[ecrea] New Publication: Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media

New Publication: Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media

Katrin Döveling, Christian von Scheve, Elly A. 
Konijn (Hg.):  The Routledge Handbook of Emotions 
and Mass Media Routledge 2010, 448 Seiten  ISBN: 978-0-415-48160-1
The impact of mass media on individuals and 
society is to a great extent based on human 
emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in 
understanding how media messages are processed as 
well as medias impact on individual and social 
behavior and public social life.

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the 
study of emotions within a mass media context, 
the Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media addresses 
areas such as evolutionary psychology, media 
entertainment, sociology, cultural studies, media 
psychology, political communication, persuasion, 
and new technology. Leading experts from across 
the globe explore cutting-edge research on issues 
including the evolutionary functions of mediated 
emotions, emotions and media entertainment , 
measurements of emotions within the context of 
mass media, media vi-olence, fear-evoking media, 
politics and public emotions, features , forms 
and functions of emo-tions beyond the message, 
and provide the reader a glimpse into future 
generations of media technology. This compelling 
and authoritative Handbook is an essential 
reference tool for scholars and students of 
media, communication studies, media psychology, 
emotions, cultural studies, sociology, and other related disciplines.

Katrin Döveling is Professor and Chair of 
Communication and Media Studies at the Institute 
for Communication and Media Studies, Technical 
University Dresden. She also holds an Assistant 
Professorship at the Free University of Berlin. 
Her research interests include media use and 
reception, media psychology and media sociology, 
and emotions engendered by diverse forms of mass 
media. Recently, she published on interpersonal 
communication and emotions, social appraisal, 
emotions in politics, and popular media formats.
Christian von Scheve is Assistant Professor of 
Sociology at the Cluster of Excellence 'Languages 
of Emotion' and the Institute of Sociology, Free 
University of Berlin. Previously, he was 
Assistant Professor of Sociology at the 
University of Vienna and Fellow of the Research 
Group Emotions as Bio-Cultural Processes at the 
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University.
Elly A. Konijn is Senior Associate Professor at 
the Department of Communication Science, VU 
University Amsterdam. Recent publications include 
Mediated Interpersonal Communication (Routledge, 
2008), alongside articles in Media Psychology, 
Pediatrics, Developmental Psycholo-gy, and the 
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 
She is (vice)chair of the Informa-tion System 
division of the International Communication 
Association, and editor of the journal Media Psychology.

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