International series in experimental social psychology ;
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v. 2
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-195) and indexes.
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Part one : the historical and theoretical background to the debate on the mass media and social problems -- Introduction -- Three models of mass communications research -- Important concepts in mass communication theory -- Psychological theory in mass communications research -- Part two : the mass media and conflict in society -- The mass media and crises -- Part three : the mass media and the treatment of minority groups -- Race and the mass media -- Sexism and the mass media -- Part four : Sex, violence, crime, and justice -- Violence and the mass media -- Sex, eroticism, and pornography -- Crime and the mass media -- The courts and the news media -- Part five : the mass media and the social services : education, health and welfare -- Education and the mass media : compensating for educational disadvantage -- Health, ill health and the mass media -- The mass media and welfare.