Under the title “Books of the week”, JRN will list new, relevant publications that have recently become available. Click the title of the book for further information on the publisher’s website.

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On week 48 the following publications have come to our attention:

Critical Theory of Communication

• Written by Christian Fuchs.
• Published by Westminster University Press.
• 230 pages.
• Open access.

Hybrid Politics: Media and Participation

• Written by Laura Iannelli.
• Published by Sage.
• 144 pages.

Regarding Life: Animals and the Documentary Moving Image

• Written by Belinda Smaill.
• Published by State University of New York Press.
• 200 pages.

The Tories and Television, 1951-1964: Broadcasting an Elite

• Written by Anthony Ridge-Newman.
• Published by Palgrave Macmillan.
• 168 pages.

Journalistic Role Performance: Concepts, Contexts, and Methods

• Edited by Claudia Mellado, Lea Hellmueller and Wolfgang Donsbach.
• Published by Routledge.
• 264 pages.

Historicising Transmedia Storytelling

• Written by Matthew Freeman.
• Published by Routledge.
• 210 pages.

LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe

• Edited by Alexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc and Bart Eeckhout.
• Published by Routledge.
• 304 pages.

Mass Media and Health

• Written by Kim Walsh-Childers.
• Published by Routledge.
• 520 pages.

Everyday Media Culture in Africa

• Edited by Wendy Willems and Winston Mano.
• Published by Routledge.
• 260 pages.

Religion and Media in China

• Edited by Stefania Travagnin.
• Published by Routledge.
• 304 pages.

Media Ownership and Agenda Control

• Written by Justin Schlosberg.
• Published by Routledge.
• 180 pages.