News and Media Books

I recently got this book for my daughter as an educational tool. The book touched closely my own experiences when I arrived to this country many years ago at the age of 14.

I too came from a warm climate and found myself in the northeast of the US, where the weather, language and customs were much different than my own. Mr. Figueredo was able to accurately describe the many fears and insecurities that an impressionable child goes through when leaving the familiar for the unknown.

I recommend this book as a teaching tool for tolerance and acceptance of those who are different than us. I was very fortunate that I found many new friends in this country who also came from different backgrounds and embraced me as their own. Books like this one go a long way in creating understanding among people.

This book was great. My mom asked me to read it because she was giving it to my little cousins and I really liked it. It told about a boy who was feeling both scared and excited - they are feelings I have too. I'd be scared if I had to leave my country forever and not even know what the people were saying when I got to the new place. It would be scarey to have a Mom who is sick and a Dad who has to get a new job. It would also be frightening to think about a new school where you wouldn't know anybody AND you wouldn't even know what they were saying to you or about you. I remember when a boy named Sasha came to our class and he was from Russia and did not know any English. I had heard there were other languages but I didn't know what that could do to a person until I saw what Sasha went through. I think a new adventure is only exciting when you don't have to worry, but Danilito and Shasha had to worry. In the book Danilito was lucky though because he had his mom and dad and his uncle to help him. I think Danilito and Shasha are a lot alike. Danilito may be scared today but just like Sasha, once he learns the new language he will become very happy and his scared feelings will become feelings about excitement about his new adventures in a new home. After all, he already had a happy experience that he didn't need a language for - the snow! It made things new seem good and exciting. I think this author must like little kids because he knew how they feel inside.

Michael Corso III

We first borrowed this book from our local library and my two and a half year old son loved it so much we had to renew it three times! He just loves having it read over and over. He talks about Vera all the time as if she is a part of our family.

Rosenberry has done a marvelous job of depicting a sick child! In fact, the pictures remind me of my nieces when they are sick!

For anyone who wishes to understand the process of news gathering, this book is the best available. I use it in all my international news classes at Scripps School of Journalism. Rosenblum extracts from his lifetime of journalism a clear, logical and comprehensive explanation of how the story you read got there, and what influences affected its selection and presentation at every stage of the process. It's also a fascinating and exciting read, by one of the world's most prolific and professional journalists. He introduces you to individual correspondents, both as individuals and as types. He explains how geography, economics and sheer prejudice can determine what you learn about the world. He tells great bar stories -- the kind of thing journalists tell each other over a beer. And he does it all with skill and style. Worth reading by anyone -- a must for anyone interested in news.

A great book. Even though it focuses primarily on american media, it's lesson can be applied in all parts of the world: We need to start making demands on the media, instead of letting it dictate what we need to know. An eye-opener.

my daughter loved the book!!! she hasn't been able to put it down!!! it was exactly what we expected!!!!
thanks

this is the bomb! if you never herd of the cheetah girls befor this is your chance! the cheeta girls are five girls who are trying to make a record deal and tring to live in 9th grade whith out fanting.this book is about the group meber named Dorinda she is going throe some rough times when the super star mo money moniqe comes to town and wants dorinda to be one of her back ground dancers but thi is a world wide tour and dorinda will be leaing behind the cheetah girls and her foster mom

will she say yes?

This book is a surprisingly open and fresh look at the Western model of Marriage, and the creation of a new possibility within it. Stephen Frueh is open and honest about his own marriage and past and creates a sense of tenderness without sentimentality,a neat trick in a field that is overcrowded with gushiness.
He posits a model that is easily understood and applicable; I can't wait for volume 2.

I am the editor of this informative book about marriage. Stephen Frueh gives the reader an entirely new and fresh perspective on marriage, and helps couples to see one another from a completely different viewpoint.
His approach is innovative and can help to cement a healthy marriage as well as to improve marriages that may be in trouble.
Any married person (or anyone considering marriage) could learn from reading this book.

This classic is enhanced by a very beautiful charm. Makes a great gift

It is the classic Baum story(unabridged) with a beautiful cover illustration and an incredible charm comes with it. It is a pair of Ruby Slippers on a gold chain! Wonderful!

Banister sees it and has captured it in a book. If you have any interest at all in how networked media is changing our world and how to prepare for it, you must read this book.

As more and more devices develop networking capabilities, from computers to games, mobile phones, television and household appliances, the network idea is ever expanded: but how does programming expand with it, to create a flow through the network. Jim Banister is a veteran industry media executive working with big companies such as Disney and Time Warner: his survey analyzes the success stories of internet companies which have become models for networking, outlines the potentials of networked media, and tells businesses how to tap into this potential. Word Of Mouse: The New Age Of Networked Media is a very highly recommended and intriguing survey of evolving programming - and its potentials.

Now in its sixth edition, updated to include how the world news media responded to the September 11th attack on America, The World News Prism: Global Media In An Era Of Terrorism by William A. Hachten (Professor Emeritus Of Journalism And Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin - Madison) and James F. Scotton (Associate Professor of Journalism, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an informative and analytical survey of a wide variety of media and its influences within the context of the twenty-first century, including the Internet, modern public diplomacy and political warfare, globalization of the information distribution, and much, much more. The World News Prism is a fascinating and eruditely presented study which is especially recommended for Journalism, Media Studies, Political Science, and International Studies reference collections and reading lists.

Given the world situation, timing books to catch the wave of public interest is a tricky thing. A spate of books came out in 2002 that, because of long production times, failed to consider one of the defining events of this decade, the September 11 terrorist attack on New York City and the Pentagon. Given the trauma incurred among the press and populace of the world's lone megapower, books that failed to note 9/11 immediately were dismissed as out-dated. Textbooks, for example, that used to have at least a five-year shelf-life, suddenly found themselves on the bargain tables after a year. Today, one is swamped with titles of global media books that have "terror" or "Gulf War" in somewhere in their titles.

Among the first to "capitalize" on terrorism in the title was a refurbishment of the Hachten book, The World News Prism. Through five editions-the first was published in 1981-readers found a solid, established (and establishment) book. Hachten, with his wife Harva as a collaborator, did yeoman's work on the News Prism series, but as in an aging grand dame the wrinkles and gray started to show. The fifth edition, though adequately received by reviewers, did not enjoy the praise of the former editions, and suggestions abounded that the title be given a dignified retirement. Then came 9/11 and an old friend.

James F. Scotton, associate professor at Marquette University, added his expertise and knowledge and helped transform the old workhorse into a thoroughbred.

The sixth edition has been completely retooled from the fifth, and the freshened-up material is refreshing to read. This book simply zings along, rare in text aimed at classroom adoption. In fact, the book gets right to the point early: international media have changed since 9/11 and the war on terrorism. Written to be understood-an astonishing statement if not indictment of most reading material used in classrooms today-World News Prism not only transports the reader across time zones and geographical borders effortlessly and smoothly, it makes the ride interesting for younger readers or those new to the study of international communications.

One of the pioneering techniques of the old Hachten texts was the use of "mini-case studies" to illustrate global communication events and how they were covered by international broadcasters and journalists. This updated version does the same thing, making news more relevant to young readers who think the 1991 Gulf War was ancient history. The invasion of Afghanistan is covered, and referred to as the first "videophone war." It was also a war that was stage-managed by the military, much like every conflict or war since Vietnam. The chapter on "The Impact of Great News Events" highlights this technique.

However, this tome is neither Euro- nor Americo-centric. Consideration is given to the media systems developing in China and India, whose spheres of influence stretch over nearly half the world's population. Chapters on "Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare" and "New Ways to Report the World-or Not" are particularly salient to the discipline of international communication.

Maybe this reviewer has read too many global media books in the past few years not to have an idea of how the books should open for readers. The book's organization at first was puzzling. Usually there is a discussion early on about the four concepts of the press (authoritarian, western, communist, developmental) that have been a convenient heuristic device for half a century. Though Hachten-Scotton does eventually list them (in chapter 11 of this 12-chapter book), the concepts are presented as more of an afterthought than a raison d'être as they are in most international communication books. However, the organization seems to work, especially since the last chapter tackles the idea of Westernization of the world media systems-also a concept usually found earlier in global communication texts. Rather than wrap up the texts, the authors leave us wanting more-which any top entertainer will tell you is a good thing. The last chapter covers the global-communication issues spectrum in a check list format, ticking off sub-headed paragraphs at breath-taking speed: What are the upsides/downsides of globalized media effects? Will Western programming drive out local production? What are the non-Western alternatives and what are their prognoses? Heady questions that could touch off classroom-and boardroom-discussions.

The only complaint I would have about this slim volume is its price--when it first came out $40 was a bit much for students to pay for a slender paperback. Perhaps the popularity of the edition will drive the price down--or risk increased business at the neighborhood Kinko's.

Really funny Spongy stuff! Patrick goes and thinks that
he's valentine going to get the greatest ever and he does!
But it's funnier than that! He has to wait FOR HOURS at
the carnival and he gets..well PRETTY MADDD! Their are VERY
great pictres! Especially another brilliant and hilaourious and
HISTERICAL cartoon scene where Patrick thinks Spongebob
(his best friend) is trapped in a rock!
GREAT SPONGEHALICIOUS BOOK!
Very fun and well done!
Even if you'v already seen the episode it's still funny to read!
And of course I didn't give EVERYTHING away..just read it
yourself!

The colors in this book make my kids busy for hours on end! Parents, if you like me and need some time with your spouse then GET THIS BOOK!!! the words are very easy to learn and my kids love for me to read to them and gives us a chance to get together after a hard days work. If you havnt noticed that a lot of the books that are great and that are spongebob are by Mr. Terry Collins him self. I have had the pleasure of meeting this kind hearted man and now i have a signed copy of all my spongebob book colletion! if you have the means, i HIGHLY suggest you look up what else this very talented writer has done.

It's easy to understand and they give good simple examples to show the concept in the chapter. There are also exercises at the end of every chapter -- so you can practice.

Without question this is the best introductory journalism textbook on the market. I have used it in my classes for several years. The chapters are short but informative, and the exercises realistic. Primarily focussed on print, the discussion of broadcast journalism is sounder than that found in many books dedictaed to that subject.