gauntlett add to wishlist Media, Gender and Identity is an introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. It begins with an assessment of the different ways in which gender and identity have previously been studied and provides new ways for thinking about the media's influence on gender and sexuality. David Gauntlett explores the gender ... see all copies from $3.10! new only from $27.58! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines more books like this by Richard A Muller add to wishlist "Physics for Future Presidents" gives the reader the science behind the headlines - the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power and the reality of global warming. We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hypertechnical times. As citizens of the world today, we need to know - truly understand, not just rely on television's ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth about Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do more books like this by Lawrence Kutner, Dr. Cheryl K Olson add to wishlist Drawing on their groundbreaking study, the founders of the Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health and Media expose the surprising truth about how bad video games are for children, offering the first science-based account of the relationship between children and the violent games they play. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.59! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice: Images, Realities and Policies more books like this by Ray Surette add to wishlist Become a critical media consumer with MEDIA, CRIME, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE! With the rise of media's role in reporting crime and using crime as entertainment, the importance of the interplay between the mass media news and entertainment systems and the criminal justice system may be greater today than ever before. This criminal justice text provides ... see all copies from $19.43! new only from $60.16!
10	How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: Cultural Chronicles of AIDS more books like this by Paula A Treichler, Paula A Triechler add to wishlist Paula A.Treichler has become a singularly important voice among the significant theorists on the AIDS crisis. Dissecting the cultural politics surrounding representations of HIV and AIDS, her work has altered the field of cultural studies by establishing medicine as a legitimate focus for cultural analysis. "How to Have Theory in an Epidemic" is a ... see all copies from $7.95! new only from $29.73! \| SVS
11 view cover	Danse Macabre more books like this by Stephen King add to wishlist Stephen King offers his reflections on horror in films, television and books, ranging from the classics to contemporary tales of the macabre. He shows how the genre works, explains its roots and relationships with society, and describes how he brings horror to bear in his own novels. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Bodies: Big Ideas/Small Books more books like this by Susie Orbach add to wishlist An esteemed psychologist examines how cultural forces have conspired to bring about a crisis in the way people experience their bodies. Orbach reveals the true dimensions of the crisis, and points the way toward a process of healing. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $4.43! \| SVS
13 view cover	Porn Nation: Conquering America's #1 Addiction more books like this by Michael Leahy add to wishlist "Welcome to Porn Nation." It's a $100B a year industry worldwide. Even bigger when you consider the fact that porn is now the norm in our mainstream media. But have you ever stopped to think about why, when it comes to porn, we just can't seem to get enough? And are we certain this "cheap form of harmless entertainment" isn't changing the way we ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $3.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Media & Minorities: The Politics of Race in News and Entertainment more books like this by Stephanie Greco Larson add to wishlist 92.00 see all copies from $17.28! new only from $45.27! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Dish:: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip more books like this by Jeannette Walls add to wishlist In this Hollywood history, "E" channel correspondent Jeannette Walls dishes up five decades of star-studded gossip--including scandals about Michael Jackson, Princess Diana, and Elizabeth Taylor. see all copies from $2.04! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Racism, Sexism, and the Media: The Rise of Class Communication in Multicultural America more books like this by Clint C Wilson, Felix F Gutierrez, Lena M Chao add to wishlist Racial and ethnic inclusiveness has grown to be more important in the Untied States as its society has become increasingly diverse. "Racism, Sexism, and the Media: The Rise of Class Communication in Multicultural America, Third Edition" examines how people of color fit into the fabric of America and how the media tell them and others how they fit ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $51.15! \| SVS
17 view cover	Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness more books like this by Otto F Wahl add to wishlist This work seeks to expose the myths about mental illness and the way it is distorted by the American media. Statistics show that one out of every five people in the US will experience a psychiatric illness. The author of this book attempts to show the many ways in which false views of mental illness, purveyed in the media, shape the ways even the ... see all copies from $7.44! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Race/Gender/Media: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content, and Producers more books like this by Rebecca Ann Lind add to wishlist Race/Gender/Media contains 43 readings that help readers to think critically about issues of race and gender in the media. The readings address a multitude of topics in three major sections--Production, Content, and Audience--and approach the matter of race and gender in the media from rhetorical, social scientific, and critical/cultural ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.73! \| SVS
19 view cover	Reflections in a Bloodshot Lens: America, Islam and the War of Ideas more books like this by Lawrence Pintak add to wishlist There exists today a tragic rift between Americans and the world's Muslims. Each views the other with suspicion and anger. Yet in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, there was widespread sympathy for the U.S. in the great arc of Muslim nations from West Africa to Southeast Asia. This book explores what happened. It examines the disconnect that leads ... see all copies from $5.38! new only from $22.93! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy more books like this by Martin Gilens add to wishlist Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than 40 years of television and newsmagazine stories on poverty, this book demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor. But the answer isn't simply that white Americans oppose ... see all copies from $6.35! new only from $20.31! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What You Can Do Aboutit more books like this by M Gigi Durham add to wishlist In this expose of how young girls are sexualized in today's media, the author uses examples from popular TV shows, magazines, movies, and Web sites to show for the first time all the ways in which sexuality is defined in media--often in ways detrimental to girls' healthy development. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.70! \| SVS
22 view cover	Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television more books like this by William DeAndrea add to wishlist Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Critical or Biographical Work, here is a book every mystery fan will turn to . . . crime after crime! Organized alphabetically with exhaustive cross-references for easy access, "Encyclopedia Mysteriosa" has information on everything and everyone from The Blue Dahlia to Blue Velvet. Appendix and glossary. 50 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror more books like this by David J Skal add to wishlist In this study, Skal examines the links between horror films and concurrent social and political histories. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Dish:: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show more books like this by Jeannette Walls add to wishlist In this Hollywood history, "E" channel correspondent Jeannette Walls dishes up five decades of star-studded gossip--including scandals about Michael Jackson, Princess Diana, and Elizabeth Taylor. see all copies from $4.73! new only from $5.21! \| SVS
25 view cover	Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Culture more books like this by Professor Laura L Doan add to wishlist The highly publicized obscenity trial of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness (1928) is generally recognized as the crystallizing moment in the construction of a visible modern English lesbian culture, marking a great divide between innocence and deviance, private and public, New Woman and Modern Lesbian. Yet despite unreserved agreement on ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $4.98!

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