Its sheer functionality, connectivity and accessibility make the Internet an information force to be reckoned with. However, there is very little qualitative data on how the Internet is impacting upon information-seeking in the workplace. The Media and the Internet is a crucial piece of research into how journalists and other media workers are actually using this new resource. Using largely unstructured interviewing techniques, more than three hundred journalists and media librarians were surveyed. The findings are highly relevant to all those working in information-intensive...

War & Love, Love & War presents a poetic biography of one of Israel s living literary masters, an artist whom the National Book Award winner C. K. Williams has called one of the most exciting poets writing anywhere, and certainly the most audacious. The book moves from shockingly potent political poems to love lyrics that are as explosive and sometimes bawdy as they are tender; from early and stirring inventories of kibbutz life to a radically inventive midrash on (and paean to) the career and character of the Israeli right-wing leader Menachem Begin; from passion for justice to...

During the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) era. For much of its time, Local 8's majority was African American and included immigrants from Eastern Europe as well as many Irish Americans. In this important study, Peter Cole examines how Local 8, affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), accomplished what no other did at the time. He also shows how race was central not only to the rise but also to the decline of Local 8, as...

A critical guide to newspaper journalism at a time of dynamic change, this is a detailed and topical overview of the context of contemporary journalism practice from two key names in the field.

Written by experienced authors and examiners,, this new Religious Studies textbook provides comprehensive coverage of all the skills and knowledge required for the Religion and Ethics topic for WJEC/Eduqas A Level Year 2 and A2 specifications. A separate book is being published for the Philosophy of Religion topic. // Entered into the WJEC official endorsement process, offering high quality support you can trust. // A clear skills-based pathway of learning firmly bridges the gap between specification content and the final exam. // This comprehensive yet accessible book has been carefully...