Communicating Unreality: Modern Media and the Reconstruction of Reality

In this textbook for a course in mass communication, Weimann (communication, Haifa U., Israel) reviews the research literature on mass media. Chapters discuss a range of issues including the psychological effects of the media, sex and sexuality, treatments of death and suicide, research related to MTV, portrayals of groups, and first Gulf War as the first "television war." Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR