Cognitive Psychology Communication Piaget Symposium
In this fifth edition of A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication, author Richard Jackson Harris proceeds his examination of how our experiences with media affect the way we acquire psychological result of perception learning and reasoning regarding the world, and how this noesis influences our complex mental states and behavior. Presenting theories from psychology and communicating along with reviews of the corresponding research, this text covers a wide potpourri of media and media issues, ranging from the normally discussed topics – sex, violence, advertizing – to lesser-studied topics, such as values, sports, and amusement education. The fifth and to the full or entire extent altered edition offers:
- highly accessible and engaging writing
- contemporary references to all types of media intimate to students
- substantial discussion of theories and research, including interpretations of initial exploration studies
- a balanced approach to covering the breadth and depth of the subject
- discussion of work from both psychology and media disciplines.
The text is suitable for Media Effects, Media & Society, and Psychology of Mass Media coursework, as it examines the effects of mass media on humane cognitions, attitudes, and behavings through empirical social science research; teaches students how to closely question or examine and evaluate mediated messages; and includes mass communication research, theory and analysis.
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10 of 12 humans found the following review helpful.
 A must for any mass communicating scholar
By srf600@aol.com
This is one of the best texts on the effects, either real or imagined, of mass communicating on it is consumers. Texts on exploration may be hard to get through. However, Richard Jackson Harris takes years of scholarly writings from the classic “Bobo Doll Study” to the latest in mass communication exploration and provides the reader with one of the most objective, comprehensive, witty and easy-to-read texts this subject.
For any mass communicating scholar or practitioner, this is an sheer will have to read. I have written assorted exploration papers allround college and graduate school, and this book was an indespensible tool. If communicating is your thing, get it now!
3 of 4 persons found the following review helpful.
A utile introduction to media psychology
By David R. Ewoldsen
This is the 4th edition of this volume. Harris provides a nice overview to media psychology. I think the book is mistitled because it does not actually deal with cognitive psychology (as a cognitive psychologist would define it). For example, there is fixed discussion of components influencing attention to TV or the cognitive representation of media stories or even how media stories are comprehended. Rather, the book genuinely looks at social psychological approaches to the media (e.g., models of publicity effectiveness, motivatings for watching TV, effects of TV violence etc). The volume is an splendid introduction to what is often times referred to as media psychology, but I do think it is mistitled. Also, there are topics that are missing from the volume. For example, there is a growing exploration creative writing of recognized artisti value on elements influencing the amusement value of a TV show or movie and that creative writing of recognized artisti value is not discussed in this book. I do use it as a textbook in a undergrad seminar I instruct and the students in general receive pleasure from the book, but it is a textbook, but it does an splendid occupation at introducing readers to the psychological study of the media.
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