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Making Sense Of Television The Psychology Of Audience Interpretation Second Edition by Sonia M. Livingstone is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Making Sense Of Television The Psychology Of Audience Interpretation Second Edition about?

Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the'parasocial interaction'people engage in with television programmes. It looks at the nature of the'active viewer'and the role of the text in social psychology. It also investigates the existing theoretical models offered by social psychology and other discourses.This second edition takes into account recent research work and theoretical developments in fields such as narrative psychology, social representation theory and ethnographic work on audiences, and look forward to the developing role of audience research. It will be an essential study for students and lecturers in social psychology and media studies.

Author

Sonia M. Livingstone

Publisher

London ; New York: Routledge

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415185363

Subjects

Psychology, Sociology, Literary Fiction