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  • The Psychology of Public Belief in Unexplained Phenomena
    Barrie Gunter
    This book explores the psychology behind public beliefs in extraterrestrial visitors and UFOs. Drawing on opinion poll and academic research data from around the world, Barrie Gunter delves into the complex psychological processes that shape our interpretations of ambiguous experiences. ...
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    73,41 €

  • The Psychology of Binge Watching TV
    Barrie Gunter
    This fascinating work provides an up-to-date examination of shifts in the nature and impact of TV and video watching that has largely been driven by non-linear TV and video services online. ...
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    70,75 €

  • Psychology of Behavioural Interventions and Pandemic Control
    Barrie Gunter
    Psychology of Behavioural Interventions and Pandemic Control is a unique text that examines the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to population risk factors and the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions deployed by many governments around the world to bring the pandemic under control. The book presents critical and insightful lessons that can be drawn up to assess government...
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    70,80 €

  • Psychology of Behaviour Restrictions and Public Compliance in the Pandemic
    Barrie Gunter
    This volume examines compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, and the non-pharmaceutical measures taken in attempts to bring the pandemic under control. It is essential reading for students and researchers in psychology, public health and medical sciences, and policy makers assessing government strategies, responses, and performance. ...
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    77,48 €

  • Psychological Impact of Behaviour Restrictions During the Pandemic
    Barrie Gunter
    This volume examines the undesirable or harmful cognitive, emotional and behavioural side-effects of COVID-19, and of behavioural restrictions during the pandemic. It is essential reading for researchers in psychology, public health and medical sciences, and policy makers assessing government strategies, responses, and performance. ...
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    77,44 €

  • Psychological Insights on the Role and Impact of the Media During the Pandemic
    Barrie Gunter
    This volume examines the role played by media and communications systems in informing and influencing the public on behavioural compliances with pandemic restrictions. It is essential reading for researchers in psychology, public health and medical sciences, and policy makers assessing government strategies, responses, and performance. ...
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    77,44 €

  • The Psychology of the Selfie
    Barrie Gunter
    The Psychology of the Selfie provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of research on the significance of selfies, offering insights into the topic from a psychological perspective and examining important issues such as body image, self-objectification, mental health and psychological benefits. ...
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    53,24 €

  • Children and Television Consumption in the Digital Era
    Barrie Gunter
    Children and Television Consumption in the Digital Era provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary research on the developmental impact of children’s screen engagement in modern society. ...
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    73,28 €

  • Violence on Television
    Barrie Gunter / Jackie Harrison
    Violence on Television presents findings from the largest ever study of the depiction of violence on television carried out in Britain. It looks not only at the amount of violence on television, but also at the form it takes. ...
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    79,57 €

  • Predicting Movie Success at the Box Office
    Barrie Gunter
    This book explores the different factors that can influence a new movie’s prospects at the box office. Looking at factors such as the production budget, distribution model, genre, stars and audience reactions of films, Gunter asks how such aspects may reduce the uncertainties of success so common in the movie industry. The reader is taken on a journey through filmmaking factors...
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    97,08 €

  • Food Advertising
    Barrie Gunter
    This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review and critique of the scientific evidence concerning the prevalence, nature and potential effects of food advertising and other forms of marketing on children. There is growing international concern about the prevalence of childhood obesity and associated health problems. Poor quality diet and nutrition has been blamed. Th...
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    96,93 €

  • Consumer Profiles (RLE Consumer Behaviour)
    Adrian Furnham / Barrie Gunter
    Psychographics have been developed in the field of market research as a way to relate consumer behaviour to market choice. This book introduces the essential elements of psychographics. It shows how researchers go about defining consumer profiles and designing successful research programmes. It looks at the way they are applied in various consumer groups and uses case study mat...
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    95,11 €

  • Celebrity Capital
    Barrie Gunter
    Celebrities attract the attention of commercial interests and other public figures. They receive payments from sponsors to endorse brands. They are sought out to appear with politicians during election campaigns. They are used to promote health messages. In other words, celebrities are often perceived to possess qualities that give them special value or what we will refer to he...
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    51,00 €

  • Media and the Sexualization of Childhood
    Barrie Gunter
    Media and the Sexualization of Childhood examines the on-going debates surrounding the prominence of sexual themes in children’s lives, from clothes and accessories, toys and games, to music, entertainment media, advertising, and new media platforms. Barrie Gunter explores these issues using an evidence based approach that draws on research findings from around the world, repre...
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    74,67 €

  • Digital Health
    Barrie Gunter
    This book is concerned with the provision of health information remotely via the latest communications technologies. The rapidly aging population has led governments to seek more effective methods of maintaining high standards of public health through the cultivation of healthy living, as well as improved and more efficiently delivered health advice and diagnostic services. ...
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    77,37 €

  • The Media and Body Image
    Barrie Gunter / Maggie Wykes
    Although it has become popular to blame the media for extolling unrealistic female body images, little academic work has addressed the issue. This book, drawing together literature from sociology, gender studies and psychology, offers a broad discussion of the topic in the context of socio-cultural change, gender politics, and self-identity. ...
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    130,25 €

  • Violence on Television
    Barrie Gunter / Jackie Harrison / Maggie Wykes
    There is a basic question to be raised about television violence which is whether it contributes toward social violence. Television Broadcasting at present tends to reflect negative elements in society back at viewer. Authors of this study are concerned ...
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    76,97 €

  • Media Sex
    Barrie Gunter
    This book will provide a comprehensive review of what is known at the end of the 20th Century about the representation of sex on film, television and video, and how the public has responded to such material. It proposes to show what impact sex on these ...
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    111,90 €

  • Media Research Methods
    Barrie Gunter
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    169,12 €

  • Understanding the Older Consumer
    Barrie Gunter
    In Understanding the Older Consumer, Barrie Gunter provides a detailed examination of the demographic, behavioural and psychological profiles of the older consumer. He shows that without the responsibilities of loans and child raising and with better financial provision than in previous years, the over-50s represent a powerful spending force. In order to reach this group, Barri...
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    88,39 €

  • Children as Consumers
    Adrian Furnham / Barrie Gunter
    Explores how children become socialised into consumer society, how they respond to advertising, what they like and dislike, what they believe and disbelieve, and whether they need to be protected through special legislation and regulation. ...
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    88,23 €

  • Television and Children
    Barrie Gunter / Brian R. Clifford / Jill L. McAleer
    This book addresses the subject of children and television -- how they view it, what they think of specific programs, and how these likes and dislikes affect learning of the content presented. Broad in coverage, it looks at evaluation, comprehension, and impact in the drama, information and entertainment domains. In all cases, demographic and background experiences and knowledg...
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    54,25 €

  • Poor Reception
    Barrie Gunter
    Published in 1990, Poor Reception is a valuable contribution to the field of Communication Studies. ...
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    201,13 €