ISBN:
9780415828475
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (250 p)
Series Statement:
Electronic Media Research Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Media and Social Life
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Our use of media touches on almost all aspects of our social lives, be they friendships, parent-child relationships, emotional lives, or social stereotypes. How we understand ourselves and others is now largely dependent on how we perceive ourselves and others in media, how we interact with one another through mediated channels, and how we share, construct, and understand social issues via our mediated lives. This volume highlights cutting edge scholarship from preeminent scholars in media psychology that examines how media intersect with our social lives in three broad areas: media and the se
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Part I Media and the Self; 1 Emotion, Media, and Our Social World; 2 Media and Identity; 3 Morality and the Selection, Reception, and Effects of Entertainment Media; 4 Media and Spirituality; 5 Integrating Technology and Media and the Social Learning Ecosystem: The Evolving State of Formal Learning; Part II Media and Relationships; 6 Media and Social Groups; 7 The Domestication of Media in the Family; 8 Media and Friendships
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Sex, Romance, and Media: Taking Stock of Two Research Literatures10 Mediated Relationships and Social Life: Current Research on Fandom, Parasocial Relationships, and Identification; Part III Emerging Media and Social Life; 11 Video Games and Social Life; 12 The Structural Transformation of Mobile Communication: Implications for Self and Society; 13 The Place Where Our Social Networks Reside: Social Media and Sociality; 14 Blogging; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
