De Gruyter Handbook of Media Psychology

This book presents a survey of contemporary research investigating the psychological processes related to media consumption. As a rapidly growing and changing sub-discipline of mass communication, Media Psychology analyzes how media facilitate communication and how communication, in turn, shapes attitudes, emotions, and behavior. The handbook addresses leading ideas and debates in media psychology, persisting lines of inquiry and new areas of interest. Adopting an organizational approach that embraces a dynamic systems perspective, the book is subdivided into sections that examine nested components of the larger system in question, such as audiences, messages, content and context, while also acknowledging that they do not function in isolation.

About the author

Rachel L. Bailey, Florida State University, USA.
Glenna L. Read, University of Georgia, USA.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rachel L. Bailey (Editor), Glenna L. Read (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2025
• EAN: 9783111291710
• ISBN: 978-3-11-129171-0
• No. of pages: 600
• Illustrations: 5 b/w ill., 5 b/w tbl.
• Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Handbooks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication; Psychologie, Medienwissenschaft, Medienpsychologie, Medienforschung, Medienkonsum, Psychology, Media Research, POL000000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Medientechnologie, Media Psychology, SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Media effects, SOC026000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSY000000 PSYCHOLOGY / General, media use, Media Technologies