Debra Mowat & Thomas R. Lindlof 
Constructing the Self in a Mediated World [PDF ebook] 

In today′s media-saturated world, identities are no longer built solely within the close-knit communities of family, neighborhood, school, and work. Today media are part of our world and therefore play an important role in the formulations of our identities or constructions of self. In a truly postmodern mode, Constructing the Self in a Mediated World not only brings together the usually segregated areas of interpersonal and mass communication but also incorporates works from scholars in sociology, psychology, and women′s studies as well. Each essay examines our understanding of self in a different context of mediated culture within a specific framework of interpretive theories such as critical theory, social constructionist theory, and feminism. This volume provides insights into issues of self and identity in contemporary mediated culture. Designed for advanced students and experienced researchers in communication (both media and interpersonal), sociology, psychology, and women′s studies. Constructing the Self in a Mediated World raises important questions and contributes greatly to its field.

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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

The Self and Mediated Communication – Debra Grodin and Thomas R Lindlof

PART TWO: SELF AND MEDIA CONTENT

All Consuming Selves – Wendy Simonds

Self-Help Literature and Women′s Identities

Terms of Enmeshment – Suzanna Danuta Walters

The Cultural Construction of the Mother/Daughter Relationship

PART THREE: SELF AND MEDIA PARTICIPATION

Desperately Seeking Strategies – Mary Ellen Brown

Reading in the Postmodern

`Gilt by Association′ – Patricia Priest

Talk Show Participants′ Televisually Enhanced Status and Self-Esteem

Mediating Cultural Selves – Donal Carbaugh

Soviet and American Cultures in a Televised `Spacebridge′

Constructions of Self and Other in the Experience of Rap Music – Timothy Simpson

PART FOUR: RELATIONAL SELVES AND THE MEDIATED CONTEXT

Technology and the Self – Kenneth J Gergen

From the Essential to the Sublime

Therapy and Identity Construction in a Postmodern World – Sheila Mc Namee

Parallel Lives – Sherry Turkle

Working on Identity in Virtual Space

PART FIVE: THE MEDIATED SELF AND INQUIRY

Seeking a Path of Least Resistance – Thomas R Lindlof and Autumn Grubb-Swetnam

The Self Becoming Method

The Nature of the Individual in Communication Research – James A Anderson and Gerald R Schoening

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Thomas R. Lindlof is a professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky.  His research and teaching interests focus on the cultural analysis of mediated communication, media audience theory and research, and qualitative research methodology. His research has appeared in numerous scholarly outlets, including Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism Quarterly, Journalism Studies, Social Science Computer Review, and Communication Yearbook. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. He has written or edited six books, including Qualitative Communication Research Methods (with Bryan C. Taylor) and Hollywood under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars.  In 2011 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Broadcast Education Association.  He currently resides in Austin, Texas.