Communicating Unreality: Modern Media and the Reconstruction of Reality
Published 1 January 2000
Gabriel Weimann
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Abstract
Preface PART ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF REALITY Living in a Mediated World The Debate Over Media Effects Cultivation and Mainstreaming The Psychology of Cultivation PART TWO: MEDIATED REALITIES 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 PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS Virtual Reality: Virtual or Real? Communicating Unreality
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Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance