Progress, Paradigms, and a Discipline Engaged: A Response to Lang and Reflections on Media Effects Research

被引:12
作者
Perloff, Richard M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Cleveland State Univ, Sch Commun, Cleveland, OH 44115 USA
关键词
VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; EXPOSURE; METAANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; EASTERN; MODEL;
D O I
10.1111/comt.12024
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
In 2013, Annie Lang argued that the field of mass communication faces a Kuhnian crisis, born from the inability of its dominant paradigm to make progress in answering questions about media effects. The present article takes issue with her analysis, arguing that the field is not in crisis, but has made impressive strides in answering media effects questions and explaining influences of media on different levels. Elaborating on how the Kuhnian paradigm-in-crisis model does not accurately describe the current state of mass communication research, this article discusses the role that the time-honored media effects narrative plays in the discipline, positive aspects of Lang's vision, and conceptual issues to consider in efforts to theorize about the constantly-changing communication environment.
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页码:317 / 333
页数:17
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