Psychology of the Media

DAVID GILES is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Winchester, UK. He is author of the textbook Media Psychology (2003) and his research work has generated a great deal of interest in the media, being featured in The Guardian, The Sunday Times and on BBC Radio 4.

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY.- History of the Mass Media.- Ways of Thinking about Psychology and the Media.- PART II: MEDIA INFLUENCES ON SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.- Media Influences on Pro and Anti Social Behaviour.- Persuasion and Advertising.- Body Image, Eating Disorders and the Media.- PART III: THE AUDIENCE.- Parasocial Interaction.- Celebrity and Fandom.- Audience Participation Media.- PART IV: THE MEDIATED SOCIAL WORLD.- Framing and the Psychology of News Influence.- Developmental Psychology and the Media.- PART V: NEW MEDIA.- Psychology and the Internet
.- Psychological Issues in New Media.