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Desensitization Effect
The term desensitization effect has been used to describe numbing in response to repeated exposure to media and real-life violence. Research on desensitization shows that continued exposure to violence may result in the lessening of typical cognitive, emotional, ...
- Barthes, Roland
- Cognitive Script Theory
- Beauty and Body Image: Beauty Myths
- Avatar
- Audiences: Producers of New Media
- Advertising
- Gay and Lesbian Portrayals on Television
- Affirmative Action
- Berger, John
- Critical Theory
- Beauty and Body Image: Eating Disorders
- Blogs and Blogging
- Audiences: Reception and Injection Models
- Children's Programming: Cartoons
- Gender and Femininity: Motherhood
- Cultural Politics
- Bordo, Susan
- Cultivation Theory
- Class Privilege
- Cyberdating
- Fairness Doctrine
- Children's Programming: Disney and Pixar
- Gender and Femininity: Single/Independent Girl
- Culture Jamming
- Boyd, Danah
- Desensitization Effect
- Heterosexism
- Cyberpunk
- Federal Communications Commission
- Comics
- Gender and Masculinity: Black Masculinity
- Diversity
- Doane, Mary Ann
- Discourse Analysis
- Homophobia
- Cyberspace and Cyberculture
- Media Consolidation
- E-Zines: Riot Grrrl
- Gender and Masculinity: Fatherhood
- Empowerment
- Douglas, Susan J.
- Encoding and Decoding
- Identity
- Cyborg
- Network News Anchor Desk
- Film: Hollywood
- Gender and Masculinity: Metrosexual Male
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Ellul, Jacques
- Feminism
- Intersectionality
- Electronic Media and Social Inequality
- New Media
- Film: Horror
- Gender and Masculinity: White Masculinity
- Gender Media Monitoring
- Fiske, John
- Feminist Theory: Liberal
- Minority Rights
- E-Zines: Third Wave Feminist
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Film: Independent
- Gender Embodiment
- Media Literacy
- Gamson, Joshua
- Feminist Theory: Marxist
- Misogyny
- Hacking and Hacktivism
- Workforce
- Graphic Novels
- Heroes: Action and Super Heroes
- Giroux, Henry
- Feminist Theory: Postcolonial
- Prejudice
- Hypermedia
- Men's Magazines: Lad Magazines
- Television
- Guerrilla Girls
- Feminist Theory: Second Wave
- Racism
- Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
- Men's Magazines: Lifestyle and Health
- Hall, Stuart
- Feminist Theory: Socialist
- Sexism
- Multi-User Dimensions
- Music: Underrepresentation of Women Artists
- Hanna, Kathleen
- Feminist Theory: Third Wave
- Sexuality
- Online New Media: GLBTQ Identity
- Music Videos: Representations of Men
- hooks, bell
- Feminist Theory: Women-of-Color and Multiracial Perspectives
- Stereotypes
- Online New Media: Transgender Identity
- Music Videos: Representations of Women
- Jenkins, Henry
- Gender Schema Theory
- Violence and Aggression
- Music Videos: Tropes
- Jervis, Lisa
- Hegemony
- Social Inequality
- Newsrooms
- Jhally, Sut
- Ideology
- Social Media
- Pornification of Everyday Life
- Kellner, Douglas
- Male Gaze
- Social Networking Sites: Facebook
- Pornography: Gay and Lesbian
- Kilbourne, Jean
- Mass Media
- Social Networking Sites: Myspace
- Pornography: Heterosexual
- Kruger, Barbara
- Media Convergence
- Pornography: Internet
- Lasn, Kalle
- Media Ethnography
- Viral Advertising and Marketing
- Radio
- McChesney, Robert
- Media Globalization
- Virtual Community
- Radio: Pirate
- McLuhan, Marshall
- Media Rhetoric
- Virtual Sex
- Reality-Based Television: America's Next Top Model
- Miller, Mark Crispin
- Mediation
- Virtuality
- Reality-Based Television: Makeover Shows
- Moyers, Bill
- Patriarchy
- Web 2.0
- Reality-Based Television: Wedding Shows
- Mulvey, Laura
- Polysemic Text
- Wiki
- Romance Novels
- Radway, Janice
- Postfeminism
- YouTube
- Sitcoms
- Rushkoff, Douglas
- Postmodernism
- Soap Operas
- Steinem, Gloria
- Post-Structuralism
- Sports Media: Extreme Sports and Masculinity
- Quantitative Content Analysis
- Sports Media: Olympics
- Queer Theory
- Sports Media: Transgender
- Reception Theory
- Talk Shows
- Scopophilia
- Textbooks
- Semiotics
- Toys and Games: Gender Socialization
- Simulacra
- Toys and Games: Racial Stereotypes and Identity
- Social Comparison Theory
- Tropes
- Social Construction of Gender
- Tween Magazines
- Social Learning Theory
- Video Gaming: Representations of Femininity
- Televisuality
- Video Gaming: Representations of Masculinity
- Textual Analysis
- Video Gaming: Violence
- Transgender Studies
- Women's Magazines: Fashion
- Transsexuality
- Women's Magazines: Feminist Magazines
- Women's Magazines: Lifestyle and Health
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