Understanding Audiences : Learning To Use the Media Constructively

Robert H. Wicks

ISBN 10: 0805836470 / ISBN 13: 9780805836479

Edité par Taylor & Francis Inc Okt 2000, 2000

A propos de cet article

Neuware - This text examines how audiences develop their perceptions of reality based on what they see in the media. It is appropriate for students in media effects, psychology of media, media and society, and audience analysis.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780805836479

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Understanding Audiences : Learning To Use the Media Constructively
• Éditeur: Taylor & Francis Inc Okt 2000
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0805836470
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780805836479
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 228 L x 154 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 228 millimètres de largeur par 154 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 428 grammes

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Synopsis

Understanding Audiences helps readers to recognize the important role that media plays in their lives and suggests ways in which they may use media constructively. Author Robert H. Wicks considers the relationship between the producers and the receivers of media information, focusing on how messages shape perceptions of social reality. He analyzes how contemporary media--including newspapers, film, television, and the Internet--vie for the attention of the audience members, and evaluates the importance of message structure and content in attracting and maintaining the attention of audiences. Wicks also examines the principles associated with persuasive communication and the ways in which professional communicators frame messages to help audiences construct meaning about the world around them.

Among other features, this text:
* describes the processes associated with human information processing;
* presents an analysis of the principles associated with social learning in children and adults and explores the possibility that media messages may cultivate ideas, attitudes, and criticisms of this perspective;
* explains how most media messages are framed to highlight or accentuate specific perspectives of individuals or organizations--challenging the notion of objectivity in media information messages;
* considers the effects of media exposure, such as whether the contemporary media environment may be partially responsible for the recent rash of school violence among young people;
* analyzes the Internet as an interactive medium and considers whether it has the potential to contribute to social and civic disengagement as it substitutes for human interaction; and
* evaluates the principles of the uses and gratifications approach as they apply to the new media environment, including traditional media as well as popular genres like talk shows and developing media systems such as the Internet.

Intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who need to understand the nature of the media and how they interact with these messages, Understanding Audiences promotes the development of media literacy skills and helps readers to understand the processes associated with engaging them in media messages. It also offers them tools to apply toward the shaping of media in a socially constructive way.

À propos de l?auteur

Robert H. Wicks