Looking for your next great read? Discover the latest books published by the SOJC's world-renowned faculty experts.
![book cover of Free by Lauren Kessler](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2024-03/free-lauren-kessler.jpg?itok=RFH_N1-c)
Free: Two years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home
Lauren Kessler
![book cover of Raising Empowered Learners by Ed Madison](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2024-02/empoweredlearners_madison.jpg?itok=oFULAefF)
Raising Empowered Learners: Cultivating Students’ Curiosity, Character, and Confidence
Ed Madison
![book cover of Radio Vox Populi, edited by Peter Laufer](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2024-01/radiovoxpopuli_laufer.jpg?itok=bVFlUDf4)
Radio Vox Populi: Talk Radio from the Romantic to the Anglo-Saxon
Peter Laufer
![book cover of Mainstreaming and Game Journalism](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2023-09/mainstreaminggamejournalism_foxman.jpg?itok=y0RI7ISC)
Mainstreaming and Game Journalism
Maxwell Foxman
![book cover of Share Better and Stress Less by Whitney Phillips](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2023-09/sharebetter_phillips.jpg?itok=DJNJmdvo)
Share Better and Stress Less: A Guide to Thinking Ecologically about Social Media
Whitney Phillips
![News After Trump: Journalism's Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture News After Trump Journalism's Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/newsaftertrump_lewis.png?itok=iIj7fGMM)
News After Trump: Journalism's Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture
Seth Lewis
![Public Relations for Social Responsibility: Affirming DEI Commitment with Action by Donnalyn Pompper Public Relations for Social Responsibility: Affirming DEI Commitment with Action book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/pr-dei_pompper.jpg?itok=LNMEI4wB)
Public Relations for Social Responsibility: Affirming DEI Commitment with Action
Donnalyn Pompper
![What IS News? by Donnalyn Pompper What IS News? book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/whatisnews_pompper.jpg?itok=p27JAfZy)
What IS News?
Donnalyn Pompper
![Police Visibility: Privacy, Surveillance, and the False Promise of Body-Worn Cameras by Bryce Newell Police Visibility book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/policevisibility_newell.jpg?itok=u2SYpSm4)
Police Visibility: Privacy, Surveillance, and the False Promise of Body-Worn Cameras
Bryce Newell
![book cover of Media: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry by Janet Wasko](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2023-09/media_wasko.jpg?itok=f--At8vR)
MEDIA: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry
Janet Wasko
![Reporting Beyond the Problem: From Civic Journalism to Solutions Journalism Reporting Beyond the Problem book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/reportingbeyond_dahmen.jpg?itok=W-SeM98C)
Reporting Beyond the Problem: From Civic Journalism to Solutions Journalism
Nicole Dahmen
![book cover of You Are Here by Whitney Phillips](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2023-09/youarehere_phillips.jpg?itok=JW5J81Aq)
You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape
Whitney Phillips
![Community Building and Early Public Relations by Donnalyn Pompper Community Building and Early Public Relations book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/communitybuilding_pompper.jpg?itok=-DsYzbcD)
Community Building and Early Public Relations: Pioneer Women’s Role on and after the Oregon Trail
Donnalyn Pompper
![Classroom 15: How the Hoover FBI Censored the Dreams of Innocent Oregon Fourth Graders Classroom 15 book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/classroom15_laufer.jpg?itok=kepiW-eO)
Classroom 15: How the Hoover FBI Censored the Dreams of Innocent Oregon Fourth Graders
Peter Laufer and SOJC students
![Police on Camera book cover Police on Camera book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/policeoncqmera_newell.jpg?itok=-qd_-qbc)
Police on Camera: Surveillance, Privacy, and Accountability
Bryce Newell
![Up Against The Wall by Peter Laufer Up Against The Wall by Peter Laufer](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/upagainstthewall_laufer.jpg?itok=0_2Z4nl5)
Up Against the Wall: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border
Peter Laufer
![Innumeracy in the Wild by Ellen Peters Innumeracy in the Wild book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/innumeracy_peters.jpg?itok=TlzPLYGR)
Innumeracy in the Wild: Misunderstanding and Misusing Numbers
Ellen Peters
![Understanding Citizen Journalism as Civic Participation book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/understanding_nah.jpg?itok=xnrUfHYh)
Understanding Citizen Journalism as Civic Participation
Seungahn Nah
![Understanding Disney by Janet Wasko Understanding Disney book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/understandingdisney2_wasko.jpg?itok=3tfof_3k)
Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy (Second Edition)
Janet Wasko
![SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/massmedia_merskin.jpg?itok=smv2sYrw)
The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society
Debra Merskin
![book cover of Political Economy of Media Industries by Gabriela Martinez](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2023-09/politicaleconomy_martinez.jpg?itok=bZvAJiKE)
Political Economy of Media Industries: Global Transformations and Challenges
Gabriela Martínez
![A Grip of Time book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/gripoftime_kessler.jpg?itok=p447ktio)
A Grip of Time: When Prison Is Your Life
Lauren Kessler
![Climate and Sustainability Communication: Global Perspectives book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/climatecomm_pompper.jpg?itok=qB5kzWv9)
Climate and Sustainability Communication: Global Perspectives
Donnalyn Pompper
![Dreaming in Turtle: A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures Dreaming in Turtle: A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/turtle_laufer.jpg?itok=Lq20M9gL)
Dreaming in Turtle: A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures
Peter Laufer
![POP 66 POP 66](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/pop66_pope.jpg?itok=JtsNg5BZ)
Pop 66: A Dreamy Pop Can-Camera Odyssey Along Route 66
Wes Pope
![Korean Communication, Media, and Culture: An Annotated Bibliography book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/koreancommunication_youm.jpg?itok=2zzxuVXL)
Korean Communication, Media, and Culture: An Annotated Bibliography
Kyu Ho Youm
![Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Space book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/surveillanceprivacy_newell.jpg?itok=ciqQjkLc)
Surveillance, Privacy and Public Space
Bryce Newell
![Seeing Species: Re-presentations of Animals in Media and Popular Culture book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/seeingspecies_merskin.jpg?itok=uE44ZlCG)
Seeing Species: Re-presentations of Animals in Media & Popular Culture
Debra Merskin
![Reimagining Journalism in a Post-Truth World Reimagining Journalism in a Post-Truth World](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/reimaginingjournalism_madison.jpg?itok=TuTETXdd)
Reimagining Journalism in a Post-Truth World: How Late-Night Comedians, Internet Trolls, and Savvy Reporters Are Transforming News
Ed Madison
![Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethical Public Relations: Strengthening Synergies with Human Resources Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethical Public Relations](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/corpsocialrespons_pompper.jpg?itok=jD26By9c)
Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethical Public Relations: Strengthening Synergies with Human Resources
Donnalyn Pompper
![Privacy in Public Space: Conceptual and Regulatory Challenges book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/privacypublicspace_newell.jpg?itok=4x0SJJdz)
Privacy in Public Space: Conceptual and Regulatory Challenges
Bryce Newell
![Media Law and Ethics book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/medialawethics_youm.jpg?itok=u5tZi3LR)
Media Law and Ethics (Fifth Edition)
Kyu Ho Youm
![book cover of The Ambivalent Internet by Whitney Phillips](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2023-09/ambivalentinternet_phillips.jpg?itok=rN4IJZ80)
The Ambivalent Internet: Mischief, Oddity, and Antagonism Online
Whitney Phillips
![See You Later, Amigo An American Border Tale book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/seeyoulateramigo_laufer.jpg?itok=rq0vI6-C)
¡See You Later, Amigo! An American Border Tale
Peter Laufer
![Rhetoric of Femininity: Female Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/rhetoricfemininity_pompper.jpg?itok=tItVKCO1)
Rhetoric of Femininity: Female Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict
Donnalyn Pompper
![Book cover of This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things by Whitney Phillips](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/2023-09/nicethings_phillips.jpg?itok=7x3_aqRj)
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture
Whitney Phillips
![Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, concepts, and critiques Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, concepts, and critiques](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/journalismbigdata_lewis.jpg?itok=kiU888CL)
Journalism in an Era of Big Data: Cases, Concepts, and Critiques
Seth Lewis
![Global Media Giants Global Media Giants](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/globalmediagiants_wasko.jpg?itok=OE6wFdlC)
Global Media Giants
Janet Wasko
![The Golden Rules: Finding World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work The Golden Rules: Finding World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/goldenrules_butler.jpg?itok=ZOQOC0h7)
The Golden Rules: Finding World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work
Charlie Butler
![Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/amazonturk_sheehan.jpg?itok=vSJWoOYw)
Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Academics
Kim Sheehan
![Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/raisingbarre_kessler.jpg?itok=Wpvxa61W)
Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker
Lauren Kessler
![Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Public Relations: Negotiating Multiple Complex Challenges book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/corpsocialresponsibility_pompper.jpg?itok=U3XolJ7y)
Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Public Relations: Negotiating Multiple Complex Challenges
Donnalyn Pompper
![Reinventing the Latino Television Viewer: Language, Ideology, and Practice Reinventing the Latino Television Viewer: Language, Ideology, and Practice](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/reinventinglatinotv_chavez.jpg?itok=QccU9YJH)
Reinventing the Latino Television Viewer: Language, Ideology, and Practice
Christopher Chávez
![Data Journalism: Inside the global future Data Journalism: Inside the global future](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/datajourn_radcliffe.jpg?itok=8jP6XF4G)
Data Journalism: Inside the Global Future
Damian Radcliffe
![The Write Path: Essays on the art of writing and the joy of reading The Write Path: Essays on the art of writing and the joy of reading](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/writepath_kessler.jpg?itok=Vr0BRj2F)
The Write Path: Essays on the Art of Writing and the Joy of Reading
Lauren Kessler
![Newsworthy―Cultivating Critical Thinkers, Readers, and Writers in Language Arts Classrooms Newsworthy―Cultivating Critical Thinkers, Readers, and Writers in Language Arts Classrooms](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/newsworthy_madison.jpg?itok=pxNzcf3q)
Newsworthy―Cultivating Critical Thinkers, Readers, and Writers in Language Arts Classrooms
Ed Madison
![Communication for Development: Theory and Practice for Empowerment and Social Justice Communication for Development: Theory and Practice for Empowerment and Social Justice](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/commdev_steeves.jpg?itok=Zo4tkWfn)
Communication for Development: Theory and Practice for Empowerment and Social Justice
Leslie Steeves
![Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/emergingresearch_davis.jpg?itok=SJaq8PqN)
Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification
Donna Davis
![Advertising Media Planning: A Brand Management Approach Advertising Media Planning: A Brand Management Approach](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/admediaplanning_sheehan.jpg?itok=jII_EvHw)
Advertising Media Planning: A Brand Management Approach
Kim Sheehan
![Boundaries of Journalism: Professionalism, Practices and Participation book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/boundariesofjournalism_lewis.jpg?itok=ZMfR3kRA)
Boundaries of Journalism: Professionalism, Practices and Participation
Seth Lewis
![When Words Collide When Words Collide](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/wordscollide_kessler.jpg?itok=m62C-qUy)
When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style
Lauren Kessler, Duncan McDonald
![The Stratocaster Continues: The Sixth Decade of the Fender Strat The Stratocaster Continues: The Sixth Decade of the Fender Strat](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/stratocaster_wheeler.jpg?itok=X4lXlpYR)
The Stratocaster Continues: The Sixth Decade of the Fender Strat
Tom Wheeler
![The Fender Archives: A Scrapbook of Artifacts, Treasures, and Inside Information The Fender Archives: A Scrapbook of Artifacts, Treasures, and Inside Information](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/fender_wheeler.jpg?itok=JCKSt3bW)
The Fender Archives: A Scrapbook of Artifacts, Treasures, and Inside Information
Tom Wheeler
![Interviewing: The Oregon Method Interviewing: The Oregon Method](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/interviewing_laufer.jpg?itok=xDlNwZRh)
Interviewing: The Oregon Method
Peter Laufer
![Green Advertising and the Reluctant Consumer Green Advertising and the Reluctant Consumer](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/greenad_sheehan.jpg?itok=mPwR8t_4)
Green Advertising and the Reluctant Consumer
Kim Sheehan
![Organic: A Journalist's Quest to Discover the Truth behind Food Labeling Organic: A Journalist's Quest to Discover the Truth behind Food Labeling](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/organic_laufer.jpg?itok=QwzHKylU)
Organic: A Journalist's Quest to Discover the Truth behind Food Labeling
Peter Laufer
![Freeing the Presses: The First Amendment in Action book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/freeingthepresses_lawrence.jpg?itok=ITg59K9R)
Freeing the Presses: The First Amendment in Action (Second Edition)
Regina Lawrence
![Sexing the Media: How and Why We Do It Sexing the Media: How and Why We Do It](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/sexingmedia_merskin.jpg?itok=AhlVa77g)
Sexing the Media: How and Why We Do It
Debra Merskin
![Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/slownews_laufer.jpg?itok=ohToEg9X)
Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer
Peter Laufer
![The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/politicaleconomycomms_wasko.jpg?itok=BsuvUxWX)
The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications
Janet Wasko
![Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/differenceinorgs_pompper.jpg?itok=BaGm-oug)
Practical and Theoretical Implications of Successfully Doing Difference in Organizations
Donnalyn Pompper
![The Digital Reporter's Notebook The Digital Reporter's Notebook](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/digitalreporternotebook_blaine_1.jpg?itok=wLPYSYQv)
The Digital Reporter's Notebook
Mark Blaine
![Elusive State of Jefferson: A Journey Through The 51St State Elusive State of Jefferson: A Journey Through The 51St State](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/elusivejefferson_laufer.jpg?itok=iIyqjUZh)
Elusive State of Jefferson: A Journey Through The 51st State
Peter Laufer
![Controversies in Contemporary Advertising Controversies in Contemporary Advertising](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/controversies_sheehan.jpg?itok=vPxh83r4)
Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
Kim Sheehan
![Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/sextrafficking_soderlund.jpg?itok=L5u-BP_E)
Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, 1885-1917
Gretchen Soderlund
![Identity: Beyond Tradition and McWorld Neoliberalism Identity: Beyond Tradition and McWorld Neoliberalism](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/identity_chavez.jpg?itok=c93fkhxU)
Identity: Beyond Tradition and McWorld Neoliberalism
Christopher Chávez
![Counterclockwise: My Year of Hypnosis, Hormones, Dark Chocolate, and Other Adventures in the World of Anti-Aging book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/counterclockwise_kessler.jpg?itok=f5t-O3P8)
Counterclockwise: My Year of Hypnosis, Hormones, Dark Chocolate, and Other Adventures in the World of Anti-Aging
Lauren Kessler
![Globalization and Public Relations in Postcolonial Nations: Challenges and Opportunities book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/globalizationpr_curtin.jpg?itok=BLawPW-D)
Globalization and Public Relations in Postcolonial Nations: Challenges and Opportunities
Pat Curtin
![Foreign Correspondence book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/foreigncorrespondence_lawrence.jpeg?itok=hi1SxtnH)
Foreign Correspondence
Regina Lawrence
![Neon Nevada book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/neonnevada_laufer.jpg?itok=QHKtxXrB)
Neon Nevada
Peter Laufer
![Using Qualitative Research in Advertising: Strategies, Techniques, and Applications book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/custom_xl/public/qualresearchadv_sheehan.jpg?itok=qstOheH3)
Using Qualitative Research in Advertising: Strategies, Techniques, and Applications
Kim Sheehan