The Dark Side of Media and Technology: A 21st Century Guide to Media and Technological Literacy

344 Pages·2019·2.012 MB·English

by  Edward Downs (editor)

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Edward Downs, Editor
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The Dark Side of Media and Technology: A 21st Century Guide to Media and D
Technological Literacy is Herculean in its effort to survey for landmines in a A
rapidly changing media landscape. The book identifies four dark outcomes R
related to media and technology use in the 21st century, and balances the K
dark side with four points of light that are the keys to taking ownership of S
a media- and technology-saturated world. The text contains an impressive I
D
list of multi-disciplinary experts and cutting-edge researchers who
E
approach each topic with concise, highly readable chapters, replete with
O
unique recommendations for navigating our mediated present and future.
F

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The Dark Side of Media and Technology is grounded in theory and current
research, but possesses an appeal similar to a page-turning dystopian E
D
novel; as a result, this volume should be of interest to scholars, students,
I
and curious lay-readers alike. It should be the “go-to” text for anyone who is A
interested in learning what the research says about how we use media and
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technology, as well as how media and technology use us.
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EDWARD DOWNS (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is Associate
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Professor and Director of the Communication Research Lab at the University
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of Minnesota Duluth. He is the recipient of the 2018 UMD College of Liberal
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Arts, Tenured Faculty Teaching Award. His research examines relationships
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between technology and learning, the psychology of the individual-avatar
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relationship, and how simulation experiences influence attitude and
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behavior change.
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, E
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www.peterlang.com
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A 21st Century Guide to Media and Technological Literacy
Front cover design by Darren Houser
The Dark Side of
Media and Technology
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The Dark Side of
Media and Technology

A 21st Century Guide to
Media and Technological Literacy

Edward Downs, Editor

PETER LANG
New York  Bern  Berlin
Brussels  Vienna  Oxford  Warsaw
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Names: Downs, Edward, editor.
Title: The dark side of media and technology: a 21st century guide to
media and technological literacy / edited by Edward Downs.
Description: New York: Peter Lang, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018043706 | ISBN 978-1-4331-4901-6 (hardback: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4331-4900-9 (paperback: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4331-4902-3 (ebook pdf)
ISBN 978-1-4331-4903-0 (epub) | ISBN 978-1-4331-4904-7 (mobi)
Subjects: LCSH: Mass media—Social aspects. |
Information technology—Social aspects.
Classification: LCC P95.54.D37 | DDC 302.23—dc23
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DOI 10.3726/b14959
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c h a p t e r t w o
T able of Contents
Figures xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xvii
Chapter One: Dark Matters 1
Edward Downs & Aaron R. Boyson
Chapter Two: Propaganda’s Dark Shadow in History, Rhetoric, and Media 13
Michael William Pfau & David Charles Gore
Chapter Three: Technologies of Mass Deception? War of the Worlds, Twitter,
and a History of Fake and Misleading News in the United States 25
Nicholas David Bowman & Elizabeth L. Cohen
Chapter Four: Agenda-Setting in the Age of Emergent Online Media
and Social Networks: Exploring the Dangers of a News Agenda
Influenced by Subversive and Fake Information 37
Anthony M. Limperos & Will R. Silberman
Chapter Five: Understanding Corrosive Elements in the Political
Economy of Media 49
Matthew P. McAllister & Lars Stoltzfus-Brown
Chapter Six: Paparazzi, Drones, and Privacy 61
Kalen M. A. Churcher
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Chapter Seven: The Role of Media in Perpetuating Stereotypes 73
Meghan S. Sanders & Stephanie L. Whitenack
Chapter Eight: The Dark-Side Gateway of Self-Objectification: Examining
the Media’s Role in the Development of Body Dissatisfaction and
Eating Disorders 85
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey & Lindsay Roberts
Chapter Nine: The Bad Guys: Evil and Immorality in Media Entertainment 96
Mary Beth Oliver & Arienne Ferchaud
Chapter Ten: Copycat Murder: Specious Mimesis or Natural Nemesis? 107
Aaron R. Boyson
Chapter Eleven: The Dark Side of Social Networking Sites 118
Jesse Fox, Guanjin Zhang, & Jessica Frampton
Chapter Twelve: Love and Lies: Deception in Online Dating 130
Catalina L. Toma & Irene G. Sarmiento
Chapter Thirteen: Image-Based Sexual Abuse: It’s Not Revenge and It’s
Not Porn 142
Amy Adele Hasinoff
Chapter Fourteen: Child Sexual Predators’ Luring Communication Goes
Online: Reflections and Future Directions 154
Loreen N. Olson & Roy Schwartzman
Chapter Fifteen: Cyberbullying: Consequences and Coping 167
Matthew W. Savage & Douglas M. Deiss
Chapter Sixteen: Without Consent: The Dark Side of Ignoring the Terms of
Service and Privacy Policies of Social Media Services 179
Jonathan A. Obar & Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch
Chapter Seventeen: Smart but Nosy: Gratifications of Ubiquitous Media
That Threaten Our Privacy 191
S. Shyam Sundar, Andrew Gambino, & Jinyoung Kim
Chapter Eighteen: Dark Shadows in Video Game Effects: Concerns about
Violence, Character Portrayals, and Toxic Behavior in Digital Games 202
T. Franklin Waddell & James D. Ivory
Chapter Nineteen: Internet Gaming Disorder: Considering Problematic
Internet Use as an Addiction 213
Rebecca J. Gilbertson & Kayla M. Walton
Chapter Twenty: Mobile Devices, Multitasking, Distraction, and Compulsive
Tech Use 225
Edward Downs & Jacquelyn Harvey
Chapter Twenty-One: Dark Side of Augmented and Virtual Reality 237
Edward Downs & Cheryl Campanella Bracken