Peter Lang Inc International Academic Publishers imprint: 795 books

The Future of 24-Hour News

New Directions, New Challenges

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Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016

Over the last 30 years 24-hour television news channels have reshaped the practice and culture of journalism. But the arrival of new content and social media platforms over recent years has challenged their power and authority, with fast-changing technologies accelerating the speed of news delivery...

Worker Resistance and Media

Challenging Global Corporate Power in the 21st Century

by Lina Dencik, Peter Wilkin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015

With developments in media technologies creating new opportunities and challenges for social movements to emerge and mobilize, this book is a timely and necessary examination of how organized labour and workers movements are engaging with this shifting environment. Based on extensive empirical research...
by Paul Tarc
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011

This book illuminates the changing landscape and expediency of international education in global times. Within this larger picture, the book focuses on the educational effects of international encounters, experiences and lessons – the complex processes of learning and subject formation in play during...

International News Flow Online

Global Views with Local Perspectives

by Elad Segev
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016

Why are some countries more newsworthy than others? What are the similarities and differences in the scope of international news presented in different languages and cultures? How does international news affect our perception of the world? In this book, Elad Segev explores international news flow...

George Orwell Now!

Preface by Richard Blair, Son of George Orwell

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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016

George Orwell remains an iconic figure today – even though he died in 1950. His dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four depicts a Big Brother society in which the state intrudes into the most intimate details of people’s lives – and, not surprisingly, it became a constant reference point after...

Outliving Your Dissertation

A Guide for Students and Faculty

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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017

This guide focuses on the dissertation work as a step-by-step process and details the structure and the content of dissertation chapters. Unique to this edition is its conception of the dissertation in optimistic, realistic, and symbolic terms, which altogether provide theoretical basis and practical...

Shaping International Public Opinion

A Model for Nation Branding and Public Diplomacy

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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017

Bridging two «camps» in the field of international public opinion – nation branding and public diplomacy – this book presents a first-of-its-kind cohesive framework with which readers can better research, teach, practice, and understand the field. At its core is the introduction of the Model...

No More Robots

Building Kids Character, Competence, and Sense of Place

by Bob Coulter
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013

This book was named a 2015 Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. Place-based education offers a compelling opportunity to engage students in the life of their community. More than just taking a field trip, participants in a place-based project make sustained efforts to make a difference...

Immigrant Workers and Meanings of Work

Communicating Life and Career Transitions

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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016

This first-of-its-kind book uniquely captures the meanings of work expressed by immigrants. Their stories – from work histories to life transitions and professional journeys – are conscientiously and rigorously mapped by the academic insights of communication scholars, many of whom are immigrants...
by Tricia Hansen-Horn, Adam E. Horn
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018

Presenting a robust introduction to public relations strategy, this book helps readers explore their perceptions of what strategy is or might be; highlights influencers of strategic decision making such as distinctions among B2B, B2C, and B2G as well as public relations roles and organization types;...

From Goethe to Novalis

Studies in Classicism and Romanticism: "Festschrift" for Dennis F. Mahoney in Celebration of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday

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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015

This Festschrift in honor of Dennis F. Mahoney’s sixty-fifth birthday is somewhat different from the standard Festschrift: rather than present essays from various authors, this Festschrift collects twenty-one of Mahoney’s most important English-language publications on German Classicism and Romanticism...

The Critical Graduate Experience

An Ethics of Higher Education Responsibilities

by Charlotte Achieng-Evensen, Ndindi Kitonga, Janae Dimick
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

The Critical Graduate Experience is a collection of scholarly reflections on the possibilities of a new vision for critical studies. It is a remarkable book that provides daring analyses from the vantage of the graduate student experience. Drawing from individual knowledge and research, the authors...

Going Inward

The Role of Cultural Introspection in College Teaching

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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019

Going Inward is a pragmatic text for faculty in all disciplines who desire to deepen their reflection on teaching. Through the culturally introspective writings of faculty in a variety of academic disciplines, readers will gain a deeper understanding of faculty cultural influences on college teaching...

Using Concept Mapping to Foster Adaptive Expertise

Enhancing Teacher Metacognitive Learning to Improve Student Academic Performance

by Melissa Kelly, Diane Salmon
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

Concept mapping is a powerful means to promote metacognitive learning in students and teachers alike. When teachers integrate concept mapping into their instructional planning, they clarify the big ideas, expose new conceptual relationships, and refine learning goals for their students. Salmon and...
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