Media Effects

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4129-6469-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 677 g

Media Effects provides students with an in-depth understanding of how the media are constantly influencing individuals and society. W. James Potter guides readers through the extensive body of research on the effects of mass media by organizing the book around two Media Effects Templates-the first examines media influences on individuals and the second looks at media influences on larger social structures and institutions. By foregrounding the different types of effects upon individuals and institutions-influences on behavior, attitudes, and beliefs, for example-Potter helps students to understand what the effects of media are, how they manifest themselves, and the factors that that are likely to bring these effects into being. Throughout the book, Potter encourages students to analyze their own experiences to look for evidence of these effects in their own lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Potter, W. James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Massenmedien & Massenkommunikation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: ORGANIZING THINKING ABOUT MEDIA EFFECTS
1. Why Study Media Effects?
2. Defining Key Ideas
3. What is a Media Effect?
4. Media Influence
5. Media Theories
PART II. TYPES OF MASS MEDIA EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS
6. Physiological Effects
7. Cognitive Effects
8. Belief Effects
9. Attitude Effects
10. Affective Effects
11. Behaviorial Effects
PART III. TYPES OF MACRO-LEVEL EFFECTS
12. Macro Level Effects on the Public
13. Macro Level Effects - Institutions
14. Macro Level Effects - Society, Culture, and Mass Media
IV: THE BIG PICTURE
15. Big Picture
16. Springboard

Über Autor(innen)

Potter, W. James
W. James Potter is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California at Santa Barbara where he teaches courses in media effects, media literacy, media businesses, and media content. A holder of a Ph.D. in Communication and another in Instructional Systems, he has also taught at Western Michigan University, Florida State University, Indiana University, UCLA, and Stanford University.