What is the range of subject matter in our ‘spring collection’ of (weighty and in some cases expensive) Social Media volumes? Culture, storytelling, journalism, transmedia, immersion, law, enterprise, strategy, teaching, meaning, creativity, identity, invention and belonging

It will be interesting, with our next forward-looking selection (this is our first in this particular innovation topic, whose next top twenty compilation will probably not be released before June) to see if there is any deviation in quality and diversity from the impressive standard below.

(1) Marketing Communications: Integrating Offline and Online with Social Media by PR Smith and Ze Zook. Published in Paperback – 3 May 2011

(2) Bloggerati, Twitterati: How Blogs and Twitter are Transforming Popular Culture by Mary Cross. Published in Hardcover – May 2011

(3) Power Performance: Multimedia Storytelling for Journalism and Public Relations by Tony Silvia and Terry Anzur. Published in Paperback – 22 Apr 2011

(4) Transmedia Television: Audiences, New Media, and Daily Life (Routledge Advances in Television Studies) (Comedia) by Elizabeth Evans. Published in Hardcover – 15 Apr 2011

(5) The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue and the Way We Tell Stories: Entertainment in a Connected World by Frank Rose. Published in Hardcover – 1 Apr 2011

(6) Behavior Dynamics in Media-Sharing Social Networks by H. Vicky Zhao, W. Sabrina Lin, and K. J. Ray Liu. Published in Hardcover – 31 Mar 2011

(7) Game On: Energize Your Business with Social Media Games by Jon Radoff. Published in Paperback – 29 Mar 2011

(8) The Ethics of Emerging Media: Information, Social Norms, and New Media Technology by Kathleen M. German and Bruce Drushel. Published in Paperback – 19 May 2011

(9) On Media Memory: Collective Memory in a New Media Age (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies) by Dr Motti Neiger, Dr Oren Meyers, Dr Eyal Zandberg, and Andrew Hoskins. Published in Hardcover – 6 May 2011

(10) The Social Psychology of Communication by Dr Derek Hook, Dr Bradley Franks, and Martin Bauer. Published in Hardcover – 25 Mar 2011

(11) Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier by Carolyn Elefant and Nicole Black. Published in Paperback – 16 Mar 2011

(12) The Executive’s Guide to Enterprise Social Media Strategy: How Social Networks Are Radically Transforming Your Business (Wiley and SAS Business Series) by Mike Barlow and David B. Thomas. Published in Hardcover – 14 Mar 2011

(13) Everywhere: Comprehensive Digital Business Strategy for the Social Media Era by Larry Weber. Published in Hardcover – 9 Mar 2011

(14) Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education): 3 by Charles Wankel. Published in Paperback – 7 Mar 2011

(15) Making is Connecting: The Social Meaning of Creativity, from DIY and Knitting to YouTube and Web 2.0 by David Gauntlett. Published in Paperback – 4 Mar 2011

(16) How Television Invented New Media by Sheila C. Murphy. Published in Hardcover – 15 Apr 2011

(17) The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media by Bryan Alexander. Published in Hardcover – Apr 2011

(18) After the Media: Culture and Identity in the 21st Century by Peter Bennett, Alex Kendall and Julian McDougall. Published in Paperback – 12 May 2011

(19) Media Nations: Communicating Belonging and Exclusion in the Modern World by Sabina Mihelj. Published in Hardcover – 8 Apr 2011

(20) Measure What Matters: Online Tools For Understanding Customers, Social Media, Engagement, and Key Relationships by Katie Delahaye Paine. Published in Hardcover – 28 Mar 2011