The social embeddedness of media use
Subtitle: action theoretical contributions to the study of TV use in everyday life
By: by Henk Westerik.
Series: Communications monograph -- 6
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9783110209242
Subjects: Television and family; Television broadcasting -- Social aspects; Television -- Social aspects; Mass media -- Social aspects
Description: "From an integrative theoretical perspective, the book looks at how families watch television news in their everyday lives. In three empirical studies, the role of short-term situations and the influence of immediate social surroundings on practices of watching the news is analyzed. Discrete Time Event History Analysis is applied to household diary data, The findings reveal how family members influence each other in various ways."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.