Milestones in mass communication research : media effects

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Milestones in mass communication research : media effects

Shearon A. Lowery, Melvin L. DeFleur

Longman Publishers USA, c1995

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Milestones in Mass Communication Research, 3/e offers an impressive history of mass communication research over the past 60 years and emphasizes media effects.

Table of Contents

I. RESEARCH AS A BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING MASS COMMUNICATION. 2. The Payne Fund Studies: The Effects of Movies on Children. 3. The Invasion from Mars: Radio Panics America. 4. The People's Choice: The Media in a Political Campaign. 5. Audiences for Daytime Radio Serials: Uses and Gratifications. 6. The Iowa Study of Hybrid Seed Corn: The Adoption of Innovation. 7. Experiments with Film: Persuading the American Soldier in World War II. 8. Communication and Persuasion: The Search for the Magic Keys. 9. Personal Influence: The Two-Step Flow of Communication. 10.Project Revere: Leaflets as a Medium of Last Resort. II. TELEVISION IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN: THE EARLY YEARS. 12. The Agenda-Setting Function of the Press: What to Think About. 13. Violence and the Media: The Turbulent Sixties. 14. The Surgeon General's Report: Television and Social Behavior. 15. Television and Behavior: Ten Years of Progress. 16. The Lessons of the Milestones. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA25486824
  • ISBN
    • 0801314372
  • LCCN
    94003707
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    White Plains, N.Y.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 415 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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