Communicating Unreality: Modern Media and the Reconstruction of Reality

Preface PART ONE: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF REALITY Living in a Mediated World The Debate Over Media Effects Cultivation and Mainstreaming The Psychology of Cultivation PART TWO: MEDIATED REALITIES The Mean and Scary World Sex and Sexuality Death and Suicide The World According to MTV Portrayal of Groups Images of America The Unreal War PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS Virtual Reality: Virtual or Real? Communicating Unreality