Communicating unreality : modern media and the reconstruction of reality /: modern media and the reconstruction of reality. (©2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gabriel Weimann.
• Other Names: Weimann, Gabriel, 1950-
• Contents: Living in a mediated world -- The debate over media effects -- Cultivation and mainstreaming -- The psychology of cultivation -- The mean and scary world -- Sex and sexuality -- Death and suicide -- The world according to MTV -- Portrayal of groups -- Images of America -- The unreal war -- Virtual reality: virtual or real? -- Communicating unreality.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2000
• Copyright Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 441 pages)
• Subjects: 302.23; Mass media -- Influence; Mass media -- United States; Mass media -- Social aspects; Mass media -- Psychological aspects; Reality; Médias -- Influence; Médias -- États-Unis; Médias -- Aspect social; Médias -- Aspect psychologique; Réalité; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies; Mass media; Mass media -- Influence; Mass media -- Psychological aspects; Mass media -- Social aspects; Reality; Massamedia; Invloed; Werkelijkheid; Rhetorik; Beeinflussung; Massenmedien; Wirkung; Kommunikation; Gesellschaft; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452263540
• Related ISBNs: 145226354X; 0761919856; 9780761919858; 0761919864; 9780761919865
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-425) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.