De Gruyter Handbook of Media Psychology

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De Gruyter Handbook of Media Psychology

Edited by: Rachel L. Bailey and Glenna L. Read

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Volume 15 | De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Handbooks

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This book presents a survey of contemporary research investigating the psychological processes related to media consumption. As a rapidly growing and changing sub-discipline of mass communication, Media Psychology analyzes how media facilitate communication and how communication, in turn, shapes attitudes, emotions, and behavior. The handbook addresses leading ideas and debates in media psychology, persisting lines of inquiry and new areas of interest. Adopting an organizational approach that embraces a dynamic systems perspective, the book is subdivided into sections that examine nested components of the larger system in question, such as audiences, messages, content and context, while also acknowledging that they do not function in isolation.

An essential and up-to-date overview of Media Psychology as a discipline
Includes contemporary debates on cutting-edge technologies and research methods
Organized to reflect a dynamics systems perspective

Author / Editor information

Rachel L. Bailey, Florida State University, USA.
Glenna L. Read, University of Georgia, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Author’s Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Section 1: What is Media Psychology?
Section 1: What is Media Psychology? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
1 Media Psychology: Paradigms and Assumptions Glenna Read and Rachel L. Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
2 Dynamic Systems Approaches to Media Psychology Research Rachel L. Bailey, Jingjing Han, Glenna L. Read and Rachel L. Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
3 De-Westernizing Media Psychology Srividya Ramasubramanian, Muhammad Ittefaq, Funmilayo Ogunsanwo, Lazar Dragić and Benjamin Tetteh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
Section 2: Audiences
Section 2: Audiences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
4 Social Identity, Self-Presentation and Self-Symbolizing Sabine Trepte and Johanna Börsting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
5 Selection and Choice Kevin Wise, Veranika Paltaratskaya and Alice Ji Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
6 Youth as Agents of Change: Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Social Network Campaigns Kirsten Bevelander, Thabo van Woudenberg, Crystal Smit and Moniek Buijzen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
7 Media Literacy W. James Potter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
8 Impulsivity and Media Nicole L. Hayes, Craig A. Anderson and Craig Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
Section 3: Messages
Section 3: Messages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
9 Mediated Message Framing: Processes and Effects Paul D’Angelo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
10 Media Priming David R. Ewoldsen and Nancy Rhodes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
11 Emotion Jessica Gall Myrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
12 Complex Interactions of Motivation in Media Psychology Rachel L. Bailey, Sooyeon Park, Sun Young Park, Rachel L. Bailey, Sooyeon Park and Sun Young Park Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
13 Media and Embodiment Annie Dooley, Annie Dooley and Teresa Lynch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	183
14 Structural Features of Media Robert F. Potter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
15 Narrative John Tchernev and John Tchernev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
Section 4: Content
Section 4: Content Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
16 Sexual Media Content and Effects Paul Wright, Leah Dajches and Leah Dajches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
17 Mediated Identity Representation and Social Cognitive Processes Glenna L. Read Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	239
18 What Makes People Believe or Disbelieve Misinformation? A Review of Theoretical Frameworks and Factors Affecting Information Credibility Judgment Mengxue Ou and Shirley S. Ho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
19 The Hate Between You and Me: Media Psychology and Affective Polarization Jay Hmielowski, Michael Beam and Myiah Hutchens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	265
20 To Cancel or Call Out? The Rise and Prevalence of #cancelculture Natalya Saldanha and Natalya Saldanha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	277
21 Online Discrimination Ozen Baş and Gülten Okçuoğlu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
Section 5: Media
Section 5: Media Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
22 Catalysts of Consumer Behavior: Tracing the Evolution of Sources of Influence Chen Lou and Junru Huang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
23 Algorithms and Affordances: Psychology of Human–AI Interaction S. Shyam Sundar, Mengqi Liao and Sangwook Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	323
24 Great Reflexes, Slow Mastery: Game Studies in Social Sciences Ruud S. Jacobs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
25 Television Streaming Selection and Behaviors Arienne Ferchaud and Arienne Ferchaud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	347
26 Being Present in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: Explicating the Psychology of Immersive Technology (XR) Tilo Hartmann and Tilo Hartmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	359
27 Privacy Sabine Trepte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	373
Section 6: Contexts
Section 6: Contexts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	391
28 Trust in Media Yariv Tsfati, Jesper Strömbäck and Nayla Fawzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	393
29 Eudaimonic Entertainment and Wellbeing: The Role of Threatened Needs and Fundamental Fears Enny Das Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	407
30 Digital Media and Mental Health Kathleen Beullens and Robyn Vanherle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
31 Morality and Media Meghan S. Sanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	433
32 Psychology of Digital News Consumption and Public Opinion Ozan Kuru and Anita K. C. Liu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	445
33 Beyond the Billboard: Exploring the Dynamic Shifts in Advertising Liselot Hudders and Steffi de Jans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	457
34 “Why are you like this?” Exploring the Antecedents and Outcomes of Consuming Sports Media Kenon A. Brown, Andrew C. Billings and Joshua R. Jackson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	471
35 The Effects of Reality Television on the Audience Rachelle Pavelko and Rachelle Pavelko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	485
36 The Psychology of Digital Activism and Political Participation Daniel S. Lane and Hannah Overbye-Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	503
Section 7: Contemporary Issues and Innovations
Section 7: Contemporary Issues and Innovations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	517
37 Media Psychology Methods: Current and Innovations Bartosz Wojdynski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	519
38 Current Practices and Innovations in Sampling Gwen Petro, Amy Gonzales and Cynthia Nikita McLeod Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	533
39 Creating a Foundation for Future Theory Innovation in Media Psychology Morgan E. Ellithorpe, R. Lance Holbert, Camille J. Saucier and Camille J. Saucier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	545
40 The Human-Media Environment: Reflections on Conceptualizing Media Psychology as a Dynamic System Glenna L. Read and Rachel L. Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	555
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

October 5, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783111292144

Hardcover published on:

October 5, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783111291710

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

10

Main content:

586

Illustrations:

5

Tables:

5

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111292144

eBook ISBN: 9783111292144

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111291710

Keywords for this book

Media Psychology; Media Effects; Media Research; Media Technologies; Media Use

Audience(s) for this book

Scholars and students of Media Psychology, Media Studies, Communication, Psychology, Journalism, Public Relations.

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