Lance Hill: 4 books

Book cover of The Deacons for Defense

The Deacons for Defense

Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement

by Lance Hill
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005

In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an armed self-defense organization--the Deacons for Defense and Justice--to protect movement workers from vigilante and police violence. With their...
Book cover of Breaking Boundaries

Breaking Boundaries

In Political Entertainment Studies

by Dannagal G. Young, Dannagal G. Young, Jonathan Gray
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013

This book brings together a collection of scholars whose work is leading the field of political entertainment studies, and yet it crosses methodological divides to do so, with quantitative and critical/cultural perspectives both represented. Indeed, each author worked as a part of a pair, addressing...
Book cover of The Faculty Mentor's Wisdom

The Faculty Mentor's Wisdom

Conceptualizing, Writing, and Defending the Dissertation

by Tricia Browne-Ferrigno, Angela Calabrese Barton, Paula A. Cordeiro
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010

This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...
Book cover of Viewpoints on Media Effects

Viewpoints on Media Effects

Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers

by Andrew W. Cole, Megan R. Hill, R. Lance Holbert
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017

Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...
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