Media psychology / David Giles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giles, David, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Psychological aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

x, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 2003.

Summary:

This book is an introductory text for students in Communications & Media studies & for Psychology students who have a "Media" component in their general introductory courses. It is highly readable & organized in such a way that it can be read profitably

Contents:

Part I Media Psychology in Context 1

1 What Is Media Psychology, and Why Do We Need It? 3

Defining the Territory 3

Defining "Mass Media" 6

Psychology and Media: An Uneasy Relationship? 9

Practising Media Psychology? 12

2 Theoretical Issues in Media Research 14

Early Approaches to Media 14

McLuhan and Postmodernism 16

Developments in Media Research 18

The "Effects" Tradition 18

Cultivation Research 21

Uses and Gratifications Research 23

The "Active Audience" 24

The Way Forward? 27

3 Research Methods in Media Psychology 28

The Experimental Tradition 28

Survey Methods 33

Interviewing and Qualitative Analysis 38

Ethnography and Observation 40

Analysis of Media Texts 42

Discourse Analysis 44

Part II Psychological Effects and Influences of Media 47

4 The Effects of Media Violence 49

What Are the Immediate Effects of Watching Violent Media? 52

Characteristics of the Users of Violent Media 57

Cognitive Factors in Media Violence 64

Cultural and Ideological Aspects of the Media Violence Debate 67

Future Avenues in Media Violence Research 70

5 Prosocial Effects of Media 73

Media and Prosocial Behaviour: The "Effects" Tradition 75

The Effects of "Prosocial Media" 78

Parental Mediation 83

6 Pornography and Erotica 88

Definitions of Pornography and Erotica 89

A Brief History of Pornography 90

The "Effects" of Pornography 94

Effects and Uses of Child Pornography 100

Meanings of Pornography and Erotica 102

7 Advertising 105

Advertising Through History 107

The Role of Psychology in Advertising 108

Cognitive and Behavioural Effects of Advertising 110

Rhetorical Effects of Advertising 116

Advertising and Children 123

Future Directions in Advertising 127

Part III Developmental Issues in Media Psychology 129

8 Young Children and Television 131

Fantasy Versus Reality: A Simple Choice? 132

Script and Schema Explanations 138

Children's Socialisation Through Media 140

Imagination, Pretence, and Theory of Mind 142

9 Media and Adolescence 147

Media Use in Adolescence 148

The Role of Media Figures During Adolescence 153

Cultural Functions of Media Use 155

Media Influences on Adolescent Body Image 157

Part IV The Social Psychology of the Media 163

10 Representations of Social Groups 165

Gender Representation in the Media 167

Media Representations of Men 168

The Effects of Changing Media Representations of Men 173

Representations of Minority Groups in the Media 174

Media Representations of Disability 176

Media Representations of Mental Health 178

11 The Psychology of the Media Audience 184

"The Audience" in Media Research 186

What Is Parasocial Interaction? 188

Fans and Fandom 197

A Case Study: When Celebrities Die 199

Part V Genres 203

12 News and Current Affairs 205

Sources of News 206

Content-Based Approaches to News Media 208

Information-Processing Approaches to News Reception 212

Bad News and Serious News 217

13 Sport 221

Motivations for Viewing and Enjoying Sport 225

Problematic Aspects of Sport in the Media 228

14 Audience Participation and Reality TV 234

Audience-Participation Media: A History 235

The Appeal of Audience-Participation Media 242

15 Soaps 248

Soaps: A History 249

Formal Features of Soaps 251

Soap Fans, Stigma, and Feminism 252

The Viewer as Psychologist: Identification and Parasocial Interaction 254

Fantasy and Realism 256

Part VI The Future of Media Psychology 259

16 The Internet 261

The Internet: One Medium or Several? 261

A Brief History of the Net 262

The Internet in Research 263

Attitudes and Theories Toward the Net 265

Individual Aspects of Internet Use 266

Social Aspects of Internet Use 269

17 Psychology in the Media 273

Psychologists in the Media 274

The Academia/Media Relationship 275

Science in the Media 276

Social Science in the Media 277

Guidelines and Training for Media Performance 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-308) and indexes.

ISBN:

0805840486

0805840494

OCLC:

51505328