Communicating unreality
Subtitle: modern media and the reconstruction of reality
By: by Gabriel Weimann.
Publisher: Sage Publications; SAGE Publications, Inc
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: Mass media -- Influence; Mass media -- United States; Mass media -- Social aspects; Mass media -- Psychological aspects; Reality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Living in a mediated world; title: The debate over media effects; title: Cultivation and mainstreaming; title: The psychology of cultivation; title: The mean and scary world; title: Sex and sexuality; title: Death and suicide; title: The world according to MTV; title: Portrayal of groups; title: Images of America; title: The unreal war; title: Virtual reality: virtual or real?; title: Communicating unreality.