Choice and Preference in Media Use: Advances in Selective Exposure Theory and Research

ISBN-13: 9780805855159 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 464 str.

Knobloch-Wester

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Section I: Overarching Terms and Theories  Chapter 1: Building Blocks of the Selective Exposure Paradigm  Chapter 2: Theories Relating to Selective Exposure  Section II: Methodological Considerations  Chapter 3: Self-Reports of Media Exposure Recollections  Chapter 4: Selective Exposure Measurement and Research Designs  Section III: Information Context  Chapter 5: Cognitive Dissonance and Related Research  Chapter 6: Informational Utility Model and Related Research  Chapter 7: Sensation Value and Journalistic Cues  Chapter 8: Situational Factors in Selective Entertainment Exposure  Chapter 9: Selective Entertainment Exposure Beyond Mood Management  Section V: Crossroads of Information and Entertainment  Chapter 10: Information vs. Entertainment and Infotainment  Chapter 11: Socio-Psychological Processes  Section VI: Looking Ahead  Chapter 12: New Media Contexts   Chapter 13: Consequences of Selective Exposure and the SESAM Model

O autorze

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick is professor and director of graduate studies at the School of Communication, The Ohio State University. She serves as managing editor of the ISI-ranked journal Media Psychology. She has held faculty appointments at the University of Dresden, Germany, University of California at Davis, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests include selective exposure to media, as well as general research on media uses and effects and media psychology.