Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction and Overview

1. Introduction
Karen E. Dill

Part Two: History and Methods

2. Storytelling and Media: Narrative Models from Aristotle to Augmented Reality
Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Jason Ohler

3. Arguing for Media Psychology as a Distinct Field
Pamela Brown Rutledge

4. Media Psychology and Its History
Regina M. Tuma

5. Inside Media Psychology: The Story of an Emerging Discipline as Told by a Leading Journal
Ellen Baker Derwin and Janet de Merode

6. Media Literacy: History, Progress, and Future Hopes
Edward T. Arke

7. Research Methods, Design, and Statistics in Media Psychology
Sara Prot and Craig A. Anderson

8. Qualitative Research and Media Psychology
Donald E. Polkinghorne

Part Three: Issues and Media Types

9. Why It Is Hard To Believe That Media Violence Causes Aggression
L. Rowell Huesmann, Eric F. Dubow, and Grace Yang

10. Children's Media Use: A Positive Psychology Approach
Erik M. Gregory

11. The Role of Emotion in Media Use and Effects
Elly A. Konijn

12. Media Violence, Desensitization, and Psychological Engagement
Jeanne Funk Brockmyer

13. Sexual Media Practice: How Adolescents Select, Engage with, and Are Affected by Sexual Media
Autumn Shafer, Piotr Bobkowski, and Jane D. Brown

14. Race, Ethnicity, and the Media
Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz and Michelle Ortiz

15. Representations of Gender in the Media
Erica L. Scharrer

16. The Psychology Underlying Media-Based Persuasion
Robin L. Nabi and Emily Moyer-Gusé

Part Four: Interactive and Emerging Technologies

17. Social Influence in Virtual Environments
Jim Blascovich and Cade McCall

18. Active Video Games: Impacts and Research
Barbara Chamberlin and Ann Maloney

19. Serious Games: What Are They? What Do They Do? Why Should We Play Them?
Fran C. Blumberg, Debby E. Almonte, Jared S. Anthony, and Naoko Hashimoto

20. Video Game Violence
Barbara Krahé

21. Children, Adolescents, and the Internet: Are There Risks Online?
Ed Donnerstein

22. Pathological Technology Addictions: What is Scientifically Known and What Remains to be Learned
Douglas A. Gentile, Sarah M. Coyne, and Francesco Bricolo

23. Video Games and Attention
Robert West and Kira Bailey

Part Five: Meta Issues in Media Psychology

24. A General Framework for Media Psychology Scholarship
W. James Potter

25. Engaging with Stories and Characters: Learning, Persuasion, and Transportation into Narrative Worlds
Melanie C. Green and Karen E. Dill
26. The Political Narrative of Children's Media Research
Jeff J. McIntyre

27. Media Psychophysiology: The Brain and Beyond
Bruce D. Bartholow and Paul Bolls

28. Japanese Approach to Research on Psychological Effects of Use of Media
Akira Sakamoto

Part Six: Conclusions and Future Directions

29. Media Content Analysis: Qualitative Methods with a Text Analysis of The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology
Michael R. Neal

30. Media Psychology: Past, Present, and Future
Karen E. Dill

About the Author

Karen Dill, Ph.D., is the Director of the Media Psychology Doctoral Program at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA.

Reviews

"Some people wonder whether media psychology is even a legitimate field of scientific inquiry. This handbook should remove any doubt that it is. Karen Dill put together a star-studded cast of researchers to discuss the methods, theories, and findings in media psychology. This is an impressive volume that covers about every topic one can imagine, and in a rigorous fashion. This volume sits proudly on my shelf, and not just collecting dust either. I regularly use
it in my research and teaching."
-- Brad J. Bushman, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Psychology, The Ohio State University, and VU University, Amsterdam
"The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology successfully integrates psychology and communication, drawing on the work of scholars in both fields. The book informs its readers about how behavior is affected by the media, especially by interactive and emerging technologies. Of particular interest were the lucid chapters on research methods and on video games." -- Dorothy G. Singer, Ph.D., Professor and Researcher, Edward Zigler Center in Child Development
& Social Policy, Yale University
"This volume collects with precision essays from leading scholars on media psychology to present a comprehensive look at the foundations, history, methodology, contemporary issues facing the field... The book comprehensively covers classic areas of study for media scholars, including violence and sexuality, ethnic portrayals, and persuasion...This is a masterful volume that frames the field of study well. It will be a prominent volume in the 'Oxford Library of
Psychology' series, highlighting the topic's increased importance within the social sciences. Summing up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections." -- N.D. Bowman, West Virginia University, CHOICE
"The strengths of [The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology] lie in the essays that address the emerging questions about new media and the blurred boundaries of so-called reality. Each essay presents a large number of questions for future research." -Sarah A. Kass, PsycCRITIQUES