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How Fantasy Becomes Reality : Information and Entertainment Media in Everyday Life, Revised and Expanded.

Smartphones, tablets, and other devices delivering information and entertainment are everywhere. Yet we do not fully appreciate the risks and the benefits of their ubiquity. In this new edition of How Fantasy Becomes Reality, Karen E. Dill-Shackleford offers readers a greater understanding of what t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dill-Shackleford, Karen E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; How Fantasy Becomes Reality; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface ix; Acknowledgments xi; 1. Fantasy and Reality: A Primer on Media and Social Construction 1; 2 Fandom, Fantasy, and Reality 31; 3 Old and New Media in Everyday Life: From TV to Social Media 59; 4 Media Violence 87; 5 Representations of Social Groups in Media: Race, Gender, and Beyond 113; 6 Advertising, Consumerism, and Health 141; 7 Media and Social Identity 165; 8 The Social Psychology of Political Coverage 189; 9 From the Passenger's Seat to the Driver's Seat 219; Notes 237; Index.