Television and Social Behavior : Beyond Violence and Children / A Report of the Committee on Television and Social Behavior, Social Science Research C (Paperback)

Preface  1. Beyond Violence and Children Ronald P. Abeles  2. An Ecological, Cultural, and Scripting View of Television and Social Behavior Stephen B. Withey  3. On the Nature of Mass Media Effects Jack M. McLeod and Byron Reeves  4. The Audience for Television ? and in Television Research Herbert J. Gans  5. An Organizational Perspective on Television (Aided and Abetted by Models from Economics, Marketing and the Humanities) Paul M. Hirsch  6. After the Surgeon General’s Report: Another Look Backward Leo Bogart  7. Social Influence and Television Hilde T. Himmelweit  8. The Influence of Television on Personal Decision-Making Irving L. Janis  9. When I Was a Child I Thought as a Child Aimee Dorr  10. Television and Afro-Americans: Past Legacy and Present Portrayals Gordon L. Berry  11. Social Trace Contaminants: Subtle Indicators of Racism in TV Chester M. Pierce  12. Psychological Effects of Black Portrayals on Television Sherryl Brown Graves  13. An Aerial View of Television and Social Behavior Stephen B. Withey Appendixes