ISBN:
9780805855159
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (465 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Communication Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Choice and Preference in Media Use : Advances in Selective Exposure Theory and Research
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Mediated messages flood our daily lives, through virtually endless choices of media channels, genres, and content. However, selectivity determines what media messages we attend to and focus on. The present book examines the factors that influence this selectivity.Seminal books on selective media exposure were published in 1960 by Klapper and in 1985 by Zillmann and Bryant. But an integrated update on this research field is much needed, as rigorous selective exposure research has flourished in the new millennium. In the contexts of political communication, health communication, Internet use, en
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; SECTION I Overarching Terms and Theories; 1 Building Blocks of the Selective Exposure Paradigm; Basic Propositions and Relevance; Structure of the Book; Focus on Mass Communication Context; Approaches to the Concept of Selective Media Exposure; Preconditions for Selective Exposure; Choice in Selective Exposure; Preference in Selective Exposure; Origins of Preferences in Selective Exposure; Fundamental Differentiations; Addressing Key Terms; Conclusions; 2 Theories Relating to Selective Exposure; Theories Pertaining to Selective Information Exposure
Description / Table of Contents:
Theories Pertaining to Selective Entertainment ExposureSociological and Social-Psychological Theories Pertaining to Selective Exposure; Conclusions; SECTION II Methodological Considerations; 3 Self-Reports of Media Exposure Recollections; Media Exposure Measures in Gratifications Research; Media Exposure Measures in Media Effects Research; Methodological Conclusions Regarding Self-Report Media Exposure Measures; Conclusions; 4 Selective Exposure Measurement and Research Designs; Measuring Selective Exposure; Longitudinal Exposure Measurement; Specific Past or Habitual Exposure
Description / Table of Contents:
Anticipated and Hypothetical ChoicesObservation of Actual Media Choices; Establishing Selective Exposure Antecedents; Conclusions; SECTION III Information Context; 5 Cognitive Dissonance and Related Research; Theoretical Groundwork; Studies in Communication and Beyond; Conclusion and Research Leads; 6 Informational Utility Model and Related Research; Theoretical Groundwork; Empirical Evidence; Conclusion and Research Leads; 7 Sensation Value and Journalistic Cues; Sensation Value of Information; Journalistic Cues; Conclusion and Research Leads; SECTION IV Entertainment Context
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Situational Factors in Selective Entertainment ExposureTheoretical Groundwork; Empirical Evidence for Mood Management Theory and Related Hypotheses; Concluding the Evidence; 9 Selective Entertainment Exposure Beyond Mood Management; Situational Mood Management vs. Stable Mood Management Tendencies; Challenges to the Mood Optimization Premise; Conclusion and Research Leads; SECTION V Crossroads of Information and Entertainment; 10 Information vs. Entertainment and Infotainment; Information vs. Entertainment; Infotainment; Conclusion and Research Leads; 11 Socio-Psychological Processes
Description / Table of Contents:
Theoretical GroundworkEmpirical Evidence for Socio-Psychological Processes; Conclusion and Research Leads; SECTION VI Looking Ahead; 12 New Media Contexts; Conceptual Groundwork; Specific New Media Settings; Types of Online Information Cues; Impacts of Online Information Cues on Selective Exposure; Video Games; Conclusions; 13 Consequences of Selective Exposure and the SESAM Model; Theorizing Media Effects; Routes for Advancement in Media Effects Theorizing; The Selective Exposure for Self- and Affect-Management (SESAM) Model; Applications of the SESAM Model; General Conclusions; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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