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Communicating Unreality : Modern Media and the Reconstruction of Reality.

Reviewing the images and meanings of the mass-mediated world, Gabriel Weimann examines the symbolic environment, where reality and fiction are almost inseparable. Through discussion of mass-mediated images of people, cultures, war, love, sex, death, community, and identity, he demonstrates that ther...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weimann, Gabriel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 usions
  • Chapter 12
  • Virtual Reality: Virtual or Real?
  • Chapter 13
  • Communicating Unreality
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • About the Author.