In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames
have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms …

Abstract In June 2011 the US Supreme Court ruled that video games enjoy full free speech
protections and that the regulation of violent game sales to minors is unconstitutional. The …

Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these
images and ideas have on people's identities? The new edition of Media, Gender and …

BACKGROUND: Mental health professionals, policy makers and the general public continue
to debate the issue of pathological video gaming. Scholars disagree on the prevalence and …

What will be the fate of childhood in the twenty-first century? Will children increasingly be
living'media childhoods', dominated by the electronic screen? Will their growing access to …

How do you picture identity? What happens when you ask individuals to make visual
representations of their own identities, influences, and relationships? Drawing upon an array …

How do you start to conduct your own research? Where do you go to get ideas? How do you
design a good research project? How does it relate to the rest of your studies? What is the …

Настоящая книга посвящена изучению массовой коммуникации. Телевидение,
Интернет, пресса, радио, кино являются важнейшими на сегодня каналами …

TV Living presents the findings of the BFI Audience Tracking Study in which 500 participants
completed detailed questionnaire-diaries on their lives, their television watching, and the …

Media Psychology examines the impact that 21st century media use has on human
behavior, from teenage crushes on pop stars to soap fandom in adulthood. It brings together …