Communicating Unreality, Volume 1Reviewing the images and meanings of the mass-mediated world, Gabriel Weimann examines the symbolic environment, where reality and fiction are almost inseparable. Through discussion of mass-mediated images of people, cultures, war, love, sex, death, community, and identity, he demonstrates that there is often a large gap between reality and the reconstruction of "realities" as communicated by the mass media. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Living in a Mediated World | 3 |
Chapter 2 The Debate Over Media Effects | 15 |
Chapter 3 Cultivation and Mainstreaming | 39 |
Chapter 4 The Psychology of Cultivation | 59 |
Part II Mediated Realities | 77 |
Chapter 5 The Mean and Scary World | 79 |
Chapter 6 Sex and Sexuality | 123 |
Chapter 7 Death and Suicide | 167 |
Chapter 10 Images o f America | 243 |
Chapter 11 The Unreal War | 279 |
Part III Cord usions | 321 |
Virtual or Real? | 323 |
Chapter 13 Communicating Unreality | 359 |
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Chapter 8 The World According to M T V | 191 |
Chapter 9 Portrayal of Groups | 213 |
About the Author | 441 |
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Communicating Unreality: Modern Media and the Reconstruction of Reality Gabriel Weimann Limited preview - 1999 |
Communicating Unreality: Modern Media and the Reconstruction of ..., Volume 1 Gabriel Weimann No preview available - 2000 |
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