'The original MTV VJs offer a behind-the-scenes oral history of the early years of MTV, circa 1981 to 1985, when it was exploding, reshaping the culture, and forming 'the MTV generation.'MTV's first VJs (along with the late J.J. Jackson) had front-row seats to a cultural revolution--and the hijinks of rock stars from Adam Ant to Cyndi Lauper. Their worlds collided, of course: John Cougar invited Nina Blackwood to a late night 'party' that proved to be a seduction attempt. Mark Goodman partied with David Lee Roth, who offered him cocaine and groupies. Aretha Franklin made chili for Alan Hunter. After Martha Quinn interviewed Bob Dylan, he whisked her off to Ireland in his private jet. While the book has plenty of dish--secret romances, nude photographs, incoherent celebrities--it also tells the story of four VJs growing up alongside MTV's devoted viewers. Using MTV as a focal point, the book tells the story of the 1980s, from the neon-colored drawstring pants to the Reagan administration. Readers don't just get the inside scoop on music stars like Bob Dylan, Madonna, and Duran Duran, but a deeper understanding of how MTV changed our culture. Or as the VJs put it: 'We're the reason you have no attention span.''--

Media, Markets, and Morals provides an original ethical framework designed specifically for evaluating ethical issues in the media, including new media. The authors apply their account of the moral role of the media, in their dual capacity as information providers for the public good and as businesses run for profit, to specific morally problematic practices and question how ethical behavior can be promoted within the industry.

• Brings together experts in the fields of media studies and media ethics, information ethics, and professional ethics
• Offers an original ethical framework designed specifically for evaluating ethical issues in the media, including new media
• Builds upon and further develops an innovative theoretical model for examining and evaluating media corruption and methods of media anti-corruption previously developed by authors Spence and Quinn
• Discloses and clarifies the inherent ethical nature of information and its communication to which the media as providers of information are necessarily committed

Nessun fotografo ha documentalo la vita di società e il mondo della cultura in Costa Azzurra ei dorati anni cinquanta con maggiore ampiezza, attenzione più vigile e ironia più sottile del fotografo irlandés Edward Quinn (1920-1997). I protagonisti sulla riviera francese all'epoca di Quinn sono star del cinema, artisti, musicisti jazz e chansonnier, l'alta nobiltà, armatori e registi, politici, pin up e letterati. Edward Quinn si muove con astuzia e charme in questo mondo patinato, osservandolo con uno sguardo inconfondibile. Quinn non mette in ridicolo, lasciando intuire sempre all'osservatore l'aspetto privato. Una Brigitte Bardot giovane e sconosciuta, Aristotele Onassis e Maria Callas mentre escono da un night club, il primo incontro di Grace Kelly e del Principe Ranieri, Audrey Hepburn agli esordi, Sophia Loren nella suite dell'albergo. A nessun altro fotografo Pablo Picasso ha concesso di entrare nella sua vita privata altrettanto apertamente come al suo vecchio amico Edward Quinn. Potrete gustare un cocktail fotografico davvero speciale.

George Orwell is one of the great writers of the 20th century, famous for his direct and powerful style as well as for his fictional condemnations of totalitarianism.

The new Critical Companion to George Orwell is an up-to-date and useful reference to Orwell's life and work for high school and college-level students. All his works are covered, including two of the most-recognized novels of the 20th century: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four; his famous essays, such as 'Politics and the English Language' and 'Shooting an Elephant'; his book-length nonfiction, such as Homage to Catalonia and Down and Out in Paris and London; and more. Also included are detailed entries on his life and related people, places, and topics.

Entries include:

• Synopses and critical assessments of all Orwell's major work
• Descriptions of characters in Orwell's fiction, such as Winston Smith, Napoleon the pig, and more
• Descriptions of people, places, and topics important in Orwell's life and work, such as communism, the Spanish civil war, and more
• Appendixes, including a chronology and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.