Media and social life

250 Pages·2014·0.984 MB·English

by  Mary Beth Oliver, Arthur A. Raney (editors)

MEDIA AND SOCIAL LIFE
ELECTRONIC MEDIA RESEARCH SERIES
Sponsored by the Broadcast Education Association
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MEDIA AND
SOCIAL LIFE
Edited by
Mary Beth Oliver
Arthur A. Raney
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Media and social life / edited by Mary Beth Oliver, Arthur A. Raney.
pages cm
Consists of papers presented at a 2013 research symposium conducted by the
Broadcast Education Association.
1. Mass media—Social aspects—Congresses. 2. Social
media—Congresses. I. Oliver, Mary Beth, editor of compilation.
II. Raney, Arthur A., editor of compilation.
III. Broadcast Education Association (U.S.)
HM1206.M3875 2014
302.23—dc23
2013050797
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CONTENTS
List of Figures ix
List of Contributors x
Series Editor’s Foreword xvi
Preface xviii
PART I
Media and the Self 1
1 Emotion, Media, and Our Social World 3
ROBIN L. NABI
2 Media and Identity 16
MARKUS APPEL, MARTINA MARA, AND SILVANA WEBER
3 Morality and the Selection, Reception, and Effects
of Entertainment Media 29
ARTHUR A. RANEY AND SOPHIE H. JANICKE
4 Media and Spirituality 46
SRIVIDYA RAMASUBRAMANIAN
5 Integrating Technology and Media and the
Social Learning Ecosystem: The Evolving State
of Formal Learning 63
BRITTNEY HUNTINGTON AND J. ALISON BRYANT
PART II
Media and Relationships 79
6 Media and Social Groups 81
MARY BETH OLIVER, JENNIFER HOEWE, ERIN ASH,
KEUNYEONG KIM, MUN-YOUNG CHUNG, AND DREW D. SHADE
CONTENTS
7 The Domestication of Media in the Family 98
MARINA KRCMAR
8 Media and Friendships 111
SONJA UTZ
9 Sex, Romance, and Media: Taking Stock of Two
Research Literatures 124
JENNIFER STEVENS AUBREY AND HILARY GAMBLE
10 Mediated Relationships and Social Life: Current
Research on Fandom, Parasocial Relationships,
and Identification 142
JONATHAN COHEN
PART III
Emerging Media and Social Life 157
11 Video Games and Social Life 159
CHRISTOPH KLIMMT
12 The Structural Transformation of Mobile Communication:
Implications for Self and Society 176
SCOTT W. CAMPBELL, RICH LING, AND JOSEPH B. BAYER
13 The Place Where Our Social Networks Reside:
Social Media and Sociality 189
KELLY QUINN AND ZIZI PAPACHARISSI
14 Blogging 209
CARMEN D. STAVROSITU
Index 222
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FIGURES
4.1 Conceptualizing the various dimensions of spirituality 48
5.1 The social learning ecosystem 65
5.2 The social learning ecosystem with examples
of integrated technology and media 69
5.3 The social learning ecosystem and emerging
technology and media 72
11.1 Evolution of video games and their social outreach 160
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