Political Effects of Entertainment Media - How Fictional Worlds Affect Real World Political Perspectives

This book provides theory and empirical research on entertainment media's effects on political perspectives. Included are experimental and survey research on the impact of shows such as Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and The Colbert Report, the genre of science fiction, and villain and leader character types.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Potentially Influential Political Content of Entertainment Media
Chapter 2: The How and When of Entertainment Media Effects
Chapter 3: Game of Thrones and the Belief in a Just World
Chapter 4: House of Cards Effects
Chapter 5: Sci Fi
Chapter 6: Villains of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Superhero Genres
Chapter 7: News Parody Shows, Cynicism and Skepticism
Chapter 8: Fictional Leaders and Support for Female Candidates
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Questions for Study 1
Appendix 2: Unique Questions Used in Study 2 (GoT Group)
Appendix 3: Questions Used in Study 3 (The Hobbit Group Version)
Appendix 4: Questions used in House of Cards Study 3
Appendix 5: Questions Used in Science Fiction Experiment and Survey
Appendix 6: Villain Survey
Appendix 7: TDS and TCR Studies
Appendix 8: Questionnaire for Leadership and Gender Experiment
Bibliography

About the author

Anthony Gierzynski is professor and chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Vermont.

Summary

This book provides theory and empirical research on entertainment media’s effects on political perspectives. Included are experimental and survey research on the impact of shows such as Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and The Colbert Report, the genre of science fiction, and villain and leader character types.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Gierzynski, Gierzynski Anthony
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781498573986
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7398-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Political structure & processes, Communication Studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Political structure and processes, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc