"In fact, the eras of communication are themselves reinvented in this “age of
convergence.” Oral communication, for example, finds itself reconfigured, ... Also,
keep in mind the wonderful ironies of media convergence: The first major digital
retailer, Amazon, made its name by selling the world's oldest mass medium—the
book—on the world's newest mass medium—the Internet. A second definition of
media ..."
"A concise and affordable resource for the mass communication course, Media Essentials provides a flexible, informative, and relevant breakdown of what the media is, how it works, and how it impacts today’s most talked-about subjects. From #metoo to content streaming to social media and politics, students learn how a wide variety of recent developments have impacted the mass-media landscape―and how past innovation and change have informe ..."
No Longer Newsworthy How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class by ChristopherR. Martin 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-3527-1, ISBN: 1-5017-3527-6
"America's largest private companies includes 225 companies with at least $2
billion in annual revenues. The companies “have combined revenues of $1.57
trillion . . . and employ 4.7 million people. ... for Tax Justice, “Fortune 500
Companies Hold a Record $2.4 Trillion Offshore,” March 3, 2016, http://ctj.org/pdf/
pre0316.pdf. ... Tax Policy Center's Briefing Book, 2016, ... Dayton Martindale, “
Why Keith Ellison and Jeremy Corbyn Thi ..."
Framed! Labor and the Corporate Media by ChristopherR. Martin 264 Pages, Published 2018 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-2854-9, ISBN: 1-5017-2854-7
"A report by ABC's Chris Bury on January 24, 1992, in the midst of the more than
two-month whipsawing period, again closed off rationalcritical debate about the
Willow Run-Arlington competition. The report began by documenting the anxious
..."
"The playwright Euripides, however, believed that art should imitate life, that
characters should be “real,” and that artistic works should reflect the actual world
—even when that reality is sordid. In The Republic, Plato developed the classical
view of art: It should aim to instruct and uplift. He worried that some staged
performances glorified evil and that common folk watching might not be able to
distinguish between art and real ..."
" First performed by Shakespeare’s rivals in the 1590s, Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta was a trend-setting, innovative play whose black comedy and final tragic irony illuminate the darker regions of the Elizabethan cultural imagination. Although Jews were banished from England in 1291, the Jew in the form of Barabas, the play’s protagonist, returns on the stage to embody and to challenge the dramatic and cultural anti-Semitic ste ..."
"Alexander Pope enjoyed in his lifetime a fame and fortune that few poets have received. Known for his brilliant epigrams, he was an uncompromising social critic and razor-sharp satirist of fashionable societyâs foibles. His poetry was characterized by a graceful mastery of the English language, a biting wit, and a moral alertness that ranged from contemptuous to compassionate to dryly humorous. Considered Englandâs greatest living p ..."
"R.S. Peters is indisputably a major thinker in the philosophy of education and educational theory. Stefaan E. Cuypers and Christopher Martin's volume offers a coherent account of Peters' educational thought. This work is divided into three distinctive parts:1. Intellectual Biography of R.S. Peters2. Critical Exposition of R.S. Peters' Educational Thought3. Reception and Relevance of R.S. Peters' Work"
Framed! Labor and the Corporate Media (ILR Press Books) by ChristopherR. Martin Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2004 by Ilr Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-4198-1, ISBN: 0-8014-4198-6
"Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect — Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first flying machine, was one of the great universal geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the great storehouse of his theories and discoveries, are presented here in 1566 extracts that reveal the full range of Leonardo's versatile interest: all the important writings on pai ..."
"What does it mean to say that someone is an educated person? How do we know what's worth including in a school curriculum? Is a good moral education about developing good habits, or critical thinking? What role does the development of knowledge and understanding play in living a good life? These are all questions that were robustly taken up by the philosopher of education, R.S. Peters. In an era of immense reform (and confusion) about t ..."
"His BBC talks covered political, psychological, and educational topics, one
ofwhich was on the aims ofeducation.5 In 1961, professor Israel Scheffler read
the texts ofsome ofthese talks and invited Peters to Harvard as a visiting
professor of education. In October 1962, Peters was appointed professor of
philosophy of education at the Institute of Education, University of London, in
succession to Louis Arnaud Reid, who was the first ..."