How fantasy becomes reality : information and entertainment media in everyday life / / Karen E. Dill-Shackleford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460330003321
• Autore: Dill-Shackleford Karen <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-19-023930-1
• Edizione: [Revised and expanded.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.23
• Soggetti: Mass media - Social aspects; Mass media - Psychological aspects; Social psychology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; How Fantasy Becomes Reality; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; ix; Acknowledgments; xi; 1. Fantasy and Reality; Primer on Media and Social Construction; 1; 2 Fandom, Fantasy, and Reality 1; 3 Old and New Media in Everyday Life: From TV to Social Media 4 Media Violence; 5 Representations of Social Groups in Media: Race, Gender, and Beyond 6 Advertising, Consumerism, and Health 1; 7 Media and Social Identity 8 The Social Psychology of Political Coverage; 9 From the Passenger's Seat to the Driver's Seat 9; Notes; Index