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Over half a century ago, in The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), Marshall McLuhan noted that the overlap of traditional print and new electronic media like radio and television produced widespread upheaval in personal and public life: Even without collision, such co-existence of technologies and awareness brings trauma and tension to every living person. Our most ordinary and conventional attitudes seem suddenly twisted into gargoyles and grotesques. Familiar...
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Do you love to write and publish articles? You can take it one step further and convert them into ebooks. Releasing books on Amazon couldn't be easier. It may take a day or so to learn the steps, but afterward, you are cleared hot to print money. The purpose of releasing ebooks is to generate passive income and keep your word top of mind. Also, books can be at the top of your sales funnel, leading to more products and services such as consulting,...
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¿Cómo se definen los papeles del periodismo político y la comunicación política en la «trinchera comunicativa» de las democracias modernas? ¿Es el periodismo político un área especializada del periodismo? ¿Qué tiene de especial la relación del periodista político con sus fuentes? ¿Cuáles son sus valores profesionales y sus rutinas de trabajo? El periodista Salvador Enguix revisa el discurso académico sobre estas y otras cuestiones,...
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Words are powerful when they are used correctly. If readers want to motivate their kids or employees, convince bosses to give them a raise, speak with confidence to large groups of people, or give a report that won't leave people snoozing, How to Talk So People Will Listen is the classic resource they need. Expert communicator Steve Brown shows readers how to speak with authority, win an argument, overcome their fears of public speaking, and more....
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Thank you for your interest in the for self-help series.
The self-help series is a series of books aimed and designed for your personal development and to help you improve in various aspects of your life. As such the books are more like booklets in that they are short but made so that they could be easily digested, easy to understand and easy to apply. The goal is for you to take action. The only way that any book or booklet would help you is if...
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This new revised and expanded edition of Reality Radio celebrates today's best audio documentary work by bringing together some of the most influential and innovative practitioners from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. With a new foreword and five new essays, this book takes stock of the transformations in radio documentary since the publication of the first edition: the ascendance of the podcast; greater cultural, racial,...
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Attracting renewed attention by a new generation of scholars, the book presents a comprehensive ethnography of proverb communication in an African culture and achieves a significant breakthrough in proverb studies. The author critically reviews the dynamics of the proverb, one verbal genre that embodies the high point of rhetoric in traditional and contemporary Africa, and explores in rich details the proverb's creative potential, authorship and effectiveness...
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Whenever you talk to someone, you have less than ten seconds to capture their attention and another twenty to hold it to you. This window, or opening to getting to know someone is incredibly vital for every salesman, marketing exec, or manager out there who has ever had an important phone call or meeting. But, it is equally as important for the scores of individuals who feel nervous or uncomfortable talking to strangers a figure estimated by many...
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A fascinating A-to-Z reference to foreign words and phrases that have become part of contemporary English usage.
The English language has been greatly enriched by a vast array of words and phrases imported from other tongues, such as comrade, chateau, wunderkind, and vox populi. For the average English speaker, many are bound to be familiar. Some may even appear to be standard English, while others may seem, well,foreign. A Dictionary of Foreign Words...
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Have you ever dreamed of speaking a foreign language with fluency and confidence? "The Fluent in 3 Months Challenge: How to Learn a New Language in Just 3 Months" is your passport to a world of linguistic adventure.In this comprehensive guide, you'll embark on a transformative journey that shatters the myth that learning a new language is a time-consuming, arduous task. With expert insights, practical strategies, and inspirational stories, this book...
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Los trabajos reunidos en este libro convocan a una reflexión sobre lo que implica investigar en las llamadas Ciencias de la Comunicación. Para ello, se presenta un diagnóstico comparativo del desarrollo de los estudios de la comunicación en México y Francia. Y, en el mismo tenor, se describe y cuestiona la forma en que ha sido estudiada la televisión y los desafíos de la formación profesional en el campo de la comunicación y el periodismo...
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Here is the riveting story of the English language, from its humble beginnings as a regional dialect to its current preeminence as the one global language, spoken by more than two billion people worldwide. In this groundbreaking book, Melvyn Bragg shows how English conquered the world. It is a magnificent adventure, full of jealousy, intrigue, and war-against a hoard of invaders, all armed with their own conquering languages, which bit by bit, the...
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In Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in classical Greece beginning with the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings, following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the Sophists, and ending with its transformation into a rational discipline with Aristotle in a time of literacy and empire. Crick advances the thesis that rhetoric is primarily a medium...
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This book reports the results of a linguistic analysis of reflective written texts, produced during medical education or practice. It explores the topics and communication skills the authors write about, how the narratives develop, how these texts are shaped, what genres influence their composition, how relational work surfaces in them and how the writers linguistically create their identities as experts or novices. It is clear that both experienced...
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Las primeras páginas del libro están precedidas por una frase de Jesús Martín Barbero, que hace una fuerte exhortación a generar, desde el mundo intelectual, opciones que colaboren con la transformación de nuestra sociedad. Esta obra está imbuida de este espíritu.
Siguiendo a este autor y su propuesta de reformular las preguntas para comprender mejor los procesos sociocomunicacionales, esta investigación, en lugar de analizar las determinaciones...
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Este libro es el resultado de un intercambio de prácticas educativas entre miembros del grupo de investigación Comunicación y Lenguajes adscrito al Departamento de Comunicación y Lenguaje de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales de la Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana Cali. El desarrollo de la actividad se llevó a cabo durante el 2020, tiempo en el que transcurre la pandemia por Covid-19 y la comunidad educativa debe repensar sus interacciones...
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Want to Teach Your Kids Words for Communication in Russian?Wonder How They're Pronounced?Enhance your learning experience with our complimentary audio recordings. Follow the link in the book to not only read but also listen and familiarize yourself with authentic Russian pronunciation.Delight in learning Russian with our vivid picture book!Key Features of the Book: Russian Words for Communication.Vibrant Illustrations of Each Communication Word.English...
98) Online Communication in a Second Language: Social Interaction, Language Use, and Learning Japanese
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Inspire and engage your students with this Lower Secondary Science course from Collins offering comprehensive coverage of the new curriculum framework including suggested practical investigations and Thinking and Working Scientifically skills. • Offers a full range of questions for every topic in the Student's Book • Provides regular practice for students and in applying and developing their Thinking and Working skills to new contexts as well...
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Este volumen colectivo se enmarca en el campo glotopolítico, que indaga tanto en la dimensión semiótica de los procesos políticos como en la dimensión política de las intervenciones en el espacio del lenguaje. Aborda, por un lado, los modos en que las instituciones participan en la distribución social y la regulación de la palabra pública. Se consideran, así, los discursos de profesionales que registran las entrevistas efectuadas a jóvenes...
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How to Write on 1001 Subjects! teaches any one and everyone how to think logically and coherently and to write clearly and crisply using concise language on just about any subject under human experience.
Like a compass, this manual-that draws from various authoritative sources on writing, journalism, communication, storytelling, criticism and grammar-is meant to assist the writer in finding direction and preserving professional consistency.
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