The Death and Life of American Journalism, a book by Robert McChesney (U of Illinois) and John Nichols, was published in January by Nation Books. The authors also discussed the book with David Brancaccio on PBS’s NOW on Friday, January 15.
Patrick Burkart (Texas A&M U) announces the publication of his new book, Music and Cyberliberties, by Wesleyan Press - part of the publisher's Music/Culture series. It is an activist's guide for musicians and fans opposed to the major label lockdown of online music. For more details, click http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6917-8.html
Gendered Media: Women, Men, and Identity Politics, a new book by Karen Ross (U of Liverpool), has been published by Rowman & Littlefield. The book addresses the broad topic of gender and media, where 'gender' is not simply a shorthand for 'woman' but also embraces masculinity/ies, queer, lesbian and gay identities.
The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological U, announces the following visiting faculty for January – July 2010:
Patricia Zimmermann, Foundation Professor
Edie Rasmussen, Visiting Professor
Stewart Auyash, Visiting Associate Professor
The scholarly journal Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, affiliated with the ICA's Journalism Studies Division, has been accepted for coverage in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)(Thomson Reuters), starting with volume 29 issue 1 (2008). This is an indicator of the journal's esteem in the international scholarly arena.
The latest issue of the journal is available online at http://ajs.uwpress.org/current.dtl.
