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Book SynopsisViewpoints 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. Recommended for scholars and researchers with an interest in media studies, specifically the exploration of media effects in various media. Also relevant scholars and researchers within the fields of communication studies, English, education, and sociology.
Trade ReviewThe media give us what we want, and in this volume, Dr. Carol Madere addresses audience response to messages after crisis situations, during times of high stress and through the introduction of technology and even the lack thereof. Although our consumption of messages has changed over time, the need, almost an addiction, to consume has always existed. Dr. Madere’s compilation acknowledges the audience’s desire for unending information and points to times of trouble to illustrate that while we often hold the media accountable for the messages, they are a business and understand that their supply is our demand. -- Amber J. Narro, Southeastern Louisiana University
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Carol M. Madere Chapter 1: Jon Stewart and the 9/11 First Responders Health Bill: Case Study of Political Satirist Turned Advocate Megan R. Hill and R. Lance Holbert Chapter 2: Hope, Unification, and Resentment: An Analysis of Music Lyrics: Written in Response to the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 Jamie Ward Chapter 3: Parasocial and School Relationships of Pre-School Children Kate S. Kurtin Chapter 4: Medicalized Sexuality of Post-Menopausal Women Loretta L. Pecchioni, Barbara Cook Overton, and John H. Overton Chapter 5: Women of Science: Gendered Representations of Scientific Research in The Big Bang Theory Laura E. Willis Chapter 6: Marvel’s Moral Murkiness: Ethical Effects of the Superhero Sandbox Matthew Pittman Chapter 7: Prescribing Action or Complacency: Re-Framing Cyberchondria as Rhetorical Action Andrew W. Cole, Thomas A. Salek, and Jansen B. Werner Chapter 8: Digital Disparity Media Effects in Relation to the U.S. Army and Allied Developing Country Armies James A. Schnell Chapter 9: Digital Pitchforks: Justice Gone-Wrong Narratives in Popular Culture Nathan J. Rodriguez About the Editors and Contributors
