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The Oxford Handbook

of Media Psychology
Edited by

Karen E. Dill

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CONTENTS

Part One Introduction and Overview

1. Introduction 3
Karen E. Dill
Part Two History and Methods
2. Storytelling and Media: Narrative Models from
Aristotle to Augmented Reality 13
Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Jason Ohler
3. Arguing for Media Psychology as a Distinct Field 43
Pamela Brown Rutledge
4. Media Psychology and Its History 62
Regina M. Tuma
5. Inside Media Psychology: The Story of an Emerging Discipline as Told
by a Leading Journal 75
Ellen Baker Derwin and Janet de Merode
6. Media Literacy: History, Progress, and Future Hopes 96
Edward T. Arke
7. Research Methods, Design, and Statistics in Media Psychology 109
Sara Prot and Craig A. Anderson
8. Qualitative Research and Media Psychology 137
Donald E. Polkinghorne
Part Three Issues and Media Types
9. Why It Is Hard to Believe That Media Violence Causes Aggression 159
L. Rowell Huesmann, Eric E Dubow, and Grace Yang
10. Children's Media Use: A Positive Psychology Approach 172
Erik M. Gregory
11. The Role of Emotion in Media Use and Effects 186
Elly A. Konijn
12. Media Violence, Desensitization, and Psychological Engagement 212
Jeanne Funk Brockmyer
13. Sexual Media Practice: How Adolescents Select, Engage with, and Are
Affected by Sexual Media 223
Autumn Shafer, Piotr Bobkowski, andJane D. Brown
14. Race, Ethnicity, and the Media 252
Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz and Michelle Ortiz

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15. Representations of Gender in the Media 267

Erica L. Scharrer
16. The Psychology Underlying Media-Based Persuasion
Robin L. Nabi and Emily Moyer-Guse

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Part Four Interactive and Emerging Technologies

17. Social Influence in Virtual Environments 305
Jim Blascovich and Cade McCall
18. Active Video Games: Impacts and Research 316
Barbara Chamberlin and Ann Maloney
19. Serious Games: What Are They? What Do They Do? Why Should
We Play Them? 334
Fran C Blumberg, Debby E. Almonte, Jared S. Anthony, and Naoko Hashimoto
20. Violent Video Games and Aggression 352
Barbara Krahe
21. Children, Adolescents, and the Internet: Are There Risks Online? 373
Ed Donnerstein
22. Pathological Technology Addictions: What Is Scientifically Known and
What Remains to Be Learned 382
Douglas A. Gentile, Sarah M. Coyne, and Francesco Bricoh
23. Video Games and Attention 403
Robert West andKira Bailey

Part Five

Meta Issues in Media Psychology

24. A General Framework for Media Psychology Scholarship 423

W. James Potter
25. Engaging with Stories and Characters: Learning, Persuasion,
and Transportation into Narrative Worlds 449
Melanie C. Green and Karen E. Dill
26. The Political Narrative of Children's Media Research 462
Jeff J. Mclntyre
27. Media Psychophysiology: The Brain and Beyond 474
Bruce D. Bartholow and Paul Bolls
28. The Japanese Approach to Research on the Psychological Effects
of Media Use 496
Akira Sakamoto
Part Six Conclusions and Future Directions
29. Media Content Analysis: Qualitative Methods 513
Michael R. Neal
30. Media Psychology: Past, Present, and Future 535
Karen E. Dill
Index

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