How Fantasy Becomes Reality

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-023929-9
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

From smartphones to social media, from streaming videos to fitness bands, our devices bring us information and entertainment all day long, forming an intimate part of our lives. Their ubiquity represents a major shift in human experience, and although we often hold our devices dear, we do not always fully appreciate how their nearly constant presence can influence our lives for better and for worse.

In this second edition of How Fantasy Becomes Reality, social psychologist Karen E. Dill-Shackleford explains what the latest science tells us about how our devices influence our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In engaging, conversational prose, she discusses both the benefits and the risks that come with our current level of media saturation. The wide-ranging conversation explores Avatar, Mad Men, Grand Theft Auto, and Comic Con to address critical issues such as media violence, portrayals of social groups, political coverage, and fandom. Her conclusions will empower readers to make our favorite sources of entertainment and information work for us and not against us.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dill-Shackleford, Karen E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1. On Fantasy and Reality

- Chapter 2. Fandom, Fantasy, and Reality

- Chapter 3. Old and New Media in Everyday Life: From TV to Social Media

- Chapter 4. Media Violence

- Chapter 5. Representations of Social Groups in Media

- Chapter 6. Advertising, Consumerism, and Health

- Chapter 7. Media and Identity

- Chapter 8. The Social Psychology of Political Coverage

- Chapter 9. From the Passenger's Seat to the Driver's Seat

- Notes

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karen E. Dill-Shackleford is a social psychologist who studies the role of media in everyday life. Some of her special areas of interest are the psychology of engagement with narrative, violence and violence prevention, portrayals of race and gender, and fandom.