3 With more hindsight: Conceptual problems and some ways forward for media use research

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1 Action theory and communication research: An introduction 1
4. I Theory
5. 2 Action theory as part of social science 13
6. 3 With more hindsight: Conceptual problems and some ways forward for media use research 35
7. 4 The ‘media use as social action’ approach: Theory, methodology, and research evidence so far 51
8. 5 The foundation of communication and action in consciousness: Confronting action theory with systems theoretical arguments 85
9. II Methods
10. 6 Media communication and social interaction: Perspectives on action theory based reception research 103
11. 7 Using protocol analysis in television news research: Proposal and first tests 115
12. 8 Reconceptualizing media literacy 141
13. 9 Elderly people’s media use in the context of personal meaning 163
14. 10 ‘Para-social interaction’: Social interaction as a matter of fact? 177
15. 11 Action theoretical approaches in organizational communication 187
16. III Findings
17. 12 Media use as an adaptation or coping tool in prison 199
18. 13 Juxtaposing direct experience with media experience: Does reality really matter? 217
19. 14 The home as a multimedia environment: Families’ conception of space and the introduction of information and communication technologies in the home 231
20. 15 Patterns in television news use 253
21. 16 Do well-balanced exemplars in news stories provide food for thought? 279
22. 17 Between altruism and narcissism: An action theoretical approach of personal homepages devoted to existential meaning 291
23. 18 Ownership and use of ‘old’ and ‘new’ media among ethnic minority youth in The Netherlands. The role of the ethno-cultural position 315
24. 19 The stereotypical portrayal of Germans and its effects on a Dutch audience 345
25. 20 Occupational practices of Dutch journalists in a television newsroom 355
26. Backmatter 371