Television As a Social Issue - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0803930690 ISBN 13 : 9780803930698

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 1988

Synopsis

How are women and ethnic minorities portrayed on television? What is the effect upon viewers of violence on television? Can television play a positive role in society? How should the industry be regulated?

These are just some of the controversial questions posed by media researchers, programmers, critics and policy-makers in this important volume. The contributors ask probing and urgent questions about the role of television in today's society. This volume will be essential reading for students, researchers and professionals in mass communication, psychology, sociology, policy studies and women's studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology. He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the Applied Social Psychology Annual. Since 1984 he has organized the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology and co-edited the resulting annual volume published for many years by Sage Publications and now published by Erlbaum.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803930690
• ISBN 13: 9780803930698
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Éditeur: Oskamp Stuart
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible