The Dark Side of Media and Technology: A 21st Century Guide to Media and Technological Literacy

Author:   Edward Downs
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
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9781433149009


Pages:   324
Publication Date:   28 February 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Edward Downs
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9781433149009


ISBN 10:   1433149001
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   28 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Adult education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Figures – Preface – Acknowledgements – Edward Downs/Aaron R. Boyson: Dark Matters – Michael William Pfau/David Charles Gore: Propaganda’s Dark Shadow in History, Rhetoric, and Media – Nicholas David Bowman/Elizabeth L. Cohen: Technologies of Mass Deception? War of the Worlds, Twitter, and a History of Fake and Misleading News in the United States–Anthony M. Limperos/Will R. Silberman: Agenda-Setting in the Age of Emergent Online Media and Social Networks: Exploring the Dangers of a News Agenda Influenced by Subversive and Fake Information – Matthew P. McAllister/Lars Stoltzfus-Brown: Understanding Corrosive Elements in the Political Economy of Media – Kalen M. A. Churcher: Paparazzi, Drones, and Privacy – Meghan S. Sanders/Stephanie L. Whitenack: The Role of Media in Perpetuating Stereotypes – Jennifer Stevens Aubrey/Lindsay Roberts: The Dark-Side Gateway of Self-Objectification: Examining the Media’s Role in the Development of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders – Mary Beth Oliver/Arienne Ferchaud: The Bad Guys: Evil and Immorality in Media Entertainment – Aaron R. Boyson: Copycat Murder: Specious Mimesis or Natural Nemesis? – Jesse Fox/Guanjin Zhang/Jessica Frampton: The Dark Side of Social Networking Sites – Catalina L. Toma/Irene G. Sarmiento: Love and Lies: Deception in Online Dating – Amy Adele Hasinoff: Image-Based Sexual Abuse: It’s Not Revenge and It’s Not Porn – Loreen N. Olson/Roy Schwartzman: Child Sexual Predators’ Luring Communication Goes Online: Reflections and Future Directions – Matthew W. Savage/Douglas M. Deiss: Cyberbullying: Consequences and Coping – Jonathan A. Obar/Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch: Without Consent: The Dark Side of Ignoring the Terms of Service and Privacy Policies of Social Media Services – S. Shyam Sundar/Andrew Gambino/Jinyoung Kim: Smart but Nosy: Gratifications of Ubiquitous Media That Threaten Our Privacy – T. Franklin Waddell/James D. Ivory: Dark Shadows in Video Game Effects: Concerns about Violence, Character Portrayals, and Toxic Behavior in Digital Games – Rebecca J. Gilbertson/Kayla M. Walton: Internet Gaming Disorder: Considering Problematic Internet Use as an Addiction – Edward Downs/Jacquelyn Harvey: Mobile Devices, Multitasking, Distraction, and Compulsive Tech Use – Edward Downs/Cheryl Campanella Bracken: Dark Side of Augmented and Virtual Reality – Peter A. H. Peterson/Charern Lee: Leaks Are Forever: Information Security and Cybercrime – Patric R. Spence/Autumn P. Edwards/Chad Edwards/David Nemer/Kenneth A. Lachlan: Rage Against the Machine: Negative Reactions and Antisocial Interactions with Social Bots and Social Robots – David J. Gunkel: The Killer App: Drones and Autonomous Machines – Edward Downs: A Light in the Dark: How Literacy Illuminates the Dark Side – Contributors – Index.

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Edward Downs (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is Associate Professor and Director of the Communication Research Lab at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is the recipient of the 2018 UMD College of Liberal Arts, Tenured Faculty Teaching Award. His research examines relationships between technology and learning, the psychology of the individual-avatar relationship, and how simulation experiences influence attitude and behavior change.

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