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Social Media Gun Control in
A Reference Handbook the United States

KELLI S. BURNS A Reference Handbook
Social media is arguably one of Second Edition
the most powerful technology- GREGG LEE CARTER
enabled innovations since the This up-to-date second-edition
Internet itself. This single-volume work will stimulate and clarify
book provides a broad and easily readers’ thinking on the key
ABC-CLIO ABC-CLIO
March 2017, 398pp, 6x9 understandable discussion of the January 2017, 401pp, 6x9 issues surrounding guns in the
Print: 978-1-4408-4355-6 evolution of social media; related Print: 978-1-4408-3566-7 United States—especially on the
$60.00, £47.00, €55.00 problems and controversies, $60.00, £47.00, €55.00 debate over gun control.
eBook: 978-1-4408-4356-3 especially for youth; key people eBook: 978-1-4408-3567-4
and organizations; and useful FEATURES
social media data.
• Draws on a vast array of research in criminology, history, law,
FEATURES medicine, politics, and social science to provide one of the most
• Provides readers with a clearly written overview of the comprehensive single-source references on gun issues
impacts of social media worldwide that highlights key people
and companies in the development of social media
GREGG LEE CARTER is professor of sociology at Bryant
University in Smithfield, RI.
KELLI S. BURNS, PhD, is associate professor in the Zimmerman
School of Advertising and Mass Communications at the
University of South Florida. Hate Crimes

A Reference Handbook
Same-Sex Marriage Third Edition

A Reference Handbook DONALD ALTSCHILLER
Second Edition “ Written in an accessible
DAVID E. NEWTON style suited to students as
well as general readers,
“ [The] relatively rapid this book is recommended
change in public opinion
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and timely volume ABC-CLIO libraries. Libraries owning
appropriate for high September 2015, 372pp, 6x9 the outdated previous
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eBook: 978-1-4408-5050-9 Same-sex marriage continues —Booklist, December 17, 2015
to be a polarizing subject in the
United States and other parts of Hate crime is a disturbing phenomenon that is the subject
the world. This new edition of Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference of constant debate, discussion, and legislation. This book
helps readers understand the complex issue and see how the
Handbook brings readers up to date on the status of same-sex government and activists are proactively combating hate crime.
unions from social, legal, political, and historical perspectives.

DONALD ALTSCHILLER is a librarian at Mugar Memorial Library
DAVID E. NEWTON, EdD, has been a freelance writer of at Boston University.
nonfiction books and ancillary materials for young adults for
nearly 55 years.

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