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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972946203321

Titolo

Mass media : coverage, objectivity, and changes / / Hanna V. Kovács, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011

ISBN

1-62100-142-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Media and communications : technologies, policies and challenges

Altri autori (Persone)

KovácsHanna V

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Objectivity

Mass media - Influence

Mass media - Social aspects

Mass media - Political aspects

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

Patriotism or nationalism? : The New York times' discourse of American national identity after 9/11 / Lu Wei and Sudeshna Roy -- Prosocial content of animated cartoons / Hugh Klein and Kenneth S. Shiffman -- Beyond fear appeals in health messaging : the example of smoking cessation campaigns / Amanda Kalaydjian Richardson and  Donna Vallone -- The political use of fear and news reporting in Italy : the case of Berlusconi's media control / Massimo Ragnedda and W. Glenn Muschert -- The portrayal of risky driving in popular action movies / Kathleen Beullens, Keith Roe and Jan Van den Bulck -- Dyadic and social influence on the Axelrod model with clever mass media / Arezky H. Rodriguez and Y. Moreno -- Effect of mass media on suicidal behavior in patients with psychotic disorders / J. Eduardo Aguilar, ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the role of mass media in shaping and presenting certain forms of national identity; the prosocial messages in animated cartoons; the political use of fear and news reporting in Italy; media depiction of risky driving and adolescent driving behaviors; and, the Axelrod Model of social phenomena and mass media.