Mass Communication Psychology Research

Author: Liu Xiaohong
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book systematically explores the relationship between psychology and mass communication research. It includes the evolution of the role of psychology in communication research, the functions of psychology in communication research, the characteristics, nature, scope of issues, and relationships with other related disciplines of research in communication psychology. This book may be helpful for readers interested in the study of psychological phenomena in mass communication and those concerned with media education issues. Anyone living in modern society is affected by mass communication, albeit to varying degrees and in different ways. This book systematically analyzes and introduces research on the impact of mass communication on people both domestically and internationally. The content includes: (1) How social reality is described as media reality under the influence of certain factors and mechanisms in the media, and what the main differences are between media reality and social reality. (2) Research on media information processing processes, attitude change processes, and behavioral change processes. (3) The effects of media content on people, including the impact of media content on cognition, the impact of media violence content on people, the study of stereotypes in the media, and the impact of the media on adolescents, etc. Additionally, this book systematically explores the relationship between psychology and mass communication research, including the evolution of the role of psychology in communication research, the functions of psychology in communication research, the characteristics, nature, scope of issues, and relationships with other related disciplines of research in communication psychology. This book may be helpful for readers interested in the study of psychological phenomena in mass communication and those concerned with media education issues.