Title: Media and the inner world : psycho-cultural approaches to emotion, media and popular culture /
Authors: Bainbridge, Caroline, 1970-; Yates, Candida, 1959-; Bainbridge, Caroline, 1970-; Yates, Candida, 1959-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Mass media Psychological aspects; Mass media and culture.; Popular culture Psychological aspects.; Psychoanalysis and culture.; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology.; PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Psychoanalysis.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.; Mass media and culture; Mass media Psychological aspects; Popular culture Psychological aspects; Psychoanalysis and culture; Mass media and culture.; Mass media Psychological aspects.; Media studies.; Media studies.; Media Studies.; Popular culture Psychological aspects.; Popular culture.; Popular culture.; Psychoanalysis and culture.; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology).; Psychology: emotions.; Psychology: emotions.
Abstract: "This anthology offers unique, psycho-cultural perspectives on media, popular culture and emotion, as developed through the AHRC research network, 'Media and the Inner World'. Applying insights from the spheres of academic scholarship and clinical experience, the psycho-cultural approach developed in this book demonstrates the usefulness of psychoanalysis for developing nuanced approaches to media and cultural analysis. The chapters in this volume explore the relationship between media and the inner world by focusing on the inter-relationships between particular emotional themes and media contexts, ranging from fantasies of sporting ritual to the emotional work of cinema, the dynamics of digital narcissism and the relationship between paranoia and television. The book will be useful for students in Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Psychoanalytic Studies and Psychosocial Studies. It will also be of interest to people in professional training and practice in psychotherapeutic organisations and to professionals involved in the culture and media industries"--