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Now in its fourth edition, this is a comprehensive yet concise introduction to professional writing for different media, which synthesises methods and ideas developed in journalism, public relations, management and marketing. Based on research in the field, it equips students with the ability to convey their ideas in a wealth of print and digital formats, in a variety of professional contexts internationally. It begins by examining the different aspects of the writing process before showing students how to adjust their style, tone and approach for different documents, including short memos, feature articles, press releases and reports. This new edition will continue to be an essential compan...
Brings together the main sub-topics of communication studies - text analysis, business communication, mass communication, the media industry and film. Drawing from popular culture examples, this book explains the concepts that guide the study of communication in its various forms. It is useful for students of communication and the media.
This book provides an analytical introduction to professional writing for different media. It covers topics from management, journalism to public relations. By using both theory and practice in an accessible way, this book will assist students and professionals to communicate effectively in different written formats. The book covers a broad range of areas of concern for writers, from sentence structure to final delivery copy. It is a compact, comprehensive and up-to-date guide for professional writing, offering valuable tips for both print and electronic media.
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Professional Writing offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to professional writing for different media, synthesizing methods and ideas developed in linguistics, journalism, public relations and marketing. It provides students with the ability to understand, construct and manipulate written information in a way that is directly transferable to a wide variety of professional situations. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the second edition contains a new chapter on teamwork, a section on plagiarism and additional content on digital writing to better reflect the impact this has had on professional writing.
That knowledge about the world and self is imparted through narrative is widely accepted; the techniques used to construct this knowledge have received less attention. This book uses a semiotic methodology to analyze works by Merleau-Ponty, Kierkegaard and Austin, and explore how conceptualizations of reality are formed through narrative strategy.
Biblical literature is as philosophically savvy as any ancient intellectual tradition, using story, law, and poetry to reason with us.
Considers both the texts and everyday contexts of the storytelling process with accompanying guidelines for analysis and illustrations from empirical material.
Performing a critical analysis of new scientific research on religious and spiritual phenomena, Grassie takes a two-staged phenomenological approach working from the 'outside in' and the 'bottom up' without privileging at the outset any religious traditions or philosophical assumptions.
Robert Geraci argues that virtual worlds and video games have become a locus for the satisfaction of religious needs, providing many users with communities, a meaningful experience of history and human activity, and a sense of transcendence.