Focusing on the familiar media of television, the press, radio, comics and pop music, this guide to the media also examines a range of forms which cross boundaries between different media - news, chat-shows, drama, fiction, public relations and advertising. Andrew Hart stresses the relations between various forms of the media, and addresses issues of value, control, quality and ideology. These major areas are examined in the context of rapidly changing technologies, patterns of ownership, production processes and audience responses.

In TEACHING THE MEDIA: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Andrew Hart initiates a challenging dialogue about approaches to Media teaching in the major English-speaking nations of the world, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. By animating actual lessons and the considered views of classroom practitioners, TEACHING THE MEDIA encourages readers to develop new perspectives on Media teaching, to examine approaches that differ from their own, and to reflect critically on their own practices with a view to understanding them more fully and enhancing their...

John Luna, a prison librarian, lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife Sandra and his daughter Lucy. But, when Sandra is offered a job in Cincinnati, John's world is turned upside down. Father of Lights is a story of a man's encounter with God, and the way in which God watches over us, even when we don't realize it.

Flynn, a member of the Tor'na tribe, joins forces with Ember, a member of the Mera tribe, to save their town which is headed for destruction. The odds are against them as they make their way to Mount Artahna to seek the Dhuna. Flynn must get help to save not only Trevore, but his mother who refuses to abandon her home. Flynn and Ember meet a variety of people along the way, and build a friendship that will last forever.