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Viewpoints on media effects : pseudo-reality and its influence on media consumers

Carol M. Madere (Editor)
Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media.
Print Book, English, 2017
Lexington Books, Lanham, 2017
xiv, 156 pages ; 24 cm
9781498549660, 1498549667
973920572
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Carol M. Madere
Jon stewart and the 9/11 first responders health bill : case study of political satirist turned advocate / Megan R. Hill and R. Lance Holbert
Hope, unification, and resentment : an analysis of music lyrics : written in response to the terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001 / Jamie Ward
Parasocial and school relationships of pre-school children / Kate S. Kurtin
Medicalized sexuality of post-menopausal women / Loretta L. Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, and John H. Overton
Women of science : gendered representations of scientific research in the big bang theory / Laura E. Willis
Marvel's moral murkiness : ethical effects of the superhero sandbox / Matthew Pittman
Prescribing action or complacency : re-framing cyberchondria as rhetorical action / Andrew W. Cole, Thomas A. Salek, and Jansen B. Werner
Digital disparity media effects in relation to the u.s. army and allied developing country armies / James A. Schnell
Digital pitchforks : justice gone-wrong narratives in popular culture / Nathan J. Rodriguez
About the editors and contributors