Mass media : coverage, objectivity, and changes / Hanna V. Kovács, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kovács, Hanna V.

Series:

Media and communications.

Media and communications : technologies, policies and challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Objectivity.

Mass media.

Mass media--Influence.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses the role of mass media in shaping and presenting certain forms of national identity; the prosocial messages in animated cartoons; the political use of fear and news reporting in Italy; media depiction of risky driving and adolescent driving behaviors; and, the Axelrod Model of social phenomena and mass media.

Contents:

Patriotism or nationalism? : The New York times' discourse of American national identity after 9/11 / Lu Wei and Sudeshna Roy

Prosocial content of animated cartoons / Hugh Klein and Kenneth S. Shiffman

Beyond fear appeals in health messaging : the example of smoking cessation campaigns / Amanda Kalaydjian Richardson and Donna Vallone

The political use of fear and news reporting in Italy : the case of Berlusconi's media control / Massimo Ragnedda and W. Glenn Muschert

The portrayal of risky driving in popular action movies / Kathleen Beullens, Keith Roe and Jan Van den Bulck

Dyadic and social influence on the Axelrod model with clever mass media / Arezky H. Rodriguez and Y. Moreno

Effect of mass media on suicidal behavior in patients with psychotic disorders / J. Eduardo Aguilar, ... [et al.].

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62100-142-3

OCLC:

750172610