Communicating unreality : modern media and the reconstruction of reality / by Gabriel Weimann.

Author: Weimann, Gabriel, 1950-

Imprint:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2000.

Descriptionxiii, 441 p. : tables ; 24 cm.

Note:Living in a mediated world -- The debate over media effects -- Cultivation and mainstreaming -- The psychology of cultivation -- The mean and scary world -- Sex and sexuality -- Death and suicide -- The world according to MTV -- Portrayal of groups -- Images of America -- The unreal war -- Virtual reality: virtual or real? -- Communicating unreality.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

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