Making the University Matter

Informationen zum Autor Barbie Zelizer is Professor of Communication and holds the Raymond Williams Chair of Communication. A former journalist, Zelizer's work focuses on the cultural dimensions of journalism, with a specific interest in journalistic authority, collective memory, and journalistic images in times of crisis and war. She is also co-editor and founder of the journal Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism (Sage) and has served on the editorial boards of numerous book series and journals, including Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Popular Communication, and Critical and Cultural Studies in Communication. Zelizer has lectured widely both internationally and nationally, and her essays on the media have appeared in The Nation, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Newsday, and other publications. Author and editor of seven books and some 40 articles and book chapters, Zelizer's work has been translated into French, Hebrew, German, Portuguese and Japanese. Klappentext Making the University Matter investigates how academics situate themselves simultaneously in the university and the world and how doing so affects the viability of the university setting. Zusammenfassung Making the University Matter investigates how academics situate themselves simultaneously in the university and the world and how doing so affects the viability of the university setting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I On Teaching and Learning Part II Models of Intellectual Engagement Part III Making Intellectual Work Public Part IV Economies of Knowledge Part V Institutionalization and Technology Part VI Default Settings and Their Complications

Product details

• Authors: Barbie (University of Pennsylvania Zelizer
• Assisted by: Barbie Zelizer (Editor), Zelizer Barbie (Editor), Barbie Zelizer (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.2011
• EAN: 9780415782395
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78239-5
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Shaping Inquiry in Culture, Communication and Media Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; History, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions, Press & journalism, Humanities, Communication Studies, News media and journalism, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education