News media strongly influence how we picture public affairs across the world, playing a
significant and sometimes controversial role in determining which topics are at the centre of …

Grounded in theoretical principle, Media Effects and Society help students make the
connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole. The text also …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

The 2012 US Presidential debates were hybrid media events. Millions of viewers 'dual-
screened'them, simultaneously watching their televisions and commenting on their social …

While recent scholarship has examined the capacity of race‐based humor to “upend” racial
inequalities, or has focused on comedic “heroes” who use humor “subversively” to challenge …

This study builds on research about political humor, press metacoverage, and intertextuality
to examine the effects of news coverage about political satire on audience members. The …

The book studies the intersections between satirical comedy and national politics in order to
show that one of the strongest supports for our democracy today comes from those of us who …

Agenda-setting has mostly been investigated as the cognitive process set in motion by the
salience of political issues in the traditional news media. The question, though, remained …

The second edition of this handbook is designed to fulfill three purposes. First, the volume is
intended to chart the progress in thinking about media ethics. What began as a largely …

This project integrates a uses and gratifications perspective into the study of political satire,
to explore the reasons why young people prefer (or avoid) political satire programming, and …