03028nam 2200697 a 450 991048080940332120170815152200.01-322-41710-50-7619-1985-61-4522-6354-X(CKB)2550000000105411(EBL)996692(OCoLC)809772403(SSID)ssj0000736795(PQKBManifestationID)12300298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736795(PQKBWorkID)10774174(PQKB)10049373(SSID)ssj0000697325(PQKBManifestationID)12332866(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697325(PQKBWorkID)10691882(PQKB)10612168(MiAaPQ)EBC996692(StDuBDS)EDZ0000063734(EXLCZ)99255000000010541120120319d1999 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommunicating unreality[electronic resource] modern media and the reconstruction of reality /Gabriel WeimannThousand Oaks, Calif. ;London SAGEc19991 online resource (458 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4522-3332-2 0-7619-1986-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - The Reconstruction of Reality; Chapter 1 - Living in a Mediated World; Chapter 2 - The Debate Over Media Effects; Chapter 3 - Cultivation and Mainstreaming; Chapter 4 - The Psychology of Cultivation; Part II - Mediated Realities; Chapter 5 - The Mean and Scary World; Chapter 6 - Sex and Sexuality; Chapter 7 - Death and Suicide; Chapter 8 - The World According to M T V; Chapter 9 - Portrayal of Groups; Chapter 10 - Images o f America; Chapter 11 - The Unreal War; Part III - Cord usionsChapter 12 - Virtual Reality: Virtual or Real?Chapter 13 - Communicating Unreality; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the AuthorThis study reviews the images and meanings which play a vital role in our mass-mediated world. The author demonstrates that there is often a large gap between reality and the reconstruction of realities as communicated by the mass media.Mass mediaInfluenceMass mediaPsychological aspectsMass mediaSocial aspectsMass mediaUnited StatesRealityElectronic books.Mass mediaInfluence.Mass mediaPsychological aspects.Mass mediaSocial aspects.Mass mediaReality.302.23Weimann Gabriel1950-495871StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910480809403321Communicating unreality669860UNINA