Since 9/11 the Australian media has been filled with bad news stories. Gang rapes in Sydney, asylum seekers, the Tampa federal election, the war in Afghanistan, the first year of the Palestinian intifada, the Cronulla riots - all hit the headlines on a regular basis. One factor ran through all of these: Arabs and Muslims.After the terrible anti-Muslim feeling after 9/11, Manning had the shocking realization that he hadn't fairly portrayed Muslims in the media, and had even used Australia's fear of Islam to sell stories. His reaction to the media firestorm about one ethnicity and one religion was to prepare a fully-refereed academic study on how both had been portrayed in two newspapers - Sydney's two major dailies - in the year before and the year after September 11, 2001. The results horrified him, and he set out to redress the balance any way he could. Now Professor of Media Studies at the University of Technology, he launched himself into an undergraduate degree in Arabic studies, and immersed himself in the Arab world. His subsequent trip to the Middle East was one of the best times of his life.U S AND THEM is an attempt by a respected journalist and media commentator to address the public, government-led and media-driven hysteria about the group of Australians now known as 'people of Middle Eastern appearance'. A combination of memoir, travel, culture, history and religion, US AND THEM tells the story of one man's passionate quest to see justice done: to humanise rather than demonise the people our media - and us - tend to get so wrong.

Us and Them

Peter Manning

Random House]

<p>This book provides a unique critical perspective on electronic music from its inception to the present day, placing emphasis on the works as well as on the philosophical, artistic, and technical features that have shaped the music's growth. Beginning with the antecedents of electronic music from the turn of the century to World War II, the book covers the design philosophy and output of the "classical" studios of the 1950s; the advent of voltage control and the resulting upsurge of creative activity; and the burgeoning field, of computer music over the past twenty years. The volume is enhanced by a bibliography and an extensive discography.</p>

Electronic and Computer Music

Oxford University Press

<p>Volume 2C (20th Century) of 6-volume splits of parent volumes.</p>

The Longman Anthology of British Literature (The Twentieth Century)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd)

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Us and Them

Electronic and Computer Music

The Longman Anthology of British Literature (The Twentieth Century)