附註:Includes bibliographical references (283-308) and indexes.
Media Psychology in Context -- What Is Media Psychology, and Why Do We Need It? -- Theoretical Issues in Media Research -- Research Methods in Media Psychology -- Psychological Effects and Influences of Media -- The Effects of Media Violence -- Prosocial Effects of Media -- Pornography and Erotica -- Advertising -- Developmental Issues in Media Psychology -- Young Children and Television -- Media and Adolescence -- The Social Psychology of the Media -- Representations of Social Groups -- The Psychology of the Media Audience -- Genres -- News and Current Affairs -- Sport -- Audience Participation and Reality TV -- Soaps -- The Future of Media Psychology -- The Internet -- Psychology in the Media.
摘要:Media Psychology examines the impact that 21st century media use has on human behavior, from teenage crushes on pop stars to soap fandom in adulthood. It brings together North American communication research with European media research in a variety of disciplines--psychology, sociology, communication and media studies--and in doing so, maps out the territory for media psychology. David Giles argues that psychologists have been guilty of ignoring the influence of the media over the last century, seeing it at best as a minor nuisance that will eventually go away. However, with the increa.
