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The Making of America's Culture Regions - Richard L. Nostrand - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Making of America's Culture Regions - Richard L. Nostrand - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

This outstanding text provides students with the essential foundation in the historical geography of the United States. Distinguished scholar Richard L. Nostrand skillfully synthesizes decades of historical geography research in an engaging and thought-provoking overview for general readers and scholars alike. His regional geography framework emphasizes the three themes central to cultural geography—cultural ecology, cultural diffusion, and cultural landscape—to explain the formation and change of culture regions in the United States. He shows convincingly that regions are a valuable pedagogical device for developing students’ understanding of place and context.

DKK 698.00
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Vision - Darryl Vidal - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Vision - Darryl Vidal - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a straightforward approach to developing a school or district’s vision to guide all stakeholders toward a common goal with educational technology. This book is intended for educational leaders to provide a structured methodology for a school or district to develop their own vision of educational technology. This book discusses educational technology in a non-technical manner and addresses ideas and concerns about 1:1 computing and bring your own device solutions (BYOD). This book will answer the following questions: - Why do we need a VISION for Technology in Education?- How do we develop our own VISION for Educational Technology?- Does our VISION for educational technology support our District Strategic Plan?- How do today’s infrastructure requirements, instructional applications and equipment impact our VISION?

DKK 459.00
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Vision - Darryl Vidal - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Vision - Darryl Vidal - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a straightforward approach to developing a school or district’s vision to guide all stakeholders toward a common goal with educational technology. This book is intended for educational leaders to provide a structured methodology for a school or district to develop their own vision of educational technology. This book discusses educational technology in a non-technical manner and addresses ideas and concerns about 1:1 computing and bring your own device solutions (BYOD). This book will answer the following questions: - Why do we need a VISION for Technology in Education?- How do we develop our own VISION for Educational Technology?- Does our VISION for educational technology support our District Strategic Plan?- How do today’s infrastructure requirements, instructional applications and equipment impact our VISION?

DKK 273.00
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How the Internet of Things is Changing Our Colleges, Our Classrooms, and Our Students - Roy Bartels - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

How the Internet of Things is Changing Our Colleges, Our Classrooms, and Our Students - Roy Bartels - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

You have heard about the Internet of Things. You know that it is having an impact on higher education. So, what is it? Now that students have the entire computing power of 1975 in a pocket device, the college of the 2020s is entering a new educational age. For teens and tweens, the magic world of Harry Potter is all around. With a wave of a hand, they can control lights and surround themselves with music. In minutes, they can make a catalog of devices appear using a 3D printer. And now, they are ready to travel by driverless cars, summoned from a cellphone. Embedded technology, that is, computing built into everyday devices, is all around. Known as the Internet of Things, embedded sensors in our home, in our tools, and even in our baseball bats have changed the world as we know it. As with every stage of evolution, leaders have the options to resist, adapt, or to get ahead of the change.

DKK 379.00
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The Deuce and a Half iPad - Carrie Thornthwaite - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Deuce and a Half iPad - Carrie Thornthwaite - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

iPads are powerful tools for engaging students, encouraging creativity, stimulating critical thinking, and making significant strides in learning. This book is part of a two-book set that allows educators to realize the full potential of the iPad. Over 200 highly rated apps are covered with specific ideas for classroom activities and teaching strategies. Descriptions include ideas for using iPads in classrooms where each student owns an iPad, as well as where there is just a small number of iPads or even just a single device. The first chapter of this book specifically discusses how to promote discovery learning, engagement, understanding, and creativity in ways that enhance the learning experience of all students. Each subsequent chapter is dedicated to apps that have value to the following subject areas: mathematics, science, art, music, health and PE, ELL, and ESL. In consideration of education budgets, all the apps are free or low cost. The information in this book is appropriate for K12 teachers, university professors, media specialists, K12 administrators, parents, and students.

DKK 136.00
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Not a Toy, but a Tool - Carrie Thornthwaite - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Not a Toy, but a Tool - Carrie Thornthwaite - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

iPads are powerful tools for engaging students, encouraging creativity, stimulating critical thinking, and making significant strides in learning. This book is part of a two book set that will allow educators to realize the full potential of the iPad. Over 200 highly rated apps are covered with specific ideas for classroom activities and teaching strategies. Descriptions include ideas for using iPads in classrooms where each student owns an iPad, as well as where there is just a small number of iPads or even just a single device. The first chapter of this book supports the effectiveness of iPads, focusing on what the iPad is, why is should be used and how it can be used. Then two chapters are dedicated to apps that are valuable for all subject areas. The last three chapters focus on apps appropriate for use in the humanities classrooms. In consideration of education budgets, all the apps are free or low cost. The information in this book is appropriate for K12 teachers, university professors, media specialists, K12 administrators, parents and students.

DKK 124.00
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Responsive Web Design in Practice - Jason A. Clark - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Responsive Web Design in Practice - Jason A. Clark - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Today''s library patrons are browsing the Web on a variety of devices including tablets, e-readers, mobile phones, and desktops. Responsive web design employs techniques that will enable your library''s website to automatically adapt to whatever screen size it''s being viewed on. Learn how to utilize CSS techniques such as fluid grids and flexible images combined with responsive design techniques such as media queries to deliver an optimal experience for your library patrons regardless of device. Design one website to fit them all.With both beginner and expert developers in mind, this complete handbook guides the reader through the process of developing and launching their own Responsive Web Designs and introduces the craft of building multi-screen experiences. Online demos and downloadable code files are included for all projects:·Adapting your Existing Layout into a Responsive Layout – A RWD Retrofit·Building a Responsive Layout from Scratch – A RWD Bookreader·Creating a Responsive Contact Form – “Get a Library Card”·Creating a Responsive Search Interface·Creating a Responsive Single Page Application – “Mobile Feed App”·Using an RWD Framework for a complete site: Twitter Bootstrap

DKK 504.00
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Reinventing Racism - Jonathan D. Church - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Reinventing Racism - Jonathan D. Church - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The theory of white fragility is one of the most influential ideas to emerge in recent years on the topics of race, racism, and racial inequality. White fragility is defined as an unwillingness on the part of white people to engage in the difficult conversations necessary to address racial inequality. This “fragility” allegedly undermines the fight against racial inequality. Despite its wide acclaim and rapid acceptance, the theory of white fragility has received no serious and sustained scrutiny. This book argues that the theory is flawed on numerous fronts. The theory functions as a divisive rhetorical device to shut down debate. It relies on the flawed premise of implicit bias. It posits a faulty way of understanding racism. It has serious methodological problems. It conflates objectivity and neutrality. It exploits narrative at the expense of facts. It distorts many of the ideas upon which the theory relies. This book also offers a more constructive way to think about Whiteness, white privilege, and “white fragility,” pointing us to a more promising vision for addressing racial inequality.

DKK 361.00
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Reckoning with Social Media - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Reckoning with Social Media - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Once celebrated for connecting people and circulating ideas, social media are facing mounting criticisms about their anticompetitive reach, addictive design, and toxicity to democracy. Known cumulatively as the “techlash,” journalists, users, and politicians are asking social media platforms to account for being too big, too engaging, and too unruly. In the age of the techlash, strategies to regulate how platforms operate technically, economically, and legally, are often stacked against individual tactics to manage the effects of social media by disconnecting from them. These disconnection practices—from restricting screen time and detoxing from device use to deleting apps and accounts—often reinforce rather than confront the ways social media organize attention, everyday life, and society.Reckoning with Social Media challenges the prevailing critique of social media that pits small gestures against big changes, that either celebrates personal transformation or champions structural reformation. This edited volume reframes evaluative claims about disconnection practices as either restorative or reformative of current social media systems by beginning where other studies conclude: the ambivalence, commodification, and complicity of separating from social media.

DKK 317.00
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The Deuce and a Half iPad - Carrie Thornthwaite - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Deuce and a Half iPad - Carrie Thornthwaite - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

iPads are powerful tools for engaging students, encouraging creativity, stimulating critical thinking, and making significant strides in learning. This book is part of a two-book set that allows educators to realize the full potential of the iPad. Over 200 highly rated apps are covered with specific ideas for classroom activities and teaching strategies. Descriptions include ideas for using iPads in classrooms where each student owns an iPad, as well as where there is just a small number of iPads or even just a single device. The first chapter of this book specifically discusses how to promote discovery learning, engagement, understanding, and creativity in ways that enhance the learning experience of all students. Each subsequent chapter is dedicated to apps that have value to the following subject areas: mathematics, science, art, music, health and PE, ELL, and ESL. In consideration of education budgets, all the apps are free or low cost. The information in this book is appropriate for K12 teachers, university professors, media specialists, K12 administrators, parents, and students.

DKK 406.00
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Reinventing Racism - Jonathan D. Church - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Reinventing Racism - Jonathan D. Church - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The theory of white fragility is one of the most influential ideas to emerge in recent years on the topics of race, racism, and racial inequality. White fragility is defined as an unwillingness on the part of white people to engage in the difficult conversations necessary to address racial inequality. This “fragility” allegedly undermines the fight against racial inequality. Despite its wide acclaim and rapid acceptance, the theory of white fragility has received no serious and sustained scrutiny. This book argues that the theory is flawed on numerous fronts. The theory functions as a divisive rhetorical device to shut down debate. It relies on the flawed premise of implicit bias. It posits a faulty way of understanding racism. It has serious methodological problems. It conflates objectivity and neutrality. It exploits narrative at the expense of facts. It distorts many of the ideas upon which the theory relies. This book also offers a more constructive way to think about Whiteness, white privilege, and “white fragility,” pointing us to a more promising vision for addressing racial inequality.

DKK 653.00
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Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 45 - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 45 - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since 1970, a new series, sponsored by the Modern Language Association of America and edited by an international board of distinguished scholars and critics, has published interdisciplinary articles. In yearly hardcover volumes, the new series publishes significant scholarship, criticism, and reviews treating all facets of medieval and Renaissance culture: history, art, literature, music, science, law, economics, and philosophy.Volume 45 showcases the interdisciplinary nature of the series with articles on the ambiguity of Charlemagne in Late Medieval German literature, a Christian epic in favor of the Muslim Sultan Mehmet II., theory and practice of literary supplementation in the case of Catullus 51, and ekphrasis as a stylistic device in medieval poetics. Volume 45 also includes one review article and seven review notices that reflect the journal’s interdisciplinary scope. In this volume, a special focus lies on the reception of Islam in Europe during the Middle Ages and in Early Modern Times.

DKK 788.00
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The Entitled Generation - Iii Zarra - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Entitled Generation - Iii Zarra - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Entitled Generation: Helping Teachers Teach and Reach the Minds and Hearts of Generation Z brings teachers into the twenty-first century world of 24-7 technologically-wired up and social media-driven students. This book asks teachers to consider pragmatic and sensible ways to teach Gen Z and to understand the differences between today’s students and those of the past. Teachers are offered keen insights by colleagues, in terms of how Gen Z thinks, the various ways that males and females learn, and the distractions and struggles each faces by device addiction affecting today’s classrooms. American culture is perpetuating the notion that today’s students are entitled to economic and social outcomes on equal bases. Gen Z “feels” everyone should be treated as equals, receiving the same rewards for unequal efforts, thus promoting a feeling of entitlement. Teachers will understand the reality of today''s American classrooms. Even with the assumed addiction to smart technology and social media, teachers can use this to their advantage and reach the minds and hearts of Gen Z to prepare them for their futures.

DKK 273.00
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Reckoning with Social Media - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Reckoning with Social Media - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Once celebrated for connecting people and circulating ideas, social media are facing mounting criticisms about their anticompetitive reach, addictive design, and toxicity to democracy. Known cumulatively as the “techlash,” journalists, users, and politicians are asking social media platforms to account for being too big, too engaging, and too unruly. In the age of the techlash, strategies to regulate how platforms operate technically, economically, and legally, are often stacked against individual tactics to manage the effects of social media by disconnecting from them. These disconnection practices—from restricting screen time and detoxing from device use to deleting apps and accounts—often reinforce rather than confront the ways social media organize attention, everyday life, and society.Reckoning with Social Media challenges the prevailing critique of social media that pits small gestures against big changes, that either celebrates personal transformation or champions structural reformation. This edited volume reframes evaluative claims about disconnection practices as either restorative or reformative of current social media systems by beginning where other studies conclude: the ambivalence, commodification, and complicity of separating from social media.

DKK 848.00
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Responsive Web Design in Practice - Jason A. Clark - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Responsive Web Design in Practice - Jason A. Clark - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Today''s library patrons are browsing the Web on a variety of devices including tablets, e-readers, mobile phones, and desktops. Responsive web design employs techniques that will enable your library''s website to automatically adapt to whatever screen size it''s being viewed on. Learn how to utilize CSS techniques such as fluid grids and flexible images combined with responsive design techniques such as media queries to deliver an optimal experience for your library patrons regardless of device. Design one website to fit them all.With both beginner and expert developers in mind, this complete handbook guides the reader through the process of developing and launching their own Responsive Web Designs and introduces the craft of building multi-screen experiences. Online demos and downloadable code files are included for all projects:·Adapting your Existing Layout into a Responsive Layout – A RWD Retrofit·Building a Responsive Layout from Scratch – A RWD Bookreader·Creating a Responsive Contact Form – “Get a Library Card”·Creating a Responsive Search Interface·Creating a Responsive Single Page Application – “Mobile Feed App”·Using an RWD Framework for a complete site: Twitter Bootstrap

DKK 866.00
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The Entitled Generation - Ernest J. Zarra - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Entitled Generation - Ernest J. Zarra - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Entitled Generation: Helping Teachers Teach and Reach the Minds and Hearts of Generation Z brings teachers into the twenty-first century world of 24-7 technologically-wired up and social media-driven students. This book asks teachers to consider pragmatic and sensible ways to teach Gen Z and to understand the differences between today’s students and those of the past. Teachers are offered keen insights by colleagues, in terms of how Gen Z thinks, the various ways that males and females learn, and the distractions and struggles each faces by device addiction affecting today’s classrooms. American culture is perpetuating the notion that today’s students are entitled to economic and social outcomes on equal bases. Gen Z “feels” everyone should be treated as equals, receiving the same rewards for unequal efforts, thus promoting a feeling of entitlement. Teachers will understand the reality of today''s American classrooms. Even with the assumed addiction to smart technology and social media, teachers can use this to their advantage and reach the minds and hearts of Gen Z to prepare them for their futures.

DKK 534.00
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The Nonfictionist's Guide - Robert Root - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Nonfictionist's Guide - Robert Root - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Nonfiction_the ''fourth genre'' (along with poetry, fiction, and drama)_is a literary field affecting bestseller lists, writing programs, writers'' workshops, and conferences on the study of creative writing, composition/rhetoric, and literature. It is often labeled and/or limited as ''creative'' or ''literary'' nonfiction and subdivided into essay, memoir, literary journalism, personal cultural criticism, and narratives of nature and travel. A vital and growing form, nonfiction has, until now, needed a sustained discussion about its poetics_both the theory and the craft of this genre. The Nonfictionist''s Guide offers a lively exploration of the elements of contemporary nonfiction and suggests imaginative approaches to writing it. Each chapter on a vital aspect of contemporary nonfiction concludes with a separate section of relevant ''notes for nonfictionists.'' Beginning with a new definition of nonfiction and explanation of the nonfiction motive, Robert Root discusses the use of experimental forms, the effects of present and past tense and experiential and reflective voices, and the issue of truth. He provides groundbreaking explorations of the segmented essay and the role of spaces as an essential literary device, guiding both readers and writers through the innovative and stimulating ways we write nonfiction now.

DKK 565.00
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The Nonfictionist's Guide - Robert Root - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Nonfictionist's Guide - Robert Root - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Nonfiction—the "fourth genre" (along with poetry, fiction, and drama)—is a literary field affecting bestseller lists, writing programs, writers'' workshops, and conferences on the study of creative writing, composition/rhetoric, and literature. It is often labeled and/or limited as "creative" or "literary" nonfiction and subdivided into essay, memoir, literary journalism, personal cultural criticism, and narratives of nature and travel. A vital and growing form, nonfiction has, until now, needed a sustained discussion about its poetics—both the theory and the craft of this genre. The Nonfictionist''s Guide offers a lively exploration of the elements of contemporary nonfiction and suggests imaginative approaches to writing it. Each chapter on a vital aspect of contemporary nonfiction concludes with a separate section of relevant "notes for nonfictionists." Beginning with a new definition of nonfiction and explanation of the nonfiction motive, Robert Root discusses the use of experimental forms, the effects of present and past tense and experiential and reflective voices, and the issue of truth. He provides groundbreaking explorations of the segmented essay and the role of spaces as an essential literary device, guiding both readers and writers through the innovative and stimulating ways we write nonfiction now.

DKK 432.00
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Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries - Elizabeth Willse - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries - Elizabeth Willse - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Over 52 million tablet devices were sold during the fourth quarter of 2012 and sales are predicted to continue to increase in years to come. These lightweight mobile computing devices are quickly becoming an integral part of patrons’ everyday lives. Libraries are responding by incorporating them into their programs and services. Using Tablets and App in Libraries outlines how libraries can support this new BYOD (bring your own device) culture including offering app events and instruction, installing mounted tablets within the library, offering tablet lending programs, initiating tablet training programs for staff, and ways to evaluate and use quality apps. Discover how you can implement a successful tablet program in your library. Through this comprehensive guide, readers will learn:· How to integrate the potential of tablet technology into existing library programs and staff workflows·How to Host a Staff Training Technology Petting Zoo·How to provide tablet support and training for your patrons·How to use tablets in your story time and other children’s programming·How to circulate tablets in your library ·How to use tablets to promote library services·How to use tablets in your physical spaces to provide and gather information

DKK 485.00
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Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries - Elizabeth Willse - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries - Elizabeth Willse - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Over 52 million tablet devices were sold during the fourth quarter of 2012 and sales are predicted to continue to increase in years to come. These lightweight mobile computing devices are quickly becoming an integral part of patrons’ everyday lives. Libraries are responding by incorporating them into their programs and services. Using Tablets and App in Libraries outlines how libraries can support this new BYOD (bring your own device) culture including offering app events and instruction, installing mounted tablets within the library, offering tablet lending programs, initiating tablet training programs for staff, and ways to evaluate and use quality apps. Discover how you can implement a successful tablet program in your library. Through this comprehensive guide, readers will learn:· How to integrate the potential of tablet technology into existing library programs and staff workflows·How to Host a Staff Training Technology Petting Zoo·How to provide tablet support and training for your patrons·How to use tablets in your story time and other children’s programming·How to circulate tablets in your library ·How to use tablets to promote library services·How to use tablets in your physical spaces to provide and gather information

DKK 890.00
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Irony in The Twilight Zone - David Melbye - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Irony in The Twilight Zone - David Melbye - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Rod Serling’s pioneering series The Twilight Zone (1959 to 1964) is remembered for its surprise twist endings and pervading sense of irony.While other American television series of the time also experimented with ironic surprises, none depended on these as much as Serling’s. However, irony was not used merely as a structural device—Serling and his writers used it as a provocative means by which to comment on the cultural landscape of the time. Irony in The Twilight Zone: How the Series Critiqued Postwar American Culture explores the multiple types of irony—such as technological, invasive, martial, sociopolitical, and domestic—that Serling, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, and other contributors employed in the show. David Melbye explains how each kind of irony critiqued of a specific aspect of American culture and how all of them informed one another, creating a larger social commentary. This book also places the show’s use of irony in historical and philosophical contexts, connecting it to a rich cultural tradition reaching back to ancient Greece. The Twilight Zone endures because it uses irony to negotiate its definitively modernist moment of “high” social consciousness and “low” cultural escapism. With its richly detailed, frequently unexpected readings of episodes, Irony in The Twilight Zone offers scholars and fans a fresh and unique lens through which to view the classic series.

DKK 856.00
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The Bare Bones Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication - Robyn Blakeman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Bare Bones Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication - Robyn Blakeman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Integrated marketing communication (IMC) focuses on communicators employing the correct message, being able to place it in the most appropriate media, and using the most advantageous communications approach. Advertising in today''s economy crosses communication boundaries as well as societal and cultural norms, making accurate targeting, media selection, and consistency of message more critical than ever before. Marketing and advertising are no longer separate entities-they are the results of all parts working as a cohesive whole. Integrated marketing communicates using one tone-of-voice or message that is successfully delivered through multiple media and disciplines. The Bare Bones Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication is an in-depth yet concise discussion of the business and structure of integrated marketing communication. This brief, inexpensive text focuses exclusively on introductory issues concerning IMC as both a communication device and as a profession. Robyn Blakeman''s step-by-step approach offers an extensive and exclusive look into how agencies work, the areas of specialization that make up IMC, how advertising affects our lives, and the diverse arsenal of media options that give IMC its visual/verbal voice. Both integrated marketing and varied media vehicles are dissected-one topic at a time-creating an invaluable reference tool that students, professors, and small business people alike will refer to time and again for information on the field of advertising/integrated marketing communication.

DKK 450.00
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Treasure Hunter's Handbook - Liza Gardner Walsh - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Treasure Hunter's Handbook - Liza Gardner Walsh - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Treasure Hunter’s Handbook is for kids and families who love to explore the world around them! Treasure hunting is a fun family activity that encourages kids to get outside, and Gardner Walsh’s new book helps young explorers learn how to pan for gold, use metal detectors to find buried treasure, use GPS to do geocaching or letterboxing, and search for arrowheads and gemstones. Treasure Hunter’s Handbook also includes wonderful bits of pirate lore and some fun pirate/treasure-hunting craft activities. Ahoy, matey! The following topics are covered, allowing for a wide range of activities for different ages and interests:Myths and legends of buried pirate treasure. Panning for gold: Panning for gold is making a comeback and is a great activity for kids. Mining for minerals and gemstones: Provides some information about how and where to find Maine's famous tourmaline and other gems. Metal Detecting: Covers the basics of using a metal detector and tells some of the stories of amazing treasure found using this simple device. Geocaching and letter boxing: Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting activity using GPS-enabled devices. Letter boxing is a low tech version that combines navigational skills and rubber stamp artistry. Found treasures: Hunting for everyday treasures such as sea glass, sea shells, four-leaf clovers, arrowheads, and fossils.

DKK 167.00
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Under This Roof - Paul Brandus - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Under This Roof - Paul Brandus - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

“Like taking a tour of the White House with a gifted storyteller at your side!”1.Why, in the minutes before John F. Kennedy was murdered, was a blood-red carpet installed in the Oval Office? 2.If Abraham Lincoln never slept in the Lincoln Bedroom, where did he sleep?3.Why was one president nearly killed in the White House on inauguration day—and another secretly sworn in? 4.What really happened in the Situation Room on September 11, 2001? History leaps off the page in this “riveting,” “fast-moving” and “highly entertaining” book on the presidency and White House in Under This Roof, from award-winning White House-based journalist Paul Brandus. Reporting from the West Wing briefing room since 2008, Brandus—the most followed White House journalist on Twitter (@WestWingReport)—weaves together stories of the presidents, their families, the events of their time—and an oft-ignored major character, the White House itself. From George Washington to Barack Obama—the story of the White House is the story of America itself, Brandus writes. You’ll: 1.Walk with John Adams through the still-unfinished mansion, and watch Thomas Jefferson plot to buy the Louisiana Territory 2.Feel the fear and panic as British invaders approach the mansion in 1814—and Dolley Madison frantically saves a painting of Washington 3.Gaze out the window with Abraham Lincoln as Confederate flags flutter in the breeze on the other side of the Potomac 4.Be in the room as one president is secretly sworn in, and another gambles away the White House china in a card game5.Stand by the presidential bed as one First Lady—covering up her husband’s illness from the nation—secretly makes decisions on his behalf 6.Learn how telephones, movies, radio, TV changed the presidency—and the nation itself Through triumph and tragedy, boom and bust, secrets and scandals, Brandus takes you to the presidential bedroom, movie theater, Situation Room, Oval Office and more. Under This Roof is a “sensuous account of the history of both the home of the President, and the men and women who designed, inhabited, and decorated it. Paul Brandus captivates with surprising, gloriously raw observations.”

DKK 182.00
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Digital Is Destroying Everything - Andrew V. Edwards - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Digital Is Destroying Everything - Andrew V. Edwards - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Every year, perhaps even every week, there is some new gadget, device, service, or other digital offering intended to make our lives easier, better, more fun, or more instantaneous--making it that much harder to question how anything digital can be bad for us. Digital has created some wonderful things and we can hardly imagine life without them. But digital—the most relentless social and economic juggernaut humanity has unleashed in centuries—is also destroying much we had taken for granted. And what is your place in this brave new world?In Digital Is Destroying Everything, futurist and digital marketing consultant Andrew Edwards tours the “blasted heath” digital is leaving behind and takes a fearless look at the troubled landscape that may lie ahead. The book is not, despite its title, a dystopian rant against all things digital and technological. Instead, expect to find a lively investigation into the ways digital has opened us to new and sometimes quite wonderful experiences, driven down costs for consumers, and given information a chance to be free. But the book also takes a clear-eyed look at many of the good (and sometimes bad) things—businesses and behaviors—digital has destroyed, and how the world may be diminished, compromised, and altered forever in its wake. This tour of the effects of digital technologies on our lives is sure to raise questions, touch a nerve, and enlighten even the most dedicated digital enthusiasts.

DKK 435.00
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