Peter Lang Inc International Academic Publishers imprint: 795 books
Reconsidering Obama
Reflections on Rhetoric
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Perhaps no other presidential candidate or sitting president has attracted as much attention from rhetorical critics as Barack Obama. Much of this work was conceived and written during Obama’s initial presidential campaign, or relatively early in his two terms in office. This book provides rhetorical...
Capitalisms Educational Catastrophe
And the Advancing Endgame Revolt!
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Neoliberal capitalism has paved the way to educational catastrophe. It has also opened paths for politically productive and transformative forms of localized resistance(s). This book examines the perilous catastrophe before us, and the possibility that we can reclaim our rights as citizens and redefine...
When Race Breaks Out
Conversations about Race and Racism in College Classrooms 3rd Revised edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
The third revised edition of "When Race Breaks Out" is a guide for college and high school teachers who want to promote honest and informed conversations about race and racism. Based on the author's personal practice and interviews with students and faculty from a variety of disciplines,...
by Augie Fleras
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Citizenship in a Transnational Canada offers a distinct look at the prospect of rethinking citizenship in a contested world of shifting narratives, evolving models, ongoing challenges, and future possibilities. The book’s central theme embodies a critical awareness that we no longer live in a national...
The Rhetoric of PNoy
Image, Myth, and Rhetorical Citizenship in Philippine Presidential Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Political speeches don’t just mirror what transpires in the world; they have the potential to change people’s minds, move them into action, reinforce existing assumptions, and reshape cultures. They define public participation and are the ‘nexus points’ of disparate discourses, both nationally...
by Mario A. Rivera, James D. Ward
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Institutional racism may be described as a self-perpetuating and opaque process where, either intentionally or unintentionally, barriers and procedures which disadvantage ethnic minority groups are supported and maintained. It is often the direct linkage and thus the underlying cause for the lack...
by Preston C. Russett, James W. Chesebro, David T. McMahan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This textbook examines the Internet as a communication system – the single most pervasive, involving, and global communication system ever created by human beings, with a host of political, economic, cognitive, and sociocultural implications. The Internet crosses all cultural boundaries and is the...
Gamify Your Classroom
A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This book is a field guide on how to implement game-based learning and «gamification» techniques to the everyday teaching. It is a survey of best practices aggregated from interviews with experts in the field, including: James Paul Gee (Author, What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and...
Chinas New 21st-Century Realities
Social Equity in a Time of Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
China’s New 21st-Century Realities: Social Equity in a Time of Change examines the new social justice realities in China. Often when people think of China they think of a very rigid, patriarchal society where oppression is the order of the day. However, this book aims to debunk some of those preconceived...
Privileged Mobilities
Professional Migration, Geo-Social Media, and a New Global Middle Class
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
As corporations ramp up «workforce globalization» and young professionals increasingly pursue opportunities to work abroad, social entrepreneurs use online digital platforms to create offline social events where foreigners can meet face-to-face. Through ethnographic study of such groups in Paris,...
Sexing the Media
How and Why We Do It
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Sex in the media is one of the hottest topics of the day. We know that advertising, television, cinema, and other forms of communication use sex to sell us products and pump up story lines. The question is: why are sex and sexuality such effective tools for getting our attention?
Sexing the Media:...
Digital Contagions
A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Now in its second edition, Digital Contagions is the first book to offer a comprehensive and critical analysis of the culture and history of the computer virus.
At a time when our networks arguably feel more insecure than ever, the book provides an overview of how our fears about networks are part...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
As we grow up and grow old, embrace new experiences, try new roles, and adopt new technologies, our senses of time, space, connection, and identity are fundamentally explored through communication. Why, how, with whom, and to what end humans communicate reflect and shape our ever-changing life span...
From Education to Incarceration
Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The school-to-prison pipeline is a national concern, from the federal to local governments, and a leading topic in conversations in the field of urban education and juvenile justice. From Education to Incarceration: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline is a ground-breaking book that exposes the...