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Park Hudson Press
Language
English
Description
A collection of essays featuring 20 different movies with Oklahoma themes or characters. Edited by Larry A. Van Meter, the book asks, within the context of American cinema, What does Oklahoma mean? According to Gray Frederickson, Academy Award winning film producer, many people don t know that Oklahoma has played a key role in movies since the beginning of the motion picture industry. It is certainly fitting that finally someone is assembling a book...
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Español
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This Spanish nonfiction book gives students a close-up look at media by exploring all forms and how it plays an important role in society. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. Students will learn to tell the difference between facts and opinions with this exciting book and the accompanying extension activity. This 32-page full-color Spanish book defines media, explains how to separate...
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English
Description
There has been a lot of talk about "fake news" in the news lately. Being able to spot the difference between credible and non-credible sources is a vital 21st century skill to have. Learn the tricks and traps of deception and the skills required to achieve information literacy--and always get to the truth of the matter! Packed with fun facts and detailed sidebars, this informational text explores contemporary issues and high-interest, relevant subjects....
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Series
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English
Description
This nonfiction book gives students a close-up look at media by exploring all forms and how it plays an important role in society. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. Students will learn to tell the difference between facts and opinions with this exciting book and the accompanying extension activity. This 32-page full-color book defines media, explains how to separate fact from fiction....
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A human, and humorous, look at New Jersey’s WFMU, a radio station that refuses any programming boundaries. Most of its disc jockeys are unpaid volunteers, working for their love of surprising, spontaneous radio. They play everything from flat-out uncategorizable strangeness to every form of rock and roll, experimental music, jazz, psychedelia, hip-hop, hand-cranked wax cylinders, gospel, Inuit marching bands, R&B, C&W, radio improvisations, spoken-word...
6) Manga Mad
Publisher
Ray Castle Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Comics and anime are the biggest pop culture in Japan. Manga are for adults, not only children. Politicians, office ladies and salarymen read them. Racy sexual and violent fantasies, beyond censorship, are given free reign in the world of manga. Obsessive fans are called Otaku. Electric town, Akihabara, Tokyo, comic capital of world, is their virtual reality wonderland. Comiket at Tokyo Big Site is the biggest comic market and cosplay gathering.
Publisher
New Deal Films, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Smithsonian Magazine once asked the rhetorical question, 'Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, week after week?' The Rio Grande Sun, published in Espanola, New Mexico is considered one of the best weekly newspapers in the country. Bob Trapp, the Sun's founder, editor, and publisher, is the quintessential newspaperman, the last of a vanishing breed--an honest, fearless, independent journalist,...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On Thanksgiving Day 2012, American photojournalist James "Jim"Foley was kidnapped in Syria and went missing for two years before the infamous video of his public execution sent shockwaves and introduced much of the world to ISIS. Jim: The James Foley Story, by close childhood friend Brian Oakes, tells the story of his life through intimate interviews with his family, friends and fellow journalists – while fellow hostages reveal never-before-heard...
Publisher
Film Art Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Set against the contrasting backdrops of Manhattan and Los Angeles, this film examines the life of one of the world’s greatest celebrities of print journalism - Dominick Dunne. ..Drawing on the memories of big names in Dunne’s field, including Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Tina Brown, Joan Didion and octogenarian New York Post gossip columnist Liz Smith as well as legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans (The Godfather, Chinatown), the film...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learns he has cancer, he dedicates his life to achieving his dream of performing comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman. As Steve says, ‘If you stop chasing your dreams, you’re already dead.”
11) Homo Promo
Publisher
Jenni Olson
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
This spectacular showcase of vintage movie trailers offers a crash course in lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) movie history and a colorful look at nearly every major mainstream queer-themed film produced between 1953 and 1977! Archivist Jenni Olson is one of the world’s leading experts on LGBT film history — curated from her private collection of rare original 35mm coming attractions trailers, Homo Promo has entertained audiences at LGBT...
Publisher
Comedy Dynamics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Featuring candid interviews with comedy legends, including: Janeane Garofalo, Jim Gaffigan, Margaret Cho, Aisha Tyler, Ari Shaffir, Kurt Metzger, Michael Che, Godfrey, Ted Alexandro and many more, Adventures in Comedy delves into the adversities that all comedians face on their roller coaster journeys toward fame. The film shadows one comic’s (Tom McCaffrey) experiences doing stand-up, giving a glimpse into the harsh realities and struggles that...
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English
Description
Have you ever wondered how podcasts are created? This nonfiction math reader teaches students multiplication while they are engaged in reading about how a science-fiction-themed podcast series is created from start to finish. This book integrates math and literacy skills, combining informational text, problem-solving, and real-world connections to help students explore mathematics in a meaningful way. Vibrant images, simple practice problems, and...
Publisher
Rendered Visible
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The internet age has revolutionised the porn business. On televisions, laptops and mobile phones, porn is increasingly accessible and free to view for all. How has this ‘Porn Revolution’ shaped young peoples’ nascent ideas and expectations of love, sex and relationships?..We follow a group of teenagers who, with unflinching honesty and realism, reflect on the influence of porn on their lives. Has it changed their sexual tastes and behaviours?...
15) The Porn Factor
Publisher
Rendered Visible
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Porn Factor takes viewers on a journey of discovery, from regional and urban Australia to the centre of the international porn industry in Los Angeles and back. Through candid interviews with young people, experts and porn industry professionals, The Porn Factor explores how pornography is shaping young people’s sexual expectations and experiences. It brings into compelling focus the 21st century challenges faced by parents, schools and others...
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English
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A trip to the International Fireworks Festival becomes an adventure in learning multiplication! Join Stella as she travels to Montreal with her father, a pyrotechnician who creates and sets off fireworks displays. Students will develop their multiplication skills as they read about the precise proportions, calculations, and measurements behind pyrotechnics. This math reader integrates math and literacy skills, combining problem solving and real-world...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this classic 1989 lecture, now available for the first time, world-renowned cultural theorist Stuart Hall traces the social, intellectual, and institutional environment from which cultural studies emerged. An invaluable introduction to the issues that inspired cultural studies as both an intellectual and political project.
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Español
Description
¿Qué sucede cuando tu comunidad o familia normaliza el abuso y la violación? ¿Cómo enfrentar que se prioricen problemas como la escasez de maestros, comisarios, médicos o dirigentes por encima de tus derechos y dignidad?
Distintos lugares de la selva peruana evidencian las respuestas. Indiana, Mazán y Puinahua, en Loreto, y Nieva, en Amazonas, son cuatro distritos del Perú donde denunciar una violación sexual representa una traición a la...
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Series
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Español
Description
Pantallas, ecosistema de medios, TV, redes sociales, convergencia, transmedia, meta-medio, culturas participativas, nube, experiencias, consumo, ciudadanía, audiencias, usuarios y dispositivos móviles, entre otros elementos, constituyen la atmósfera de la era digital en la que se desenvuelve este libro.
Auscultando el presente, oteando el pasado, vislumbrando el futuro, los autores de esta obra analizan la metamorfosis de la TV en el nuevo escenario...
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Français
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Affirmer que nous vivons dans une société hautement médiatisée est désormais un truisme. Il n'est pratiquement pas de sphère de nos existences qui ne soient affectées par les médias. Les dispositifs par lesquels nous recevons et émettons de l'information se connectent entre eux, de même qu'avec les objets de nos environnements quotidiens et les réseaux mondiaux numériques. Ces dispositifs - et les contenus qu'ils véhiculent - nous suivent...
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