"Get 15 challenging short plays from YouthPLAYS in a single collection! The works within are ideal for scene study, competition and production in festivals or for classroom projects. Young actors will find roles designed to make them stretch, as they navigate friendships, family and romance, and confront such real life issues as academic pressures, sexuality, and prejudice. Characters lose people they care about, come face to face wit ..."
"Middle school is a time of change, filled with new people, new places and new experiences. The characters of Middle Schoolin’ It navigate friendships, battle bullies, search for that first kiss, brave braces, figure out how to survive ten minutes in a closet and much more, mixing comedy with more than their share of drama. Students and teachers alike will delight in this challenging and entertaining collection of plays, ideal for class, ..."
"What is news and why does it turn out the way it does? These questions are addressed in this Reader. Classic news studies representing several methodologies and approaches are presented to guide students in their initial exploration into the topics. Berkowitz provides an orientation for a social approach to studying news, departing from the premise that news is a human construction that gains its characteristics through the social world ..."
"Whether used as a political tactic to discredit news stories and media outlets, or as a description of false information manufactured and circulated for profit, the term “fake news” holds a particularly caustic sway in twenty-first-century society. A frequent subject of cable news broadcasts, periodical coverage, and social media chatter―and a constant talking point for political pundits―its impact spans from shaping minor differences i ..."
Silver Linings von DanBerkowitz Paperback, Veröffentlicht 2012 von Youthplays ISBN-13: 978-1-62088-156-9, ISBN: 1-62088-156-X
"Teenager Sara finds herself pursued by classmate Aaron."
Cultural Meanings of News(1st Edition) A Text-Reader von Daniel A. Berkowitz Paperback, 432 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2010 von Sage Publications, Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-6765-5, ISBN: 1-4129-6765-1
"What is news? What does news tell us about the culture and the society that produces and consumes it? This book provides a fresh examination of news production from a cultural perspective, moving beyond what was once called "sociology of news" and toward the globally-broader, culturally-based concept of "journalism studies."Key Features Twenty-three original and contemporary articles encompassing the intrinsic cultures of print, broadca ..."