1st Edition
Choice and Preference in Media Use Advances in Selective Exposure Theory and Research
Section I: Overarching Terms and Theories
Chapter 1: Building Blocks of the Selective Exposure Paradigm
Chapter 2: Theories Relating to Selective Exposure
Section II: Methodological Considerations
Chapter 3: Self-Reports of Media Exposure Recollections
Chapter 4: Selective Exposure Measurement and Research Designs
Section III: Information Context
Chapter 5: Cognitive Dissonance and Related Research
Chapter 6: Informational Utility Model and Related Research
Chapter 7: Sensation Value and Journalistic Cues
Chapter 8: Situational Factors in Selective Entertainment Exposure
Chapter 9: Selective Entertainment Exposure Beyond Mood Management
Section V: Crossroads of Information and Entertainment
Chapter 10: Information vs. Entertainment and Infotainment
Chapter 11: Socio-Psychological Processes
Section VI: Looking Ahead
Chapter 12: New Media Contexts
Chapter 13: Consequences of Selective Exposure and the SESAM Model
Biography
Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick is professor and director of graduate studies at the School of Communication, The Ohio State University. She serves as managing editor of the ISI-ranked journal Media Psychology. She has held faculty appointments at the University of Dresden, Germany, University of California at Davis, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests include selective exposure to media, as well as general research on media uses and effects and media psychology.
