How fantasy becomes reality : information and entertainment media in everyday life / Karen E. Dill-Shackleford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dill-Shackleford, Karen, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media--Psychological aspects.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

Revised and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Smartphones, tablets, and other devices delivering information and entertainment are everywhere. Yet we do not fully appreciate the risks and the benefits of their ubiquity. In this new edition of How Fantasy Becomes Reality, Karen E. Dill-Shackleford offers readers a greater understanding of what the current science of psychology tells us about life in our digital culture.

Contents:

Cover; How Fantasy Becomes Reality; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; ix; Acknowledgments; xi; 1. Fantasy and Reality; Primer on Media and Social Construction; 1; 2 Fandom, Fantasy, and Reality 1; 3 Old and New Media in Everyday Life: From TV to Social Media 4 Media Violence; 5 Representations of Social Groups in Media: Race, Gender, and Beyond 6 Advertising, Consumerism, and Health 1; 7 Media and Social Identity 8 The Social Psychology of Political Coverage; 9 From the Passenger's Seat to the Driver's Seat 9; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-023931-X

0-19-023930-1

OCLC:

960164099