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Gregory Payne of Emerson College, to analysis of Campaign 2004, both Presidential and Senatorial, and contemporary issues and dynamics in political communication.    According to public relations guru, James Grunig, political communication is more and more about meaningful relationships the public has with candidates who try to mirror their values, beliefs, and attitudes.  Campaign 2004 was unique because of the use of new technologies such as cable television talk shows, the Internet, Web pages, blogs, and VNRs (simulated video new releases) enabled candidates to target their messages and communication images to smaller groups. The new media challenged the traditional mainstream media by providing a venue for unrestrained, less commercial, and sometimes more global information. Campaign 2004 also shamelessly used staged pseudoevents and celebrity spectacles as \"infotainment,′ and spent over $620 million on mostly negative political advertising to spell out issues and to try to set the future political agenda.  The four volumes of Campaign 2004 evaluate the successes and failures of Campaign 2004 and offer some practical insights for future campaigns.    Volume I of Campaign 2004 concentrates on campaign rhetoric and the battle for attention in the campaign primaries.  Volume 2 changes direction by focusing on the effectiveness of presidential debates, political advertising, and leadership, as well as showcasing the Senate races in South Dakota and Illinois.  Volume 3 considers trends in new media, mediated reality, and the politics of pseudoevents and celebrity\/spectacle, while Volume 4 offers international reflections and perspectives on democracy, and elections in the Middle East and Europe.      Campaign 2004,  Volumes 1-4 belongs in the library of every one interested in political science, political communication, international relations, mass communication, mass media, journalism, sociology, marketing\/advertising, discourse analysis, and rhetoric.    Volume 1: Constructing the New American Ideals\/Idols in Democracy (ISBN: 1-4129-3921-6) Volume 2: De\/Constructing the Mediated Realities of Presidential debates, Political Advertising, and Showvase Senate Races (ISBN: 1-4129-3922-4) Volume 3: The Political Celebrity Spectacle: De\/Constructing Image Meaning\/Mongering (ISBN: 1-4129-3923-2) Volume 4: Style versus Substance in E-Politics and International Perspectives on Democracy (ISBN: 1-4129-3924-0)","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52665894142225,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52665895158033,"sku":"NLS9781412937993","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781412937993.jpg?v=1762278517"},{"product_id":"end-of-enlightenment-book-eileen-hunt-botting-9781412940238","title":"The End of Enlightenment?","description":"Suitable for political scientist, sociologist, historian, humanist, philosopher, and student, this book offers an accessible survey of current research on the contemporary relevance of the Enlightenment.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52676485185809,"sku":"NLS9781412940238","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781412940238.jpg?v=1762304291"},{"product_id":"international-relations-and-communitarianism-book-emily-pryor-9781412938037","title":"International Relations and Communitarianism","description":"Communitarianism is an intriguing social theory that states community and the social bonds of family, traditional values, and education are the main building blocks of a new supranational global order.  One of its strongest proponents, Amitai Etzioni, posits that  the \"transnational threats facing humankind today are so overwhelming that soon all nations will experience a convergence of values and priorities, which will lay the groundwork for eventual global governance. \" The eight articles presented by the August 2005 issue of American Behavioral Scientist offer a fascinating and spirited dialogue regarding the concurrences and contradictions of communitarianism within the context of international relations. They tackle a range of topics first addressed in Etzioni′s treatise From Empire to Community: A New Approach to International Relations, including:      Evaluating the European Union as a test case for communitarianism (Goldgeier)    How communitarianism predicts that U.S. hegemony will be transcended and how this fits in with the U.S.′, particularly the Bush administration′s, grand strategy (Hentz)    Does Etizioni′s nationalistic approach to U.S. foreign policy negate communitarianism′s ethical problem-solving framework? (Falk)    Communitarian Realism and the emergence of common norms through coping with global challenges (Gvosdev)    The four fatal flaws of Communitarianism (Gray)    Whether sustainable economic or political integration is possible without global social assimilation taking place (Müllerson)    Etzioni′s Response, including a quick summary of  the communitarian paradigm (Etzioni)    A call by Ambassador Max M. Kampelman to bolster international community through the elimination of all nuclear weapons, the establishment of a national voluntary Civilian Conservation Corps for 18-21 year olds, and the creation of a new education incentive along the lines of the Roosevelt G.I. Bill of Rights.    This issue offers a balanced view of  a much-disputed theory and belongs in the library of every political scientist , sociologist , and everyone interested in the state of the world around them.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52677198446865,"sku":"NLS9781412938037","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781412938037.jpg?v=1762305575"},{"product_id":"communication-and-racial-disparities-in-health-care-book-richard-m-perloff-9781412940245","title":"Communication and Racial Disparities in Health Care","description":"Social class, race, and ethnicity all influence health care disparities for many health care services and illnesses, such as heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and maternal and child health care.  Public health scholars have advanced numerous reasons for these disparities, including physician biases, patients′ fatalistic attitudes, cultural patterns, lack of health insurance, and institutional racism. Communication plays a critical role in conveying, reinforcing, and helping to reduce health care inequities.   The eight articles in the February 2006 issue of American Behavioral Scientist explore how racial disparities in health care outcomes are related to communication issues. Article highlights include:      Focusing on cancer-related health outcomes, the factors that contribute to racial disparities in health care and how various types of communication can both exacerbate problems and \/or contribute to high-quality health care (Kreps).    A discussion of tailored interventions in public health and insights from studies of multi-level, multi-component interventions designed to promote healthy eating and exercise among rural African-Americans (Kramish Campbell and Quintiliani).    Using examples from campaigns designed to increase mammography use and the intake of fruits and vegetables among lower-income African-American women, how subtle culturally sensitive variations in tailoring communications directed at minority audiences can influence health promotion behavior (Kreuter and Haughton).    Applying prospect theory and framing concepts to health communications directed at medically underserved populations and the complexities that arise from intersections of message framing with program goals and cultural targeting (Schneider).    Insights from 15 years of research on an interactive cancer communication program, the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS), and the consistently positive effects on low-income African-American women′s health information competence (Shaw, Gustafson, Hawkins, McTavish, McDowell, Pingree, and Ballard).    Two papers that posit that doctors and minority patients frequently miss the mark due to physician perceptions, language barriers, and self-fulfilling prophecy spirals. The first paper includes an integrative perspective on doctor-patient communication and cultural competency. (Perloff, Bonder, Ray, Berlin Ray, and Siminoff); the second paper offers an incisive review of patient-centered communication and patient communication skills training (Cegala and Post).    The empirical and moral assumptions surrounding segmentation campaigns designed to reduce racial disparities, including different strategies to build racial segmentation into campaigns, ethical and political quandaries, and contexts in which segmentation may not be the best approach (Hornik and Ramirez).    Taken together, these eight articles provide new directions for research on communication and racial disparities. They also provide thoughtful suggestions for campaign practitioners. This incisive issue of American Behavioral Scientist should be in the library of everyone interested in health communication, health disparities, health promotion, minority health, cultural competency training, doctor-patient communication, and public health.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52677478777105,"sku":"NLS9781412940245","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53251872325905,"sku":"NIN9781412940245","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781412940245.jpg?v=1762306113"},{"product_id":"changes-at-the-intersection-of-work-and-family-volume-2-book-heidi-r-riggio-9781412942126","title":"Changes at the Intersection of Work and Family, Volume 2","description":"The largest social change in the last 50 years has been the increase in the number of women, especially mothers of young children, in the formal work force The May 2006 and June 2006 volumes of American Behavioral Scientist look at how this powerful transformation has impacted the venerable foundations of work and family, and reflect on the changes needed in organizational practices, social and public policy, families, and society in general to adapt to the changing 21st century workforce.    Changes at the Intersection of Work and Family: Organizational and Worker Perspectives, Volume 1 (May 2006), edited by Diane F. Halpern and Heidi Riggio, focuses on organizational and worker perspectives. Many studies have shown that there is a substantial and practical return-on-investment for employers that adopt and commit to policies that help employees better manage the needs of both work and family, including fewer missed days of work, fewer \"come late\" or \"leave early\" days, reduced employee turnover, improved morale, and a better commitment to the employer.  Volume 1 emphasizes topics such as the need for improved work-life policies, successful and promising public policy approaches, long-term work-life case studies from IBM, the dual-earner 60-hour work week, work-family and obesity and other health issues, the real and perceived negative consequences of taking advantage of family-friendly policies, the differences between male and female caregivers, and a whole-life approach to managing work and family.    Changes at the Intersection of Work and Family: Family Perspectives, Volume 2 (June 2006), edited by Heidi Riggio and Diane F. 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The same important point is made in all of the articles in both volumes: there are tremendous changes taking place in families and in workplaces, and social, organizational, and public policies must be better aligned to meet to the needs of and to benefit from the greater diversity in today′s families and workforce. Written by outstanding scholars and researchers in public policy, economics, sociology, psychology, business, and family studies, including Barbara Gault, Vicky Lovell, E. Jeffrey Hill et al., Tammy D. Allen, Jeremy Armstrong, Robert Drago et al., Noelle Chesley, Stewart D. Friedman, Allen W. Gottfried, Adele E. Gottfried, Patricia M. Raskin, Rosalind C. Barnett, Karen C. 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This issue can be a useful tool to examine the intricacies and impacts of this modern discrimination.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52677685969169,"sku":"NLS9781412938068","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781412938068.jpg?v=1762306499"},{"product_id":"institutions-in-the-making-book-jesper-strandgaard-pedersen-9781412940252","title":"Institutions in the Making","description":"Drawing on wide-ranging examples from an automotive factory, public administrators in Austria, and IT workers, this volume includes articles that attempt to account for the global and local dynamics that shape worker identities and roles. 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The May 2006 and June 2006 volumes of American Behavioral Scientist look at how this powerful transformation has impacted the venerable foundations of work and family, and reflect on the changes needed in organizational practices, social and public policy, families, and society in general to adapt to the changing 21st century workforce.      Changes at the Intersection of Work and Family: Organizational and Worker Perspectives, Volume 1 (May 2006), edited by Diane F. Halpern and Heidi R. Riggio, focuses on organizational and worker perspectives. Many studies have shown that there is a substantial and practical return-on-investment for employers that adopt and commit to policies that help employees better manage the needs of both work and family, including fewer missed days of work, fewer \"come late\" or \"leave early\" days, reduced employee turnover, improved morale, and a better commitment to the employer.  Volume 1 emphasizes topics such as the need for improved work-life policies, successful and promising public policy approaches, long-term work-life case studies from IBM, the dual-earner 60-hour work week, work-family and obesity and other health issues, the real and perceived negative consequences of taking advantage of family-friendly policies, the differences between male and female caregivers, and a whole-life approach to managing work and family.  Changes at the Intersection of Work and Family: Family Perspectives, Volume 2 (June 2006), edited by Heidi R. Riggio and Diane F. 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