Category: Communication

• Africa’s Digital Economy

  “Ten years ago any conversation about the digital-content sector in Africa would have been short, focusing on the false promises of the Internet, low levels of connectivity, and high charges. The fast-growing wireless sector on the continent has, however, changed the situation dramatically. This is beginning to change as Liquid Telecom has been building a…

  Cambria Press

  November 24, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, Africana Studies, Communication, International Studies, Political Science

  #ASA2014, #ISA2015, academic publisher, Africa, Africa digital, Africa fiber-optic, Africa global, Africa network, Arab Spring, Cambria Press, Carin Holroyd, Global Digital Economy, Ken Coates, Liquid Telecom

• AEJMC 2014 – Cambria Press Book Display and Program Ad

  Cambria Press will have a select list on display at the AEJMC book exhibit, but you can browse our books online using the free preview tool. See also the Cambria Press ad in the AEJMC print program. A discount is available until September 16–Use coupon code AEJMC916. * * * * * * * * Stay…

  Cambria Press

  July 30, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Communication, Mass Communications, Public Relations

  AEJMC, AEJMC14, Cambria Press, public relations

• How is public relations shaping globalization efforts and practices in countries that have historically been under Western control?

  As “former public relations practitioners with agency and corporate experience who now teach and conduct research in the field,” Patricia Curtin (University of Oregon) and Kenn Gaither (Elon University) explained in their book that “[w]ithin the cultural-economic model, public relations practitioners act as cultural intermediaries, putting representations and identities into circulation to create shared meaning.” The purpose…

  Cambria Press

  July 30, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Communication, Culture, Current Events, International Studies, Mass Communications, Public Relations

  AEJMC, AEJMC14, agriculture, Cambria Press, geopolitical economies, global society, globalization, healthcare, Kenn Gaither, nation building, national identity, Patricia Curtin, pollution, postcolonial, public relations, social justice, Western control

• Happy Earth Day! Learn why 350 is the most important number today!

  On Earth Day, what else can you do for the environment in addition to skipping meat? You should read this and visit 350.org! “We’re taking the latest science—the climatologists’ assessment, after the great Arctic melt of 2007, that 350 parts per million carbon dioxide is the most we can safely have in the atmosphere—and trying…

  Cambria Press

  April 22, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Communication, Current Events, Mass Communications, Political Science

  350.org, Bill McKibben, Cambria Press, Christine L. Oravec Award, climate change, Earth Day, environment, environmentalism, public affairs, public policy, social movement, Step-It-Up campaign

• Excellent Cambria Press Book Review! Archives of Women’s Mental Health lauds Childbirth in a Technocratic Age!

  Cambria Press congratulates Elizabeth Soliday on the excellent review by Archives of Women’s Mental Health on her book Childbirth in a Technocratic Age: The Documentation of Women’s Expectations and Experiences! It is a fitting coincidence that this review came in the day after Mother’s Day! The journal commends the book because it is “a very organized…

  Cambria Press

  May 13, 2013

  anthropology, Book Review, Communication, Culture, Public Health, Sociology, Uncategorized, Women’s Studies

  academic publisher, baby, Cambria Press, childbirth, Elizabeth Soliday, labor and delivery, maternity, monograph, mother, OBGYN, pregnancy, scholarly, woman, women, women’s mental health

• Cambria Press New Book! Battle for Control: The Future of the Internet V by Janna Quitney Anderson and Lee Rainie

  Cambria Press New Book! Battle for Control, the fifth book in The Future of the Internet series by Janna Quitney Anderson and Lee Rainie, is a comprehensive compilation of results from eight major research reports released in 2012 by the Pew Research Center and Elon University. Among the trends identified in the preface, Janna Quitney…

  Cambria Press

  April 29, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, American Politics, Communication, Culture, International Studies, Mass Communications, New Scholarly Books, Political Science, Public Health, Public Relations, Sociology

  academic publisher, Battle for Control: The Future of the Internet V, Big Data, Cambria Press, Cloud, Corporate Responsibility, Elon University, Future of Apps, Gamification and the Internet, Higher Education, Internet Financial Transactions, Janna Quitney Anderson, Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center, Smart Homes

• Cambria Press New Book! Author Interview with Dr. Kathryn Shine on Schoolteachers in the News

  Cambria Press is pleased to present the following Q&A session with Dr. Kathryn Shine on her recently published book, Schoolteachers in the News, which she coauthored with Dr. Tom O’Donoghue. Watch the interview with Dr. Kathryn Shine! Question: Why is the coverage of teachers by the media important? Kathryn Shine: Research has shown that news…

  Cambria Press

  April 18, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Australasian Studies, Communication, Education, Mass Communications, Public Relations, Sociology

  Australia, journalism, Julia Gillard, Kathryn Shine, news, newspaper, social media, teacher, Tom O’Donoghue, twitter, West Australian newspaper, YouTube

• ISA 2013 Book Highlights: Rave Reviews for Cambria Press Titles!

  The following titles by Cambria Press in international studies are being highlighted for the 2013 International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference in San Francisco (click on links for more details): The Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada: Private-Sector Involvement in the Federal Provincial Health Care System by Howard A. Palley, Marie-Pascale Pomey,…

  Cambria Press

  March 28, 2013

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, American Politics, Asian Studies, Book Review, Communication, International Studies, Latin American Studies, New Scholarly Books, Political Science, Public Health, Sociology

  9/11, AAsian Anthropologist, Adams Bodomo, African diaspora, Africans in China, Anthony Rausch, Archival Research, Asian Studies, Barack Obama, Brian Bow, British Journal of Canadian Studies, Cambria Press, Canada, Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Canada-U.S. relations, Canadian economy, Canadian foreign policy, Canadian health care, Canadian Minister of National Health and Welfare, Canadian public policy, Canadian studies, Canadian-American, Charles Doran, Chih-yu Shih, China, China and India, China Quarterly, China Review International, Chinese, Chinese culture, Christopher Sands, Colin Robertson, Confucian, contemporary Japanese society, Continental Accord, CUFTA, David G. Haglund, Debora L. VanNijnatten, democracy, democratization, demographics, demography, depopulation, DPRK, Earl Fry, East Asia, Eastern Zhou, federalism, Forgotten Partnership, Geoffrey Hale, Global identity, Greg Anderson, Han S. Park, hermit kingdom, Hongloumeng, Howard Palley, International Studies Association, International Studies Association. ISA, ISA, Isabel Studer, Islam in Asia, Japan, Japanese, Joel J. Sokolsky, Johan Galtung, John Herd Thompson, John Kirton, Jonathan Polk, Joseph T. Jockel, Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Richard Nossal, Louis Balthazar, Louis Belanger, Malcolm D. Knight, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Monique Bégin, Muslim, mythology, NAFTA, Nicolas Choquette-Levy, NNikkei, Nobuko Adachi, North American Free Trade Agreement, North Korea, Obamacare, Ontario, Owen B. Adams, Patrick James, Peter J. Katzenstein, Peter Matanle, Pierre Martin, Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada, population change, post-industrial change, Publius, Quebec. Alberta, Reena Marwah, Regan Damron, Reginald C. Stuart, regional development, Robert Bothwell, S Singapore, Sacred Display, Sarasvati Award, Shiping Hua, shrinking communities, socioeconomic, South Korea, Swaran Singh, Taiwan, trade agreement, tsunami, US debt, US economy, US foreign policy, v, Vietnam, world financial crisis, Zhengxu Wang

• Cambria Press New Book: Q&A for Digital Media in East Asia

  Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Digital Media in East Asia: National Innovation and the Transformation of a Region by Carin Holroyd and Kenneth Coates is now available! While many observers understand that East Asian companies and countries have played a significant role in the growth of the digital sector, few understand the scale of…

  Cambria Press

  August 3, 2012

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Communication, Information Science, International Studies, Mass Communications, New Scholarly Books, Public Health, Sociology

  21st century, Apple, Carin Holroyd, China, cultural studies, digital culture, digital economy, digital media, digital services, digital technologies, e-books, e-commerce, East Asia, economic structures, global change, Google, Japan, Kenneth Coates, media studies, Microsoft, mobile Internet, national innovation, on-line gaming, political economy, regional studies, societal norms, South Korea, Taiwan

• NEW PUBLICATION: Albert Camus’s Philosophy of Communication is now available!

  Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Albert Camus’s Philosophy of Communication: Making Sense in an Age of Absurdity (www.cambriapress.com/books/9781604977912.cfm) by  Brent C. Sleasman is now available. In this first book-length study of Camus to situate his work within the study of communication ethics and philosophy of communication, Brent C. Sleasman helps readers reinterpret Camus’…

  Cambria Press

  March 9, 2012

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Communication, New Scholarly Books, Philosophy

  Albert Camus