Media and the Moral Mind [Paperback]

Questions regarding the relation between media and morality have been a lasting concern. Can media exposure shape or alter moral values? Does morality influence how audience members select, interpret and respond to media content? Attempts to answer such questions are hindered by the complex nature of morality and its dynamic relation with media.

This volume brings together leading scholars in an effort to examine reciprocal processes that connect media with morality, and to set a course for understanding this association. Individual essays combine established and emerging theories from media and moral psychology to explain how fundamental mechanisms that govern moral reasoning can shape and be shaped by media exposure. Together these scholars provide an understanding of the relationship between media and morality that should serve as an invaluable resource for current and future generations of researchers.

Series Editor Foreword: Donald G. Godfrey

Foreword: Jennings Bryant, University of Alabama

Preface

Chapter 1: Moral Psychology and Media Theory: Historical and Emerging Viewpointsby Allison Eden, VU University Amsterdam, Matthew Grizzard, Michigan State University, and Robert J. Lewis, Michigan State University

Chapter 2: Universal Morality, Mediated Narratives, and Neural Synchronyby Ren? Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara, Lucy Popova, University of California, San Francisco, and J. Michael Mangus, University of California, Santa Barbara

Chapter 3: A Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplarsby Ron Tamborini, Michigan State University

Chapter 4: Morality Subcultures and Media Production: How Hollywood Minds the Morals of its Audienceby Dana Mastro and Marisa Enriquez, University of Arizona, Nicholas David Bowman, West Virginia University, and Sujay Prabhu and Ron Tamborini, Miclã²