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Subject(s)

• Mass media—Psychological aspects [Browse]

Related name

• Dill, Karen E. [Browse]

Series

Oxford library of psychology. [More in this series]

Summary note

It is indisputable that media is by far the most common means by which human beings spend our free time in the modern world. Divided into six sections, chapters in this volume trace the history of media psychology; address content areas for media research, including children's media use, media violence and desensitization, sexual content, video game violence, and portrayals of race and gender; and much more.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Jan. 23, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

• Part One: Introduction and Overview. Introduction / Karen E. Dill.
• Part Two: History and Methods. Storytelling and Media: Narrative Models from Aristotle to Augmented Reality / Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Jason Ohler ; Arguing for Media Psychology as a Distinct Field / Pamela Brown Rutledge ; Media Psychology and Its History / Regina M. Tuma ; Inside Media Psychology: The Story of an Emerging Discipline as Told by a Leading Journal / Ellen Baker Derwin and Janet de Merode ; Media Literacy: History, Progress, and Future Hopes / Edward T. Arke ; Research Methods, Design, and Statistics in Media Psychology / Sara Prot and Craig A. Anderson ; Qualitative Research and Media Psychology / Donald E. Polkinghorne. --
• Part Three: Issues and Media Types. Why It Is Hard To Believe That Media Violence Causes Aggression / L. Rowell Huesmann, Eric F. Dubow, and Grace Yang ; Children's Media Use: A Positive Psychology Approach / Erik M. Gregory ; The Role of Emotion in Media Use and Effects / Elly A. Konijn ; Media Violence, Desensitization, and Psychological Engagement / Jeanne Funk Brockmyer ; Sexual Media Practice: How Adolescents Select, Engage with, and Are Affected by Sexual Media / Autumn Shafer, Piotr Bobkowski, and Jane D. Brown ; Race, Ethnicity, and the Media / Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz and Michelle Ortiz ; Representations of Gender in the Media / Erica L. Scharrer ; The Psychology Underlying Media-Based Persuasion / Robin L. Nabi and Emily Moyer-Gusé. --
• Part Four: Interactive and Emerging Technologies. Social Influence in Virtual Environments / Jim Blascovich and Cade McCall ; Active Video Games: Impacts and Research / Barbara Chamberlin and Ann Maloney ; Serious Games: What Are They? What Do They Do? Why Should We Play Them? / Fran C. Blumberg, Debby E. Almonte, Jared S. Anthony, and Naoko Hashimoto ; Video Game Violence / Barbara Krahé ; Children, Adolescents, and the Internet: Are There Risks Online? / Ed Donnerstein ; Pathological Technology Addictions: What is Scientifically Known and What Remains to be Learned / Douglas A. Gentile, Sarah M. Coyne, and Francesco Bricolo ; Video Games and Attention / Robert West and Kira Bailey. --
• Part Five: Meta Issues in Media Psychology. A General Framework for Media Psychology Scholarship / W. James Potter ; Engaging with Stories and Characters: Learning, Persuasion, and Transportation into Narrative Worlds / Melanie C. Green and Karen E. Dill ; The Political Narrative of Children's Media Research / Jeff J. McIntyre ; Media Psychophysiology: The Brain and Beyond / Bruce D. Bartholow and Paul Bolls ; Japanese Approach to Research on Psychological Effects of Use of Media A/ kira Sakamoto.
• Part Six: Conclusions and Future Directions. Media Content Analysis: Qualitative Methods with a Text Analysis of The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology / Michael R. Neal ; Media Psychology: Past, Present, and Future / Karen E. Dill.

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Other title(s)

Media psychology

ISBN

• 9780199971510
• 019997151X

LCCN

2012023225

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