Journalism Department Wish List

The following textbooks represent the wish list of the Journalism Department at Blantyre International University. Ten, fifty, and sometimes two hundred students share the one or two copies of a course's textbook that are kept in the university library. Students usually do not have access or funds to purchase their own textbooks for their university classes. 

At the moment, because this project is in its infancy, I am asking for donations of only textbooks (or any newer editions of these textbooks) on the Wish Lists. 


Theories of Communication and Media
 

Carey, J(1992): Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society, Unwin, Boston.

Curran, J, Gurevitch, M (1991): Mass Media and Society, Hoder and Stoughton, London.

De Fleur, S, Lowery, M. L(1988): Milestones in Communication Research, Longman, London.

Dimbleby, R, Burton, G(1992): More Than Words: An Introduction to Communication, Routledge, London.

Fiske, J(1990): Introduction to Communication Studies, Routledge, London. 

Jansen, N, Steinberg, S(1991): Theoretical Approaches to Communication, Juta and Co. Ltd, South Africa. 

McBride, S, et al (1980): Many Voices, One World, Report by the International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems, UNESCO, Paris; Kogan Page, London.

McQuail, D(1994): Mass Communication Theories: An Introduction, Sage Publications, London.

Media in Malawi and Africa

Ainslie, R(1966): The Press in Africa: Communication, Past and Present, Victor Gonllancz Ltd, London.

Bourgault, L. M(1995): Mass media in Sub-Saharan Africa, Indiana University press, Bloomington and Indianapolis.

Faringer, G. L (1991): Press Freedom in Africa in Africa, Praeger Publishers, New York.

Hatchten, W. A (1971): Muffled Drums: The News Media in Africa, IOWA University Press, IOWA.

Global Media Structures

Boyd – Barret, O, Newbold, C (1996): Approaches to Media: A Reader, Arnold, London.

Frederick, H.H (1993): Global Communication and International Relations, Wadsworth Publishing Company, London.

Tomlinson, J(1991): Cultural Imperialism, Pinter Publishers, London.

 
Media and Culture

Barnouw, V (1963): Culture and Personality,  Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press, United Kingdom.

Dodd, C, Baldwin, J (1998): The Role Of Family And Macro Cultures In Intercultural Relationships.  In Readings in Cultural Context, Mayfield Publishing, California.

Fiske, J(1998): Reading The Popular, Unwin and Hyman, Boston.

 

Gender, Race, Class, & the Media

Gudykunst, W, Kim, Y (1994): Communicating with Strangers: An Approach to Intercultural Communication, Random House, New York.

Gudykunst, W, Ting-Toomey, S (1988): Culture and Interpersonal Communication, Sage, Newbury Park, California.

Kornblum, W, Julian, J (1992): Social Problems, Prentice Hall, Englewood, New Jersey.

International Relations

Clark, I, Neumann, I.B (eds) (1996): Classical Theories in International Relations, St. Martin’s, New York.

Goldstein J.S(2005): International Relations, 6^th Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Giddens, A(1990): The Consequences of Modernity, Polity Press, Cambridge.

Kegley, C, Wittkopf, E. R (2004): World Politics: Trend and Transformation, Wadsworth/ Thompson, Ohio.

Print Media

Curran, J, Gurevitch, M (1997): Mass Media and Society, Arnold, London.

Dominick, J.R(1993): The dynamic of Mass Communication, McGraw-Hill, Georgia.

Hutchinson, D (1999): Media policy: An introduction, Blackwell  Publishers, Oxford. 

Photojournalism 

Litchfield, P (1981): Litchfield on Photography, Collins Publications, London

Keene, M (1995): Practical Photojournalism, Focal Press, Oxford.

Stone, J (1985): Darkroom Dynamics, Focal Press, Boston.

  

Writing and Editing for the Media

 

Blum, D, Knudson, M (eds) (2006): A field guide for science writers, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Blundell, W (1998): The art and craft of feature writing: based on the Wall Street Journal guide, New American Library, New York. 

Cappon, R.J (2000): The Associated Press guide to newswriting, the resource for professional journalists, Arco, USA.

Clark, R.P, Fry, D (2003): Coaching writers: editors and reporters working together across media platforms, Bedford, Boston.

Cohn, V, Cope, L (2001): News & numbers: a guide to reporting statistical claims and controversies in health and other fields, Iowa State University Press, USA.

Plotnick,  A(1982): The elements of editing, Macmillan Publishing, New York.

Advertising and the Media

Croteau, D, et al, (1997): Society: industries, Images and Audiences, Sage Publications, London.

De Sola Pool, (1970): 'The Role of communication in the Process of Modernisation and Technological Change'  from  Industrialisation and Society, UNESCO, Mouton.

Jefkins, F (1997): Advertising , Pitman Publishers, London.

Sinclair, J (1987): Images Incorporated: Advertising as Industry and Ideology, Routledge, London.

Desktop Publishing

Bryan, G, Bryan, M (1997): Print pizzazz: Desktop publishing for the rest of us, Golden Dragon Publications, USA.

Cottrell, L (Ed.)(1998): Print publishing guide, Adobe Press, San Jose.

Green, C(1997): The desktop publisher's idea book: One-of-a-kind projects, expert tips, and hard-to-find sources, Random House, New York.

Radio Journalism

Barnow, E (1966): A History of Broadcasting in the United States, Oxford University Press, London.

Marshall, M (1964): Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, McGraw-Hill, New York.

Taylor, G(1979): Before Television The Radio Years, Cranbury, New Jersey. 

Television Journalism

 

Barnow, E (1970): A History of Broadcasting in the United States, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Bergreen, L (1980): Look Now, Pay Later: The Rise of Network Broadcasting, Doubleday, New York.

Boddy, W(1990): Fifties Television: The Industry and It’s Critics, University of Illinois Press, Illinois.

Media Research Methods

Agresti, A, Finlay, B (1997): Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. 3^rd Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. 

Bachman, R, Schutt, R.K (2001): The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Thousand Oaks, California. 

Grimm, L. G, Yarnold, P.R (eds.) (1995): Reading and Understanding Multivariate Statistics, American Psychological Association, New York.

Public Relations

 

Cutlip, S. M., Center, A.  H. and Broom, G. M. (1994):  Effective Public Relations, Prentice Hall Inc., New Jersey.

Grunig, W. and Hunt, R. (1994): Managing Public Relations HBJ College.

Lubbe,  B.  and Puth, G. (1994): ‘Public Relations in South Africa: A Management Reader, Heinemann, Isando.

Media, Policy, Law, and Ethics

Collins, R, Murroni, C (1996): New media, new policies, Polity Press, London.

McQuail, D, Trappel, J (1998): Media policy: Convergence, concentration and commerce,  Sage Publications,  London.

Barendt, E (1993): Media Law,  Aldershot  Press,  Dartmouth.

Sociology

Corsaro, W. A. (1997): The Sociology of Childhood. Thousand Oaks, Pine Forge Press.

Schaefer, R. T. (2004): Sociology: A Brief Introduction. McGraw Hill, Boston.

Schaefer, R. T. (1993): Racial and Ethnic Groups. Harper Collins, New York.

Media Communication

Calvert, P (ed) (1996): The Communicators Handbook , Maupin Publishers, Florida.

Severin, W. J, Tankard, J (1988): Communication Theories: Origins, Methods and Uses in the Mass Media, Longman, London.

Wise, D (2000): Multimedia: A Critical introduction, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.

Media Management

Stoner, J. A.F, et al (2004): Management, 6^th Edition ,Pearson Education , New Delhi.

Robinns, S.P, Langton N(2001): Organizational Behaviour – concepts, controversies and applications, 6^th  Edition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey.

Richard, L, Marcic, D (2004): Understanding Management, 4^th Edition, South-Western, Ohio. 

Media and Development

Adorno, T, Horkheimer, M (1944): The Dialectic of Enlightment, Verso, London.

Gurevitch, M (1982): Culture, Society and the Media, Routedge, London.

So, A.Y (1990): Social Change and Development and the World-System Theories, Sage Publications, London.

Film Studies

Andrew, G (1990): The film handbook, Mass GMK, Boston.

Walker, J(ed) (2001):  Halliwell's who's who in the movies, Harper Resource, New York.

Thomson, D (2002): The new biographical dictionary of film. David Thomson, New York.

Media, Human Rights, and Democracy

Buergenthal, T (1997): International Human Rights in a Nutshell, 2^nd Editon, Sage Publications, London.

Donneley, J (1995): What are Human Rights? Introduction to Human Rights, Sage Publications, London.

Henkin, L (1991): Rights Here and There, Vol.81 Columbia Law Review 1582, Columbia.

 
 

*Due to the large number of textbooks on the wish list, some references may be incorrectly cited and/or missing information.