It is a view commonly acknowledged that the mass media has a crucial role to play in the development and maintenance of democracy. It is a matter of greater controversy as to whether the media's influence upon democracy is as constructive as it might be. This collection explores the various impacts upon democratic structures and processes of different media forms in different parts of the world. It examines the very different influences of the press in democratic Nigeria and post-Leveson Britain; it looks at how social media are used by politicians, voters and revolutionaries in the UK,...
It is a view commonly acknowledged that the mass media has a crucial role to play in the development and maintenance of democracy. It is a matter of g...
Newspapers have long been enthralled by accounts of cute, cuddly, strange, dangerous and endangered beasts, and by extraordinary and sometimes apocryphal narratives of natural phenomena. This study explores the incidence of several such stories in the British press: from reports of the "ethnic" conflicts between different species of squirrel to the tragedy of Cecil the slaughtered Zimbabwean lion. It takes in, along the way, the celebrity of Knut the polar bear, the Tamworth Two and the Exmoor Emperor. It surveys the media representation of the natural landscape from the crocodile-infested...
Newspapers have long been enthralled by accounts of cute, cuddly, strange, dangerous and endangered beasts, and by extraordinary and sometimes apocryp...
Lee tires of living with his abusive, street-preaching uncle and makes an escape from him and the small, run-down town in which he was born.
He finds himself vunerable and alone in Los Angeles where he soon encounters Father Doyle - a fighting, drinking man of his own few rules.
Together, the two survive by stealing what they need until Lee his lured away by Tiffany Lily, a faded TV star making her way back to the top. But the sleazy life among the super-rich is little better than the tough life on the streets of LA.
This is a gritty study of the...
Lee tires of living with his abusive, street-preaching uncle and makes an escape from him and the small, run-down town in which he was born.
With his already broken world in tatters, Lee flees Los Angeles and a life of debauchery. In his pocket, the off-white dog collar last worn by his dubious friend Reverend Doyle.
Arriving in the town of Whicker, and now adopting the persona of the Reverend, he discovers a person from his long past with a secret as deep and dark as his own.
Fuelled by spite and revenge, Lee embarks on a mission to destroy the man that caused him so much pain in his past.
You can expect strong language throughout this story as well as scenes of an adult nature.
With his already broken world in tatters, Lee flees Los Angeles and a life of debauchery. In his pocket, the off-white dog collar last worn by his ...
What takes place when we examine texts close-up? The art of close reading, once the closely guarded province of professional literary critics, now underpins the everyday processes of forensic scrutiny conducted by those brigades of citizen commentators who patrol the realms of social media.
What takes place when we examine texts close-up? The art of close reading, once the closely guarded province of professional literary critics, now und...
