Peter Lang Inc International Academic Publishers imprint: 795 books
The Culture of Mean
Representing Bullies and Victims in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
The Culture of Mean is the first book-length feminist critical exploration of representations of youth bullying in media. Bringing into conversation scholarship on feminism, media, new communication technologies, surveillance, gender, race, sexuality, and class, Emily D. Ryalls critically examines...
Society 3.0
How Technology Is Reshaping Education, Work and Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Higher education in the U.S. has traditionally prepared students for work and social success, but with families, work, and society itself undergoing revolutionary change, is this preparation sufficient to develop the 21st-century workforce? This book explores how evolving family structures, new ways...
Attracting Attention
Promotion and Marketing for Tourism Attractions
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
From theme parks and museums to zoos and aquariums, attractions draw millions of visitors each year. Regardless of type, they all share one common denominator – they are intended to provide visitors with memorable experiences. This book offers information about how to promote and market tourism...
Media Literacy and the Emerging Citizen
Youth, Engagement and Participation in Digital Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Media Literacy and the Emerging Citizen is about enhancing engagement in a digital media culture and the models that educators, parents and policy makers can utilize to place media-savvy youth into positions of purpose, responsibility and power. Two specific challenges are at the core of this book’s...
Foreign News on Television
Where in the World Is the Global Village?
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Spanning several years of research, this book compares and contrasts how public and commercial TV stations present foreign, domestic, and hybrid news from a number of different countries. It examines what viewers of television news think about foreign news, their interest in it, and what sense they...
Identity, Social Activism, and the Pursuit of Higher Education
The Journey Stories of Undocumented and Unafraid Community Activists
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
The topic of immigration has become increasingly volatile in U.S. society, and undocumented college students play a central role in mobilizing and politicizing a critical mass of activists to push forth a pro-immigration agenda, in particular the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Social Media in the Classroom provides a comprehensive resource for teaching social media in advertising, public relations, and journalism at the undergraduate and graduate levels. With twelve chapters by contributors from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, this volume provides...
Intentional Excellence
The Pedagogy, Power, and Politics of Excellence in Latina/o Schools and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Are we bold enough to recognize our own excellence in our schools and communities? This question drives Intentional Excellence, an audacious attempt at developing a Pedagogy of Excellence in Latina/o schools and communities as a result of observations, insights, and lessons learned from work with...
by Serie McDougal III
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Research Methods in Africana Studies is a major contribution to the discipline of Africana studies and social science involving people of African descent in general. This textbook is the first of its kind, offering instruction on how to conduct culturally relevant critical research on Africana communities...
Teacher Evaluation
The Charge and the Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The evaluation of teachers is at the forefront of national discussion, with the divide on the topic growing increasingly deeper. Teachers are under attack, in a war waged from the top down, complete with private entities, standardization, and a limited view of what it means to be «good» or «effective»....
Re-engaging Disconnected Youth
Transformative Learning through Restorative and Social Justice Education Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
As many young adults continue to disengage with learning each day, teachers and administrators struggle to find ways to re-engage secondary students with their schooling and communities. Re-engaging Disconnected Youth profiles a program that succeeds in doing so, one that can serve as a model for...
Youth Community Inquiry
New Media for Community and Personal Growth
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Youth Community Inquiry offers a detailed look at how young people use new media to help their communities thrive. Chapters address questions about learning, digital technology, and community engagement through the theory of community inquiry. The settings range from a small farming town, to a mostly...
Education and the Crisis of Public Values
Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education Second edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Updated with both a new introduction and a series of interviews, the second edition of Education and the Crisis of Public Values examines American society’s shift away from democratic public values, the ensuing move toward a market-driven mode of education, and the last decade’s growing social...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Since its inception, action research has been the subject of confusion and controversy. Can something be research if it doesn’t «prove» anything? Can something be action research if it’s a project run by an expert who does not consider participants co-researchers? Questions multiply when the...