Zusammenfassung: Der medialen Sportberichterstattung wird häufig vorgeworfen, die Sportrealität bzw. das reale Sportereignis nur verzerrt abzubilden und den Rezipierenden eine ganz eigene Mediensportrealität zu vermitteln. Die nahe liegende These lautet, ...
Psychodynamics and Conflicts in Male Adolescent Internet Addicted PatientsAim: Severe internet addiction as a subform of pathological media use can interrupt adolescent development by school absentism for months, absolute concentration on MMPORG-parallel-...
Smoking in Oscar and Lola nominated filmsAbstract.Aim: To study the frequency of smoking in films which have been nominated for a film award. Testing the association between smoking in films and age classification ...
Some like it hot. Results of the German language version of an instrument aimed at the assessment of the need for affect/need for emotionAbstract. Complementary to social psychological needs, such as the need for cognition, Maio and Esses (2001) describe ...
Eating Disorders: Developmental Psychological and Developmental Psychopathological PerspectiveAbstract. The present article deals with various eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and obesity with a focus on anorexia and bulimia, which have a clear ...
Abstract. We propose a social identity model of media usage and effects. This model explains how the media might cultivate power arrangements (i.e., promote social stasis) on the one hand, and contribute to social change on the other. We argue that ...