Media & Communication Studies

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It’s Just Different

From: The Trauma Beat

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In this chapter, Cherry discusses mass shootings in the media. She examines the damage caused by interviewing survivors on the scene and the danger created by publicizing the identity of the … 20 $2.00 Add
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The Beginning of the End

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

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This chapter continues to explore the aftermath of Scoppa’s arrest and his contact with the authors. ; 19 $1.90 Add
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Esports and the Business of Gaming

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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We need more fun in our lives. But, when gaming morphs into obsession, replaces and supersedes multiple forms of physical and mental leisure activity, adversely starts to affect physical health, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Additional Images and Details

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

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Additional images and details. ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Beyond Illusions

Spatial Planning, Arbitrary Learning, and Geolocation Skills

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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Excessive screen usage (gaming and beyond) is highly related, if not correlated, with the development of anxiety, depression, and ailments on the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. So here I present … 20 $2.00 Add
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Epilogue and Acknowledgements

From: The Trauma Beat

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In the epilogue to her book, Cherry reflects on the findings of her completed research project and how her experience writing this book impacted her mental health. Cherry offers a detailed list … 12 $1.20 Add
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Uncle Tom and Black Capitalism

From: Uncle

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This chapter concerns the rise of Black conservatism in the 1980s and early 90s, as exemplified by figures such as Clarence Thomas. 23 $2.30 Add
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Breaking the Trance

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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Media feeds were no longer resembling information distribution (fun or otherwise) they were starting to sound a lot like propaganda. Everything was now far too sweet to taste like truth and now … 16 $1.60 Add
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The 1980s, Bill Cosby, and Smokescreen Toms

From: Uncle

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This chapter examines the role of Black conservatives in the web of free-market capitalism, focusing especially on the ideology of The Cosby Show. 14 $1.40 Add
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A Politically Correct Uncle Tom and an In-Your-Face Topsy

From: Uncle

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In this chapter, Thompson explores the meanings of the made-for-TV movie version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 12 $1.20 Add
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i-Tech and Healthcare

To Care or i-Care

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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It is time to have closer look at i-tech in caretaking, healthcare, and perhaps in caring in its larger sense too. Let’s start with healthcare. 4 $0.40 Add
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Advertising Black Buddies

From: Uncle

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This chapter explores the career of Michael Jordan, who Thompson suggests was used to sell white America not just consumer products, but also a squeaky-clean image of Black masculinity. 9 $0.90 Add
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i-Trust and i-Privacy

Social, Economic, and Political Manipulation

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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A huge issue that permeates all angles of the i-tech industry is that of trust. Both primary branches — the entertainment branch (e.g., the gaming industry), the social communication branch … 26 $2.60 Add
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Governance Part One

Self-Governance and the Rise of the Attention Economy

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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The biggest commodity of the digital age is not our money but our data. This is true, but the not-so-secret reason our data is so valuable is that it offers access to our attention. Attention is … 9 $0.90 Add
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Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima 2.0

From: Uncle

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This chapter examines the recent re-branding of commercial caricatures such as Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima. Now silent trademark characters, they no longer speak in advertisements and are reduced … 13 $1.30 Add
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Copyright’s Media Theory and the Internet

The Case of the Chilling Effects Doctrine

From: Intellectual Property for the 21st Century

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Despite copyright’s expansion into new online spheres and technological contexts, and the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of copyright scholarship, intellectual property scholars, … 19 $1.90 Add