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The Cable and Telecommunications Professionals' Reference: PSTN, IP and Cellular Networks, and Mathematical Techniques

by Goff Hill

This book is for any telecommunications-convergence professional who needs to understand the structure of the industry, the structure of telephony networks and services, and the equipment involved.With the growing...

The Cable and Telecommunications Professionals' Reference: Transport Networks

by Goff Hill

Volume 2 of TERB 3ed covers the convergence of telephony and data transport, including wireless networks. Now that data is becoming the predominant source of traffic more efficient multiplexing schemes and more...

Digital Asset Management

by David Austerberry

The second edition focuses on the media and entertainment sector (M&E), with more information relevant to encompass broadcasters migration to file-based production. New technology and new products are also included...

Color and Mastering for Digital Cinema

by Glenn Kennel

Color and Mastering for Digital Cinema explores the implications for motion picture post production processes and changes required to the supporting equipment and software. While a new concept to the motion...

Public Affairs Reporting Now: News of, by and for the People

by George Michael Michael Killenberg

Everyday life, no whether the issues or events arise next-door or a continent away, raises questions and concerns that the public counts on journalists to answer and, more important, confront.

More than ever...

Online Newsgathering: Research and Reporting for Journalism

by Stephen Quinn & Stephen Lamble

Journalists used to rely on their notepad and pen. Today, professional journalists rely on the computer-and not just for the writing. Much, if not all, of a journalist's research happens on a computer.

If you...

HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting: Understanding New Television Technologies

by Philip J. J. Cianci

HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting bridges the gap between non-technical personnel (management and creative) and technical by giving you a working knowledge of digital television technology, a clear...

Understanding Broadcast and Cable Finance: A Primer for the Non-Financial Manager

by Broadcas Broadcast Cable Financial Mana, Walter McDowell & Alan Batten

From on-air talent contracts and FCC regulations to syndicated program amortization to music licensing fees, electronic media deal with financial principles and jargon that are unique to American business. Understanding...

Real-World Media Ethics: Inside the Broadcast and Entertainment Industries

by Philippe Perebinossoff

The Los Angeles Times recently reported that the word "integrity? was the most looked up word on Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, suggesting that people are looking for guidance in a scandal-driven world....

Preventing Corruption in Asia: Institutional Design and Policy Capacity

by Ting Gong & Stephen K. K. Ma

Despite intensified governmental and public efforts at corruption control in recent years, official transgression continues to surface in various ways of abusing the unique power and trust that a government...

Structural design in building conservation

by Dimitris Theodossopoulos

No building is properly conserved if it is not structurally sound. Consequently architects, engineers and conservation officers need an adequate grounding in the technology, the materials and the historic origins...

Women, Television and Everyday Life in Korea: Journeys of Hope

by Youna Kim

Fusing audience research and ethnography, the book presents a compelling account of women's changing lives and identities in relation to the impact of the most popular media culture in everyday life: television....

Anything but Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth

by Wayne Besen

The real story behind “ex-gay” ministries and reparative therapy!

Nationally known activist Wayne Besen spent four years examining the phenomenon of “ex-gay” ministries and reparative therapies—interviewing...

Europe and the Mediterranean Economy

by Joan Costa-Font

With the creation of the Mediterranean partnership and the recent move towards the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean in 2008, a new emphasis is placed on the Mediterranean in the study of European...

Sustainable Landscape Planning: The Reconnection Agenda

by Paul Selman

This book takes as its starting point the need to examine critically the case for landscape reconnection. It looks at alleged disconnections and their supposed consequences. It explores the arguments about reconnecting...

Leadership in the Public Sector: Promises and Pitfalls

by Christine Teelken, Ewan Ferlie & Mike Dent

In view of the approaching age of austerity for the public sector, leadership is likely to continue to become a key theme. This edited volume brings together a host of material from the public sector to analyze...

A History of the Church in the Middle Ages

by F Donald Donald Logan

"Conceptually well organized, stylistically clear, intellectually thoughtful, and pedagogically useful."

- Thomas Head, Speculum

"For its humane and learned approach to its enormous canvas, as well as for the...

Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan: The thought of Masao Maruyama

by Fumiko Sasaki

Masao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key reason for...

Socioeconomic Outcomes of the Global Financial Crisis: Theoretical Discussion and Empirical Case Studies

by Ulrike Schuerkens

This book originates from a comparative research project involving extensive collection and analysis of primary and secondary materials (scholarly literature, statistical data, and interviews with key actors)...

Singapore Malays: Being Ethnic Minority and Muslim in a Global City-State

by Hussin Mutalib

The Malay population makes up Singapore's three largest ethnic groups. This book presents holistic and extensive analysis of the 'Malay Muslim story' in Singapore. Comprehensively and convincingly argued, the...