Mediated messages flood our daily lives, through virtually endless choices of media
channels, genres, and content. However, selectivity determines what media messages we …

For over 60 years, researchers have explored the validity of the selective exposure
hypothesis, which states that people will seek out consonant, and avoid dissonant …

This article presents a model of enjoyment rooted in self-determination theory that includes
the satisfaction of three needs related to psychological well-being: autonomy, competence …

The proposal is akin to Festinger's (1957) theory of selective exposure. His theory posits that
exposure to counterattitudinal messages produces dissonance, an experience that is …

With contributions from some of the finest scholars in the discipline, Media Effects serves not
only as a comprehensive reference volume for media effects study but also as an …

In this chapter, the hedonistic premise of mood-management theory is examined and
expanded to account for seemingly nonhedonistic choices of media content …

Television and its Viewers reviews' cultivation'research, which investigates the relationship
between exposure to television and beliefs about the world. James Shanahan and Michael …

This chapter presents a theory of stimulus arrangement that projects, among other things,
that individuals consume media entertainment purposively in efforts to manage moods. More …

Alles in einem Band: grundlegende Konzepte, theoretische Ansätze und empirische
Befunde der Medienwirkungsforschung. Die Autoren berücksichtigen dabei die …

Research into what is usually referred to as" mass communication" has concentrated on the
societal impact of the media. The ways in which these media influence people and affect …