"Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, Children and Media explores the role of modern media, including the internet, television, mobile media and video games, in the development of children, adolescents, and childhood. Primer to global issues and core research into children and the media i ... ntegrating work from around the world; comprehensive integration of work that bridges disciplines, theoretical and research traditions and methods; covers both critical/qualitative and quantitative approaches to the topic." (Publisher description) more

"The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address is a state-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both the historical traditions and the future possibilities for public address scholarship in the twenty-first century. It focuses on public address as both a subject matter and a critical perspe ... ctive; mindful of the connections between the study of public address and the history of ideas; provides an historical overview of public address research and pedagogy, as well as a reassessment of contemporary public address scholarship by those most engaged in its practice; includes in-depth discussions of basic issues and controversies public address scholarship; explores the relationship between the study of public address and contemporary issues of civic engagement and democratic citizenship; reflects the diversity of views among public address scholars, advancing on-going discussions and debates over the goals and character of rhetorical scholarship." (Publisher description) more