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Understanding Media and Culture: Mass Media in a Free Society
Geoff Carr · North Idaho College · 2026
Mass Media in a Free Society provides an engaging and interesting course experience for students that will not only show them the powerful social, political, and economic forces that will affect the future of media technology but also challenge them to do their part in shaping that future. This 2026 edition is the definitive version of Understanding Media and Culture, featuring extensive updates reflecting modern thought and practices. For questions about this textbook, please contact oer@nic.edu. Previous edition: Understanding Media and Culture: Mass Media in a Free Society
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It’s About Them: Public Speaking in the 21st Century
Sara Kim; Douglas Marshall; June Pulliam · LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
In addition to original material this book is an adaptation of Introduction to Speech Communication authored by Sarah E. Hollingsworth, Kathryn Weinland, Sasha Hanrahan, and Mary Walker with a CC BY-NC-SA license. Introduction to Speech Communication includes original work as well as adapted and remixed material from Exploring Public Speaking: 4th Edition licensed CC BY-NC-SA, Stand Up, Speak Out licensed CC BY-NC-SA, and Fundamentals of Public Speaking licensed CC BY. It’s About Them: Public Speaking in the 21st Century also adapted a chapter from Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy authored by Meggie Mapes that is licensed CC BY-NC-SA. The information on “What is an Open Textbook?” is adapted from Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology by Christina Hendricks with a CC-BY license. See the Adaptations section for specific changes. This textbook was created as part of the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment project, facilitated by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. This project features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks technology partner, and workforce representatives. It will enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others.The target audience for this project and this textbook are dual enrollment students. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time. A dual enrollment student receives credit on both their high school and college tr
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Research and the Information Landscape
Libby Wheeles; Helena Marvin · University of Missouri - St. Louis · 2025
This open textbook accompanies the University of Missouri-St. Louis class INTDSC 1010: Research and the Information Landscape. Intended for undergraduates new to academic research, the course covers practical search and evaluation skills as well as a basic introduction to the world of scholarly communication.
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PRODUCCIÓN DE NOTICIAS TELEVISIVAS EN ESPAÑOL EN ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Julián Rodríguez · Mavs Open Press
Producción de Noticias Televisivas en Español en Estados Unidos de América es el primer Recurso Educativo Abierto (REA) dedicado exclusivamente al tema. Este REA expone la terminología empleada en las salas de redacción, facilita el entendimiento de la profesión y presenta ejemplos reales que conllevan al mejoramiento de la educación y la producción de noticias televisivas estadounidenses.
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Engineering Success: A Seminar for First-Year Student
JuEun Lee · California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
In the contents: 02: Topic 02. Professional Email Communication for Engineers
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Real Estate Career Introduction
Regina Pierce-Brown, Crystal Barry, Joseph Chavez, Barbara Cox, Alana Gates · Victor Valley College
In the contents: 09: Communication in Real Estate · 9.01: Part I- Communication