This text shares insights into the effects of media on children and family. It reflects not only widely divergent political orientations and value systems, but also three distinct domains of inquiry into human motivation and behaviour - social scientific, psychodynamic and clinical practice.
This text shares insights into the effects of media on children and family. It reflects not only widely divergent political orientations and value sys...
Human Communication Theory and Research introduces students to the growing body of theory and research in communication, demonstrating the integration between the communication efforts of interpersonal, organizational, and mediated settings. This second edition builds from the foundation of the original volume to demonstrate the rich array of theories, theoretical connections, and research findings that drive the communication discipline. Robert L. Heath and Jennings Bryant have added a chapter on new communication technologies and have increased depth throughout the volume,...
Human Communication Theory and Research introduces students to the growing body of theory and research in communication, demonstrating the inte...
The updated second edition of this work examining the effect of television on America's families, investigates the uses families make of television, family attitudes towards television and the effects of television on family life.
The updated second edition of this work examining the effect of television on America's families, investigates the uses families make of television, f...
This second edition of a trend-setting volume provides an updated examination of the interaction between families and the most pervasive mass medium: television. Charting the dynamic developments of the American family and television over the past decade, this volume provides a comprehensive representation of programmatic research into family and television and examines extensively the uses families make of television, how extensions of television affect usage, families' evolving attitudes toward television, the ways families have been and are portrayed on television, the effects television...
This second edition of a trend-setting volume provides an updated examination of the interaction between families and the most pervasive mass medium: ...
Jennings Bryant David Roskos-Ewoldsen Joanne, PH.D. Cantor
A celebration of the life and work of Dolf Zillmann, who made substantial contributions in the area of communication, emotion, media effects and aggression. Exploring the theories and research on communication and emotion, the contributors explore Zillmann's values, style and intellect.
A celebration of the life and work of Dolf Zillmann, who made substantial contributions in the area of communication, emotion, media effects and aggre...
This distinctive Handbook covers the breadth of sports and media scholarship, one of the up-and-coming topics bridging media entertainment, sports management, and popular culture. Organized into historical, institutional, spectator, and critical studies perspectives, this volume brings together the work of many researchers into one quintessential volume, defining the full scope of the subject area. Editors Arthur Raney and Jennings Bryant have recruited contributors from around the world to identify and synthesize the research representing numerous facets of the sports-media...
This distinctive Handbook covers the breadth of sports and media scholarship, one of the up-and-coming topics bridging media entertainment, spo...
This distinctive Handbook covers the breadth of sports and media scholarship, one of the up-and-coming topics bridging media entertainment, sports management, and popular culture. Organized into historical, institutional, spectator, and critical studies perspectives, this volume brings together the work of many researchers into one quintessential volume, defining the full scope of the subject area. Editors Arthur Raney and Jennings Bryant have recruited contributors from around the world to identify and synthesize the research representing numerous facets of the sports-media...
This distinctive Handbook covers the breadth of sports and media scholarship, one of the up-and-coming topics bridging media entertainment, spo...
This comprehensive and cutting-edge volume defines entertainment studies and provides a theoretical spine for future research. For scholars/researchers/students in media studies and mass communication, psychology, marketing, etc.
This comprehensive and cutting-edge volume defines entertainment studies and provides a theoretical spine for future research. For scholars/researcher...
As entertainment becomes a trillion-dollar-a-year industry worldwide, as our modern era increasingly lives up to its label of the "entertainment age," and as economists begin to recognize that entertainment has become the driving force of the new world economy, it is safe to say that scholars are beginning to take entertainment seriously. The scholarly spin on entertainment has been manifested in traditional ways, as well as innovative ones. Representing the current state of theory and research, Psychology of Entertainment promises to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on...
As entertainment becomes a trillion-dollar-a-year industry worldwide, as our modern era increasingly lives up to its label of the "entertainment age,"...
