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BL
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961637
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b716007
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Westerik, Henk,1964-
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| Title & Author
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The social embeddedness of media use : : action theoretical contributions to the study of TV use in everyday life /\ Henk Westerik.
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin ;New York :: Mouton de Gruyter,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Communications monograph ;; 6
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1 online resource (vi, 122 pages)
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| ISBN
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1282188011
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: 3110209241
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: 3110216108
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: 6612188014
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: 9781282188013
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: 9783110209242
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: 9783110216103
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: 9786612188015
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9783110209242
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Chapter 1. The social embeddedness of media use: An introduction -- Chapter 2. Transcending Uses and Gratifications: Media use as social action and the use of event history analysis -- Chapter 3. The situational and time-varying context of routines in television viewing -- Chapter 4. Watching television news in everyday life: An event history analysis -- Chapter 5. The social character of parental and adolescent television viewing -- Chapter 6. On the use of an action theoretical approach to television (news) viewing.
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| Abstract
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Scholars in the field of communication research have extensively studied television viewing in general and watching television news in particular. The book looks at the subject from an integrative theoretical perspective. Based on Schutzean sociology and action theoretical approaches to media use, the author argues that immediate social influences and other everyday life situations largely determine television use, and that the influence of short-term situational characteristics are often overlooked in person-centered explanatory models. In three empirical studies, the role of short-term situat.
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Mass media-- Social aspects.
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Television and families.
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Television broadcasting-- Social aspects.
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Television-- Social aspects.
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Mass media-- Social aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Media Studies.
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Television and families.
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Television broadcasting-- Social aspects.
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Television-- Social aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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302.23/45085
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| LC Classification
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HQ520.W47 2009eb
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LAN004000bisac
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