Media Effects A Narrative Perspective

• Main Author: Shanahan, James 1960- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Medford Polity Press 2021; ©2021
• Subjects: Mass media > Influence; Mass media > Social aspects; Mass media > Psychological aspects
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Media Effects is a concise introduction which studies the ways in which media use affects society. James Shanahan explores how researchers and society became interested in media effects, outlines the important developments in the field, and looks at how research on narrative is playing a progressive...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• A Narrative Perspective
• Media and Violence
• Media and Social Representation
• Media Use and Social Control
• "New" Media, New Narratives?
• Conclusion.