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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461976103321

Titolo

The Social use of media [[electronic resource] ] : cultural and social scientific perspectives on audience research / / edited by Helena Bilandzic, Geoffroy Patriarche & Paul J. Traudt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Intellect, 2012

ISBN

1-84150-744-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BilandzicHelena

PatriarcheGeoffroy

TraudtPaul J

Disciplina

302.23

306.4

Soggetti

Mass media - Audiences

Mass media and culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; IFC; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART I: Audience Activity and Interactivity; Chapter 1: Mode of Action Perspective to Engagements with Social Media: Articulating Activities on the Public Platforms of Wikipedia and YouTube; Chapter 2: At the Crossroads of Hermeneutic Philosophy and Reception Studies: Understanding Patterns of Cross-Media Consumption; Chapter 3: Cultivated Performances: What Cultivation Analysis Says about Media, Binge Drinking and Gender

Chapter 4: Motivations to Participate in an Online Violent Gaming Community: Uses and Gratifi cations in an Ethnographic ApproachPART II: Media Use as Social and Cultural Practice; Chapter 5: Imagined Communities of Television Viewers: Reception Research on National and Ethnic Minority Audiences; Chapter 6: Exploring Media Ethnography: Pop Songs, Text Messages and Lessons in a British School; Chapter 7: Film Audiences in Perspective: The Social Practices of Cinema-Going

Chapter 8: Talking Recipients: An Integrative Model of Socio-Emotional



Meta-Appraisal (SEMA) in Conversations about Media ContentChapter 9: Parasocial Relationships: Current Directions in Theory and Method; PART III: Cultural, Political and Technological Participation; Chapter 10: From Semiotic Resistance to Civic Agency: Viewing Citizenship through the Lens of Reception Research 1973-2010; Chapter 11: For and against Participation: A Hermeneutical Approach to Participation in the Media

Chapter 12: Using the Domestication Approach for the Analysis of Diffusion and Participation Processes of New MediaChapter 13: Creating, Sharing, Interacting: Fandom in the Age of Digital Convergence and Globalized Television; Conclusion: Exciting Moments in Audience Research: Past, Present and Future; Notes on Contributors; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays provides an overview of research on the social uses of media. Drawing on long traditions in both cultural studies and the social sciences, it brings together competing research approaches usually discussed separately. The topics include up-to-date research on activity and interactivity, media use as a social and cultural practice, and participation in a cultural, political and technological sense. This book explores three general areas of current scholarly study of the social aspects of media use. First, the introduction of interactive and so-called social media has h