Media Psychology Books

New and Published Books

1. Television and the Aggressive Child

   A Cross-national Comparison

   Edited by L. Rowell Huesmann, Leonard D. Eron

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   The research presented in this book, originally published in 1986, looks to pinpoint the psychological processes involved in the media violence-aggression relation. Expanding on earlier studies, the compilation of essays here delves deeply into aggression study and compares results about media...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
2. Remote Control

   Television, Audiences, and Cultural Power

   Edited by Ellen Seiter, Hans Borchers, Gabriele Kreutzner, Eva-Maria Warth

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   The ways in which we watch television tell us much about our views of gender, the family and society. Bringing together the leading experts in the field of audience studies, this book investigates how viewers watch television, and what they think about the programmes they see. Originally published...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Mobile Media Practices, Presence and Politics

   The Challenge of Being Seamlessly Mobile

   Edited by Kathleen M. Cumiskey, Larissa Hjorth

   Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

   As an example of convergence, the mobile phone—especially in the form of smartphone—is now ushering in new promises of seamlessness between engagement with technology and everyday common experiences. This seamlessness is not only about how one transitions between the worlds of the device and the...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Television and Social Behavior

   Beyond Violence and Children / A Report of the Committee on Television and Social Behavior, Social Science Research Council

   Edited by Stephen B. Withey, Ronald P. Abeles

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   This book, published originally in 1980, addressed the needs for a profile of televised violence which considered the advantages and disadvantages of various measures and for a furthering of research directions beyond the then-popular emphasis on children. The Committee on Television and Social...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Olympics, Media and Society

   Edited by Kim Bissell, Stephen Perry

   When the general public follow the Olympic Games on television, on the internet, even in the newspapers, they feel like they have themselves experienced the performances of the athletes. This book explores whether it is ever possible to experience the Olympic Games as an athletic event without...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. Media and Social Inequality

   Innovations in Community Structure Research

   Edited by John Pollock

   This book is among the first to systematically explore the impact of community inequality on reporting political and social change. Although most journalism scholars are still fascinated by the impact of media on society, Media and Social Inequality explores the reverse perspective: the impact of...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
7. Panic

   By Keith Tester

   Series: Shortcuts

   Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen? This book uses a range of literature from sociology, cultural studies and popular psychology to develop...

   Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge
8. Media and Ritual

   Death, Community and Everyday Life

   By Johanna Sumiala

   Series: Media, Religion and Culture

   This wide-ranging and accessible book offers a stimulating introduction to the field of media anthropology and the study of religious ritual. Johanna Sumiala explores the interweaving of rituals, communication and community. She uses the tools of anthropological enquiry to examine a variety of...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. Online Consumer Behavior

   Theory and Research in Social Media, Advertising and E-tail

   Edited by Angeline G. Close

   Social media (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, Twitter) have changed the way consumers and advertisers behave. It is crucial to understand how consumers think, feel and act regarding social media, online advertising, and online shopping. Business practitioners, students and marketers are trying...

   Published April 24th 2012 by Routledge
10. Media and the Moral Mind

    Edited by Ron Tamborini

    Series: Electronic Media Research Series

    Questions regarding the relation between media and morality have been a lasting concern. Can media exposure shape or alter moral values? Does morality influence how audience members select, interpret and respond to media content? Attempts to answer such questions are hindered by the complex nature...

    Published April 24th 2012 by Routledge