Media Literacy and the Effect of Socialization

• Author : Christine W. Trültzsch-Wijnen
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 11 November 2020

This book explores the socially and individually determined nature of media literacy, addressing the central question of how individuals’ media activity can be explained and evaluated. It examines people's media activity through the relationship between their competence to act and actual actions. Further, the book discusses the social factors that foster self-determined media activity, including people's abilities and skills and the associated knowledge that facilitates such skills, from the perspectives of various social science disciplines. Lastly, it applies these theoretical

• Author : Elizabeth M. Perse,Jennifer Lambe
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 05 August 2016

Grounded in theoretical principle, Media Effects and Society help students make the connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole. The text also explores how the relationship individuals have with media is created, therefore helping them alleviate its harmful effects and enhance the positive ones. The range of media effects addressed herein includes news diffusion, learning from the mass media, socialization of children and adolescents, influences on public opinion and voting, and violent and

• Author : W. James Potter
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 27 January 2023

"Media Literacy is a captivating, engaging, reader-friendly textbook essential for introductory Media Studies courses in communication, sociology, film studies, and English." -SirReadaLot.org In this media-saturated world, it is critical to approach media influences using critical thought and active participation. Media Literacy, Fourth Edition uses an engaging and conversational style to help students gain the skills needed to navigate the rocky terrain of mass messages - which are designed to inform them, to entertain them, and to sell them. This

• Author : Roberta M. Berns
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release : 01 January 2015

The best-selling CHILD, FAMILY, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY: SOCIALIZATION AND SUPPORT, now in its Tenth Edition, offers an excellent introduction to socialization that is grounded in a powerful conceptual framework-Urie Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model of Human Development. Examining how the school, family, and community influence children's socialization, this text addresses complex issues in a clear, comprehensive fashion. Students enjoy reading the book and appreciate its narrative drive, meaningful and timely examples, and effective pedagogy. A sensitive and robust presentation of diversity issues includes

• Author : Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 27 January 2023

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• Author : Lelia Green,Donell Holloway,Kylie Stevenson,Tama Leaver,Leslie Haddon
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 27 October 2020

This companion presents the newest research in this important area, showcasing the huge diversity in children’s relationships with digital media around the globe, and exploring the benefits, challenges, history, and emerging developments in the field. Children are finding novel ways to express their passions and priorities through innovative uses of digital communication tools. This collection investigates and critiques the dynamism of children's lives online with contributions fielding both global and hyper-local issues, and bridging the wide spectrum of connected

• Author : Donald Lazere
• Publisher : Univ of California Press
• Release : 07 December 1987

On subjects from Superman to rock 'n' roll, from Donald Duck to the TV news, from soap operas and romance novels to the use of double speak in advertising, these lively essays offer students of contemporary media a comprehensive counterstatement to the conservatism that has been ascendant since the seventies in American politics and cultural criticism. Donald Lazere brings together selections from nearly forty of the most prominent Marxist, feminist, and other leftist critics of American mass culture-from a dozen

• Author : W. James Potter
• Publisher : SAGE Publications
• Release : 29 April 2004

Theory of Media Literacy: A Cognitive Approach comprehensively explains how we absorb the flood of information in our media-saturated society and examines how we often construct faulty meanings from those messages. In this book, author W. James Potter enlightens readers on the tasks of information processing. By building on a foundation of principles about how humans think, Theory of Media Literacy examines decisions about filtering messages, standard schema to match meaning, and higher level skills to construct meaning.

• Author : Tom Grimes,James A. Anderson,Lori Bergen
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 27 January 2023

Counters the claim that media violence leads to widespread social aggression. Dispelling this myth through a multiple-method analysis, this work argues that there are, indeed, media effects that derive from media violence, pornography, and other kinds of visual, cyberspace, and print based messages.

• Author : H Dan O'Hair
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 12 January 2018

Broadcast media has a particular fascination with stories that involve risk and health crisis events-disease outbreaks, terrorist acts, and natural disasters-contexts where risk and health communication play a critical role. An evolving media landscape introduces both challenges and opportunities for using communication to manage extreme events and hazardous contexts. Risk and Health Communication in an Evolving Media Environment addresses issues of risk and health communication with a collection of chapters that reflect state-of-the-art discussion by top scholars in the field.

• Author : Zemliansky, Pavel,Wilcox, Diane
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release : 30 April 2010

"This book will give readers a solid understanding of issues in educational game design and deployment in the classroom"--Provided by publisher.

• Author : Joy Keiko Asamen,Mesha L. Ellis,Gordon L. Berry
• Publisher : SAGE Publications
• Release : 27 June 2008

The SAGE Handbook of Child Development explores the multicultural development of children through the varied and complex interplay of traditional agents of socialization as well as contemporary media influences, examining how socialization practices and media content construct and teach us about diverse cultures. Editors Joy K. Asamen, Mesha L. Ellis, and Gordon L. Berry, along with chapter authors from a wide variety of disciplines, highlight how to analyze, compare, and contrast alternative perspectives of children of different cultures, domestically and

• Author : Matthew S. Eastin
• Publisher : SAGE Publications
• Release : 01 October 2013

Via 134 signed entries, this encyclopedia provides students, researchers, and the general public with an accessible, comprehensive, and well-balanced eviddence-based examination of theory, research and debates related to media violence. Entries conclude with Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Readings to guide users to related entries and resources for further research, and a thematic Reader’s Guide in the front matter groups related entries by topic to make it easier for users to locate related entries of interest.

• Author : Dr. R. Babu, Dr. S. Kalaivani & Dr. K. Saileela
• Publisher : Lulu.com
• Release : 27 January 2023

• Author : Sharon R. Mazzarella
• Publisher : Peter Lang
• Release : 27 January 2023

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