Some mass communications scholars have contended that uses and gratifications is not a rigorous social science theory. In this article, I argue just the opposite, and any attempt to speculate on the future direction of mass communication theory must seri-ously include the uses and gratifications approach. In this article, I assert that the emergence of…
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Mass Communication & Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Social Media and Politics, Media Studies and Communication, Media Influence and Health.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Mass Communication & Society 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Social Media and Politics Media Studies and Communication Media Influence and Health Media, Gender, and Advertising Misinformation and Its Impacts |
| ISSN | 1520-5436 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 2.1 |
| h-index | 93 |
| i10-index | 665 |
| Total citations | 43,974 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
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In this article I argue that although the notion of identification with media characters is widely discussed in media research, it has not been carefully conceptualized or rig-orously tested in empirical audience studies. This study presents a theoretical discus-sion of identification, including a definition of identification and a discussion of the consequences of identification with…
Agenda-setting, priming, and framing research generally has been examined under the broad category of cognitive media effects. As a result, studies often either examine all 3 approaches in a single study or employ very similar research designs, paying little attention to conceptual differences or differences in the levels of analysis under which each approach is…
If future historians wanted to know about the common cultural environment of stories and images into which a child was born in the second half of the 20th century, where would they turn? How would they describe its action structure, thematic content, and representation of people? How would they trace the ebb and flow of…
Abstract This article explores perceptions of news credibility for television, newspapers, and online news. A survey was administered to a randomly selected sample of residents in Austin, Texas, to assess people's attitudes toward these 3 media channels. Contingent factors that might influence news credibility perceptions, such as media use and interpersonal discussion of news, were…