Title: The social embeddedness of media use
First published: 2009
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.
Subjects: Television broadcasting, Social aspects, Television, Television and families, Mass media, Television and family, Television broadcasting, social aspects, Mass media, social aspects
LC classification: HQ520 .W47 2009