Living with television now : advances in cultivation theory & research / edited by Michael Morgan, James Shanahan, Nancy Signorielli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: George Gerbner and cultivation analysis / Larry Gross -- Introduction. The stories we tell: cultivation theory and research / Michael Morgan, James Shanahan, & Nancy Signorielli -- Updates and extensions. New developments in analyses of crime and fear / Mary Beth Oliver [and others] -- Cultivation of perceptions of marginalized groups / Dana Mastro & Riva Tukachinsky -- Cultivating tolerance of homosexuals / Erik C. Nisbet & Teresa A. Myers -- Television and gender roles; cultivating conceptions of self and others / Erica Scharrer -- Cultivation of political attitudes in the new media environment / Bruce W. Hardy -- Cultivation of attitudes toward science / Dominique Brossard & Anthony Dudo -- Understanding cognitive mechanisms. Multiple processes, underlying cultivation effects: how cultivation works depends on the types of beliefs being cultivated / L.J. Shrum & Jaehoon Lee -- Cultivation and the perceived realism of stories / Rick Busselle & Helena Bilandzic -- Cultural models and the media: exploring the interplay between culture and the individual / David R. Ewoldsen & Nancy Rhodes -- Temporal and narrative bases of cultivation: insight from neural networks / Samuel D. Bradley & Curtis B. Matthews -- New theoretical and methodological dimensions. International cultivation / Jan Van den Bulck -- A narrative perspective on genre-specific cultivation / Helena Bilandzic & RIck Busselle -- Developing a lifetime television exposure scale: the importance of television viewing habits during childhood / Karyn Riddle -- Cultivation and agenda-setting: conceptual and empirical intersections / Amir Hetsroni & Hila Lowenstein -- Cultivation and the third-person effect / Donald L. Diefenbach & Mark D. West -- Cultivation and the spiral of silence: theoretical and empirical intersections / James Shanahan & Dietram Scheufele -- Cultivation analysis and cultural studies: ritual, performance, and media influence / Andy Ruddock -- Conclusion. Looking forward, looking backward: ten questions about cultivation / Michael Morgan, James Shanahan, & Nancy Signorielli.

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