Dictionary of media and communication studies (9th edition)

As an update to a popular and well-regarded series of dictionaries in the field and media and communications, this work seems at first glance to be a welcome updating of the prior edition (for review of 7th ed. see RR 2007/218). Certainly, given the pace of developments in the digital media realm this is exactly the kind of reference book that any scholarly library should perhaps consider as a potential stock update. That said, though, do the contents justify the outlay?

This book certainly offers a plethora of introductory materials, including a preface to the current edition, acknowledgements and a...