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  • Connections Between Sexuality and Aggression

    by Dolf Zillmann ...
    This is the only available comprehensive monograph on interrelations and interdependencies between agonistic and sexual behaviors. Integrating theory and research from biology, anthropology, neurophysiology, endocrinology, psychophysiology, and psychology, this book focuses on the mechanisms that govern the mutual influences between sexuality and aggression in behavior sequences and especially in ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Selective Exposure To Communication

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    First published in 1985. Research into what is usually referred to as mass communication has concentrated on the societal impact of the media. The ways in which these media influence people and affect their behavior have been at issue. For the most part, undesirable effects were pondered and documented. Only a few desirable effects received similar attention and scrutiny. The research ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Media, Children, and the Family

    Social Scientific, Psychodynamic, and Clinical Perspectives

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant, Aletha C. Huston ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This book brings together a group of scholars to share findings and insights on the effects of media on children and family. Their contributions reflect not only widely divergent political orientations and value systems, but also three distinct domains of inquiry into human motivation and behavior -- social scientific, psychodynamic (or psychoanalytical), and clinical practice. Each of these three ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Pornography

    Research Advances and Policy Considerations

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    "...provides good coverage of the empirical literature."—Journal of Communication"...well written and presents a wide diversity of approaches to pornography."—CHOICE ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Responding To the Screen

    Reception and Reaction Processes

    Edited by Jennings Bryant, Dolf Zillmann ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This volume takes the next step in the evolution of mass communication research tradition from effects to processes -- a more detailed and microanalytical analysis of the psychological processes involved in receiving and reacting to electronic media messages. This domain includes investigations into those psychological processes that occur between the process of selecting media messages for ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Media Entertainment

    The Psychology of Its Appeal

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This collection represents a systematic exploration of media entertainment from an academic perspective. Editors Zillmann and Vorderer have assembled scholars from psychology, sociology, and communication to provide a broad examination of the primary function of media entertainment--the attainment of gratification. Chapters included here address vital aspects of media entertainment and summarize ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Exemplification in Communication

    the influence of Case Reports on the Perception of Issues

    by Dolf Zillmann, Hans-Bernd Brosius ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This volume offers a new conceptual framework for exemplification, a coherent theoretical approach based on contemporary psychological models of information processing, and an exhaustive integration of the pertinent research demonstrations. Focus is on the news media, but the influence of fiction and quasi-fiction is also considered. The informational competition between concrete, verbal, or ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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  • The Psychology of Entertainment Media

    Blurring the Lines Between Entertainment and Persuasion

    Edited by L. J. Shrum ...
    In this volume, psychologists and communication experts present theory on understanding and predicting how learning occurs through media consumption. As the impact of traditional advertising has declined over the last couple of decades, marketers have scrambled to find other ways to effectively communicate with consumers. Among other approaches, marketers have utilized various forms of product ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Play as Engagement and Communication

    Edited by Eva E. Nwokah ...
    Series series Play and Culture Studies
    A multidisciplinary and varied perspective on play, Play as Engagement and Communication continues the stimulating and informative volumes in the Play and Culture Studies series. Students, play scholars, and play practitioners will gain information from groundbreaking studies, philosophical treatises, and in-depth reviews of current knowledge on child-child, child-adult, and child-animal play. ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Multiple Intelligences

    New Horizons

    by Howard Gardner ...
    **From the author of Frames of Mind, the definitive account of Multiple Intelligences theory and its applications.“For those of us who suspect that intelligence is too complex a phenomenon to be measured by the single number of I.Q. derived from an ‘intelligence test,’ Gardner’s book is a refreshing experience and an open door into a whole new way of looking at human beings.” ―Isaac Asimov**Howard ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Primer in Positive Psychology

    by Christopher Peterson ...
    Series series Oxford Positive Psychology Series
    Positive psychology is the scientific study of what goes right in life, from birth to death and at all stops in between. It is a newly-christened approach within psychology that takes seriously the examination of that which makes life most worth living. Everyone's life has peaks and valleys, and positive psychology does not deny the valleys. Its signature premise is more nuanced, but nonetheless ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • The Monogamy Gap

    Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating

    by Eric Anderson ...
    Series series Sexuality, Identity, and Society
    Whether straight or gay, most men start their relationships desiring monogamy. This is rooted in the pervasive notion that monogamy exists as a sign of true love. Yet despite this deeply held cultural ideal, cheating remains rampant. In this accessible book, Eric Anderson investigates why 78% of men he interviewed have cheated despite their desire not to. Combining 120 interviews with research ... Read more

    $21.89 USD