ISBN:
9780080289182
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (213 p)
Series Statement:
International Series in Experimental Social Psychology
Parallel Title:
Print version The Mass Media & Social Problems
DDC:
302.2/3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Discusses the way the mass media treats social problems, its contribution to causing and curing social problems, and its use by concerned organisations and groups wishing to act to reduce social problems. It brings together a wide range of topics including racism, sexism, poverty, violence, pornography, the educational disadvantaged, and crime and justice.
Abstract:
Discusses the way the mass media treats social problems, its contribution to causing and curing social problems, and its use by concerned organisations and groups wishing to act to reduce social problems. It brings together a wide range of topics including racism, sexism, poverty, violence, pornography, the educational disadvantaged, and crime and justice
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; The Mass Media and Social Problems; Copyright Page; Introduction to the Series; Table of Contents; PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE ON THE MASS MEDIA AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Three Models of Mass Communications Research; The Effects Model; The Uses and Gratifications Model; The Cultural Ratification Model; Conclusions; Chapter 3. Important Concepts in Mass Communications Theory; The Structure of Communication; Gatekeepers; The Social Environment of Communication; The Obstinate Audience; The Vulnerable Audience
Description / Table of Contents:
Different Types of MediaAdvertising Works so the Media must be Powerful; Conclusions; Chapter 4. sychological Theory in Mass Communication Research; Klapper's Approach; Psychological Theories in Mass Communications Research; Experimental Psychology; Psychoanalysis and Depth Psychology; Social Psychology; Conclusions; PART TWO: THE MASS MEDIA AND CONFLICT IN SOCIETY; Chapter 5. The Mass Media and Crises; Information in Crises; Creating a Crisis; Affecting Events; Theories of News; A Psychological Theory of News; Prosocial News; Antisocial News; Conclusions
Description / Table of Contents:
PART TREE: THE MASS MEDIA AND THE TREATMENT OF MINORITY GROUPSChapter 6. Race and the Mass Media; Ethnic Identity and the Media; Public Opinion; Content of the Media; Effects of the Media's Treatment of Blacks; Effects of the Media on Blacks' Self-Concepts; Effects of the Media's Treatment of Blacks on Whites; Eliminating Racism; Conclusions; Chapter 7. Sexism and the Mass Media; What the Polls Say; The Sexist Content of the Media; Covering Women's Rights News; The Effects of Sexism in the Mass Media; Conclusions; PART FOUR: SEX, VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND JUSTICE
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8. Violence and the Mass MediaOrigins of Mass Media and Violence Research; Political Initiatives on Media Violence; The More Recent Research; Conclusions; Chapter 9 .Sex, Eroticism, and Pornography; Is Pornography a Problem for Mass Communication Research?; Pornography, Erotica, and Public Standards; Major Reviews of the Effects of Pornography; Conclusions; Chapter 10. Crime and the Mass Media; What Missing Your Newspaper Really Means!; Crime Coverage and the Shaping of Public Opinion; The Creation of Moral Panics; Conclusions; Chapter 11. The Courts and the News Media
Description / Table of Contents:
The Research EvidenceConclusions; PART FIVE: THE MASS MEDIA AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES: EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELFARE; Chapter 12. Education by the Mass Media: Compensating for Educational Disadvantage; Some Preliminary Issues in the Educational Impact of the Mass Media; Compensatory Education or Disadvantaging the Disadvantaged; Imaginative Play; Conclusions; Chapter 13. Health, III Health and the Mass Media; The Media Promote Ill Health; The Mass Media Promote Health; The Recruitment of Patients; Further Considerations; Conclusions; Chapter 14. The Mass Media and Welfare
Description / Table of Contents:
The Mass Media Worsen a Social Work Problem
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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