Psychology of Media in Europe: The State of the Art — Perspectives for the Future

Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Development of the Media in the Nineties: What can we Learn from the Recent Past?....Pages 5-14
Three Perspectives on Media and Communication Studies in Europe....Pages 15-29
Media Communications: Research in Psychology, Sociology, and Linguistic Conversation Analysis....Pages 31-41
Media Psychology in Austria: The Ludwig Boltzmann — Institute of Empirical Media Research....Pages 43-50
Acquisition of a Second/Foreign Language by Viewing a Television Program....Pages 51-64
Institutional Structures of Radio Research — The State of the Art in Germany....Pages 65-71
Media Psychology and Media Research in East Germany: The State of the Art....Pages 73-84
Media Research at the Independent Television Commission....Pages 85-103
Media Research in Ireland....Pages 105-119
Research at the Leiden Center for Child and Media Studies....Pages 121-137
Media Psychology in Sweden and the Nordic Countries....Pages 139-150
Children and Media Psychology in Sweden: Examples from Empirical Work....Pages 151-161
Les Tendances de la Recherche Communicationelle en Espagne....Pages 163-176
Some Effects of Media on Representation: A Line of Research....Pages 177-186
Psychology of Media in Europe: The State of the Art....Pages 187-190
Three Proposals for Cross-National Research on Television and Children....Pages 191-205
Back Matter....Pages 207-214