Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of scholarship on effects of media communication. To organize this vast literature, this chapter highlights three broad classes of effects: those that reflect cumulative, gradual exposure to messages; those that occur in the immediate viewing context; and those related to audience use, interpretation, and response. We end the chapter by examining what newer technologies imply for effects-related theories, as well as suggesting possible directions for future research.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Theories and Models of Communication |
Pages | 411-424 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110240450 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2013 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
Keywords
- Agenda setting
- Cultivation
- Media effects
- Media enjoyment
- Media psychology
- Priming
- Uses and gratifications
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences